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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. Julia G. Carlson (Chair) Associate Conservator Metropolitan Museum of Art, Textile Conservation Department New York, NY United States
	Mrs. Ann Frisina (Chair) Textile Conservator Minnesota Historical Society Golden Valley, MN United States
	Mrs. Ann Frisina (Vice Chair) Textile Conservator Minnesota Historical Society Golden Valley, MN United States
	Ms. Melanie D Sanford (Chair Emeritus) Textile Conservator/Owner Conserving Threads Allen, TX United States
	Ms. Mary Kaldany (Scholarship Comm. Member) Senior Conservator Textile Conservation Workshop South Salem, NY United States
	Ms. Meredith C. Menache (Scholarship Comm. Member) Student Fashion Institute of Technology Alexandria, LA United States
	Ms. Denise Krieger Migdail (Scholarship Comm. Member) Textile Conservator Asian Art Museum San Francisco, CA United States
	Ms. Katherine Sahmel (Scholarship Comm. Member) Associate Textile Conservator Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library Wilmington, DE United States
	Ms Kirsten Schoonmaker (Secretary) Assistant Teaching Professor Syracuse University Libraries Syracuse, NY United States
	Ms. Elizabeth Knight (Award Committee Member) Mellon Fellow in Textile Conservation National Museum of the American Indian Washington, DC United States
	Ms. Rebecca Anne Rushfield (Award Committee Member) Conservator Flushing, NY United States
	Mrs. Rebecca Beyth Stern (Award Committee Member) Conservator RB Textile Conservation Greenbelt, MD United States
	Mrs. Jacquelyn Peterson-Grace (Nominating Committee Member) Assistant Textile Conservator Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Williamsburg, VA United States
	Rebecca Summerour (Nominating Committee Member) Summerour Art Conservation, LLC Takoma Park, MD United States
	Ms Alexandra Barlow (Publication Committee Member) Assistant Conservator Metropolitan Museum of Art, Textile Conservation Department New York, NY United States
	Ms. Nora S Frankel (Publication Committee Member) Textile Conservator in Private Practice Baltimore, MD United States
	Gennifer Majors (Publication Committee Member) Associate Conservator GWU Museum/Textile Museum Washington, DC United States
	Mrs. Lauren Posada (Publication Committee Member) Assistant Conservator Metropolitan Museum of Art Brooklyn, NY United States
	Ms. Emma A. Schmitt (Publication Committee Member) Textile Conservator United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Alexandria, VA United States
	Ms. Jessica Urick (Publication Committee Member) Associate Conservator RISD Museum Providence, RI United States