Boshell Lecture Series: In the Ancient Artist's Presence

This year marks the Walters Conservation Lab’s 90th anniversary. To celebrate this grand milestone, we invite you to attend a lecture by Dr. Sanchita Balachandran, Director of the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum Conservation Institute. Balachandran will discuss how we can bring ancient artists back into full presence through the conservation of their works of art. She will explore how an interdisciplinary and experimental approach to the conservation and technical study of ancient objects offers us an opportunity to be present with these makers and even reconstruct some of their lived experiences. Discover how the artist’s presence, whimsy, and imagination come alive by examining components of pottery from ancient Athens and Italy, including a vessel attributed to the Baltimore Painter in the Walters collection.