Wooden Artifacts Group

Paige is the Wooden Objects Conservator for the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation. She was previously an Objects Conservator at The Mariners' Museum and Park in Newport News, VA. Paige received her Masters in Conservation from SUNY Buffalo State University. She held internships at the Landesarchäologie Aussenstelle Speyer in Germany, the Institute for Aegean Prehistory Study Center for East Crete in Greece, the Frick Collection in New York City, the Alaska State Museum, and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. She was an intern and fellow at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, working with furniture and upholstery, objects, and outdoor sculpture. Paige is particularly interested in wooden artifacts and maritime collections. She has served on the Wooden Artifacts Group’s Advisory Committee, as the WAG liaison for the Emerging Conservation Professionals Network, and was the WAG AIC 2018 Program Chair. She is interested in woodworking, investigating traditional technologies, and working on boats and anything having to do with the nautical life. When Paige is not working, she can be found hiking, climbing, and exploring the wilderness.

Caite is Contract Conservator, NPS Historic Architecture, Conservation, and Engineering Center.

Emily McClain is the Assistant Conservator of Wooden Artifacts at Colonial Williamsburg. She has previously held fellowship positions in the Furniture Conservation labs at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and at Winterthur Museum, and in the Objects Conservation lab at the Brooklyn Museum. Emily Graduated in 2021 from the Queen's University Master's in Art Conservation Program in Kingston, ON, Canada after studying objects and researching polychrome sculpture. She received her bachelor's in chemistry at Missouri State University in 2019.

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Catherine is Associate Conservator of Furniture and Objects, Yale University Art Gallery.

Julienne graduated from the University of Southern California in May 2020 with a honors degree in art history. Since then, she received two years of fine furniture training from the Krenov School (formerly College of the Redwoods) in Fort Bragg, CA. She currently works for the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation as the wooden objects conservation intern under the supervision of Paige Schmidt.

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Gregory Bailey graduated in 2011 from Buffalo State College with an M.A. and C.A.S. in Art Conservation with a focus on the conservation of objects. Since that time, he has been awarded a Kress Fellowship at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and a Mellon Fellowship at the Walters Art Museum, where he also went on to work as Associate Conservator. He is the 2016-2017 recipient of the Booth Family Rome Prize in Historic Preservation and Conservation. From 2017 to 2019, Greg served as Objects Conservator for the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery. Greg returned to the Walters Art Museum in 2019 as Senior Objects Conservator. Greg is a Professional Member of the American Institute for Conservation (AIC), for which he also serves on the Board of Directors. Greg is Associate Editor for the Journal of the American Institute for Conservation (JAIC) as well as Associate Editor for Studies in Conservation.

After graduating from Mary Washington College with a BA in art history and historic preservation, Ryan moved to DC, where he got his first job working for a small association management firm. After that he worked at a national arts advocacy organization before coming to AIC as a Membership Assistant, and is now Membership Manager.