ASK THE CONSERVATORS VISIT US IN PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 8TH & 9TH
Camille Myers Breeze Museum Textile Sevices, LLC camille@museumtextiles.com
Barrett M. Keating Barrett M. Keating Conservators bmkconservators@comcast.net
• Camille returned to Beloit College • MTS contract conservator Rebecca in Beloit, Wisconsin, to teach Textile Helgeson accepted a full-time position Stabilization and Display at the Center for that began in early September. Coming Collections Care. Joining her were many from the theater world, Rebecca was returning students. The group took a most recently the Collections Manager special trip to see the Helen Louise Allen at the Framingham History Center. She Textile Center (HLATC) at the University holds an MA in Extension Studies from of Wisconsin, Madison. See the full the Museum Studies program at Harvard calendar of courses on offer for summer University. She is the proud mother of of 2024 on page 9. six-year old Karson. • Following devastating flooding in Vermont on the heels of an historically wet summer in the northeast, MTS assisted with disaster response by opening our fumigation chamber in Amesbury, MA, to a collection of over 2000 artifacts. Work to inventory, surface clean, label and rehouse the collection is ongoing.
Fig. 10. Conservator Rebecca Helgeson's son Karson.
• We welcomed Studio Manager Samantha back after her maternity leave in August. • In mid-September, Studio Assistant Samantha continues to split her weeks Charlie headed to Montana for an Artist between working in Andover and at Residency at Flathead Lake Biological home. Paxton is a big fan of spending Station in Polson, MT. She returned to mom’s office days with his grandparents! MTS at the end of October 2023. 8
