The AICCM Tas Division has held a few activities to close out the year. The virtual coffee catch-ups continued with a great discussion on mould in collections and heritage buildings. In November, Tas Div met for a tour of the historic Cascades Female Factory in Hobart followed by lunch at the Cascade Brewery, with
Monica Connors and Cheralyn Lim - co-convenors of the newly relaunched AICCM Photon (photographic materials) Special Interest Group We are excited to announce Monica Connors and Cheralyn Lim as co-convenors of the newly relaunched AICCM Photon (photographic materials) Special Interest Group. Planning for 2023 is well under way, with Monica and Cheralyn
Robyn and Eleanor in their studio. Image: Maite Pons EV: What drew me to conservation initially was the idea of going beyond the surface of artworks, focusing on the materials and how they contribute to understanding art and culture. After learning that it existed as a profession, I swiftly focused my attention on
The wattles have started flowering around Melbourne, marking the start of ‘yellow season’ and reminding us that spring is not far away now. This will hopefully bring some relief from the winter progression of colds, flu and COVID-19; I hope you have all been keeping safe and well. In May we announced our AICCM Anniversary
Australian Museum (AM) Collection Care and Conservation Staffing AM Collection Care and Conservation (CC&C) has realised a goal to have more resources invested into natural science conservation and to expand the team. We now have four full-time natural science conservators, and believe this is the largest team of dedicated natural science conservation specialists in
Catherine Collyer, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art The Art with a Plug (AWAP) webinar series is billed as a ‘workshop for art conservators encountering work that runs on electricity’. The third in an ongoing series run by New York University (NYU) since 2019, this online edition involved a brief introduction to the
What an adventure! In mid-May I packed my bag with great excitement, and with a skip in my step headed to Los Angeles on a blissfully unremarkable Qantas flight. Once there I went straight to Pasadena and visited the Huntington Library, Museum of Art, and Botanic Gardens, the Norton Simon Museum, and the USC Pacific
The Emerging Conservators Special Interest Group has been rolling along nicely. We had a great response to the Mentorship Program this year, with 83 applicants overall (both mentors and mentees). We made a few changes this round based on feedback from previous participants—the main addition being an option for more casual chat-based match-ups, as well
In the past, the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) has undertaken small-scale low-oxygen pest treatments utilising Ageless® (Mitsubishi Gas Chemicals) oxygen absorbers and using the Ageless® ‘eye’ to indicate when the required low level of oxygen was reached (the indicator turns pink when the oxygen levels are at 0.1% or less). However, when a pest
The AICCM is pleased to announce that applications for the ADFAS Mid-Career Scholarships are now open. The award is made possible by the support of ADFAS for conservation in Australia through the Patricia Robertson Fund (PRF). In 2022, ADFAS is offering two scholarships: 2022 ADFAS Mid-Career Scholarship $2000 2022 ADFAS Armidale Mid-Career Scholarship $2000
