Converse with a Conservator Gallery Talk: Caring for a Butter Sculpture

Saturday, June 13, 2026, 11:30am – 12:30pm EDT
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Renwick Gallery
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How does SAAM care for art made of butter? Objects Conservator Leah Bright shares how temperature control, material science, and preventive care support Curious Regard, a life-size butter cow sculpture created onsite for the special exhibition State Fairs: Growing American Craft at SAAM’s Renwick Gallery.  
 

Exhibitions

Crop art with the title State Fairs: Growing American Craft and a cow's head in the center.
State Fairs: Growing American Craft
August 22, 2025September 7, 2026
State Fairs: Growing American Craft is the first major exhibition dedicated to artists’ contributions to the great U.S. tradition of state fairs.