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Inês Madruga Carvalho Caldeira is a Paintings Conservation Fellow at the MCI. She received an MEng in structural/civil engineering from the Faculty of Science and Technology, New University of Lisbon, Portugal, in 2005, and an MA in conservation of fine art from Northumbria University...
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Rick Pelasara is the Exhibit Production Manager at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. He attended the Catholic University. Since 1974 Rick has been involved managing production facilities including Production and Logistics Manager for the Malaysian National Science...
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Senior Paintings Conservator, Museum Conservation Institute
Jia-sun Tsang is senior paintings conservator at the MCI, where she conserves paintings for Smithsonian museums. She holds an M.Sc. from the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation and an M.Sc. in chemistry from Bowling Green State University, OH. Since 2007...
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Don Williams is Senior Furniture Conservator at MCI. He trained as traditional craftsman in furniture restoration, foundry patternmaking, and metal casting, and then received his BA from the University of Delaware. He joined the Smithsonian in 1984, and for many years directed their...
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