Student Conservators at Melbourne (SC@M) is the association for students studying at the Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation (GCCMC) at The University of Melbourne. The past year has been very busy for the current SC@M Committee. We organised a number of professional networking and social events, and hosted presentations about work currently being undertaken […]
Welcome to the first in our new series of Meet a Conservator interviews! Over the coming months we will introduce you to some of the fantastic conservation professionals working in Australia and find out more about them and their work. If you’re an AICCM member and would like to take part in this series, please […]
Late last month, the AICCM National Council convened at the Australian Museum in Sydney to map out the future path of the organisation through its 2016-2020 Strategic Plan. As part of this process the National Council has revised the current Vision and Mission Statements to better reflect the key activities and aims of the organisation […]
Artlab Australia Awards Artlab was awarded a Certificate of Commendation in the recent Self Insurers of South Australia (SISA) awards for the category: best work health and safety solution. Artlab’s submission focused on our innovative and unique engineering solutions that have been developed in consultation with ergonomist Jo Bills to redesign the work surfaces and equipment normally used in conservation […]
National Archives of Australia Treatment Projects NAPF move NAA Conservation are currently preparing to move the entire contents of two repository buildings to our soon to be completed NAPF (National Archives Preservation Facility) currently being built at Vickers Street, Mitchell. Preservation staff have spent many weeks assessing and measuring collection items which require custom housing […]
The Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences Exhibitions and Loans The Museums involved in The Museums Discovery Centre, MAAS, SLM and AM, will soon commence installation of approx. 4,000 objects into the refurbished display store. Conservation staff will be leading the project to coordinate, prepare and install objects. Suzanne Chee has been working towards a […]
National Gallery of Victoria Treatment Projects In the Frames and Furniture Department Suzi Shaw undertook treatment to a large wooden sculpture Evidence of Origin made in the 1970s by Australian artist C. Elwyn Dennis, unusually coated in Asian red-pigmented lacquer. Affectionately known as ‘Big Red’, it required fills to losses in the wood and lacquered […]
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Graham Clegg on 2nd March 2016 at Crookwell District Hospital, aged 68 after a short battle with lymphoma. Graham was a long standing staff member (1992-2010) and respected colleague of those of us at the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences. Within MAAS he […]
In December 2015 I travelled to South Korea for the Hanji Workshop for Foreign Paper Specialists. This event was hosted by the Korea Crafts and Design Foundation, a public institution of the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, with the aim of promoting traditional Korean paper to paper conservators. The KCDF has been actively […]
Another year has dawned upon us and the activities of the University of Canberra’s Cultural Heritage Collective (a student group formed from the Bachelor of Heritage, Museums and Conservation) are in full swing. The Collective, formed in 2013, has a primary aim to guide and nurture students through professional development activities, social events and networking […]