Past Event: The Art and Science of Art Conservation: A Private Peek Into the Conservator’s Studio

The tour includes a short walk between studio locations and a  Q & A  and garden reception following the tour.

Saturday September 16, 2023

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Pacific

Location: Outer Richmond, San Francisco

Members only

$25.00

Very limited space available – 12 spots

Please be aware that submitting this form does not guarantee a spot on the current tour.

Spots will be confirmed based on a first come, first serve basis.

Elise Yvonne Rousseau, founder of Art Conservation de Rigueur (AcDR Conservation) and renown multi-disciplinary conservator, will guide us through the studio to see current projects in progress and reveal the special techniques and equipment used by conservation professionals. AcDR, established in 1999, specializes in textiles, paintings, sculpture, rare books, works on paper, and rare historic objects and artifacts.  Explore up-close the main studio, hidden in a residential neighborhood and the new Annex for Disaster Recovery, a short walk away. The tour will be followed by an illuminating Q&A with Elise and garden reception with refreshments.

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ABOUT ACdR

ACdR Conservation Studios are unique in the San Francisco Bay Area, Northern California, and the Western U.S. Our private conservation practice and analytical research lab is multi-disciplinary, specializing in a broad scope of treatments from stabilization, repairs, cleaning, custom display mounting design and fabrication, and artwork installation—to emergency and disaster remediation and recovery.  AcDR works with museums, historical and cultural institutions, private collectors, galleries, architects, and designers in the U.S. and internationally. All work is performed according to the Code of Ethics, Guidelines, and Standards of Practice of The American Institute for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works.

https://acdrconservation.com