Elizabeth Provost
M.A.C. Candidate
Art Conservation Program
Stream: Conservation Science
Specialization: Early modern art, sculpture
Areas of interest: Organic coatings and patina on bronzes; material science and technical studies of art, early modern painting and sculpture, with a focus on bronze sculpture and polychrome sculpture
Elizabeth Provost is a writer, editor, and early modern scholar. She earned her Honours Bachelor of Science with high distinction majoring in chemistry and art history from the University of Toronto, where she worked as a research assistant on the Bernini's Bronzes project. Now a research fellow at Queen’s University under the guidance of Dr. Una D’Elia, she is contributing to the Renaissance Polychrome Sculpture in Lazio database project.
In her final year of the Master of Art Conservation, Research, under the supervision of Dr. Aaron Shugar, Elizabeth is developing a non-destructive analytical protocol for studying organic coatings on Renaissance bronzes.
Elizabeth shares her love for art through writing, editing, and hosting her podcast, Matter of Art. As a teaching assistant, she emphasizes object-based learning, encouraging students to engage directly with concepts of materiality, immateriality, and intermateriality.