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SPRING 2022

  • The Landmarks Conservancy’s prestigious Lucy G. Moses Preservation awards honored the “T Building” as one of this year's recipients. Mary Kay Judy was proud to be the design team's interior and exterior restoration consultant from the project's inception in 2018. The T Building, originally the Triboro Hospital for Tuberculosis (1938-41), is a Art Moderne-style former public hospital which was carefully rehabilitated by Dunn Development Corp., a Brooklyn-based mission-driven, for-profit developer of affordable housing into 200 rental units affordable to low and middle income households, including 75 units of supportive housing, and approximately 20,000 square feet of community space.

WINTER 2022

WINTER 2021

  • The Georgian Interpress News reported on Mary Kay Judy's on-site consultation during the on-going restoration of an early 19th century German-Georgian House in Bolnisi, Georgia. It was built by one of the many German immigrant families in the area during the Tsarist period. The original stone masonry house has an elaborate wood porch and detailing, as well as vaulted wine caves in the cellar. It is being converted into a tasting room and event space to showcase small, regional and local vineyards. Tbilisi based restoration architect Nestan Tatarashvili is directing the work in conjunction with the German Cultural Heritage association in the South Caucasus.

 

FALL 2020

  • Mary Kay Judy was honored to be named an international advisor to the Jvari Monastery Conservation Project supported by the U.S. Ambassadors Fund in the Republic of Georgia. A UNESCO World Heritage Site,  Jvari Monastery was constructed between 586- 605 A.D. and is iconic to the Georgian national identity. The project is being lead by the George Chubinashvili National Research Center for Georgian Art History and Heritage Preservation.

  • For more on the Jvari Monastery Conservation Project, please see a video overview with US Ambassador Kelly C. Degnan: https://youtu.be/LZdzZWfVLhg and a project profile “Preserving an Invaluable Monastery in Georgia” in Share America, a publication of the US State Department.

SUMMER 2020

  • Ms. Judy was selected to be the Building Assessor at the Weeksville Heritage Center in Brooklyn, New York on behalf of the Conservation Assessment Program (CAP).  Weeksville Heritage Center is an historic site and cultural center in Central Brooklyn that uses education, arts and a social justice lens to preserve, document and inspire engagement with the history of Weeksville, one of the largest free Black communities in pre-Civil War America, and the Historic Hunterfly Road Houses.

  • Ms. Judy was also selected to be the CAP Building Assessor for the Lockwood Matthews Mansion Museum in Norwalk, Connecticut. Built in 1864, the museum is a National Historic Landmark regarded as one of the earliest and most significant Second Empire Style buildings in the United States. The on-site assessment took place in September 2020.

  • In July, Ms. Judy took part in the Preservation Institute: Nantucket (PIN) program as an Architectural Assessor. She presented "Applying the Secretary of the Interior Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties in Professional Practice, Case study: Taos Pueblo Preservation Program." She also took part in a PIN panel discussion on the Standards as applied to flood guidelines and sustainability for historic buildings with co-panelist Jennifer Wellock of the National Park Service.

WINTER 2020

  • In March, Ms. Judy was named an American Institute of Conservation (AIC) Professional Associate. The AIC is a national organization supporting conservation professionals in preserving cultural heritage by establishing and upholding professional standards, promoting research and publications, providing educational opportunities, and fostering the exchange of knowledge among conservators, allied professionals, and the public.

  • Mary Kay Judy was honored to join the Board of the Neighborhood Preservation Center (NPC). The Neighborhood Preservation Center is a NGO established in 1999, dedicated to supporting those working toward vibrant, thriving, and equitable neighborhoods.  In its next phase of development, the NPC's will broaden its mission to be a home to social impact innovators who are collaborating to make New York City an even better place to live and work with a focus that encompasses the environment, historic preservation and community-based arts.

2019

  • In June, Mary Kay Judy served as the Architectural Assessment instructor at Preservation Institute: Nantucket (PIN) field school. PIN students performed in-depth conditions surveys and created prioritized repair recommendations for local landmarks the Pacific Club (1772) and the original Thomas Macy warehouse (1846).

  • On May 30, 2019, Mary Kay Judy hosted a curated conversation, “Aerialists & Explorers: Unconventional Engagement with Historic Preservation Practice,” with Amanda Topaz and Lucinda Grange in co-operation with Association for Preservation Technology Northeast Chapter (APTNE) at the Neighborhood Preservation Center in New York City.

