Category: Art Conservation

Class of 2027 Summer 2026
The Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation Class of 2027. Back row, left to right: Sarah Purnell, Elizabeth Glander, Allejandra Chavez, Michaela Lott, Luke Kelly. Front row, left to right: Sydney Collins, Sarah Lavin, Anna-Colette Haynes, Emma Reuther.

WUDPAC Summer and Third-year Placements

June 22, 2026 Written by Art Conservation Staff | Photo by Emma Reuther

Best wishes to our students as they head out to their training placements around the globe! We look forward to hearing from the Class of 2027 throughout the year in our Student Blog series, and again when they return to Winterthur for their final presentations. We will also catch up with the Class of 2028’s activities during their Student Summer Work Project talks this autumn. Our thanks to the wonderful host sites and supervisors who will be working with our students over the next several months.

Class of 2027 summer placements

Allejandra Chavez: Cleveland Museum of Art (Cleveland, OH)

Sydney Collins: Voices in Contemporary Art (New York, NY)

Elizabeth Glander: Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (Antwerp, BE)

Anna-Colette Haynes: Carnegie Museum of Art (Pittsburgh, PA)

Luke Kelly: Hagley Museum and Library (Wilmington, DE)

Sarah Lavin: Voices in Contemporary Art (New York, NY)

Michaela Lott: Harry Ransom Center (Austin, TX)

Sarah Purnell: The Joe and Rika Mansueto Library (Chicago, IL)

Emma Reuther: National Galleries of Scotland (Edinburgh, GB-SCT)

 

​​Class of 2027 third-year placements

Allejandra Chavez: Denver Museum of Art (Denver, CO)

Sydney Collins: Museum of Fine Arts Boston (Boston, MA)

Elizabeth Glander: Cleveland Museum of Art (Cleveland, OH)

Anna-Colette Haynes: Yale Peabody Museum (New Haven, CT)

Luke Kelly: American Philosophical Society (Philadelphia, PA)

Sarah Lavin: National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution (Washington, DC)

Michaela Lott: National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)

Sarah Purnell: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (Richmond, VA)

Emma Reuther: Library of Congress (Washington, DC)

 

Class of 2028 summer placements

Kat Baganski: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA)

Adam Blahnik: Amon Carter Museum of American Art (Ft. Worth, TX)

Daniella Bulack: Johns Hopkins University Libraries (Baltimore, MD)

Ellie Fitzgerald: American Antiquarian Society (Worcester, MA)

Yuli Luna: Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, PA)

Malery Nguyen: University of Michigan Library (Ann Arbor, MI)

Kaylie Sagara: Shelburne Museum (Shelburne, VT)

Amy Trompeter: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (Richmond, VA)

Meimei Xu: Harper’s Ferry Center (Harper’s Ferry, WV)

Mara Yella: Midwest Art Conservation Center (Minneapolis, MN)


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