- Date:
- Thursday, 1 January 1970
- Number:
- 139
This treatment was carried out whilst I was completing a month long internship in the paintings department at Artlab in Adelaide. Under the supervision of the team, particularly Frame Conservator Lisette Burgess, I gained some fantastic experience and inspiring insights into the techniques involved in frame conservation. The frame treated was a highly ornamented composition […]
This book by Kassia St Clair, a freelance writer for Elle Decoration and a former arts editor at The Economist, is a most fascinating read. As the title suggest, the book captures some of the weird and wonderful stories associated with over 75 different shades, dyes and hues, some of which you may never even […]
Preserving Collection in the Age of Sustainability: A course of the Managing Collection Environments initiative Q&A by Tegan Anthes (Preservation Australia) and Amanda Pagliarino (QAGOMA) Preserving Collections in the Age of Sustainability is a three-phase course developed by the Getty Conservation Institute and is part of the Managing Collection Environments initiative. The course was open […]
Following the appointment of a new Vice Chancellor, the University of Canberra is undertaking a UC wide review of courses and curricula. As part of this process, and to demonstrate our close and positive connections with industry, we asked some of you to write to the Vice Chancellor to outline how important the UC conservation […]
A message from new convenor, Tegan Anthes of Preservation Australia. I am very excited that I have been accepted as the new Preventive SIG Convenor. I want to thank Sarah-Jane Rennie for her long standing commitment and enthusiasm to the role over the last few years. I hope that I can provide as many engaging […]
The ‘AICCM Textile Special Interest Group’ Facebook Group is up but to date has only 4 members! Please join the group and share special projects, information, new products and anything else that fits the TSIG bill. Planning for the next Textile Symposium, scheduled for July 2018, has begun. If anyone has any burning desire for […]
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, […]
Conference Fast Facts November 1 – 3 Registrations are now closed, but please contact the secretariat to be put on the waiting list if you still to attend Limited spaces – 120 delegates maximum At the Carrington Hotel, Katoomba, located in Blue Mountains World Heritage Listed Area – a truly spectacular location for the conference […]