About Mayfield Art Conservation and Consulting LLC
Mayfield Art Conservation and Consulting LLC was founded by Alisa Eagleston-Cieslewicz to serve museums and collectors in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Alisa has held conservation positions at SFO Museum and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and has held museum leadership positions at SFO Museum and The Foster Museum.
Alisa is a peer-reviewed Professional Associate of the AIC and a member of the Board of the Bay Area Art Conservation Guild. She also serves on the Historic Resources Board for the City of Palo Alto, which she chaired for two years.
Alisa earned her MA and Advanced Certificate in Conservation from the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University with a specialization in objects conservation. She holds a BA with a major in art history from Stanford University and an MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.
Publications
“Lessons Learned: Disaster Preparedness and Recovery at California Museums,” Panel Presentation at the California Association of Museums Conference, February 2025.
“Cleaning Topograph I & II by Kendall Buster: Maintaining a Ceiling-Mounted Public Artwork,” Case-Study Presentation at the California Association of Museums Conference, March 2024.
“Protecting Art in Public Spaces: Working in an In-Airport Museum,” Case-Study Presentation at the California Association of Museums Conference, February 2019.
“The Ongoing Care of Artworks in Airports,” American Association of Airport Executives Arts in the Airport Conference, 2014.
“The Conservation of a Baining Headdress.” ANAGPIC Conference, 2007.
Why Mayfield?
People who have spent time on the mid-Peninsula may wonder why the city of Palo Alto has two downtowns: University Avenue and California Avenue. California Avenue is the downtown of the former town of Mayfield, which merged with Palo Alto in 1925. A fan of all things historic, Alisa thought it was fitting to name her preservation-focused business after an historic name of her hometown.