AACC Conservators

James R. Squires
Associate Conservator of Paintings
After receiving his B.A. (double major, Art History and French) from Kenyon College in 1991, James apprenticed with Charles Olin of Olin Conservation, Inc, in Washington, DC, conserving a variety of oil paintings and murals. James received further pre-program training in the conservation laboratory at the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco. He received an M.A. and Certificate of Advanced Studies in Art Conservation from the State University College at Buffalo in 1999. His graduate and post-graduate internships and fellowships in the conservation of paintings, murals, and objects include positions at Preservar, Incorporated (New York, NY, Washington, DC), the Carnegie Museum of Art (Pittsburgh, PA), and the Williamstown Art Conservation Center (Williamstown, MA).

Yasuko Ogino
Associate Conservator of Paintings and Frames
After receiving her B.A. in Fine Art from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1992, Yasuko received pre-program training in the conservation of paintings and paper from Balboa Art Conservation Center (San Diego, California) and on various on-site mural conservation projects with Perry Huston and Associates (based in Forth Worth, Texas). She received an M.A. and Certificate of Advanced Studies in Art Conservation from the State University College at Buffalo in 2000. Her graduate and post-graduate internships and fellowships in the conservation of paintings, frames, murals, and objects include positions at the Carnegie Museum of Art (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), Fine Arts Conservation and Technical Services (Clarence, New York), the New York State Bureau of Historic Sites (Waterford, New York), and the Williamstown Art Conservation Center (Williamstown, Massachusetts).