TRAINING
In Furniture Conservation Since 1970
Personal
European Study Trip
Rome, Florence, Perugia, Orvietto, Deruta, Sienna, Athens and Ancient Sites in the Aegean
Summer, 2005
French Marquetry Techniques Seminar
Frick Collection, Metropolitan Museum with Yannick Chastang
New York University
March 2004
18th Century Methods of Furniture Decorations
Colonial Williamsburg Seminar
Williamsburg, VA, Jan 2003
Participant in A.I.C. Wooden Artifacts Group
French Furniture Tour
Mellon Foundation Grant
Paris and six other French cities, May 2001
Gilded Metals Symposium
Andrew Oddy, Brian Consodine et al
Richmond, VA 1995
Enzymes, gels and Cleanings, and Introduction to Fluorescent Microscopy
John Brown University, Richards Wolbers
Siloam Springs, Arkansas, 1991
Smithsonian Furniture Conservation Training Program
Coatings and Consolidants for Furniture Conservation
Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., 1998
Smithsonian Furniture Conservation Training Program
Adhesives for Furniture Conservation
Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
Smithsonian Furniture Conservation Training Program
Methods of Examination, Analysis, and Documentation of Furniture
Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
Anderson Ranch, National Woodworking Symposium
Wendell Castle, Sam Maloof, Jonathan Fairbanks, et al.
Aspen, Colorado 1986
Anderson Ranch
Finishes, George Frank
Woodworking Workshops, Tage Frid
Aspen, Colorado, 1984
Northwood Institute of Contemporary Art
Cedar Hill, Texas 1970-1971
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tuition Scholarship, 1966-1969
Cadwallader Landscape Prize, 1967
Atelier Chapman Kelly
Private Study
Dallas, Texas, 1964-1965
Cooke County College
Gainesville, Texas, 1963-1964
Papers Presented
Traditional French methods in restoration of a 1720’s Andre Charles Bouelle Bas d’ Amoire, AIC Conference, Arlington, VA 2003
Restoration of the Rosedown Bed for the Dallas Museum of Art AIC Conference, Dallas, TX 2001
Treatment of an 1876 Walnut Sideboard for the Dallas Museum of Art, AIC Conference, Nashville, Tennessee 1997
Articles
Furniture Conservation in Paris, Refinishing magazine 2001
Rosewood Adios, Report on the removal of Brazillian Rosewood from World Trade, Fine Woodworking Magazine, 1997
Books
The Flower Mound, Flower Mound, Texas A History and Field Guide to the Flowers and Grasses Donning Publishing Co., 2004
Lectures
The Rosedown Bed
Gallery Talk, Dallas Museum of Fine Art
Dallas, Texas, 2001
Furniture Conservation in France
Texas Museum Association
Dallas, Texas 2001
Furniture Conservation
McFaddin Ward House
Beaumont, Texas 2001
Furniture Woods of the World
Botanical Research Institute
Fort Worth, Texas, 1998
Burl Mesquite Veneer
Texas Mesquite Association
Boerne, Texas, 1998
Maintenance of Furniture Collections
Texas Museum Association Conference
Dallas, Texas 1998
Historic Cabinet Woods
North Texas Woodworkers Association
Dallas, Texas 1999
Professional Associations
American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artisic Works, Professional Associate
Community Service
Environmental Conservation Commission
Flower Mound, Texas, 2006
Flower Mound Tree Board
Founding Chairman
Tree City, USA, 1988
Mound Foundation
Chairman
Native Prairie Preserve, 1996 – Present
ALTON BOWMAN 