Gillian Marcus, Program Chair
Gillian Marcus is PACA's Program Chair, elected to the Board of Directors in 2018. She received her MA in the Conservation of Art on Paper from Camberwell College of Arts in London. She is now the Preservation Specialist for CCAHA's Documentary Heritage and Preservation Services for New York initiative. Previously, she was the National Endowment for the Humanities Preventive Conservation Fellow at CCAHA.
Gillian has worked in several private conservation workshops in the United States and United Kingdom, as well as at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York. She has held internships at the Royal Library, the Centre for Photographic Conservation, the Black Cultural Archives, Victoria & Albert Museum, and The Children’s Society Archives. Gillian also serves on the moderating board of Materials Information and Technical Resources for Artists (MITRA), an initiative that aims to provide online resources for artists and arts professionals on archival- and conservation-grade art materials and techniques.
"I learned about PACA through participating in its excellent programming," Gillian says. As Program Chair, she is determined to continue the practice of providing interesting, relevant, and (most importantly) fun events for PACA members. Her duties include planning events and activities that meet the PACA mission and budget. "Philadelphia has a rich variety of cultural institutions waiting to be explored," she says, "and events can serve as the perfect setting to exchange information and ideas and to debate some of the issues surrounding conservation and collections care. Plus, who doesn’t like a happy hour?"
If you have an idea for an event or workshop, or if you would like to host a PACA tour of your gallery, archive, preservation business, or conservation space, please contact Gillian!
Gillian has worked in several private conservation workshops in the United States and United Kingdom, as well as at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York. She has held internships at the Royal Library, the Centre for Photographic Conservation, the Black Cultural Archives, Victoria & Albert Museum, and The Children’s Society Archives. Gillian also serves on the moderating board of Materials Information and Technical Resources for Artists (MITRA), an initiative that aims to provide online resources for artists and arts professionals on archival- and conservation-grade art materials and techniques.
"I learned about PACA through participating in its excellent programming," Gillian says. As Program Chair, she is determined to continue the practice of providing interesting, relevant, and (most importantly) fun events for PACA members. Her duties include planning events and activities that meet the PACA mission and budget. "Philadelphia has a rich variety of cultural institutions waiting to be explored," she says, "and events can serve as the perfect setting to exchange information and ideas and to debate some of the issues surrounding conservation and collections care. Plus, who doesn’t like a happy hour?"
If you have an idea for an event or workshop, or if you would like to host a PACA tour of your gallery, archive, preservation business, or conservation space, please contact Gillian!
