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The purpose of the Textile Specialty Group is to support the professional development of textile conservators. The group includes conservators working at museums, in private practice, universities, regional centers, and training programs and provide a valuable professional network for textile conservation. Members focus on a wide range of subjects, materials research and anaylsis, case studies, techniques, costume, tapestery and upholstery conservation, and archaelogical and ethnographic issues.

Committee Leadership

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	Ms. Beth Szuhay (Chair) Textile Conservator Chrysalis Art Conservation Half Moon Bay, CA United States
	Mrs. Ann Frisina (Chair Emerita/us) Textile Conservator Minnesota Historical Society Golden Valley, MN United States
	Ms. Kira Eng-Wilmot (Program Chair) Textile Conservator Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Brooklyn, NY United States
	Ms. Joanne Hackett (Scholarship Comm. Member) Lecturer in Textile Conservation University of Glasgow Kelvin Centre for Conservation and Cultural Heritage Research Glasgow, United Kingdom
	Ms. Marina Hays (Secretary) Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Textile Conservation Denver Art Museum Denver, CO United States
	Ms. Denyse Montegut (Scholarship Comm. Member) Professor Fashion Institute of Technology Brooklyn, NY United States
	Ms. Sarah Jane Grace Owens (Scholarship Comm. Member) Conservator Anchorage Museum Anchorage, AK United States
	Ms. Katherine Sahmel (Scholarship Comm. Member) Associate Textile Conservator Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library Wilmington, DE United States
	Ms. Mary Kaldany (Scholarship Comm. Chair) Senior Conservator Textile Conservation Workshop South Salem, NY United States
	Mrs. Rebecca Beyth Stern (Treasurer) Conservator RB Textile Conservation Greenbelt, MD United States
	Ms. Susan C. Heald (Award Committee Member) Textile Conservator National Museum of the American Indian Suitland, MD United States
	Ms. Elizabeth Knight (Award Committee Member) Textile Conservator Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Washington, DC United States
	Mrs. Chandra Obie Linn (Award Committee Member) Textile Conservator Cincinnati Art Museum Cincinnati, OH United States
	Ms. Rebecca Anne Rushfield (Award Committee Member) Conservator Flushing, NY United States
	Rebecca Summerour (Nominating Committee Chair) Summerour Art Conservation, LLC Takoma Park, MD United States
	Ms. Amanda Holden (Nominating Committee Member) Senior Conservator of Textiles Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields Indianapolis, IN United States
	Mrs. Jacquelyn Peterson-Grace (Nominating Committee Member) Assistant Textile Conservator Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Richmond, VA United States
	Ms. Sarah Scaturro (Nominating Committee Member) Eric and Jane Nord Chief Conservator Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, OH United States
	Mx Nora S Frankel (Publication Committee Chair) Textile Conservator in Private Practice Baltimore, MD United States
	Ms Alexandra Barlow (Publication Committee Member) Assistant Conservator Metropolitan Museum of Art, Textile Conservation Department New York, NY United States