AAAYA NorCal hosted Karen Zukor of Zukor Art Conservation on June 23 for a special talk about conservation of paper arts and artifacts. Karen specializes in the repair and preservation of art and artifacts on paper - prints, drawings, watercolors, pastels, documents, maps, manuscripts, and rare books. Attendees learned about conserving and caring for art and artifacts on paper while viewing and interacting with precious authentic paper artifacts. We so enjoyed learning from Karen and viewing the beautiful paper art pieces on a sunny afternoon in San Francisco!
Karen has been a professional paper conservator for over thirty-five years and is a Fellow of the American Institute for Conservation. She has been responsible for many collections - including fine art, archival material, maps, documents, and rare books - held both in private hands and at institutions. In addition, she has trained both pre- and post-program interns for over twenty years, and lectures widely to the general public. She received her B.A. in Art History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an MA in Art History and Chinese Art and Classic Chinese Literature from Tufts University.
In attendance were also alums Ellen Huang (Yale College) and Luke Yang (MA'14). Ellen is a Professor at Art Center College of Design. She collaborated with Professor Richard Vinograd at Stanford to conceptualize an exhibit in 2018 on contemporary Chinese ink arts. The exhibit features artworks from the esteemed private collection of Akiko Yamazaki and Jerry Yang.
Professor Huang and Luke, who recently completed his PhD in East Asian Studies from Stanford, co-authored a chapter “Scholar’s Stone” for Ink Worlds, inspired by the exhibit. The chapter explores the cultural and artistic dimensions of the stone, which is deeply tied to the Chinese ink arts in many important ways. It was a happy coincidence that Ellen and Luke both attended the event, providing them with the opportunity to reunite years after this collaboration.
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