Yandong (Lily) in her Beijing studio, Dong Dong Scroll Mounting, 1980s. After 32 years of working at the Art Gallery of NSW, Yang Yandong (Lily) has retired as Head of Asian Art Conservation. In 1989 Lily, alongside Sun Yu, established the Asian Art Conservation Studio at the Art Gallery of NSW. Lily’s interest
Malgorzata, Basia and Sandra in the Frame conservation lab at the Art Gallery NSW, 2012. After 35 years at the Art Gallery of NSW, Dr Malgorzata Sawicki has retired as Head of Frame Conservation. Malgorzata has had an exceptional career in which she has contributed enormous skills, experience and direction to the Art
What first attracted you to a career in conservation? How did you get started? RH: My career began in an apprenticeship as a cabinet maker, hand making reproduction furniture. Completing my apprenticeship by topping the state in Victoria with my marks, I was released early from the indenture and moved to London shortly after, with
2021 has turned out to be just as strange as 2020, with much of Australia in lockdown right now. Despite this, AICCM members have continued to amaze me with their enthusiasm, creativity and resourcefulness. Members have planned THREE events for next month, centred around the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction on 13 October. In
Australian Capital Territory National Film and Sound Archive Staff changes There have been a number of movements within the NFSA over the past few months. Firstly, Danielle Hastie returned from a four-month secondment to National Museum of Australia (NMA) during February to June where she assisted with a variety of upcoming exhibitions, which
Downward Force on Upward Moving Objects (2018), Wang Luyan. Image: ANMM Thanks to the generosity of the Association of Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Societies (ADFAS) and the Patricia Robertson Fund, I attended the Australasian Corrosion Association’s Coating Selection and Specification training program in early 2021. ADFAS’s Mid-career Scholarship provides financial support for
The Emerging Conservators SIG launched its mentorship program in 2020, which paired students and conservators with fewer than five years in practice with more experienced members of the community. Program participants were able to approach the process in a way that suited them; some designed the mentorship around a particular treatment or project, with mentors
Three early career Indonesian conservators and five Indonesian interns undertook the Bali Art and Heritage Conservation Internship Program (#BAHCIP), with the generous support of the Australia Awards Indonesia’s Alumni Grant Scheme. Developed by Grimwade Centre (University of Melbourne) alumnus Saiful Bakhri, the internship program was executed in a hybrid format featuring an online lecture series
Key moments below: – 10 AGENTS OVER 10 MONTHS: Online forums #8, #9 and #10 still to come! – ‘Decision Making in Disasters’ workshop with Dr Dolapo Fakuade – AUSTRALIAN MADE: the first Paintings SIG virtual forum 10 AGENTS OVER 10 MONTHS The AICCM Preventive SIGs online forums, 10 AGENTS OVER 10 MONTHS, have
Introduction by Cobus van Breda. I first met Kim in the early 1990s when I was a conservation student and volunteering in the paper lab at the National Library of Australia. Kim was a great mentor to me; his calm and patient approach to all conservation problems and unfailing sense of humour were exactly what
