The Jacalyn and William P. Egan Lecture

Théo Lourenço

Théo Lourenço attended École du Louvre, Paris, where he earned a Diploma of the First Cycle, magna cum laude; a Diploma of Museum Studies, summa cum laude; and a Master’s degree in Museum Studies. His qualifying dissertations were The Louvre: an Encyclopedic Museum? Study of the Pavillon des Sessions, and A Museum in Debate: Study of the Reception of the Decorative Arts Exhibitions at the Louvre (1852-1914). Lourenço’s work with the Preservation Society has significantly increased our institutional knowledge regarding interior decorator Jules Allard and his business practices. He was lead curatorial fellow for the Preservation Society’s exhibition “Richard Morris Hunt: In a New Light.” He also has experience as the Assistant Curator for the exhibition “Exiles. Artist perspectives” at the Louvre-Lens, and as a Project Coordinator for an event honoring the work of French historian Pierre Singaravélou.

Allison Donoghue

Allison Donoghue approaches material culture and decorative arts through an interdisciplinary lens incorporating art historical, archaeological, and anthropological theory into her work. Prior to coming to the Preservation Society of Newport County, she earned her master’s degree in Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture Studies from the Bard Graduate Center and spent a year at the Metropolitan Museum of Art as the Tiffany & Co. Foundation Curatorial Intern in American Decorative Arts. During the summer of 2025, she participated in the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts Summer Institute and in the Spring of 2026 received William L. Thompson Collections Fellowship for Emerging Museum Professionals from the Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation. She is excited to contribute object-centered research to the upcoming collections catalogue.

Isabella Hogan

Isabella Hogan, Preservation Society Conservation Research Fellow, earned a BA in Archaeology: First Class from the University of Cambridge, King’s College, England, and was awarded the Glyn Daniel Prize and Scholar of the College status due to distinguished academic performance. She further excelled at the University of Durham, where she earned an MA in Conservation of Archaeological and Museum Objects: Distinction. Isabella has worked as a Conservator and a Conservation Intern in England, Denmark, and Greece; she has assisted with the preventive conservation of the Tudor warship of King Henry VIII (the Mary Rose)and the stabilization of artifacts from the Ancient Agora of Athens with the American School of Classical Studies. After her fellowship with the Preservation Society, Isabella will be moving to Greece, to work as an archaeological conservation intern at the Bronze Age site of the Palace of Nestor.