Conserving Johnson's Freedom Fighters (Virtual)
Virtual Program
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Keara Teeter, Lunder Fellow in Paintings Conservation at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, was instrumental in treating and preparing William H. Johnson’s Fighters for Freedom to travel. In this virtual presentation from the Lunder Conservation Center Teeter will share examples and treatment case studies of these monumental figures that we’ve come to love over the spring.
$10 Members | $15 Non-Members | $5 Student/Faculty
Keara Teeter completed her undergraduate studies at Dominican University of California in 2012, earning a B.A. in Art with a minor in Art History and B.S. in Biological Sciences with a minor in Chemistry. She completed her graduate studies at the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation in 2019, earning a M.S. in Art Conservation with a specialization in paintings. Keara has been working at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) since 2018 and is currently their Lunder Conservation Fellow; her previous Smithsonian appointments have included positions as a Samuel H. Kress Fellow and graduate student intern. Prior to working at SAAM's Lunder Conservation Center, Keara held graduate internships at the Saint Louis Art Museum (SLAM) and Dallas Museum of Art (DMA). In addition to her role as a paintings conservator, Keara has great interest in public outreach and has actively participated in public-facing projects, gallery tours, and interactive virtual webinars. Keara currently serves as the Vice President of the Washington Conservation Guild (WCG), was formerly a 2021-2022 WCG Director, 2019-2021 Professional Education and Training Officer with AIC's Emerging Conservation Professionals Network (ECPN), and 2018-2019 Fellow of the University of Delaware Public Humanities Institute (DELPHI). She is a member of the International Network for the Conservation of Contemporary Art (INCCA), early-career member of the International Institute for Conservation (IIC), and associate member of the American Institute for Conservation (AIC).
