A panel of conservation experts welcomed Fire survivors to a clinic at the Getty.
So many people affected by the Palisades Fire, had little remaining. What was dug out of the ash, was encased in soot and barely recognizeable.
A collaboration between the Los Angeles County Departments of Arts and Culture, Getty, and Art Recovery LA, offered fire survivors a Fire Recovery Conservation Clinic.
Held at the Getty Center on June 14, the clinic was free, but residents needed to preregister. Once one registered, one was given a time between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. for a time to speak to trained conservation professionals. In the confirmation announcement, they wrote “We are very honored to provide conservation services to those affected by the fires.”
Immediately after leaving the parking lot, there was a table of four professionals, which evaluated an object and directed one to the specialists that were situated in a building at the top of the tramway.
This editor’s slip read “jewelry fused with glass; coins.”
At a courtyard there were numerous people helping survivors with objects: they provided condition assessments of recovered artwork and belongings; demonstrated cleaning objects to remove soot and ash; demonstrated at-home odor remediation and cleaning techniques.
Unfortunately, the items this editor had brought were not able to be restored. One of the consultants thought coins might be able to be cleaned with electrolysis. A list of other consultants were provided, who could possible deal with jewelry encased in glass.
Eddie worked on the object this editor brought to the conservation clinic.
There were several pamphlets that offered further assistance, one was for FREE temporary storage of artworks for fire-impacted artists and community-based organizations who might have lost access to storage. The application deadline is Friday, June 20. Storage will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis, with priority given to applicants in the immediate fire perimeter. Firerelief@arts.lacounty.gov.