Last year, AICCM National Council invited members, lapsed members and non-members to participate in a Membership Survey. The purpose was to give membership a chance to voice their opinions on the direction of the AICCM. The information collected is being compared with the current Strategic and Business Plans to see how expectations align. Results Demographics […]
AICCM June Newsletter – President’s Report In the last edition of the e-newsletter, we published an article entitled ‘On advocacy’ by AICCM Alice Cannon. The article hit a chord with members as it reached 2300 people via Facebook and attracted over 40 Facebook Likes. The article offered a simple approach of each of us can […]
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 […]
From February to March of 2017, six pith paper paintings were treated at the University of Melbourne’s Grimwade Centre for Cultural Conservation. The project was undertaken by two student conservators working simultaneously in close collaboration; Empress, His Lady and Inferior Mandarin were treated by Rebecca Barnott-Clement and Emperor, Manchu Tartar General and His Lady were […]
Treating damaged feathered can be tricky due to their structure, colour and shape. Recently I had the opportunity to trial using painted acrylic sheeting as a fill to minimise the appearance of damaged feathers on a Dhari headdress. Sections of clear acrylic sheets were cut to follow the outline of the feathers with the most […]
In April this year, the 5th Asia Pacific Tropical Climate Conservation Art Research Network (APTCCARN) Forum was held in Bohol, Philippines, co-hosted by the National Museum of the Philippines, the Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation and SEAMEO Regional Centre for Archaeology and Fine Arts. The event drew together more than 60 participants from across […]
Activities of the Objects Special Interest Group are always as varied as the interests of the members themselves. Recently, objects conservators came together with the Electron SIG for a joint symposium, The Shock of the New. With a focus on contemporary art, modern materials and innovative conservation problem-solving, this event was a fantastic example of […]
Since the beginning of this year the Gilded Objects Conservation Special Interest Group and the Conservation Framers Special Interest Group Convenors have been preparing for the next Frame Symposium, which will take place in Sydney in 2019 (possibly October). After a successful 2016 symposium in Melbourne it was decided that the symposium will be organised […]
Following on our very successful combined GOCSIG and CFSIG symposium, AICCM – FRAME: Concept, History and Conservation, Melbourne 2016, held at the National Gallery of Victoria International, Louise Bradley and Barbara Dabrowa have begun early planning for the AICCM symposium “FRAME: Concept, History and Conservation”, Sydney 2019. We would like to make our Sydney symposium […]
The AICCM website has a range of helpful information for both members of the public seeking information about conservation and AICCM members looking for professional conservation resources. AICCM’s Things We Conserve section is publically accessible and provides a useful guide to many of the material and objects types that conservators work with. It is a […]