- Date:
- Thursday, 1 January 1970
- Number:
- 139
The AICCM is pleased to announce that applications for the ADFAS Mid-career Scholarship awards are now open. The awards are made possible by the support of ADFAS (Association of Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Societies) for conservation in Australia through the Patricia Robertson Fund (PRF). In 2019, ADFAS is offering two awards of $2000 each […]
The 44th AICCM Annual General Meeting is scheduled to be held as part of the AICCM National Conference in November, 2017. Whilst all National Council positions are open for election at the AGM, I would like to invite all members to consider the following roles as the present incumbents have indicated they will be stepping […]
The AICCM has long been an advocate for access to preservation services and science through collaborative means. From its first inception as ICCM at the 1976 ‘Conservation in Australia’ conference, scientists and curators in attendance were concerned with: The development of conservation staffing, training and lab facilities Greater understanding of the nature of deterioration within […]
AICCM is delighted to congratulate Dr Ian Macleod of the Western Australian Museum on being awarded the ICOM-CC Medal. It was awarded at the closing ceremony of ICOM-CC’s Triennial Conference in Copenhagen on September 8th 2017. Many of us know Ian as a wonderful teacher, communicator and mentor and this highest honour of the conservation profession […]
For a period of four weeks this winter I was lucky enough to undertake an internship under Mr. Phillip Parkes at Cardiff University, Wales. I initially sought to undertake my placement at the institute in question as I wish to pursue a career in Archaeological Object Conservation. The projects that I worked on were interesting, […]
SC@M art workshop series This year, the Student Conservators @ Melbourne (SC@M) Committee was awarded a grant by the Graduate Students Association, enabling us to hold a series of one-day workshops. Aimed at both our cohort and students from other arts-focused faculties, the workshops are designed to develop networks between fellow graduate students, as well […]
Louise Bradley and Barbara Dabrowa, GOCSIG convenor, are working on early plans for AICCM – FRAME: Concept, History and Conservation, Sydney 2019. We will set the date for the symposium, (possibly late October 2019), very soon. Frank Filippone, editor of Profile Magazine, again offered a trade fair stand to AICCM at Art and Frame 2017 […]
There has been a lot of work going on in the background since the member survey in mid- 2014. Conservation Standards & Guidelines for Exhibitions Utilizing Museum Collections We have formed a partnership with American Institute of Conservation (AIC) to complete the Conservation Standards & Guidelines for Exhibitions Utilizing Museum Collections: http://www.conservation-wiki.com/wiki/6.3_Exhibitions_and_Display_Cases There is a […]
For the past year I have been working at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom, involved with a two-year collaborative digital preservation project between Cambridge University Library and the Oxford Bodleian Libraries. This Digital Preservation at Oxford and Cambridge project (DPOC) project has been funded by the Polonsky Foundation. The project brings together six Fellows, […]
Submissions due 31 October 2017 Deadline extended, submissions now due 10 November! The 2018 AICCM Book, Paper & Photographic Materials Symposium will be held in late November 2018, in Melbourne (likely 20-23 November, at Melbourne Museum, but TBC). This is a first call for papers and other contributions. There is no overall conference theme, but […]