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Steve Pine is the decorative arts conservator at the MFAH. He is a member of the American Institute for Conservation Collections Emergency Response Team (AIC-CERT) and chair of the Galveston-Houston Area Alliance for Response. After Hurricane Sandy, he volunteered for deployment to New York City for eight days to apply lessons learned from working with similar damage along the Gulf Coast following Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Ike.
Saving Art in the Wake of Hurricane Sandy December 12, 2012
Hurricane Sandy hit the U.S. East Coast just before Halloween, affecting artists and arts organizations in unprecedented ways. Steve Pine, from the MFAH Conservation Department, volunteered to go to New York City to assist with recovery efforts. He shares his insights.After Hurricane Sandy made landfall in New York and New Jersey, significant flooding of low-lying areas resulted in a …