FORTHCOMING: “Proposing the personal: centering vulnerability and transparency in how conservators communicateco-author with Celeste Mahoney for a chapter in Ethical Conservation and Collections Care: Prioritizing People in Decision-Making and Practice, edited by Nina Owczarek Herrera, estimated publish date 2023

Rarely Either/Or: Advocacy from Internal and External Sources” (toolkit created by M. Schindler) Co-presenter in the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifact’s Let’s Talk About That: Dialogue and Change in Collections Care series, 2022

Investigating a value-based approach to conserving deteriorating plastics, a case study in Contemporary Art Network! Post-prints from the AIC Annual Meeting: Plastic Challenges in Cultural and Ecological Preservation, Session II, 2022

Are we working from a foundation of fear?Blog post on WhatIsConservation.com, 2022

Value-Based Decision Making: One approach to increasing empathy in conservation practiceArticle adapted from the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifact’s Diversity in Collection Care: Many Voices virtual colloquium, 2021

Who is a conservator? What is conservation? Evolving our identities and practice to thrive in an inclusive worldCo-author to opening session talk at the AIC’s virtual Annual Meeting, 2021

Ethics in Textile ConservationGuest lecturer in WUDPAC Textile Conservation block, 2021

Intersectional Environmentalism in Heritage ConservationModerated panel discussion for MANA Contemporary, 2021

Professional Advocacy through Museum Unionization: Organizing 101, A Panel DiscussionTwo panel discussions co-organized by the Philadelphia Area Conservation Association (PACA) and AIC’s Emerging Conservation Professionals Network (ECPN), 2020

Conservation Ethics and TheoryContributor to a publicly-accessibly bibliography located on AIC’s Conservation Ethics Wiki page, 2020

Conserving Vintage Dior: Investigating New Methods for Cleaning Deteriorating Patent Leather (script)Presentation for the Plastic Challenges in Cultural and Ecological Preservation session at the AIC Annual Meeting, 2020

Conservators Combating Climate Change: A New Podcast Series by the American Institute for Conservation’s Emerging Conservation Professionals NetworkInternational Institute for Conservation’s (IIC) October News in Conservation e-magazine (pg. 52-55), 2020

Documenting Reflectivity: Ongoing Study of Robert Rauschenberg’s Reflective Metal PaintingsICOM-CC Metals Working Group Newsletter, 2020

REFLEX & REFLECTIVITY: Reflections on my final year as a WUDPAC Graduate FellowFinal Oral Presentation for the Winterthur/University of Delaware Graduate Program in Art Conservation, 2020

“Cleaning Synthetic Textiles: A Case Study” Presentation for WUDPAC Textile Block, 2020

“Conservation as a Balancing Act: Preservation of the Marshall Steam Museum’s Steam Car Model” Marshall Steam Museum and Friends of Auburn Heights newsletter, 2020

The Universal Language of Collection CareWestern Association for Art Conservation, 2020 

Documenting Contemporary ArtWinterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation Student Blog, 2019

“Building Bridges and Blurring Borders: Collaboration Initiatives in Modern and Contemporary Art Conservation Education” Association for North American Graduate Programs in Conservation 2019 Post-Prints, 2019

“Mummy Mysteries: International Science Project Uncovers Ancient Egyptian Secrets at the CMA” Cleveland Museum of Art blog, 2018

“Building Bridges and Blurring Borders: Collaboration Initiatives in Modern and Contemporary Art Conservation Education” Association for North American Graduate Programs in Conservation 2019 Post-Prints, 2019

“Mummy Mysteries: International Science Project Uncovers Ancient Egyptian Secrets at the CMA” Cleveland Museum of Art blog, 2018

“Materials Information and Technical Resources for Artists – Resources” University of Delaware website, 2016

Cheyenne Rudolph at Ringling Underground” Artist Interview published on Sarasota Visual Art, 2016

Nathan Wilson at Ringling Underground” Artist Interview published on Sarasota Visual Art, 2015

During the Artist Interview Workshop led by Dr. Sanneke Stigter, University of Amsterdam, 9 October 2019. Image courtesy of Sanneke Stigter. 

Natalya Swanson