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Carla Pike

Member profile details

Membership level

Full Member

First name

Carla

Last name

Pike

Profile picture

Regional Group

Canterbury

Business address

58 Gloucester St, Christchurch NZ, 8081

Occupation

Exhibitions Conservator

Specialism/expertise

Objects
Preventive Conservation

Available for:

Conservation advice only (not treatments).

About/bio

Carla is the Exhibitions Conservator at Christchurch Art gallery. Her main role is to care for works of art that are on current exhibition. She is responsible for the condition reporting of works as they enter and leave the gallery, and maintaining their condition while on display. Carla works closely with registrars, curators, exhibition designers and technicians in the preparation of works for exhibit and loan, to ensure that they are stable and safe for display. She also assists with tasks associated with the long-term care of the gallery’s collection, including pest management, preventive conservation and disaster response.

Qualifications and/or experience

Carla trained as an objects conservator in Peterborough, Canada, completing the Collections and Conservation Management degree in 2006, and has worked within Canada, Antarctica and New Zealand. She is currently the Canterbury Representative for the NZCCM (New Zealand Conservators of Cultural Material group).

Relevant training

Bachelor of Arts: Cultural Anthropology. Collections Conservation and Management Diploma

Code of Ethics

NZCCM Code of Ethics