The National Conservation Summit
Photographs
All photos by Tony Hidenrick. Click any
image for a larger view.
Day One:
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First Lady Laura Bush delivers
a recorded message of welcome to summit attendees.
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Dr. Anne-Imelda M. Radice, IMLS
Director, delivers her opening remarks.
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The standing-room-only crowd
views a presentation by James Reilly, Director,
Image Permanence Institute.
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Sarah Stauderman,
Preservation Manager, Smithsonian Institution Archives,
presents during the Connecting to Expertise panel.
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| Summit attendee Scott Carrlee
from the Alaska State Museum asks a question for
the Connecting to Expertise panel.
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Howard Dodson, Director, Schomburg
Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York
Public Library, responds.
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Alongside NEH Chairman Bruce
Cole, PCAH Chairman Adair Margo, and Dr. Radice,
NEA Chairman Dana Gioia gives remarks preceding
the Keynote Address.
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Allen Weinstein, the Archivist
of the United States, delivers the Keynote Address.
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Dr. Radice and Dr. Weinstein
swear in three new IMLS board members. Left to right:
Jeffrey H. Patchen, Douglas G. Myers, Dr. Weinstein,
Lotsee Patterson, and Dr. Radice. |
An evening reception was held
in the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Luce Center
for America Art.
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Day Two:
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Kathe Hambrick-Jackson, Founder
and Executive Director, River Road African American
Museum presents during the Connecting to the Public
panel.
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Gwendolyn Wright, Professor of
Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia
University, and Host of History Detectives,
responds to an audience question.
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Gregory Long, President, The New
York Botanical Garden, shows slides of the garden's
Conservation Laboratory. |
Debbie Hess Norris, Chair and
Professor, Department of Art Conservation, University
of Delaware presents during the Connecting to Funders
panel.
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Joyce Hill Stoner, Professor,
Art Conservation, University of Delaware, makes
a comment during the Connecting to Funders panel.
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Jordan Kruger and Emily Walker
of Girl Scout Troop 4563 in Arlington, VA, make
a presentation on the Summit participants’
unique collections. Read
more about this project.
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Francie Alexander, Senior Vice
President & Chief Academic Officer, Scholastic
Inc., delivers the Summit's Closing Address. |
A video presentation accompanied
Ms. Alexander's address. |
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