Art Gallery of New South Wales Social: Comings and goings of staff Barbara Dabrowa has temporarily left Gallery for working full-time at the State Library of NSW. In her secondment, the Frames Conservation team has been reunited with Sofia Lo Bianco, who will work on varied frame conservation projects until Basia’s return. In April-May 2018,
What first attracted you to conservation as a profession and how did you get started in the field? At high school I was interested in both arts and science. Mum suggested conservation to me - a parent at her school was a conservator at the National Gallery in Canberra, so she knew it was a
NSW State Library of NSW Exhibitions The branch has been busy preparing several loans recently, with work co-ordinated and overseen by Senior Conservator, Exhibitions and Loans, Helen Casey, and Conservator, Cath Bartley, along with Registrar Caroline Lorentz and Assistant Registrar Lauren Dalla. The creation of a large quantity of book supports, as well as the
Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Exhibitions and Projects The 34th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award (NATSIAA) a highlight of the Australian cultural calendar has come to an end for another year. Bula’bula Arts art workers, Joy Burruna, Tolbert Dharramanba and Ross Dhapuruwuy came into MAGNT from Ramingining
NSW Art Gallery of New South Wales Paintings section Among the ongoing routine work of the gallery Celine de Courlon has been working on a major treatment of Dick Watkins “October” in preparation for the Field Show exhibition at NGV next year funded by conservation benefactors. She is also leading a studio project cleaning and consolidating Brett Whiteley's “Woman in
Following the appointment of a new Vice Chancellor, the University of Canberra is undertaking a UC wide review of courses and curricula. As part of this process, and to demonstrate our close and positive connections with industry, we asked some of you to write to the Vice Chancellor to outline how important the UC conservation
What first attracted you to conservation as a profession and how did you get started in the field? I thought I was going to be an academic, a nice quiet academic studying Greek and Roman sculpture in a university somewhere. But then I realised that the academics don’t really get to touch anything except books.
ACT National Archives of Australia – Canberra New building Preservation staff are settling in very nicely to their new conservation lab at the National Archives Preservation Facility (NAPF), the new Archives repository in Canberra. Particularly favoured are the custom-made tilting benches (with electronic controls) and the huge stainless steel sink. The new lab has more
What first attracted you to conservation as a profession and how did you get started in the field? I had a passion for art and science at a young age. I recall a framed Ned Kelly by Nolan at my grandparents’ house in Randwick. They took me to Museums Australia when I was four to
Shandong Province and South Australia have been sister provinces since 3 April 1986. With the ever-growing friendship between the two provinces, institutional cooperative relationships in a wide range of fields have been established. In 2015, the three cultural institutions of Shandong Museum, History South Australia and Artlab Australia signed an Agreement to enhance the exchange
