Make a mosaic: learn the history and technique

Each participant in this workshop will receive a mosaic kit to complete and take home while they listen to and watch a presentation on the history of mosaics in antiquity by Art and Archaeology graduate student Katy Knortz. Additionally, Chief Conservator at the Princeton University Art Museum, Bart Devolder, will speak about the challenges the museum has faced in managing the many large mosaics held by Princeton from the excavations of Antioch-on-the-Orontes of 1932-1939.

Meet the facilitator:
Julia Gearhart and Yichin Chen are part of Visual Resources in the Department of Art and Archaeology.

A&A graduate student Katy Knortz will be doing the presentation on mosaics in antiquity: https://artandarchaeology.princeton.edu/people/katy-knortz

And the Chief Conservator at the Princeton University Art Museum, Bart Devolder, will be presenting on the challenges the museum has had in the removal of the Antioch mosaics from McCormick Hall for construction, as well as their treatment: https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/about/staff-directory/98796

What to Expect:
Day-long workshop (5 hours total, including lunch break)

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