CAROLINE CARLSMITH CONSERVATION
Coursework
Courses, workshops, and projects in fulfillment of requirements for an MA/MS in Art History and Conservation Science at the Conservation Center at the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU
Fall 2023-Spring 2024
COURSES
Conservation of Audiovisual Art, Treatment of Prints and Drawings, Conservation of Installation Art, Modern & Contemporary Colorants: Advanced Course On The Scientific Analysis Of Organic & Inorganic Pigments & Dyes, Treatment of Composite Organic Materials, Values-Based Decision Making in Conservation, The History and Meaning of Museums, Decolonizing Architectural Historiography, Scale and Art, Directed Research Towards Master's Thesis
SUMMER PROJECTS
Time-Based Media Art Conservation Intern, The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Time-Based Media Art Conservation Intern, The Julia Stoschek Foundation, Düsseldorf
Sculpture Conservation Intern, Moderna Museet, Stockholm


Fall 2022-Spring 2023
COURSES
Instrumental Analysis, Preventive Conservation, Introduction to Objects Conservation, Treatment of Inorganic Decorative Arts, Conservation of Easel Paintings, Treatment of Vitreous Materials, Treatment of Kinetic Sculpture, Visual Culture of the Spanish Civil War, Hecho en México: Art and Artists in Mexico City and Beyond 1910-1960
SUMMER PROJECTS
Time-based Media Art Conservation Intern, Museum Ludwig, Cologne
Outdoor Stone Sculpture Survey, Villa La Pietra, Florence
Fall 2021-Spring 2022
COURSES
Technology and Structure of Works of Art I-III (Organic Materials, Inorganic Materials, and Time-based Media Art), Material Science of Art and Archeology I-II (Organic Materials, Inorganic Materials), Conservation Documentation of Time-based Media Art: Identity and Authenticity, Image-Based Documentation For Conservation, Foundations of Art History, Material Culture Theory in Archaeology
SUMMER PROJECTS
Archeological Excavation at Selinunte, Sicily
Time-based Media Art Conservation Intern, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York


Additional Workshops
Conserving 'Art with a Plug'; Digital Preservation; Designing Collections Surveys; Polarized Light Microscopy for Pigment Analysis; Polarized Light Microscopy for Fiber Identification; Conducting Artist Interviews; Film, Video, and Projected Media Preservation; Introduction to Plastics Conservation; Laser Cleaning of Stone; Gilding; Coding for Conservators