CCAHA

Jessica Silverman, Paper Conservator and Preservation Consultant, holds a M.S. in Art Conservation from the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program.  She received her B.A. in Art History, with a minor in Chemistry and a certificate in Museum Studies, from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Ms. Silverman completed two years as a post-graduate fellow at CCAHA before joining the staff in 2010. While at CCAHA, she has treated a variety of artifacts, including a 16th-century Persian miniature; William Penn indentures on parchment; Revolutionary War documents; an early-19th century pastel portrait by Micah Williams; a political map signed by Andrew Jackson; 19th-century photographic crayon enlargements; lithographs by Rosenquist, Renoir, and Audubon; French Art Nouveau posters; architectural drawings by Louis Kahn; and watercolors by Mary Louise Baker, Andrew Wyeth, and other 20th-century artists.

In addition to carrying out treatments, Ms. Silverman works with CCAHA's Preservation Services Department, conducting preservation and vulnerability assessments for museums and archives throughout the country and writing disaster preparedness plans and preservation plans. She also presents preservation workshops to local professionals.

Prior to her work at CCAHA, Ms. Silverman interned in conservation labs at the American Philosophical Society (Philadelphia, PA); the Walters Art Museum (Baltimore, MD); the Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, Netherlands); the Winterthur Museum in Delaware; the Art Institute of Chicago; and at private paper conservation labs in Chicago.