Rhonda Wozniak
Senior Objects Conservator
Rhonda Wozniak is the owner and chief conservator of RWOC, LLC founded in 2006. We specialize in the treatment of a wide variety of materials including outdoor sculpture, decorative arts, and archaeological objects. Prior to opening this conservation laboratory, Rhonda was Objects Conservator at the Carnegie Museum of Art for ten years. Rhonda has a background in metals conservation focused on corrosion studies of marine archaeological objects at the Western Australian Maritime Museum. Rhonda holds a Master of Arts and Certificate of Advanced Studies in Conservation from the State University of New York, College at Buffalo. She is a Professional Associate of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works. RWOC is certified as a Woman Business Enterprise in Allegheny County and the State of Pennsylvania.
Patty Huss West
Senior Objects Conservator
Patty Huss West has been providing conservation services for private clients in Pittsburgh for 24 years. During that time she has also worked as a contract conservator for local museums including the Carnegie Museum of Art, the Andy Warhol Museum, and the Heinz History Center. Patty treats a wide range of fine decorative and historic art objects. The more common materials treated include wood, stone, plaster, ceramic, glass and metal with a particular interest in painted, gilded and lacquered surfaces. She also specializes in comprehensive collections management. She is a Professional Associate of AIC and welcomes clients and colleagues to her studio in Allison Park. Patty received her BA from Bowdoin College and her Diploma of Conservation at the City & Guilds of London Art School.
Rikke Foulke
Senior Paintings Conservator
Rikke Foulke works on paintings ranging from Old Masters, Traditional, Modern and Contemporary period. She is owner and Senior Paintings Conservator of Foulke Fine Art Conservation, LLC. Rikke earned an M.A. in Art History and a Certificate in the Conservation of Works of Art from New York University. Following graduate school, Rikke held Fellowships at the Städtische Galerie in the Lenbachhaus and Kunstbau in Munich, Germany; the Straus Center for Conservation at Harvard University Art Museums; the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC; the Carnegie Museum of Art; and the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, NC. She is a Professional Associate in the American Institute for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works and is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Pittsburgh.
Ana Alba
Paintings Conservator
Ana Alba is the owner of Alba Art Conservation, LLC. Alba Art Conservation specializes in the conservation and analysis of modern and contemporary art, painted surfaces, and traditional paintings. Ana is a 2009 graduate from the Art Conservation Department at Buffalo State College. Following her graduation, she was awarded the William R. Leisher Fellowship in the conservation of modern and contemporary paintings at the National Gallery of Art. She is also a Professional Associate of the American Institute for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works. Ana has held recent contracts at the National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Jessica Keister
Photograph and Paper Conservator
Jessica is the owner of Steel City Art Conservation and specializes in the treatment of photographic and paper materials. Jessica received a MS in Art Conservation, specializing in photographic materials and works on paper, from the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation. Her training includes internships at the Canadian Conservation Institute, the National Gallery of Canada, Fotorestauratie C.C. von Waldthausen, the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, and Harvard University’s Weissman Preservation Center. Before founding Steel City Art Conservation, Jessica held the position of Associate Conservator for Photographs at the New York Public Library. Prior to that, Jessica was Paper & Photograph Conservator at the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts in Philadelphia. Jessica is a Professional Associate of the American Institute for Conservation and an active member of the Photographic Materials specialty group.