Vale: Wal Ambrose Remembering Wal Ambrose, who died in January. He was one of the first conservators in Australia and a maverick within archaeological conservation . In 1966, Ambrose established a Conservation Section at the newly formed Australian National University (ANU) School of Pacific Studies (Walston 1980:10). He was employed from 1966 to 1981
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
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
The Big Picture workshop focused on the unique challenges in the presentation, display, and collection care of large contemporary photographs. Over four days in June, 18 participants from a variety of public institutions and private practice, mostly US-based, gathered to discuss issues related to the preservation and conservation of large-scale works. To my surprise and
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