On Artist's Health and Safety with Monona Rossol December 9, 2010

On Artist’s Health and Safety A lecture and discussion with industrial hygienist Monona Rossol, focusing on the hazards posed by art materials. In her presentation, Rossol will provide comprehensive and objective information on the materials artists use every day, imparting an understanding of the associated risks as well as practical means to avoid them. Her lecture will be tailored to the needs of the artists in attendance, with a focus on the fields of painting, drawing, ceramics, sculpture, and photography.

Monona Rossol is a chemist, artist, and industrial hygienist. She is president and founder of Arts, Crafts and Theater Safety, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation based in New York, an organization dedicated to providing health and safety services to the arts. As an industrial hygienist, Rossol worked for seven years as a research chemist for the University of Wisconsin and a year with an industrial research laboratory. From 1977 to 1987, she practiced industrial hygiene at the Center for Occupational Hazards in New York (now the Center for Safety in the Arts), a group she co-founded. In 1987 she founded ACTS (Arts, Crafts, and Theater Safety). She has been a full professional member of the American Industrial Hygiene Association since 1984. Since 1995, she has been the Safety Director for Local 829, United Scenic Artists, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE). She is a prominent lecturer and consultant in the US, as well as Canada, Australia, England, Mexico and Portugal.

Official Website: http://www.airgallery.org/images/ArtistHealthPR.pdf