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Candis Griggs Hakim has been an Objects Conservator in private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 10 years. She has a Masters in Art Conservation from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. She has worked for numerous institutions around the country and in San Francisco, as well as on archaeological excavations in many parts of the world. Currently she divides her time between her private practice and caring for her two young children. In her practice she treats a wide array of objects - from delicate ethnographic basketry to large outdoor sculpture installations in bronze, steel, and fiberglas. Ms. Hakim has previously served on the BAACG board as Treasurer and President, and is happy to serve the Guild as President once again.
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President
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415-412-1415
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Vice President
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415-453-9064
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Treasurer
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707-763-8694
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Sarah Johnson has worked in the field of furniture restoration for over 15 years. After receiving a BS in Oil Painting from the University of MA, she relocated to the Bay Area in 1995. In San Francisco, Sarah learned the trade of restoration through apprenticeship positions at antique restoration companies, most notably Titon Antiques under proprietor Morten Qwist. Currently Sarah is interning at the OMCA and pursuing a Masters in Art Conservation degree. In private practice in Marin County, Sarah Johnson Antique Restoration specializes in the treatment of fine furniture, clock cases, and gilt frames. She has served on the Board since 2009, previously as a Member at Large, and currently as Recording Secretary.
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Recording Secretary
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415-454-5605
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Membership Secretary
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415-379-5258
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Elisa Stewart is a newcomer to the world of art conservation and restoration. She received a BS in Graphic Design from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 1995. After working as an Art Director for a magazine, she took some time off from the traditional world of graphic design to pursue an experience in fine art photography. In 2009 she moved abroad to Italy to undergo an intensive one year course of study in restoration with a concentration in painting at Studio Art Centers International under the direction of Roberta Lapucci. While in Italy she had the honor of assisting Nenad Jovanovic in his private restoration studio. Currently in private practice in San Jose, she is looking to further her studies in painting and paper restoration with a Master, or as it is called in the industry “pre-program”.She has recently been appointed as a Member at Large, and currently is the Web Presence Coordinator.
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Member at Large, Web Presence Coordinator
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408-813-0190
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Member-at-large
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415-446-9138
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Jonathan S. Fisher received his Master of Fine Arts Degree fom the Maryland Institute College Of Art. Jonathon has been an Objects Conservator in the San Francisco Bay area since 1990. He specializes in the conservation, preservation and restoration or art, artifacts and antiques. His clients include private collectors, designers, framers, and cabinet makers; as well as galleries, museums, hotels and restaurants, churches, cemeteries, and historic properties. Jonathan works continually to improve his craft by studying and learning from the most up to date information available, by collaborating with other conservators and by extensive testing of materials.
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Member At Large
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650 3670422
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Jena Hirschbein is a pre-program conservator working in paintings and objects in the Bay Area since 2004. She has interned with the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco since August of 2010 in paintings and objects as well as with several conservators in private practice in the Bay Area and beyond. She received a B.A. in Women’s Studies and Archaeology from Smith College in 2002 and has spent the years since working in conservation while taking classes in preparation for a masters in conservation. She loves to travel and combines experience in conservation with adventures away whenever possible, including archaeological fieldwork, conservation surveys and studio art classes abroad. She has been happy to serve as recording secretary since 2008 and is now happy to be a Member at Large for BAACG.
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Member at Large
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510 435-1570
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Upcoming Events
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Feb
2012
San Francisco State University Museum Studies Dept.
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