Vivien L. Barnett

302-607-3777 - vbarnett@udel.edu

 

Education

University of Delaware, Newark, DE

Bachelor of Arts in Art Conservation, Art History                                                                                   Spring 2019

Master of Arts in Art History for Museum Professionals                                                                         Spring 2020
 

Related Experience

Curatorial Assistant, Maryland Center for History and Culture                                             Summer 2020 - Present

• Assist with exhibition planning, including writing label copy, researching collection objects, and installation

• Respond to public inquiries about the collections

• Process, house, and assess the condition of new accessions

• Perform collections care duties including integrated pest management, PastPerfect cataloging, preparing storage mounts, and more

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Student Assistant, Special Collections, University of Delaware                                       Winter 2016 - Spring 2020

• Create and apply housing for fragile or sensitive books

• Prepare items and labels for exhibitions

• Page, scan, and/or photocopy books that have been requested by patrons

• Perform processing activities for rare books and other printed materials

• Manage reception area and interact with patrons

 

Volunteer Lab Assistant, Costumes & Textiles, Philadelphia Museum of Art                                         Winter 2020

• Dye samples of silk with Lanaset dye colors

• Prepare a dye notebook for future lab use

• Assist with other projects as needed

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Fashion Archives Internship, Maryland Historical Society                                                                   Summer 2019

• Process, survey the condition of, and rehouse historic costumes

• Assist with the installation of costumes for the Spectrum of Fashion exhibition

• Conduct social media outreach through weekly blog posts

• Present on independent research project at a public lecture

• Attend workshops on fashion history, garment dating, storage methods, and textile conservation

 

Natural History Conservation Internship, University of Delaware                                                           Spring 2019

• Research a type of natural history collection and present to class

• Perform conservation treatments on taxidermy objects

• Prepare condition and treatment reports

• Conduct social media outreach via Twitter

 

Temporary Assistant Technician, Conservation, Winterthur Museum                                                     Winter 2019

• Prepare undergarments and pad mannequins for the long-term display of male and female costumes 

• Assist with the installation of the Costuming THE CROWN exhibition

 

Student Assistant, Manuscripts & Archives, University of Delaware                                                         Fall 2018

• Prepare archival folders for fragile manuscript materials

• Catalog, organize and rehouse new acquisitions

 

Painting Conservation Internship, University of Delaware/Winterthur Museum                                         Fall 2018

• Prepare an archival pressure-mount for a miniature flag

• Prepare a condition report on a painting

• Consolidate the losses of a fire-damaged frame

 

Registration Internship, Winterthur Museum                                                                                         Summer 2018

• Use Ke EMu database to record information on the handling and moving of metal and textile objects

• Assist with the rehousing of objects

• Collaborate with the Conservation, Registration, and Preservation departments

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Textile Conservation Internship, University of Delaware                                                                         Spring 2018

• Perform mechanical and wet cleaning of a 19th-century child’s dress

• Prepare a condition and treatment report

• Practice methods of making textiles, including crocheting, card-weaving, and hand-sewing

 

Summer Scholars Research Program, University of Delaware                                                              Summer 2017

• Research the degradation of Quercitron dye using an artificial aging unit and HPLC-MS

• Conduct archival research on the history of the dye

• Give a presentation summarizing research

 

Volunteer, Archaeology Lab, University of Delaware                                                                           Summer 2016

• Conduct pre-conservation photography of metal artifacts

• Perform wet and mechanical cleaning of artifacts

• Label artifacts

 

Relevant Education and Coursework at the University of Delaware

Art Conservation: Introduction to Art Conservation, Visual Acuity, Care & Preservation of Cultural Materials I & II,  Drawing in the West, Paintings I: Historic Materials & Techniques, Senior Capstone

 

Art History: Introduction to Art History: Pyramids to Cathedrals, Making American Art (1700-1900), Art Since 1900 (1900-Present), Baroque Art (1400-1700), Seminar in Greek & Roman Art (Pre-1400), Graduate Seminar in Narrative in the Age of Giotto (Pre-1400), “What is a Medium?”: Graduate Seminar in Media Studies & Art History (1900-Present), Graduate Seminar in Northern Baroque Art (1400-1700), Realism and its Others in the Late 19th-Century: Graduate Seminar (1700-1900), The Art of Benin and Biafra, The Art of David C. Driskell (1900-Present), Introduction to Theories of Material Culture Studies

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Museum Studies: Introduction to Museums, Historic Textile Collections Management, Museum Education & Interpretation, Historical Archaeology and the Public, Exhibition Planning & Interpretation, Race in Museums: Black Bodies on Display, Graduate Seminar in Introduction to Museums

 

Chemistry: Chemistry in Art, General Chemistry I & II, Organic Chemistry I & II, Art & Forensics

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