The Book & Paper Special Interest Group has had a busy few months working on a number of projects. First and foremost, the convenors have been busy editing some fantastic papers for the upcoming Book & Paper Special Edition Bulletin, which we are hoping to publish to print in early 2023. This will be
Natalie, Gerald and Monica ready to provide advice On Sunday 13 November the ACT Division of the AICCM held a Conservation Clinic at the Hall Heritage Centre. The Hall Heritage Centre used to be known as the Hall Schoolhouse Museum and is housed in the old school buildings, some of which date back
On 25 November 2022, a workshop dedicated to non-conservators was hosted at the Jervois Room at the State Library of South Australia by conservators from Artlab Australia. The workshop was a part of the AICCM Exhibitions SIG symposium ‘Exhibitions: Inclusive and Sustainable Practice’. The day consisted of a presentation on the preventive care of collections
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
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
The Book & Paper SIG is really looking forward to hosting its webinar event on Saturday 27 March at 10 am. The event is presented in collaboration with Debra Hess Norris, Professor of the Art Conservation Department at the University of Delaware [...]
The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory’s (MAGNT) Conservation staff have been preparing and installing Fresh: Connecting New and Old Art now open until 27 June 2021. This thought-provoking exhibition curated by Luke Scholes (Former Curator of Aboriginal Art and Material Culture) and Clare Armitage (Assistant Art Curator) incorporates artworks from MAGNT’s Australian and South East Asian art collections ranging from recent donations and acquisitions intertwined with gems from MAGNT’s early collections. [...]
Twelve members attended our AGM in Launceston on Friday 9 October. David Thurrowgood kindly hosted us at his new facility, Applied Conservation Science, and gave us a tour of the building, which includes ample workspaces, a secure vault and accommodation for visiting conservators [...]
The year 2020 has brought profound change. Not just the run-of the-mill incremental change of progress as new ideas, research and innovations ‘improve’ the way society functions year by year. Instead, it’s the once-in-a-lifetime, pull-back-the-curtain type of change that forces us to address issues and activities that have been sitting in our collective too-hard basket...
