Our Team

Museum Textile Services, LLC, was founded by Camille Myers Breeze in 1999. We are located in the historic Ballardvale section of Andover, Massachusetts. Once a center of textile manufacturing, the first worsted wool in America, as well as the first wool flannel, were made in our small neighborhood. We are proud to once again be making textile history in Ballardvale. 

Camille Myers Breeze
Director & Chief Conservator

Camille Myers Breeze began her conservation career in 1989 at the Textile Conservation Workshop in South Salem, New York. After earning a BA in Art History from Oberlin College, Camille received an MA in Museum Studies: Costume and Textiles Conservation from the Fashion Institute of Technology. She spent five years in the Textile Conservation Laboratory at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City before moving to the Textile Conservation Center at the American Textile History Museum, in Lowell, Massachusetts. Camille founded Museum Textile Services in 1999 as a full-service textile conservation studio serving museums, historical societies, and private collectors. Museum Textile Services conservation and exhibition collaborations have received awards from the AAM, AASLH, NEMA, and Maine Preservation. In 2015 she co-founded the Andover Figures® line of custom museum forms for conservators and collections specialists.
 
Camille is a Fellow of the AIC and is a member of both the Latin American Scholarship Committee and Ethics and Standards Committee. She has been a NEMA Independent Museum Professional Co-Chair and she served on the board of the NECA from 2005 to 2011. Camille is an instructor at the Center for Collections Care at Beloit College and at the International Preservation Studies Center in Freeport, IL. She has taught elsewhere in the United States, the Dominican Republic, and Peru. In 2009, Camille received a grant from the U.S. Department of State to consult with museums in the Dominican Republic on issues of textile conservation.

​An author of numerous journal articles, Camille published A Survey of American Tapestry Conservation Techniques in 1999, and wrote a chapter in the award-winning 2013 catalog Picturing Enlightenment: Tibetan Tangkas in the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College. She is collaborating on a forthcoming book about textiles at the Peruvian site of Huaca Malena. Curriculum Vitae.

Rebecca Helgeson
​Conservation Assistant

Rebecca Helgeson started at MTS in September 2019 as a Conservation Assistant. Rebecca is currently a Master of Museum Studies candidate at the Harvard Extension School, and she expects to complete her degree in June 2020. She has over 15 years of experience working with fabrics from her previous career as a theatrical production artisan who specialized in upholstery and soft goods construction. Rebecca is also the Collections Manager for the Framingham History Center, and she runs a small upholstery business out of her home. When not working, Rebecca spends most of her time with husband raising, taking care of, and having fun with their young son.

Sammi Alarie
​Intern

​Sammi, a recent graduate of Roger Williams University, joined MTS as an intern during the summer of 2019. With an art history and science background, Sammi has quickly adapted to the workflow of MTS, and has already assisted with a number of large-scale projects for both private and institutional clients. In addition to her internship, Sammi works at the Newport Art Museum as a Museum Experience Coordinator.  

Morgan Carbone
Associate Conservator

Morgan Blei Carbone joined Museum Textile Services in 2015 and was promoted to Associate Conservator in April of 2019. She earned her BA in Art History from Grinnell College in Iowa with the award for excellence in Art History. Morgan then received an MA in Fashion and Textiles: History Theory, and Museum Practice with a focus in conservation at the State University of New York (SUNY) Fashion Institute of Technology. At MTS, she specializes in conservation of historic dress and project management. Morgan is a Professional Associate of the AIC. She has published a poster and co-authored two papers for the AIC Textile Specialty Group and co-authored a paper for the North American Textile Conservation Conference. Morgan is an instructor at the Center for Collections Care at Beloit College where she teaches “Textile Stabilization and Display.” She enjoys public outreach and frequently presents her research at museums and participated in Helping Puerto Rican Heritage (HPRH) in 2019. Morgan always seeks to better understand how historic textiles are made and recently took an intensive course in Peruvian backstrap weaving and has studied historic beading techniques. 

Kayla Silvia
Conservator

​Kayla Silvia joined the MTS as a Conservator in September 2019.  After earning a BA in Anthropology and BS in Art with a concentration in Art History, with minors in Chemistry and Apparel and Textiles, from The State University of New York (SUNY) at Oneonta, Kayla received a MPhil in Textile Conservation at the Centre of Textile Conservation from the University of Glasgow in Scotland.  She was awarded the Karen Finch Prize for excellent progress over the two year course. Prior to joining the MTS team, Kayla had interned and worked at several museums and institutions including the National Museum of American History (NMAH), the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM), the New York State Museum (NYSM), Peebles Island Resource Center, Nishio Conservation Studio, Bynon Art Services, and the Knole Conservation Studio, Kent, UK. In her free time, Kayla enjoys hiking, traveling, biking, skiing, and drinking a pot of tea with a good book.

Marya V'ant Hul
​​Volunteer Resources Manager

After serving as the curator at the Natick Historical Society and being a client of MTS, Marya attended our inaugural Learning Lab as a student. Her interest and passion for conservation and collections care quickly transformed into a volunteer position managing our vital resources, including the MTS Study Collection. Currently, Marya works for Historic Newton as collections manager. In her free time, Marya is an avid knitter and has recently acquired a passion for spinning.

