Stream: Treatment
Specialization: Objects
Areas of Interest: Wooden artifacts, furniture, contemporary art, sculpture, plastics.

Carl Magarro obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Art History degree from the University of Manitoba (2013), a postgraduate certificate in Cultural Heritage Conservation & Management from Sir Sandford Fleming College (2017), and a Cabinetmaking & Furniture Technician Diploma from Algonquin College of Applied Arts & Technology (2020).

Carl’s most recent position was at the Canada Science & Technology Museum as an Assistant Conservation Technician where he aided in moving 85,000+ artifacts, with a team of conservators and collection specialists, to the recently constructed Ingenium Centre. He was a Junior Conservator for the Parliament Hill, Centre Block Rehabilitation Project where he provided conservation services on various building elements. During his time at Fleming College, he completed a curriculum internship at the Canadian Conservation Institute conducting mechanical testing research of artwork in transit.

Stream: Conservation Science
Areas of interest: Materials science, chemical and mechanical properties of paints.

Katelin completed her undergraduate studies at McGill University in 2021 with a BA/BSc in Art History and Chemistry. Between her undergraduate degree and the start of her master’s program, she continued with upper-year chemistry courses in organometallics, inorganics, and polymer chemistry. This past summer Katelin worked as a curatorial assistant at the Grimsby Public Art Gallery, cataloguing the collection and designing exhibitions. For her thesis at Queen’s University, Katelin will be examining the reasoning behind the early cracking of oil paints when layered over acrylic mediums.  

Stream: Treatment
Specialization: Artifacts
Areas of Interest: Chemical Analysis, Degradation Mechanisms, Metal Corrosion, Pigment Degradation, Polychrome, Modern Materials

Emily Claire Docking is a recent graduate of the University of Calgary, obtaining an Honours Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and a Minor in Visual Studies and Art History. While studying abroad at the University of Amsterdam, they studied Rembrandt and Modern European Art, focusing on the intersection of chemistry and art history. Upon returning to Calgary, Emily Claire began to pursue art conservation, focusing research in class on the chemistry of pigment/binder interactions, surface chemistry of paints, and completed internship as a Conservation Student Assistant at the University of Calgary’s Archives and Special Collections. This work included assessing incoming accessions for mould contamination, treatment of architectural models from the Canadian Architectural Archives, and condition reporting the Rare Book Collection to support assessment for future treatments.

Stream: Treatment
Specialization: Artifacts
Areas of Interest: archaeological conservation, contemporary art & craft, textiles and natural dyes, artist techniques

Caitlin Gallupe is a second-year student in Artifacts conservation and graduated with a BFA in Visual Arts and Art History from the University of Victoria and a certificate in Museum and Heritage Studies. Caitlin has worked extensively at art centres and has a studio art practice that applies a wide range of mediums including stained glass, shoemaking, textiles, analogue film, printmaking and ceramics, which underscores her appreciation for conservation techniques for the care of objects. Caitlin’s research this year focuses on the investigation of the making and aging of historical lichen dyes. Most recently Caitlin interned at The Harvard-Cornell Archaeological Exploration of Sardis in Türkiye where she got the opportunity to work in the lab and in the field on newly excavated finds at the ancient site of Sardis.

Biography

Lindsay Sisson is the Research Assistant, Isabel Bader Fellow in Art Conservation for the Master of Art Conservation (MAC) program. She holds a MAC degree from Queen’s University specializing in paper, photography and new media objects, as well as a Post-Graduate Certificate in Cultural Heritage Conservation and Management from Fleming College and a Bachelor of Arts and Science from the University of Guelph. Lindsay’s research focuses on the composition and aging behaviour of water-soluble pencils and pastels. Using these results, Lindsay will explore treatment options for this media. Her previous work and internship placements have included the Art Gallery of Ontario, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, City of Calgary Public Art Program, Provincial Archives of Alberta, Canadian Centre for Architecture/Centre Canadien d’Architecture, and the Textile Museum of Canada.

Research interests

Contemporary Art, Works of Art on Paper, Gel cleaning, Time-based Media