Caring for What You Create: Practical Preservation Tips

Join LAMAG and YNM for a half-day workshop on preservation tips for artists and their work! During this workshop, Makayla Rawlins, Carolina Benitez Squires, and Jenny Payan will discuss why conservators make certain decisions, how and why you should document your artwork at home, and share mock-ups that might look familiar to some artists.

This workshop will explore:

• The basics of conservation ethics—why conservators make certain decisions
• Simple, effective methods for documenting your artwork at home
• An overview of materials and how they age over time
• Interactive mock-ups and examples that may feel familiar to your own studio practice

We’ll also open the floor for discussion and questions throughout the session.

Have you ever wondered:

• What happens to non-archival materials when exposed to UV light?
• How to create and maintain strong documentation records for your work?
• What questions you’d ask a conservator if you had the chance?

Please note: This is a bring-your-own-lunch workshop—feel free to bring something to enjoy during our midday break.

Come ready to learn, ask questions, and gain practical tools you can immediately apply to your own artistic practice.

During the Caring for What You Create: Practical Preservation Tips workshop, the Your Neighborhood Museum and LAMAG team will be taking photos as part of documenting the event. We acknowledge that not everyone may want their photo taken and, in the spirit of community building, we want to honor individuals' requests to not be photographed. These photos will be used to share the story of the work of Your Neighborhood Museum and LAMAG with the community on social media and future events.

We, therefore, would like to ask your permission to use your image. Please review these guidelines and confirm below if you agree:

• Photograph for the purpose of inclusion in materials mentioned above,
• Make copies of the photographs so made;
• I grant permission for the use of my appearance in Your Neighborhood Museum’s online and printed materials, including (but not limited to) website, social media, newsletter, and other forms of e-communication, cohort appreciation materials, etc.

DATE/LOCATION: May 31, 2026 at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery 

I understand that I provide this permission with no expectation of compensation and I give Your Neighborhood Museum the right to use my name and likeness to share news regarding the program. As such, Your Neighborhood Museum may:

• Use my name and photo for the purposes of communication and illustration of Your Neighborhood Museum programming and services.

I further understand that photos remain the property of Your Neighborhood Museum.

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