Camille began her textile conservation career in 1989 at the Textile Conservation Workshop in South Salem, New York. After earning a BA in Art History from Oberlin College, she 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 is the author of numerous articles, a book on American tapestry conservation techniques, and has taught in the United States, the Dominican Republic, and Peru. She founded Museum Textile Services in 1999. Camille is also an organic gardener, avid motorcyclist, a fiber artist, and can be heard on the Boston singer/songwriter scene.  Curriculum Vitae

Courtney was born in Beverly, MA, and grew up in Newton, NH, where she is now a member of the Newton Historical Society. She graduated from the University of New Hampshire in May 2010 with a Bachelor's in History, and plans to further her education with graduate school in the fall of 2011. Her interests include history, reading, and cooking, and she has been a lifelong fan of the Boston Bruins. She hopes to pursue a career in the museum world in the future.

Esther has found textiles the most eloquent kind of material culture a traveler could acquire. Just fold, place fabric in your suitcase and you are ready to take a piece of the world with you! She thinks fabrics are like architecture: useful, culturally loaded, and responsive to aesthetic needs. 
Drawing and sewing from an early age, cursing a line whether with pencil or thread connect her to the long narrative of makers who spun the thread and wove the textile, sewed the clothing, or made the wall covering. Curatorial interests in preservation, and critical interests in contemporary textile based arts povided the impetus for discovering the world of fiber conservation.  

Cara joined Museum Textile Services in 2007 as a volunteer. Since becoming Conservation Assistant, she has been involved in intern training and project management, and developed specialties in flags, quilts, samplers, and conservation framing. Cara is a 2007 graduate of Tufts University in affiliation with School of the Museum of Fine Arts. She has worked on several art exhibitions and her art focuses mainly on painting, alternative process photography, and fiber arts. Cara is currently completing her MLA in Museum Studies at Harvard Extension School.

Katey received a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree from Montserrat College
of Art in 2003. She is a board member and archivist at the Museum of
Printing in North Andover, MA. She is preparing to persue a graduate
degree, and hopes to work in textile or book conservation. She lives
in Amesbury, MA, with two spoiled cats and an ever-growing collection of
early--mid 20th century magazines.

Sarah is a 2011 graduate of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in History with a concentration in Public History. In her years at college, Sarah focused on American History and specifically the Civil War era; for her honors thesis, Sarah wrote a paper entitled "'The Devil is no Match for a Clever Woman': Analyzing the Actions, Impact, and Commemoration of Confederate Female Spies." She enjoys reading, being outside, traveling, sewing, and Civil War reenacting.