Special Members Event

A special program for Enthusiast Members and above ~ Coffee with the Curators: Understanding our Past, Preserv ing the Future will be taking place at the Art Museum on Sept 21. Join conservator Michael Ruzga and Curator of Exhibitions Jason Shaiman for a discussion of the importance of artwork conservation and a closer look at a recently conserved 18th century painting of the Temple of Faustina, Rome, by Ferdinando Galli da Bibiena on view in the Heritage exhibition. Please contact ArtMuseum@MiamiOH.edu if you are interested in attending.

Michael Ruzga is a nationally recognized paintings conservator and Head of Conservation at Fine Arts Conservation, Inc, based in Cincinnati. He was formerly chief conservator of the Taft Museum of Art, and has treated numerous paintings over the past 30 years, including works by Rembrandt, Renoir, Bouguereau and others. Ruzga has also conserved the Thomas Hart Benton murals at Indiana University and murals for the University of Cincinnati's Engineering Library.

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