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Taylor Healy joined the Art Institute in March 2023 as the Assistant Conservator of Media. She was previously a post-graduate fellow at the Smithsonian researching neon artworks and historical objects and developing documentation and preservation strategies for the collections of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and Smithsonian American Art Museum. She received dual masters degrees at New York University’s Conservation Center in 2021. During the course of her studies and post-graduate experience, she completed treatments in a wide range of media: stone, ceramic, metals, taxidermy, tapestry, kinetic sculpture, film and video, light installations, computer and software art. She is excited by the preservation and display challenges presented by complex artworks and their technologies. Taylor is currently the Webmaster for American Institute for Conservation’s specialty group, Contemporary Art Network (CAN!). She found her way to the field of conservation through the studio arts. She received a BFA in Sculpture + Extended Media from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2015. She maintains a personal studio practice working with materials such as metals, glass, textiles, and plastics.
