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PŪ MANAAKI KAHURANGI 

NEW ZEALAND CONSERVATORS OF CULTURAL MATERIALs


Annette McKone

 

Member profile details

Membership level
Full Member
First name
Annette
Last name
McKone
Regional Group
Auckland
Business address
Cnr Wellesley and Kitchener St, Auckland CBD
Occupation
Objects Conservator
Specialism/expertise
  • Objects
  • Organics
  • Other
  • Preventive Conservation
  • Sculpture
Available for:
Conservation advice only (not treatments).
About/bio
Annette is an Objects Conservator with experience in a multitude of materials. She completed a 6 month pre-training internship working with paper and wet organic material prior to qualifying in Objects conservation in 1994. Annette worked at Auckland Museum for 9 years working with Human and Natural History collections and historical and contemporary world cultural Taonga; she spent the following 7 years in private practice, and is currently the Objects Conservator at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, responsible for all historic and contemporary sculpture and installation artwork. Annette has a particular interest in modern polymers.
Qualifications and/or experience
1991-93 Bachelor of Applied Science in the Conservation of Cultural Materials, University of Canberra, ACT
1979-81 Diploma of Fine Arts, Otago School of Art, Dunedin

1994-2003 Objects Conservator Auckland Museum
2004-2009 Private practice
2010-current Objects Conservator Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki
Relevant training
2019 Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia: workshop 'Towards a Flexible Future: Managing TBMA in collections'
2015 West Dean College, UK: short course ' Conservation of Plastics' Yvonne Shashoua
2012 POPART Paris, France: workshops 'Surveying Plastic Collections' and ' Portable Analytical techniques for plastics'
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