If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It

But if it is broken, perhaps conservator Helen Ingalls can give you some advice.

Smithsonian American Art Museum conservator Helen Ingalls shares information with craft collectors about possible conservation of their work and gives preventive maintenance suggestions in a Craft Conservation Clinic held on July 28 from 12 to 3 p.m. at the Renwick Gallery.

Visitors are requested to bring no more than two objects that can be carried by one person. Please call the Renwick at least one week in advance for clinic registration at 202-357-2531.

The Renwick Gallery is located at 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, across from the White House.

Pictured: Ralph Bacerra, born 1938, Teapot, 1989, glazed porcelain, 16 1/4 x 12 3/8 x 9 5/8 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James Renwick Alliance and museum purchase through the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program.