Alyssa Pier
Collections Management
Dedication. Expertise. Passion.
Charles Schreyvogel (1861 –1912)
Unexpected Enemy, 1900
Works on Paper
Objects under acquisition consideration courtesy of the Eiteljorg
North American Indians, 1844
Work on Paper
Objects under acquisition
consideration courtesy of the Eiteljorg
Hands-on Training working for the Collections Department at Eiteljorg Museum
of American Indians and Western Art
Working to preserve the PRESENT
for the benefit of the FUTURE
Condition Reporting
Condition Reporting
Outdoor Bronze Sculpture Cleaning
Kenneth R. Bunn (American, b. 1938)
Whitetail Deer, 1989
Bronze
Sculpture commission by Harrison Eiteljorg for the Museum; The Richard D. and Billie Lou Wood Deer Fountain
1989.17.1
Carl Oscar Borg (1879 – 1947)
Below the Rio Grande
Etching
Objects under acquisition
consideration courtesy of the Eiteljorg
TH.2022.11.59
Preventative Conservation
Exhibition Care & Maintenance
Anita Fields (Osage/Muscogee,1951)
Considering the Earth and Above, 2008
unglazed bisque-fired clay with metal supports
Gift of the artist
2009.8.1 A-T
Hannah Claus
(Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte, b. 1969)
water song: peemitanaahkwahki sakaahkweelo, 2019
DuraChrome™ UV ink printed on JetView acetate film, Gütermann Scala 60 thread, PVA glue
Museum commission with funds provided by the Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship
2019.9.1
Photography & Cataloguing
Temperature & Relative Humidity Monitoring
Allan Houser
(Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache,1914 – 1994)
Changing World, 1993
carved Indiana limestone
Gift of Hank and Louise Leander
2022.17.1 A-B
Hygrothermograph
Collection tools and Native Galleries
Courtesy of the Eiteljorg
Responsibilities & Tasks
Adherence to safe object handling for both 3-D and
2-D objects with special consideration to cultural heritage objects, construction of archival housing units for collections storage, assistance with object care for upcoming exhibitions
Support for Quest for the West® Art Show and Sale including artwork identification and arrangement, exhibition setup and teardown, and (un)packing/crating artwork for shipment and pickup
Catalog objects via record creation and maintenance in The Museum System including accurate dimension recording, constituent/provenance inspection, condition report assessment, proper object classification, and photography capture and upload
Emergency Planning & Diasaster Management
Deaccessioning & Public
Perception
