Lorna Brundrett

Rochester, NY
14613

studiobrundrett@gmail.com
845.332.3214


EDUCATION

SUNY Buffalo State University. Patricia H. and Richard E. Garman Art Conservation Department. Buffalo, NY

M.A./M.S. in Art Conservation/Conservation Science and Imaging

Bard College. Annandale-On-Hudson, NY

B.A. Studio Arts


CONSERVATION EXPERIENCE

Studio Brundrett LLC. Rochester, NY

Owner/Conservator. March 2024 - Current.

Linden Preservation Services, Inc. Brockport, NY

Preventive Conservator. August 2023 - June 2024

The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY

Graduate Extern. June-July 2023.

National Park Service (NPS) Historic Architecture, Conservation and Engineering (HACE). Lowell, MA

Third-Year Graduate Intern. September 2022 – May 2023.

Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH

Graduate Objects Conservation Intern. Summer 2022.

Midwest Art Conservation Center. Minneapolis, MN

Graduate Objects Conservation Intern. Summer 2021.

Monumenta Art Conservation LLC and Mack Art Conservation. Milan, NY

Conservation Technician. August 2019 - March 2020.

New York State Bureau of Historic Sites at Peebles Island Resource Center. Cohoes, NY

Conservation Technician. October 2019 - March 2020 (part-time).

Rand Atelier. Milan, NY

Conservation Technician. November 2017 - March 2020.

Bath Abbey. Bath, Somerset, UK

Archivist Assistant. Summer 2016.

Adirondack Museum. Blue Mountain Lake, NY

Conservation Intern. Summer 2014.


STUDIO EXPERIENCE

Pike Stained Glass Studios, Inc. Rochester, NY

Stained Glass Assistant. January 2024-current (contract work)

Mosaika Art and Design. Montreal, QC

Mosaicist. May 2018 - 2019.

Jason Middlebrook Studio. Hudson, NY

Studio Manager and Mosaicist. March 2017 - November 2019 (project-based).

Nash Neon. Brooklyn, NY

Studio Assistant. September 2017 - March 2018 (project-based).

Lite Brite Neon Studio LLC. Beacon, NY and Brooklyn, NY

Studio Assistant. June 2015 - February 2017.


TEACHING

SUNY Buffalo State University Garman Art Conservation Department. Buffalo, NY

  • Introduction to woodshop, powertools and handtools (2020, 2021, and 2023). 10 participants each year.

Red Hook Community Center. Red Hook, NY

  • Traditional Mosaic, One-Day Workshop (2019). 10 Participants.

  • Tiffany Method Stained Glass, One-Day Workshop (2019). 10 Participants.

  • Power Tools for Women, One-Day Workshop (2019). 20 Participants


Brundrett, Lorna. 2024. “An Overview of Common Lead Removal Products.” AIC News, vol. 49 (3) (July): 20-24.

https://community.culturalheritage.org/blogs/aic-news1/2024/07/09/health-safety-news-july-2024

Brundrett, Lorna. 2023. “Woe is the Wallpaper: Hazardous Pigments in Unexpected Places.” AIC News, vol. 48 (3) (May): 33-38.

https://www.culturalheritage.org/docs/default-source/publications/periodicals/newsletter/aic-news-vol.-48-no.-3-(may-2023).pdf

Brundrett, Lorna. 2022. “Conservation and Analysis of a Paper Packet from a 19th-Century Doctor’s Saddlebag.” News in Conservation: International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, no. 91 (August): 18-22.

https://www.iiconservation.org/system/files/publications/journal/2022/b2022_4.pdf

Brundrett, Lorna. 2022. “Investigations of a Doctor’s Saddlebag.” News In Conservation: International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, no. 87 (January): 10–11.

https://www.iiconservation.org/content/news-conservation-issue-87-december-january-2022

PUBLICATIONS