Blues of the Forbes Pigment Collection with Harvard Art Museums  

Blues of the Forbes Pigment Collection with Harvard Art Museums  

Join us for a FREE, virtual tour and discussion on the many blues in the Forbes Pigment Collection, led by Alison Cariens, Conservation Coordinator, Harvard Art Museums. 

The Forbes Pigment Collection is home to more than 2,700 samples of pigments, spanning the history of art. You can read more about the collection in this piece from NPR! 

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About Alison Cariens   

Alison Cariens is the Conservation Coordinator at the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies. A major component of her position involves working closely with the Forbes Pigment Collection, assisting with new additions, cataloguing the collection, and managing access, media requests, and tours. Alison received her bachelor’s degree in Art History from the University of New Hampshire, with minors in Business Administration and Italian Studies. While her love of art and museums was apparent from a very young age, it was not until she began work with the Forbes Pigment Collection that she discovered a true passion for the building blocks of art: pigments and artists’ materials.