About AMIEN
The Art Materials Information and Education NetworkAMIEN is dedicated to providing, without regard to aesthetics, the most comprehensive, up-to-date, accurate, and unbiased factual information about artists’ materials. The information is based on the most current scientific knowledge from peer-reviewed sources regarding quality, durability, and health hazards, and on original research conducted at AMIEN. The information is not prescriptive: AMIEN does not tell artists how to make art. We want artists to be able to make intelligent choices about any material used to make art, and we want to help artists make art safely.
Our goal is to reach as many artists as possible, amateur, student, and professional alike as in order to fulfill the mission of AMIEN.
The Advisory Council at AMIEN advises AMIEN on its programs, and makes suggestions for new programs or revisions of existing programs. Members also voluntarily scan the website for discussions pertinent to their areas of interest or expertise. They may occasionally post answers, articles, comments, corrections, or questions of their own.
AMIEN Advisory Council
Albert P. Albano: Executive Director, Intermuseum Conservation Association, OH
Stuart Baron: President, Delaware College of Art and Design, Wilmington DE
Beth Bergman: Board of Directors, National Art Materials Trade Association, St. Paul, MN
Andrea Chevalier: Senior Paintings Conservator, Intermuseum Conservation Association,OH
James Coddington: Chief of Conservation, MoMA, New York, NY
Kevin Concannon: Art Historian and independent curator, University of Akron, OH
Nancy Doll: Director, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
Robert Gamblin: Paint maker, Portland, OR
Amy Gilman: Assistant Director of Collections and Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Toledo Museum of Art, OH
Mark Golden: Paint maker, New Berlin, NY
Bruce Griffin: CSP, ARM, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Environmental Safety, Office of Safety, UNC Greensboro, NC
Jonathan Lasker: Artist, New York, NY
Joy Turner Luke: Artist, Founder of ASTM D01.57 on artists’ paints, Sperryville, VA
James Martin: Conservation scientist and forensic chemist, MA
Marion Mecklenburg: Senior Conservation Scientist, Smithsonian Conservation Institute, Suitland, MD
Ross Merrill: Artist and Chief of Conservation, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
George O'Hanlon, Traditional paint and materials supplier, Willits CA
Zora Sweet Pinney: Modern Art Materials Collection, National Gallery of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Monona Rossol: Founder, Arts Crafts & Theater Safety (ACTS), New York, NY
Susan Shatter: Artist, New York, NY
Gregory D. Smith: Chief Conservation Scientist, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
Christopher Stavroudis: Paintings Conservator in Los Angeles, CA
