- Date:
- Thursday, 1 January 1970
- Number:
- 135
Over the Winter break a group of UC students worked with Ian Batterham treating two Egyptian movie posters from the 1940s. Involved in the project were Zeb Marshall, Robyn Victory, Mona Soleymani and Hakim Rahim. The posters are part of a project Ian is working on relating to the life of an Egyptian actress who […]
The UC Cultural Heritage Collective has had a full on Semester, encompassing a range of activities including a bake sale, BBQ, seminars, workshops and drinks gatherings. Just what you need to get through a bumpy semester for some! The Club held their first bake sale in March, which was able to gather some much needed […]
SA/NT AICCM Division: Tintype photography workshop On cold Saturday in July a small group of enthusiasts gathered at Artlab Australia to learn basics of Tintype photography. The workshop, run as a SA/NT AICCM Division activity was presented by Adelaide photographer Andrew Dearman. A brief discussion of the history of the technique was brought to life […]
An evening of talks was held in April: Sarah-Jane Rennie gave an overview of a 2015 conference “Recollections of the IIC International Training Centre for Conservation (IIC-ITCC) – 2015 Training Programme ‘Scientific Approaches to Preventive Conservation, 20-25 September 2015, The Gugong Institute of the Palace Museum, Beijing, China’”. Nick Flood and Kasi Albert gave their […]
In December last year five members of the Mawsons Huts Foundation team and I travelled to Cape Denison to continue work on the conservation of Mawson’s Huts. The team included Marty Passingham (Field leader and Heritage Carpenter); Dr Ian Godfrey, Peter Maxwell and me (Conservators); David Killick (Journalist), and Sally Hildred (Doctor). In recent years […]
Call for Papers – Joint Electron & Objects Symposium: “Shock of the New: Modern Materials and Media” Electron SIG would like encourage AICCM members to submit papers for the joint Electron & Object Symposium occurring in February 2017. 8 – 10 February, 2017 – Melbourne Museum, Melbourne, Australia Abstracts due: COB Friday 28 October 2016 […]
It has been a busy year for students at the Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation (GCCMC) at the University of Melbourne. We have been learning as much as they can about the art and science of conservation, while also participating in opportunities outside the course. Several groups of students have been visiting the RSL […]
Who remembers the 1st AICCM Paintings Group Symposium held in Ballarat in Victoria in 1988? Who is getting ready to attend the 14th AICCM Paintings Group Symposium ‘Revivify’ from 26-28 October this year at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra? The AICCM Paintings Group has been working to collate all the past publications from its […]
2016 has been a very busy year for events in the AICCM, thanks to some amazing volunteers who’ve brought great ideas to fruition. So far we’ve had the Textiles Symposium with three well attended workshops, Functional Objects Workshop, Preservation of Geological Specimens and most recently RTI Workshop and introductory sessions to RTI and Photogrammetry. An […]
A number of members of national council will be stepping down shortly. If you have an interest in any of these positions please contact the National President MaryJo Lelyveld (MaryJo.Lelyveld@ngv.vic.gov.au). Vice President from October 2016 Treasurer from October 2016 SIG and Events Coordinator from Nov 2017 You can see all our current National Council […]