Former Staff & Interns

Here are some of the amazing people we've had the honor of working with. If you're interested in working with Museum Textile Services, click here to read about our Internship Program.

Alice Mroszczyk work at the Department of Public Health and is an avid knitter.

Angela Pacheco returned to Lima where she does conservation and runs her museum gift shop company, Atelier Libre.

Christina Gorky is interning at the Boston MFA in preparation for graduate school.

Colleen O'Shea completed her MA in conservation from Buffalo State University and lives in San Diego.

Eslbeth Dijxhoorn works at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.

Ell Pappius, our first long-term volunteer, lost her battle with cancer in October, 2010. We miss her every day.

Jennifer Hale works in the arts in Massachusetts.

Jan Williams is the Curator/Director of the Haverhill Historical Society.

Jessica Shull is living and working in Mississippi with her many pets.

Kelly Baker is a theater costumer.

Jennifer Holland is a teaching assistant at Perkins School for the Blind.

Kaleigh completed her MA in Museum Studies at Harvard Extension School and works at the Buttonwoods Museum and Ipswich Museum.

Kara Muise is a studio assistant to a Boston-area artist and works for Stella Marie Soap.

Kira Moynahan is finishing her Masters thesis and heading into the job market.

Leah Wolf Whitehead is a contract registrar and collections manager.

Laura Nealy is now a Home Economics teacher in Sacramento, CA.

Mary Walter is a quilt maker and custom fabric designer.

Rochelle Brunet is preparing for graduate school in Art History.

Susan Landry is the assistant to the directors of the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America at the Radcliffe Institute.

Katey Corrigan completed Level I certification and is now employed full time in the textile industry. She continues to work towards her prerequisites for graduate school.

Sarah Berlinger completed her MA in public history at North Carolina State University.

Gabby preparing to enter graduate school in 2017.

Erin works at Gore Place in Waltham, MA.

Michelle works for Richard Wright art transportation company.

Adrienne Kermond works at the Hood Museum of Art in Hanover, NH, where she is the tour coordinator and a gallery teacher. She is preparing for a large-scale move of the museum's collection.

Andy Grilz is a museum professional with over a decade of experience in museums of all sizes and specializations. He has served as a curator, exhibit designer, archivist, grant writer, librarian, program manager, and museum educator. In addition to serving on the AAM curatorial committee, Andy also represents the New England Museum Association as a member of the executive committee for COSTEP-MA (Coordinated Statewide Emergency Preparedness).

Ryan is a graduate student at Salem State University obtaining a masters degree in history with a concentration in public history. After MTS, Intern Ryan took an internship at the USS Constitution Museum.

Jen is a Chelmsford, MA, native and a recent graduate of Salve Regina University with a degree in Historic Preservation.

Jennifer works as a science professor, and interns when possible to advance her “stealth career” in conservation. Years after her BS and PhD degrees in biology, Jennifer received an MA in conservation from the University of Lincoln, in the UK. She is a Biology professor at the University of St. Thomas.

Tegan is Exhibits and Education Specialist at Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation at MGH.

Aimée-Michelle a.k.a. Charlie completed the Museum Studies Certificate Program at Tufts University and holds a degree in Visual and Critical Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is looking for more textile conservation expreience.

Lisa Yeats is a full-time textile conservator in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Josephine Johnson started at Museum Textile Services as an intern and later worked as a Technician. She is pursuing a career in art conservation.

Kim Oey-Rosenthal completed all three levels of Intern Certification at MTS. She is now available as a contract technician.

Katrina Herron Gendreau is co-founder of Andover Figures. She is also Principal of KHG Arts.

Dylan is collections specialist with the American Legacy Museum in California.

Megan will begin the MA program in textile conservation at the University of Glasgow in fall, 2016.

Trevor Lamb interned at MTS during summer, 2016. He will complete his BA in archaeology at the University of Maine in 2017.

Cara Jordan spent 9 years as a member of the MTS team. She has an ALM in Museum Studies from Harvard University.

Kayla Bishop is completing a MA in Museum Studies from Johns Hopkins University.

Melissa has experience in objects and paintings conservation, and will enter the WUDPAC program in September, 2017.

Gretta Hempelmann joined MTS after completing her Masters at the University of Missouri, quickly being promoted to Technician.

Kathy McKenna was the first MTS administrator. We wish her the best in her new home in New Hampshire.

Sarah Uhlendorf Stebulis is a freelance curator, registrar, and former museum director.

Courtney Jason worked with MTS on and off for 8 years before taking a position at Adams National Historical Park.

Kenna Libes completed a Public Humanities MA at Brown University and is moving to NYC to study textile conservation at the FIT program in Fashion and Textiles: History, Theory, and Museum Practice.

Danielle Bush joined MTS as a contractor for the first half of 2019.

Alec Story served as a conservation Technician at MTS for the last part of 2019. We wish him the best of luck on his future endeavors teaching abroad in Asia!

Leah Ceriello was with us only 18 months but in that time became a beloved friend. We miss her every day.