HILLSBOROUGH: Katie Bonanno works to preserve sculpture at college

   Katie Bonanno, of Hillsborough, and fellow art conservation students at University of Delaware are helping preserve treasures and outlining significant campus sites on an electronic map.
   Their work will help anyone who’s interested in visiting campus locations focused on the arts or history.
   Their work of the art conservation students concentrated on a couple of bronze Nubian nanny goats, Lucinda and Chloe, who have nametags and goat bells with clappers that ring.
   As part of their Care and Preservation of Cultural Property course, the undergraduate conservation students undertook the preservation project — the first work done on the sculpture in 10 years.
   The project took two weeks to complete, with the students having to adjust to the weather due to the sensitive materials they were using.
   The piece was created by the internationally known Harvey, of Rockland, Del. It was installed in 2001 in the Grove, near Alison Hall, and was given by Naomi and the late Edward Jefferson in memory of their sons.
Ms. Bonanno, a sophomore in the art conversation major, called the opportunity to work on the sculpture “an awesome opportunity.”
   ”Not only was the project great for gaining experience in the conservation field, but it was wonderful to be able to work in a group on the project. Some students met and interviewed the artist, and we all created outreach projects,” Ms. Bonanno said.
   ”The project was a perfect opportunity to gain experience and raise UD awareness for the arts and art conservation in particular,” she said. “It was also great to give back to the UD community in our treatment of the sculpture.”
   In addition, art conservation undergraduates have undertaken other projects on campus, including helping to revive the terracotta mural in Spencer Laboratory.