  • In addition to ongoing projects in all five boroughs and Long Island, this summer Mary Kay will be performing building assessments for the Lightner Museum in St. Augustine, Florida and the Bell Gallery at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. The Lightner Museum, designed by Carrère and Hastings, was originally built in 1888 in the Spanish Renaissance Revival style as the Hotel Alcazar. The Bell Gallery is housed in the Modernist five-story reinforced concrete List Art Building designed by Philip Johnson in 1970.

  • Mary Kay Judy was honored to be invited to join the Advisory Board of BronxArtSpace in September. BronxArtSpace is a non-profit gallery that promotes the innovative ideas of underrepresented and emerging artists and curators. Founded in 2008, BronxArtSpace is dedicated to exhibiting the highest quality artwork from the Bronx and around the world. Their mission is to foster dialogue around the contemporary local, national and global issues while advancing local arts education and opportunities

2018

  • On February 2nd, Mary Kay Judy was a speaker on an interdisciplinary panel discussing "Historic Resource Management" for Historic Preservation graduate students in the course "Current Issues in Preservation" at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York.

  • On January 6, 2018, Mary Kay Judy presented “Contemporary Artists Practicing Historic Preservation” as part of the Poetics of Space program at First Person Plural in the Lower East Side, New York City.

2017

  • Mary Kay Judy presented her on-going work "Reversible Monuments" within the context of current debates surrounding public monuments at a panel hosted by El Salon's founder Eva Mayhabal Davis at the Forward Union Fair 2017. Forward Union is a platform connecting artists with critical social justice organizations. Their goal is to establish and support a coalition of causes, providing organizations with increased visibility within the art world and valuable access to creative resources and services.

  • At the Dunbar Apartments in Harlem, New York, Mary Kay Judy performed a paint analysis at the historic storefronts in preparation for their full restoration. Named for the famed African American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, the full block garden apartment complex was financed by John D. Rockefeller to create cooperative apartments that would provide opportunities for African American home ownership. The apartments were completed in 1928 and are both a New York City Landmark and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The site is also included in the National Park Service's "Historic Places of Civil Rights Movement."

  • In September, Mary Kay Judy performed a CAP Assessment at Guild Hall located in East Hampton, New York. Guild Hall was built in 1931 as a cultural center for the local community housing an art museum and the jewel box John Drew Theater. The assessment included the Guild Hall building and grounds, as well two off-site art collection storage facilities. The museum's permanent collection includes prominent artists who have lived and worked on Eastern Long Island including Henri Cartier-Bresson, John Chamberlain, Jasper Johns, April Gornik, Jackson Pollack and Lee Krasner.

  • The Bowne House in Flushing, Queens is one of New York City's oldest buildings situated on its original site dating from 1661. Collaborating with Envision Heritage, Mary Kay Judy completed a full graphic documentation of the changes over time on the interior of the house over 360 years- tracing the earliest architectural components and features from the seventeenth century through the present day including additions, renovations, decorative finishes and the incorporation of utilities from gas lighting onward. The Bowne House is a member of New York City's Historic House Trust.

  • This summer Mary Kay Judy performed building assessments for both the Fairfield University Art Museum in Fairfield, Connecticut and for the Armenian Museum of America in Watertown, Massachusetts. The assessments are supported by the Conservation Assessment Program (CAP) that pairs a building assessor with a collections assessor for a two day collaborative site visit with museum staff. A CAP assessment includes all the institution’s collections, buildings, and building systems, as well as its policies and procedures relating to collections care.

  • In early June, Mary Kay Judy served as the Architectural Assessment instructor at Preservation Institute: Nantucket (PIN) field school. This year's focus was the assessment of remaining intact historic interiors and finishes in private houses on Nantucket from the 18th and 19th centuries.

  • The Neighborhood Preservation Center in partnership with the Association for Preservation Technology Northeast Chapter (APTNE) announced that Mary Kay Judy will present her work in progress: Reversible Monuments: Historic Environment as Contemporary Medium on June 8, 2017 at 6 pm. The year long project is focusing on the phenomenon of contemporary artists using historic architecture, features, infrastructure, and streetscapes as the primary artistic medium of their work- through the lens of Architectural Conservation.

