Inside the Met's Conservation Team: Mountmaker Fred Sager

About this episode

Fran Medina interviews master mountmaker Fred Sager about his work at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the art of mount making.

Gift: Subscribe to Fran's newsletter and receive a FREE Toolkit: Calm Your Anxiety Instantly . Designed to give you 5 tools to quickly regulate your emotions and nervous system. About: Welcome to Its Messy, But It's So Good — real stories of growth, courage, purpose, and transformation. Host Fran Medina shares tools and conversations to help you move from stress to self-trust. Each episode helps you calm your mind, find clarity, and create a life that truly feels good. Subscribe for your FREE "Calm Your Anxiety Instantly" Toolkit and start feeling more grounded and confident today. Press Play now and go behind the scenes at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art with master mountmaker Fred Sager, who has spent 45 years crafting the invisible supports that keep sculptures, jewelry, and artifacts safely on display. Fred breaks down the hands-on art of mount making from shaping brass and camouflaging mounts to managing high-stakes deadlines and working with fragile objects. He also shares stories from iconic Met projects and the philosophy that has guided his decades-long career in this rarely seen but essential museum craft. Bio: Fred Sager is an accomplished art conservator with a…

People in this episode

Host: Fran Medina

Guest: Fred Sager

Topics covered

• art conservation
• mount making
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art
• emotional regulation
• career stories

Keywords

• art conservation
• mountmaker
• Fred Sager
• Metropolitan Museum of Art
• emotional tools

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Organizations: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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