Daughters of Utah Pioneers Orem, UT Camp Features Scott M. Haskins, Author, Art Conservator at Annual Meeting – 3 good tips!

Daughters of Utah Pioneers from Payson to Lehi were invited to the DUP Orem Camp on October 22, 2012 for a special program featuring Scott M. Haskins, Art restorer who does painting conservation for DUP in SLC and for the LDS Church. He is also the author of the national preservation manual best seller, How To Save Your Stuff From A Disaster which is recommended by small historical museums organizations, genealogists and mothers!

Daughters of Utah Pioneers in SLC has been working with Scott since 1980 and the paintings he has worked on were well known and interesting: Important pioneer paintings by CCA Christensen were explained (as the one in the photo below) and several portraits of Brigham Young were seen and the inside scoop their preservation was discussed during the 45 minute presentation. A website at http://www.pioneerartrestoration.com (click on this link to sign up for updates… and leave a comment!!!) has articles, fun stories and videos about the work done over the years. During his talk, he also spoke about other interesting Pioneer Art projects that we was working on such as the murals in the Salt Lake LDS Temple and the Idaho Falls LDS Temple.

3 practical tips and instructions were well received about what the conference attendees could do themselves at home or in their small historical museums to protect, preserve and save artifacts, family history, collectibles, vintage photos, memorabilia, old cherished books and treasure documents. His book, How To Save Your Stuff From A Disaster gives easy to understand instructions and examples:

1. Think about where you put your storage boxes with historic items so that water cannot get to them (basements with water heaters, garages on the floor etc)- water damage on collectibles

2. Don’t use magnetic photo albums. How do you get photos out of magnetic photo albums? Floss!

3. Use an anchor wax to hold down collectibles in case of earthquakes, storms, dogs with big tails and grandkids! He brought a product called Museum Wax which attendees bought.

About 75 Daughters attended the meeting and it appears that the Springville Camp may be thinking about doing a joint event with the Springville Art Museum sometime in the future with Mr. Haskins as the speaker and who may also put on a workshop!

You can tell that Scott Haskins is passionate about art restoration of early Americana Art with the International Pioneer Museum in SLC if you've seen his videos on YouTube and this website. Even if he can't be a member of DUP (his mother's family helped settle Beaver, UT and his great grandmother, who died when he was 14 and he knew well, was the 1st child through "Hole in the Rock"!) Scott is anxious to do everything within his professional abilities to help our organization.

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More info on Scott's work with clients in Utah:http://www.fineartconservationlab.com/salt-lake-city-

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More info on FACL, Inc's work with clients in Las Vegas:http://www.fineartconservationlab.com/art-painting-conservationrestoration-las-vegas/

Scott's blog about art conservation on vintage Mormon Art, go to http://www.mormonartconservation.org

Art restoration/conservation questions? Call Scott Haskins at 805 570 4140

Art appraisal questions? Call Richard Holgate at 805 895 5121

Find Scott on Facebook: “Save Your Stuff” and “Scott M. Haskins”