Lately I’ve been thinking about sustainability in Conservation—what can I do to reduce our environmental footprint? One of the biggest non-recyclable products used in conservation are gloves; nitrile, vinyl, latex. That is, until recently. In Australia, we now have two options: TerraCycle and Green-Dex gloves. TerraCycle is a company that will collect your used disposable […]
About four or five years ago at a conference session on directions for conservation at a Museums conference in Sydney I found myself presenting after ICS Sydney Director, Julian Bickersteth. In his talk he described, rather than advocated, the shift in ambition for the conservation field since the start of his career. He characterised the […]
New Editorial Team Member I would like to say a big welcome from the AICCM National Council and membership to Rose Maurice, our new editor of the E-News! Rose is currently studying the Masters of Cultural Material Conservation at the University of Melbourne and has experience writing for publications such as Beat magazine. We look […]
On Friday the 25th May, members of the Tasmanian Division had a fascinating tour of the newly established Collection of Medical Artefacts (COMA) housed at the University of Tasmania’s residential college, Jane Franklin Hall. Dr Philip Thomson collected the medical artefacts over a period of about 25 years following a Churchill Fellowship in 1995 visiting […]
Art Gallery of New South Wales Social: Comings and goings of staff Barbara Dabrowa has temporarily left Gallery for working full-time at the State Library of NSW. In her secondment, the Frames Conservation team has been reunited with Sofia Lo Bianco, who will work on varied frame conservation projects until Basia’s return. In April-May 2018, […]
In March 12-14, 2018, I attended the Experts Meeting on the Cleaning of Wooden Gilded Surfaces hosted by The Getty Conservation Institute (GCI), Los Angeles, CA, US. The meeting was by invitation only, so I was honoured to find myself in the group of twelve people from all over the world marked as ‘experts’ in […]
The Compensation for Loss in the Conservation of Photographic Materials workshop was held by the Foundation for the American Institute of Conservation at (the pilgrimage of choice for any photograph conservator) the George Eastman Museum, Rochester NY, April 2018. For what one would think to be a very concise topic the week was compact and […]
In April and May 2018, Grace Barrand and I travelled to Bathurst NSW to work with the Bathurst Regional Council collections. As student conservators, we went to Bathurst as part of a Student Engagement Grant from the University of Melbourne and a collaboration with the Bathurst Council. Under the direction and guidance of the Collections […]
In May, the University of Melbourne held their Arts Faculty Awards. It was a great night for conservation with several outstanding students receiving awards. Robyn Ho and Lois Waters both made the Dean’s Honours List for Masters by Coursework, which recognises the highest achieving students in each program. Lois Waters also received The Alexander Copland […]
We’re glad you’ve asked. Student Conservators at Melbourne (SC@M) have just launched a new conservation website to connect with the conservation community and to promote our skills internationally. Designed using Squarespace, the website provides information about current student conservation projects, coming events such as workshops and talks, our annual report, and SC@M’s mentorship program. Analytics […]