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Major Fields of Interest: Italian Renaissance Art, Devotional practices, Private chapels, Drawings, Making process, Early Modern Embroidery

Graduate Experiences: 

M.A. Art history, University of Montreal, 2015.

Ph.D. Art history, University of Montreal, 2021 (with the highest distinction). Dissertation available on:

to be published by Brepols in 2025 under the title Le Château intérieur. Image, espace et dévotion chez les cardinaux de la Rome post-tridentine

Postdoctoral Fellowships :

• Niki (Dutch Institute for Art History), Florence, 2022-2023.
• British School at Rome, 2024.

Postdoctoral research project: Drawing and Praying: Rethinking Religious Sketches in Sixteenth-Century Italian Art

Supervisor: Una Roman D’Elia

Publications:

• « “con obligo di celebrare ogn’anno messe cinquanta per l’anima mia” : La Madonna della Ghiara entre Reggio Emilia et Rome », Images re-vues. Hors-série 12, 2024 : «Comprendre les images pré-industrielles comme des médias multimodaux : agentivité, performance et médialogie dans l’étude des objets visuels », (dir. Marianne Cailloux e Claudia Quattrocchi), Online: .
• « Icône publique, dévotion privée : la Madonna della Clemenza dans le palais du cardinal Altemps à Rome », Anne Friederike Delouis et coll. (dir.), Rituels de la vie publique et privée, du Moyen Âge à nos jours, Paris : Classiques Garnier, 2021, p. 51-79.
• « L’immagine della purezza : Ippolito II d’Este e la costruzione della figura del cardinale devoto », in I cardinali protettori delle corone e le arti in età moderna (dir. Émilie Corswarem e Aldo Roma), Roma, Viella, forthcoming.
• « Devozione in villa », Valentina Burgassi, Claudio Castelletti, Alessandro Spila (dir.), Ville e giardini della Tuscia nel Cinquecento. Storia, arte, architettura, Rome : Casa Editrice Quasar, forthcoming.

Stream: Treatment
Specialization: Artifacts
Areas of Interest: preventive conservation, Romanesque and Gothic art, outdoor sculpture conservation, contemporary art

Katie Ramirez graduated from the University of Mary Washington in 2016 with a Bachelor of Arts in Historic Preservation and Art History. During her studies, Katie held various internships in collections management, curatorial, archaeology, museum education, and conservation. After graduation, she continued working in the cultural heritage field, furthering her conservation skills. Katie has interned at the McKay-Lodge Conservation Laboratory, Department of Historic Resources in Richmond, Toledo Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, and New York Historical Society. Throughout her internships, she assisted with condition and treatment reports, technical imaging, collections care, environmental monitoring, administration work, and more. Before admittance into the MAC program, Katie worked for a private client to inventory a massive art collection through cataloging, photo documentation, and storage solutions.

Stream: Treatment

Specialization: Paper

Areas of Interest: works of art on paper, biodeterioration, bioreceptivity, wheat starch paste

Jade’s background in microbiology, art history, and museum studies fuels her interest in biodeterioration and the preservation of artworks on paper. She completed her BSc in Microbiology with a minor in Art History and Visual Studies at the University of Victoria in 2023. During her final year, she participated in a conservation field school in San Gemini, Italy, through the San Gemini Preservation Studies program.

Throughout her undergraduate studies, Jade worked at UVic's Legacy Art Galleries, first as a Collections Assistant and as the Collections Management Systems Coordinator. In these roles, she managed the collections database and oversaw key collections care activities, including condition reporting, cataloging, and artwork photography, while also mentoring students. Additionally, she served as a Board Director for the Esquimalt Community Arts Hub, where she supported low-barrier art programming for the Township of Esquimalt.

Stream: Treatment

Specialization: Artifacts

Areas of Interest: archaeological material, modern historical artifacts, non-destructive instrumental analysis, cultural heritage site preservation

Rebecca graduated from the University of Toronto in 2024 with an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Archaeology. During her undergraduate degree, she took on a work study placement as an archaeological lab assistant in the Wadi Ziqlab laboratory, where she assisted in the organization of a lab space, the digitization of archaeological records, and performed ceramic reconstructions. In the summer of 2023, Rebecca participated in a five-week long excavation in the Lower Galilee site of Huqoq, where she assisted with the conservation of Byzantine mosaic floors. That same summer, Rebecca had the privilege to begin a 10-month conservation internship at the Royal Ontario Museum in the Ceramics, Stone, and Glass lab. Rebecca’s background in archaeology provides her with a strong foundational knowledge of cultural heritage, which lends itself to her future career in conservation.

Stream: Treatment
Specialization: Paper

Areas of Interests: book conservation, works of art on paper.

Sophie Thompson received a BA in Art History and Anthropology in 2022 and a Master of Information Studies in 2024, both from McGill University. During this time, she gained experience at the Osler Library of the History of Medicine, where she was involved in archival accessioning and preservation projects, and developed a strong interest in rare books and special collections. She then moved to the McGill University Visual Arts Collection, where she directed an overhaul of VAC archival collections arrangement.

Sophie was fortunate to gain pre-program conservation experience with San Gemini Preservation Studies in San Gemini, Italy. She continues to explore her own artistic practice, chiefly in linocut and other printmaking techniques.

Stream: Treatment

Specialization: Painting

Areas of Interest: Historical painting, fresco and wall paintings, pigment and dye chemistry, instrumental analysis

Siena Wong combines a strong background in science with a foundation in art history and studio art. After studying traditional drawing, painting, and printmaking at OCAD University, she pursued an Honours BSc in Chemistry at the University of Ottawa, followed by a MASc degree in Applied Chemistry at the University of Toronto where her research explored pigment-like phthalocyanine derivatives and their applications in the emerging technology sector as light emitters and absorbers. Her professional experience includes time spent as a research chemist developing materials for OLED technologies. In the field of conservation, Siena’s interests lie in further understanding pigments and applying a materials science approach to the treatment and preservation of cultural heritage.

Stream: Conservation Science

Areas of Interest: Materials characterization and degradation, preventive conservation, technical studies of art, indoor atmospheric chemistry

Jasper Montgomery is an emerging conservation scientist with a background in analytical chemistry. In 2023, she graduated with Departmental Honors from Northwestern University, receiving a combined Bachelor of Arts / Master of Science in Chemistry and a minor in Art History. She conducted her thesis research in nanochemistry under the supervision of Professor Teri Odom. Between coursework and research, she gained experience with multiple analytical instruments for the characterization of materials, namely TEM, FTIR, NMR, and XRD. Before coming to ����91���︣�����߹ۿ�’s, Jasper worked as a summer intern in the Scientific Research Department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She employed Oddy tests, GC/MS, and Raman to study the suitability of materials for use within museum spaces, attempting to relate detected VOCs to observed corrosion on Oddy coupons.