CAROL A. GRISSOM
Smithsonian Conservation Institute
4210 Silver Hill Road
Suitland, Maryland 20746
telephone: 301-238-1236
Fax: 301-238-3709
e-mail: grissomc@si.edu
EDUCATION
B.A., Art History, Wellesley College, 1970
M.A., Art Conservation, Oberlin College, 1974
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Senior Objects Conservator, Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute (formerly the Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education and the Conservation Analytical Laboratory), Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (1984-present). Current projects include Zinc Sculpture in America: 1850–1950 and serving as book review editor for Studies in Conservation.
J. Paul Getty Paired Fellow for Research in Conservation and the History of Art and Archaeology for a project entitled “The influence of Berlin on outdoor zinc sculpture in northern Europe and the United States,” Center for Study of the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (April-July 2002)
Special Exhibitions Conservator, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1982-1983)
Assistant Sculpture Conservator, Center for Archaeometry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri (1977-1982)
Conservator, Friuli Arts and Monuments, Udine, Italy (1976-1977)
Conservation Fellow, Istituto Centrale di Restauro, Rome, Italy (1976)
Conservation Fellow, Institut Royal du Patrimoine Artistique, Brussels, Belgium (1974-1975)
Conservation Trainee, Intermuseum Conservation Association, Oberlin, Ohio (1971-1974)
Conservation Intern, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan (January 1972)
Conservation Intern, Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Design and Decorative Art, New York, New York (summer 1972)
PUBLICATIONS
Grissom, Carol A. Zinc Sculpture in America: 1850–1950 (to be published by the University of Delaware Press)
Grissom, Carol A. and Ronald S. Harvey. “The conservation of American war memorials made of zinc.” Journal of the American Institute for Conservation 41 (2003) 21-38.
Grissom, Carol A. “Cache two” and “Catalogue of cache two.” In Symbols at ‘Ain Ghazal, ‘Ain Ghazal Excavation Reports, Vol. 1, edited by Denise Schmandt-Besserat. Irbid, Jordan: Yarmouk University Press, forthcoming (now available at http://menic.utexas.edu/menic/ ghazal).
Griffin, Patricia S. and Carol A. Grissom. “Three plaster faces.” In Symbols at ‘Ain Ghazal, ‘Ain Ghazal Excavation Reports, Vol. 1, edited by Denise Schmandt-Besserat. Irbid, Jordan: Yarmouk University Press, forthcoming (now available at http://menic.utexas.edu/menic/ ghazal).
Grissom, C. A., A. E. Charola, and M. A. Henriques. “To paint or not to paint: a difficult decision.” In Protection and Conservation of the Cultural Heritage of the Mediterranean Cities, Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on the Conservation of Monuments in the Mediterranean Basin, April 5-8, 2000, Seville, Spain. Lisse, The Netherlands: A. A. Balkema Publishers, 2002, pp. 585-592.
Grissom, Carol A. “Replication of Neolithic plaster statues: insights into construction and form.”Objects Specialty Group Postprints, Vol. 7. Washington, D.C.: AIC, 2000, pp. 79-93.
Grissom, Carol A. “Neolithic statues from ‘Ain Ghazal: construction and form.” American Journal of Archaeology 104 (2000) 25-45.
Grissom, Carol A. “Book Review: Robert Barclay, André Bergeron, and Carle Dignard, with illustrations by Carl Schlichting, Mount-making for Museum Objects.” JAIC 39 (2000) 280- 282.
Grissom, C. A., A. E. Charola, and M. J. Wachowiak. “Measuring surface roughness on stone: back to basics.” Studies in Conservation 45 (2000) 73-84.
Grissom, Carol A., A. Elena Charola, Ann Boulton, and Marion F. Mecklenburg. “Evaluation over time of an ethyl silicate consolidant applied to ancient lime plaster.” Studies in Conservation 44 (1999) 113-120.
Griffin, P. S., C. A. Grissom, and G. A. Rollefson. “Three late eighth millennium plastered faces from ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan.” Paléorient 24 (1998) 59-70.
Grissom, C. A. “Final treatment report for the ‘Ain Ghazal statuary cache excavated in 1985.” Unpublished Conservation Analytical Laboratory report #4834. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1997.
