While you may have admired a painting in the past, how often do you admire the paint itself? The science behind using and conserving different paints is Professor Patricia Smithen’s area of expertise.
Queen's researcher Norman Vorano, Curator of Indigenous Art at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre and Queen’s National Scholar, is a leading figure in the study of Inuit art and its evolving political and cultural landscape in the Arctic.
![[Patricia Smithen]](https://www.queensu.ca/research/sites/default/files/styles/3x2_cropped/public/assets/bdwk/Trish-Smithen-bdwk.jpg?itok=iAh0Npyy "Photo by Barry Kaplan")
![[ Norman Vorano standing on shoreline ]](https://www.queensu.ca/research/sites/default/files/styles/3x2_cropped/public/assets/legacy/images/DSC_0633.jpg?itok=q--CpQvN "Norman Vorano")
