Laura Irene Castillo Basurto

Professional Experience: 2005 to Present

• Member of the Advisory Board and Scientific Research at the Higher Institute for Guadalupan Studies. 2002 to Present
• High School teacher for the subject of Art Appreciation at the Instituto Anglo Americano de Cultura. 2004-2006
• Research and writing of the Museum Script and Design of the Museum Founders of the Misioneras de Jesús Sacerdote Congregation at the Congregation Mother House in Mexico City. 2002-2004
• Administative Subdepartment of the National Center for the Conservation and Registration of Artistic National Heritage/INBA 2002
• Inventory of Restored Artwork by Fomento Cultural Banamex, A.C. 1998 - 2002
• Coordination of the Artwork Diagnosis Laboratory. Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, UNAM. 2000
• Compact disc with data base on works of art of unsure authorship of the photographic material from the Galería de Arte Mexicano archives. 1992-93 • Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso. Exhibition: “Mexico, thirty centuries of magnificence”. Educational Services. Guided Tours.

Lecturer 2006- 2009

• Lecturer in several forums on the subject: From original to copy, the Virgin of Guadalupe in New Spain painting. 2006
• Diploma on the Origins of the Guadalupan Event. Subject: The Virgin of Guadalupe in New Spain painting. Basilica of Guadalupe. 2001 – 2007
• Eighteen lectures on art and knowledge of New Spain painting. 2001
• Centro de Arte Mexicano, participant at the cycle of lectures “Museums as seen by Museum People” Subject: “Research Laboratories and Artwork preservation”. 2001
Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico City Campus. Professor for Module IV “Decorative art in New Spain” in the Diploma in artwork appreciation and identification. 1999
• Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico City Campus. Professor for Module IV “Decorative art in New Spain” in the Diploma in artwork appreciation and identification. 1998
• Participant at the I.C.O.M. General Assembly. International Committee on Artwork Security, Conservation and Documentation. 1997
• Participant at the Fourth Conference of the Federación Mexicana de Asociaciones de Amigos de los Museos, A.C “Cultural Heritage, its Defense, Preservation and Reassessment.”

Education: 2000-1998

• M.A. in Art History. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. U.N.A.M. 2000
• Digital photography course. IIE-UNAM 2000
• Optical Microscopy course. IIE-UNAM 2000
• Adobe Photoshop course. IIE-UNAM Since 1998
• Member of I.C.O.M. (International Council of Museums) 1997
• Studies at the M.A. in Museology. Centro de Arte Mexicano - Museo Franz Mayer. 1997-95
• Painting Workshop. Maestra Lourdes Valverde. 1994
• Painting Workshop. Maestra Carolina Echavarri. 1995-93
• Sculpture Worshop. Maestro Porfirio del Olmo. 1993-90
• Gilding Workshop. Maestro Tulio Hernández. 1985-81
• B.A. in Art History. Centro de Arte Mexicano. México, D.F.

As an Artist

• Patrimonio Artístico Banamex
• Museo Franz Mayer.
• Colegio de Contadores de México.
• Five Collective exhibitions in various museums.
• Two individual exhibitions: Casa de la Cultura Jaime Sabines and Universidad Panamericana with the subject Saints I am devoted to and Guadalupan Images.