In conjunction with the exhibition, Preserving China’s Past, there will be a symposium on conservation practices for Chinese paintings at Scripps. Speakers will include Dr. Mimi Gardner Gates, Director Emerita of the Seattle Art Museum; Nicholas Dorman, Chief Conservator Seattle Art Museum; Gu Xiangmei, Chinese painting conservator and Andrew Hare, Japanese and Chinese painting conservator, both from the Smithsonian’s Freer/Sackler Muse. The event is free and open to the public.