  • On April 18th, Mary Kay Judy delivered a lecture titled "Historic Gilded Age Mansion Interior Restoration" at the General Society for Mechanics and Tradesmen in New York. The lecture profiled her work on the investigation and on-going interior restoration at a private, historic Gilded Age mansion in New York City. Built in 1918, the building has had only three owners since its construction. The current owners are now committed to restoring the house to its former grandeur.

  • Mary Kay was pleased to be the NYC Landmarks Commission representative and consultant for the British retailer Wolf and Badger's US flagship store which recently opened at 95 Grand Street in the Soho Cast Iron District. Mary Kay also provided historic paint analysis for the storefront at the Monica Vinader Jewelry US flagship recently opened at 151 Spring Street in the Soho Cast Iron Historic District.

  • Mary Kay Judy was a member of the Women's A & E Leadership Panel hosted by Silman Engineering in New York City on March 10, 2017. Other panelist included Nancy Hudson PE of Silman, Molly McGowan AIA of Ennead Architects and Gina Crevello of Echem Consulants. The panel was moderated by Felicia Mayro, Director of the Neighborhood Preservation Center.

  • Sponsored by Storefront for Art & Architecture, Mary Kay Judy received a NYSCA Architecture + Design Grant for her project "Reversible Monuments: Historic Environment as Contemporary Medium." The project will focus on the phenomenon of contemporary artists engaging with historic resources and environments as the primary medium of their work. Please stay tuned for related public programs to be announced in 2017.

2016

  • In early September, Mary Kay Judy was nominated to the Municipal Arts Society's Preservation Committee. The Preservation Committee examines preservation policy issues, reviews proposals for the alteration of landmark buildings, and promotes and supports the designation of landmarks, the committee also plans and implements special preservation projects and testifies on behalf of the MAS at the Landmarks Preservation Commission and other city agencies.

  • On September 22, Mary Kay Judy co-taught "Preserving Guastavino's Tiles at the Eglise De Notre Dame" at the Institute of Classical Architecture and Art (ICAA) in New York City. The Institute of Classical Architecture & Art is the leading nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the classical tradition in architecture, urbanism and their allied arts.

  • Mary Kay Judy served as the Architectural Assessment instructor for a second time at Preservation Institute: Nantucket (PIN) field school. This year's project site was the Hawden House. The Hadwen House, located on Main Street, is a Greek Revival wood mansion built in 1845 by whaling merchant and silver retailer William Hawden.

  • Supported the Landmarks Conservancy Sacred Sites program, Mary Kay Judy completed and presented the "Cadman Congregational Memorial Church Conditions Survey and Prioritized Restoration Cost Estimates" report. Located in the Clinton Hill Historic District, built in 1922, it is comprised of a sanctuary with an adjoining school building. Today for the former school building is home to the Brooklyn Studios for Dance and an expanding multi- disciplinary community arts space.

  • The "St Patrick's Cathedral Conservation, Renovation and Systems Upgrade" project received a Lucy G Moses Preservation Award from the Landmarks Conservancy. Mary Kay Judy was a member of the project team providing the Cathedral's historic bronze and wood door restoration scope.

  • Mary Kay Judy and co-author Luis Mountain Zamora published "Taos Pueblo Model Restoration Project" in Earth Construction & Tradition Vol. 1 by the Institute of Comparative Architecture in Vienna, Austria edited by Hubert Feiglstorfer.

2015

  • "Taos Pueblo Preservation Program" published in the APT Bulletin: The Journal of the Association for Preservation Technology, volume 46, number 4 Fall 2015. Co-authored with Luis Mountain Zamora of Taos Pueblo.

  • Artist Talk with Ariel Jackson, Amy Pryor and Bronx Photo League moderated by Mary Kay Judy. The Mott Haven Herald's review of the event.

  • No Longer Empty's Curatorial Lab exhibition "Intersecting Imaginaries" opened at 900 Grand Concourse and 161st Street in the Bronx, New York.

  • Supported by the Landmarks Conservancy Scared Sites program and the Northern Manhattan Empowerment Zone, Mary Kay Judy executes a mobilization plan and designs parapet repairs and select roofing repairs at the Art Deco Hebrew Tabernacle Congregation in Washington Heights.