Second Saturday – October

Kenya Brown Feeser’s years of experience in art conservation will be the focus of October’s Second Saturday program. Her skills shine through in many ways. One such example is Lafayette’s toast a portrait within the new Revolutionary York exhibit. Kenya spent countless hours working to bring this portrait back to life. We hope you can join us to learn more about the amazing work Kenya does to conserve our history!

About our Speaker:

Kenya is a Baltimore, Maryland native whose love of art history and science found itself in the perfect career canon of art conservation. A second bachelor’s degree from Hood College in Frederick in art history inspired a subsequent move to study her craft at Studio Art Centers International in Florence, Ital in 2006 leading to return to the U.S. to work as the lead conservator of the Jamestown Project at the Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory where a team of other conservators and volunteers would assist in the treatment of 42,500 metallic, wood, and ceramic objects. The National Park Service at Jamestown would be the step in her journey where she helped catalog objects from the Greenspring Planation. She returned to Italy to pursue a Masters in Conservation Science from Universita di Bologna, Bologna, Italy. A collaborative thesis study between Duke University, Hood College, and University of Florence under the supervision of other scientists would allow her to research the characterization of cleaning protocols by Er:YAG laser, a study of Paul Cezanne pigment effects Duke University, French Science laboratories and Consiglio Nazionale dell Ricerche, Firenze, Italia, and Hood College Chemistry Department. She has served her former community as chairperson of the Spring Garden Township Police Department Advisory Board from 2021-2025. Additionally, she’s been a volunteer for the York County Correctional Facility teaching theological studies for 5 years. Her most notable projects have included the St. Jerome Writing painting by Michaelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, the restoration of the Edgar Allan Poe Statue at the University of Baltimore, the White House administration’s Boy Scouts of America statue, and the completion of the Jamestown National Park Service Archaeological Conservation Project.  Kenya has served on the board of York History Center for 9 years as Chairperson of the Collections Committee while restoring several 19th century paintings, ceramics and print engravings including those for the 250th Independence Anniversary Exhibit. She has done work for Crispus Attucks Museum, Spring Grove Area Historical Society and has consulted  the Hanover Area Historical Society collection.