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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Wednesday, July 17th, 2013
Renowned Art Conservator, Scott Haskins, Speaksat the Ojai
Valley Museum
In conjunction with the Ojai Valley Museums current exhibition,
Ojai Collects: Selectionsfrom Eight Ojai Private Collections, the
museum will host a PowerPoint lecture and booksigning by world
renowned, Santa Barbara based, painting conservator Scott Haskins.
Thetitle of his presentation is Practical Tips for Collectors Due
Diligence When Buying and
Damage Prevention. A professional associate of the Ojai Valley
Museum, Mr. Haskins isthe conservator who restored the Jesse Arms
Botke mural sections that are permanentlydisplayed in the Sanctuary
Gallery at the museum, and that once graced the lounge at TheOaks
of Ojai hotel. We are delighted to have him return to share his
knowledge about, andpassion for, fine art conservation.
Scott Haskins childhood attraction to both art and science are
happily merged in hisprofessional life as an art conservator
specializing in paintings. His passion for this fieldbegan in 1975
while studying for a masters degree through an Italian painting
conservationprogram. He was 23 years old. In 1978 he earned his
masters degree and moved back tothe states where he held a faculty
position at BYU in Utah, conserving the universitys art
and history collections. In 1984, while at BYU, a group of
private investors invited him to setup an art conservation lab in
Santa Barbara, which he did, calling his new enterprise FineArt
Conservation Laboratories (aka FACL). He works his worldwide
projects from this localbase.
Scott Haskins established FACL, Santa Barbara, with an experts
conviction that fine artconservation and restoration are necessary
professional services within the art field. Heworks exclusively on
paintings: paintings on walls (murals), paintings on canvas (easel)
and
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art on paper. And, although he might advise on caring for the
following, he does notrestore books, furniture, stained glass
windows, old cowboy boots, antique cars, ancientdocuments, mummies
. . . just paintings. His laboratory provides services to large
andsmall museums, art collectors, government collections, public
art maintenance projects,auction houses, historical societies,
corporate collections and the world of individuals whoinherited
paintings.
In addition to painting restoration, Scott Haskins FACL provides
other services, including
analysis of condition/authenticity; art related insurance
evaluations damage assessments;expert witness/legal testimony; and
art collection consultations. After the 1994 earthquakein
Northridge, Haskins was inspired to add another dimension to his
areas of expertisetoeducate people about what they can do to save
their valuable possessions when there is aphysical disaster such as
earthquake, fire or flood. His soft cover book, Save Your StuffFrom
a Disaster, is a down to earth handbook about protecting and
preserving a largearray of treasures, including photographs,
negatives, compact disks, ceramics, glass, rugs,sculpture,
furniture, paintings and other collectables. Haskins will sign and
sell his bookimmediately following his presentation.
If you have things you collect and things you cherish, you
should be in the audience on
July 26th to learn from an expert on the buying and preserving
of all things collectible.Seating is limited and reservations are
suggested. Please call (805) 640-1390 x 201. OVMmembers are Free of
charge; Non-members are $7 at the door.
The Ojai Valley Museum, established in 1967, is generously
supported in part by museummembers, private donors, business
sponsors and underwriters, the Smith-HobsonFoundation,
Wood-Claeyssens Foundation, City of Ojai, Rotary Club of Ojai, and
the OjaiCivic Association.
The museum is located at 130 W. Ojai Avenue, Ojai, CA.
Admission: free for current 2013members, adults - $5.00, children
618 - $1.00 and children 5 and under free. Gallery
hours are Tuesday Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m, Sunday, noon to 4
p.m. Tours areavailable by appointment. Free parking is available
off Blanche Street at back of museum.
For more information, call the museum at (805) 640-1390, ext.
203, [email protected] visit the museum website at:
Ojai Valley Museum.org or findus on Facebook Ojai Valley Museum.
Friday, July 26, 2013 5:30 to 7 p.m. RotatingGallery FREE to OVM
Members $7.00 at door for Non-membersThis same article was
published by the Ventura County Star vcstar.com on July 17,
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Myrna Cambianica
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