Meet the conservator.

Cynthia Schwarz is the Founder and Chief Conservator of Take Care. She is a painting conservator and museum professional with two decades of experience in museum collections. She came to conservation from a background in studio art, having earned her BFA from Rhode Island School of Design in painting. After working as a portrait and mural painter, she earned her MS in painting conservation from the Winterthur / University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation. She has special expertise in the conservation of modern and contemporary paintings and in the complex treatment of works on canvas.

Cynthia is a member of the American Institute of Conservation (AIC) and not only follows their Code of Ethics and Guidelines for Practice, but is the co-chair of AIC’s Ethics Core Documents Review Task Force and a past chair of the Paintings Specialty Group. She has lectured, taught, and published extensively.

Cynthia is a first generation American, the daughter of Colombian immigrants, and feels deeply that material culture connects us to our communities, histories, and shared humanity. She loves sharing her love of paint, and believes that caring for art can be a deeply healing experience. She’d love to talk to you about your aspirations for your collection!