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ECPN Webinar “Get Involved! Conservation Education, Outreach, and Advocacy”: Follow-Up Q&A

Posted in: Emerging Conservation Professionals|July 31, 2014No Comments

ECPN Webinar “Get Involved! Conservation Education, Outreach, and Advocacy”: Follow-Up Q&A On April 23, 2014, the Emerging Conservation Professionals Network (ECPN) hosted an hour-long webinar titled “Get Involved! Conservation Education, Outreach, and Advocacy.” The program featured three speakers with experience working in various aspects of conservation education, outreach, and advocacy: Teresa Myers, private practice conservator […]

42nd Annual Meeting – Collection Care Session, May 29, “The Ossabaw Island Workshops – Preventive Conservation Training in a Real Life Setting” by David Bayne

Posted in: AIC's Annual Meeting, Collection Care, Conservation Education, Specialty Sessions|June 25, 2014No Comments

Since 2010, there have been four Preventive Conservation workshops on Ossabaw Island, three of which have been generously funded by FAIC. These workshops have provided a unique training experience for both emerging conservation professionals and pre-program students. Background and History of the Island Ossabaw Island is a 26,000-acre remote barrier island off the coast of […]

“42nd Annual Meeting,” Collections Care Speciality session, May 29th, 2014, “Simple Method for Monitoring Dust Accumulation in Indoor Collections.” Bill Wei

Posted in: AIC's Annual Meeting, Collection Care, Conservation Education, Specialty Sessions|June 5, 2014No Comments

“Simple Method for Monitoring Dust Accumulation in Indoor Collections,” by Bill Wei was the first session in the Collections Care specialty section that was given on Thursday afternoon. As a museum technician in Preventive Conservation, dust is something I deal with on an almost daily basis. I thought that Bill’s talk could lend some valuable insight […]

42nd Annual Meeting – Interest Session, May 31, “Syllabus Sharing Session”. Chaired by Emily Williams.

Posted in: AIC's Annual Meeting, Conservation Education|June 2, 2014No Comments

This was a pretty informal session but it was attended by a lot of really enthusiastic people. When I arrived in the room shortly before the start time the discussion had already started. By the time Emily Williams arrived (one issue with this session was a lot of competing interests at the same time) only […]

41st Annual Meeting – Paintings Session, Friday May 31, “Panel Discussion: Current Challenges and Opportunities in Paintings Conservation” by Levenson, Phenix, Hill Stoner, Proctor

Posted in: AIC's Annual Meeting, Conferences, Courses, and Seminars, Conservation Education, Emerging Conservation Professionals, Paintings Conservation, People, Specialty Sessions, Sustainability|June 2, 201326 Comments

I’m am extremely excited that I signed up to write a blog post for this Paintings Group Session at the 41st Annual Meeting for AIC: The Contemporary in Conservation this week in Indianapolis. As an emerging conservator specializing in the conservation of paintings, I found this discussion very important for our field and I was […]

39th Annual Meeting – Book and Paper Session, Library Collections Conservation Discussion Group, Education. Education! Education? Education. Models for Educating Library and Archives Conservators, Thursday, June 2

Posted in: AIC's Annual Meeting, Book and Paper Conservation, Specialty Sessions|June 4, 201120 Comments

A big conference hall for a big topic: the education of book conservators. The education of book conservators is a perennially debated topic, and has regained urgency with the demise of the Texas Program, previously the only program to grant an certificate of advanced studies in book and paper conservation. The current economic climate […]