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Symposium: Making Connections—interdisciplinary insights around a rare Javanese musical instrument

Upcoming symposium, performances and workshops Making Connections-interdisciplinary insights around a rare Javanese musical instrument 6th-12th February 2018  The Making Connections programme explores the cultural significance of a rare bamboo instrument, "bundengan", through the lens of performance, cultural materials conservation, ethnomusicology, and acoustics engineering. The symposium on Thursday 8th of February is followed by the launch

Symposium: Making Connections—interdisciplinary insights around a rare Javanese musical instrument2019-10-30T16:19:00+11:00

Uncovered: 19th Century Camisoles at Fortuna Villa

AICCM member Kerry Conway, along with conservator Paul Kane, is curating a show of nineteenth-century camisoles from the Clothing Collection of the Bendigo Historical Society as part of the “High Teas” program at historic Fortuna Villa. The show will run from 25 November 2017 until 1 June 2018.  Fortuna Villa is located at 22-48 Chum

Uncovered: 19th Century Camisoles at Fortuna Villa2019-10-30T16:19:00+11:00

Urgent Integrated Pest Management issue concerning rodent bait

  There is a lot of discussion about integrated pest management within the industry and often things are put in place and set and left. Obviously for most collections there are numerous pests, mice, rats, carpet beetle case moth and webbing moth. Problematically when dealing with rodent bait we may be inviting carpet beetle. Endangered

Urgent Integrated Pest Management issue concerning rodent bait2019-10-30T16:24:04+11:00

Minor Thesis and PhD presentation time again!

It's that time of year when conservation students make their big debut and we hear all about their exciting research. If you like the latest conservation news, come and spend an hour, a day or all three days listening to what's new. The Alexander Copland Award for the best minor thesis will also be announced. The program

Minor Thesis and PhD presentation time again!2019-10-30T16:24:16+11:00

The conservation of a Frances Hodgkins’ oil painting

Frances Hodgkins is one of New Zealand's most influential artists. At the centre of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki’s new exhibition, Frances Hodgkins: Forgotten Still Life, is a painting which was last shown in 1959 and has undergone intensive conservation treatment at Auckland Art Gallery.   Still Life: Anemones and Hyacinths, c1925, is a

The conservation of a Frances Hodgkins’ oil painting2019-10-30T16:24:26+11:00

Ochre, Spinifex & Foil

A new exhibition curated by Gina Levenspiel opened this week at the Tin Sheds Gallery at Sydney University.  Interrogating three materials, Ochre Spinifex & Foilpresents new pathways in Australian design knowledge arising from the 2-way exchange of Indigenous and non-Indigenous science. Themes include the ethical exchange of scientific and cultural knowledge; the legal place and protection

Ochre, Spinifex & Foil2019-10-30T16:24:28+11:00
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