Grissom, Carol. “La conservation des statues néolithiques d’Aïn Ghazal.” In Jordanie sur les pas des archéologues, edited by Eric Delpont, pp. 39-45. Paris: Institut du Monde Arabe, 1997.
Grissom, Carol A. “Conservation of neolithic plaster statues from 'Ain Ghazal.” In Archaeological Conservation and its Consequences, edited by Ashok Roy and Perry Smith, pp. 70-75. London: IIC, 1996.
Charola, A. Elena, Carol A. Grissom, Evin Erder, Melvin J. Wachowiak, and Douglas Oursler. “Measuring surface roughness: three techniques.” Proceedings, 8th International Congress on Deterioration and Conservation of Stone, edited by Josef Riederer, pp. 1421-1434. Berlin, Germany, 1996.
Tubb, Kathryn Walker and Carol A. Grissom. “Ayn Ghaz~l: a comparative study of the 1983 and 1985 statuary caches.” In Studies in the History and Archaeology of Jordan, Vol. 5, edited by Khairieh Amr, Fawzi Zayadine, and Muna Zaghloul, pp. 437-447. Amman: Department of Antiquities, 1995.
Grissom, Carol A. “The conservation of outdoor zinc sculptures.” In Ancient and Historic Metals, edited by David A. Scott, Jerry Podany, and Brian B. Considine, pp. 279-304. (Los Angeles): The Getty Conservation Institute, 1994.
Grissom, Carol A. “The deterioration and treatment of volcanic stone: a review of the literature.” In Lavas and Volcanic Tuffs, edited by A. Elena Charola, pp. 3-29. Rome: ICCROM, 1994.
Lauffenburger, Julie A., Carol A. Grissom, and A. Elena Charola. “Changes in gloss of marble surfaces as a result of methylcellulose poulticing.” Studies in Conservation 37 (1992) 155-164.
Grissom, C. A. “The deterioration and treatment of volcanic stone: a review of the literature.”Preprints of the Contributions to the International Meeting Lavas and Volcanic Tuffs, pp. 103-122. Easter Island, Chile, 1990.
Grissom, C. A., T. Power, and S. West. “Methyl cellulose poultice cleaning of a large marble sculpture.” Proceedings, VIth International Congress on Deterioration and Conservation of Stone, pp. 551-562. Torun, Poland, 1988.
Grissom, Carol A. “Green earth.” In Artists’ Pigments: A Handbook of their History and Characteristics, Vol. 1, edited by Robert L. Feller, pp. 141-167. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, and Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1986.
Grissom, Carol A. “Zinc.” In Metals for Conservators, pp. 99-121. AIC Meeting,Washington, D.C., 1985.
Grissom, Carol A. “The conservation of zinc sculpture,” unpublished manuscript for National Museum Act Grant #FC 105379, 1982.
Grissom, Carol A. and Norman R. Weiss. “Alkoxysilanes in the conservation of art and architecture: 1861-1981.” AATA Supplement 18 (1981) 149-204.
Rabin, Bernard and Carol A. Grissom. “The survey and treatment of some polychromed wooden sculptures damaged by earthquakes in the Friuli region of Italy.” In Conservation of Wood in Painting and the Decorative Arts, edited by N.S. Brommelle, Anne Moncrieff, and Perry Smith, pp. 103-109. London: IIC, 1978.
Schwartzbaum, Paul M.; Constance S. Silver, and Carol A. Grissom. “Earthquake damage to works of art in the Friuli region of Italy.” JAIC 17 (1977) 9-16.
Grissom, Carol A. “A Literature Search for a Pigment Study.” Preprints of the ICOM Committee for Conservation 4th Triennial Meeting, 75/21/5. Venice, 1975.
EXHIBITIONS
Conserved 9,000-year old statues displayed in “Preserving Ancient Statues from Jordan,” Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, July 28, 1996-April 6, 1997; subsequently at the Institut du Monde Arabe and Louvre, Paris, France; Roemer- und Pelizaeus Museum, Hildesheim, Germany; and now at the Jordanian Archaeological Museum, Amman, Jordan.
VIDEOTAPES
Grissom, Carol A. “Five statues from ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan.” Washington, D.C.: SCMRE, 2001