Scripps College (Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College)

Scripps College will use its grant to treat ten important Chinese paintings in its permanent collection. A small portion of the grant will support the development of an exhibition focusing on these paintings that will examine the traditional methods of conserving Asian art as practiced in Japan. The exhibition, which will attract scholars and curators of Asian art, also will introduce the general public to a specialized area of Asian art conservation that is seldom seen