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Ms. Anne MacKay

Head of Conservation
McCord Museum
Participates in 1 Session
Anne MacKay is the Head, Conservation at the McCord Museum in Montreal, where she oversees all conservation and preservation activities. She has worked as a conservator in museums nationally and internationally, including the National Gallery of Canada, the Canadian Museum of History, the Metropolitan Museum in New York and the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara, Turkey. She has published and lectured on conservation issues, is an associate editor of the Journal of the Canadian Association of Conservation and has taught courses on the history and theory of art conservation at Concordia University. Anne was accredited by the Canadian Association of Professional Conservators in 1995 in the conservation of sculpture. Her research interests include the theory and history of conservation, and the connections that can be made between conservation research and the study of history, material culture and connoisseurship. Recent publications include: “The Frame in Context: The Seagram Collection at the McCord Museum”. In The Journal of Canadian Art History, February 2015 (in progress) “When is Conservation? Object Biography and Conservation Practice” Proceedings of the conference À la recherche du savoir : nouveaux échanges sur les collections du Musée McCord / Collecting Knowledge: New Dialogues on McCord Museum (in progress) “The Removal of Metal Soaps from Brass Beads on a Leather Belt”, U. Werner, L.S. Selwyn, T. Stone, W.R. McKinnon, A. MacKay and T. Grant. In Studies in Conservation, Vol.57, No.1, 2012 “A String of Beads Unbroken: Continuity and Collaboration in an Exhibition of Iroquois Beadwork”. In ICOM-CC 15th Triennial Conference Preprints. London, England, 2008.

Sessions in which Ms. Anne MacKay participates

Monday 6 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00
9:00

Sessions in which Ms. Anne MacKay attends

Friday 3 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
14:30
14:30
  • Public Debate: Heritage and the City | Le Patrimoine et la Ville
  • Signup required
  • UQAM, pavillon Judith-Jasmin (J) - Agora
  • 14:30 - 16:00  | 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Qu’est-ce que le patrimoine change à Montréal? Qu’est-ce que Montréal change au patrimoine? Ce débat vise à mettre en discussion l'évoluti...
  • Talk
    Co-Construction and Community Based HeritageUrban HeritageActivists and ExpertsArchitecture and Urbanism
Marc-André Carignan
Participant
Journaliste
Guillaume Ethier
Moderator
Université du Québec à M...
Professeur
France St-Jean
Potential
Luc Ferrandez
Participant
Ville de Montréal, Arron...
Maire d'arrondissement
Dinu Bumbaru
Participant
Héritage Montréal
Directeur des politiques
17:00
17:00
  • Opening Ceremony and Cocktail
  • Signup required
  • Concordia, Grey Nuns Motherhouse (GN) - Former Chapel
  • 17:00 - 19:30  | 2 hours 30 minutes
  • Welcome addresses and cocktail, followed by the Concordia Signature Event "The Garden of the Grey Nuns". As the opening ceremony and cocktail...
  • Cocktail
    Festive Event
19:30
19:30

Saturday 4 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00
9:00
Lucie Morisset
Moderator
Canada Research Chair in...
Event manager
11:00
11:00
  • The Artistry of Heritage
  • UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-M460
  • 11:00 - 17:00  | 6 hours
  • This session explores artist-history exchanges in the context of heritage sites, venues and spaces, and considers recent curatorial and artistic...
  • Regular session
    Heritage as an Agent of Change (Epistemologies, Ontologies, Teaching)ArtsArchitecture and Urbanism
13:30
13:30
  • At the UNESCO Feast: Foodways across Global Heritage Governance I
  • UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
  • 13:30 - 17:00  | 3 hours 30 minutes
  • With sustainable development gaining momentum as a priority of UNESCO heritage policies, an increasing number of food-related nominations are being...
  • Session with simultaneous translation / Session avec traduction simultanée
    Heritage Changes the PoliciesIntangible HeritageTourism
    Heritage changes the policiesHeritage policiesGlobal vs localSimultaneous translation - Traduction simultanée
17:00
17:00
  • Smoked meat in questions
  • Bistro le Sanguinet - Bistro, étage principal et terrasse
  • 17:00 - 18:00  | 1 hour
  • This festive event will offer delegates a taste of one of the iconic dishes of Montreal, the smoked meat sandwich, imported by Jewish immigration f...
  • Cocktail
    Festive Event
18:30
18:30
  • Keynote: Is Tangible to Intangible as Formal is to Informal ? (Michael Herzfeld)
  • Signup required
  • UQAM, pavillon Judith-Jasmin (J) - Salle Alfred-Laliberté
  • 18:30 - 20:00  | 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Most of what we experience as heritage emerges into conscious recognition through a complex mixture of political and ideological filters, including...
  • Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée
    Public event
    Simultaneous translation - Traduction simultanée
Prof. Michael Herzfeld
Participant
Harvard University
Ernest E. Monrad Profess...
Prof. Laurajane Smith
Moderator
Australian National Univ...
Professor and Head of th...

Sunday 5 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00
9:00
  • Fashioning Heritage
  • UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-M240 - SALLE ANNULÉE
  • 9:00 - 10:30  | 1 hour 30 minutes
  • In endeavouring to answer the question "What does heritage change?" this proposed session, "Fashioning Heritage," will call for papers that critica...
  • Regular session
    Changes in Heritage (New Manifestations)Notions of Heritage
    Changes in heritageNew manifestations of heritageNotions of heritage
14:00
14:00
Prof. James Count Early
Participant
Smithsonian Center for F...
Director, Cultural Herit...
Prof. Michelle L. Stefano
Moderator
University of Maryland, ...
Visiting Assistant Profe...

Monday 6 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00
9:00
15:30
15:30
Prof. Xavier Greffe
Participant
University paris I
Professeur de sciences é...
Luc-Normand Tellier
Moderator
UQAM
Professeur émérite

Tuesday 7 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00
9:00
13:30
13:30
15:30
15:30