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Ken Katz in the restored dining room.

Conservation and Museum Services,
in 1989. In 1991, he was asked to
restore the governor's reception area
at the State Capitol in Lansing.
His business has grown steadily;
he has "treated" countless paintings
from museums, galleries, corpora-
tions, institutions and private collec-
tions across the state.
As a veritable doctor of art, Katz
examines each work for structural
stability, identifies the source of
chemical and physical deterioration
and determines the best method for
restoration. Part artist, part scientist,
he has developed new techniques; he
is particularly proud of the way he
matched the original gold leaf on
the DAC ceilings.
He employs a full-time staff of
four artists and also mentors interns.
His star conservator, Renata
Palubinskas, is a conservation gradu-
ate from Lithuania. Only three uni-
versities in America offer art conser-
vation programs. Palubinskas' skill
has brought porcelain restoration to
the list of Conservation and
Museum's services.
The DAC is located a short walk
from Katz's Harmonie Park office.
With membership approaching
3,000 — which now reflects the
city's diverse population — and a
prime location across from the revi-
talized Detroit Opera House, the
club was ready to move forward with
an $8.2 million renovation. Katz
encouraged the board to move back-
ward as well, noting how Duncan

Carse's work was intrinsic to the
original plan. Painting over it, he
argued, would compromise historical
integrity and aesthetics.
Now that the project is complete
"after 4,000 man hours of noise,
heat, dust and fumes," and the dedi-
cation has been duly observed, Katz
hopes to present an account of his
labors at the next annual conserva-
tors' meeting..
What will be of most interest to
his peers, he believes, is his use of
strappo, a method that conservators
in Italy developed as a means of
removing frescos from antiquated
walls. He confesses that each time he
glued canvas to the DAC ceiling
beams and peeled it away, he feared
failure.
But each pull revealed another
great image," he says. "We uncov-
ered golfers, landscapes and fencers,
centaurs, birds and Mayan masks. It
was exhilarating."
Because not all the Carse paint-
ings were reclaimable, Katz, after
consulting with the club manager,
suggested some additional landscape
and sports scenes. Close examination
of the ceiling shows new Detroit
landmarks such as the Renaissance
Center, the African American
History Museum and the proposed
downtown sports stadiums. Squash,
bowling, skeet, football and soccer
are represented among the sports.
The pictures now represent past,
present and future. 7,

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