Held at Melbourne Museum, 20–23 November 2018, the AICCM Book and Paper and Photographic Materials Symposium brought together conservators from Australia and overseas to engage in talks and workshops about changes, challenges and innovations in conservation. This year marked the 10th symposium of the biennial event organised by the Book & Paper SIG and the Photon SIG.
Keeping up with new materials and modern printmaking processes is one of the big challenges in paper and photo conservation and I have always found it difficult to keep ‘digital’ printing methods straight—everything I learn tends to fall out of my head again. I was therefore very keen to take advantage of the Digital Print
In 2018 the annual Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) conference was held in Dunedin New Zealand/Aotearoa from 23 August till 31 August. This was the first time the conference was held in the southern hemisphere. The Conference was held in partnership with TDWG (Taxonomic Database Working Group or Biodiversity Information Standards).
The 10th Book, Paper and Photographic Materials symposium was held on 20-23 November, in Melbourne. It was a wonderful and inspiring event that really demonstrated the depth and breadth of conservation in Australia and beyond. As the co-convenors for these two SIGs, we wanted to put our closing thanks from the conference in writing: Firstly,
Vic Division have ended the year with some really exciting events. We helped host the National Council AGM on 20th September and then, along with the GCCMC, SC@M and the Macgeorge bequest, supported the excellent ‘Off the Record—International Plastic Conservation Research and the PolyMuse Project’ held at the Grimwade. This event was a wonderful opportunity
Scientific Analysis of Paper and Photographic Materials WorkshopThe Palace Museum, Beijing22 October – 2 November 2018 Little did I know when I sent through my application for a place on the IIC-ITCC’s Workshop on the Scientific Analysis of Paper and Photographic Materials, that I would actually be lucky enough to be offered a spot! The
On Tuesday 20th November the AICCM awards were presented at the Centre for Contemporary Photography in Fitzroy, Melbourne. It was the opening night for the 10th AICCM Book, Paper and Photographic Materials Symposium. It was a great evening with lots of yummy food and good conversation. Thanks to all who came and congratulations to the
What first attracted you to conservation as a profession and how did you get started in the field? I wanted to become a conservator before I even really knew it was a real thing. So, when I was younger I saw a movie you may have heard of—Titanic. I know you’re wondering how I’m going to tie
The AICCM is saddened to hear of the passing of Margaret Dorothy Alexander, (known to many of us as Marg), on the 13th of November this year, aged 83. Marg was a long-standing, much respected, and popular member of the AICCM, remembered as much for her professional drive as for her good humour and generosity.
Registration is now open for the symposium, FRAME: Concept, History and Conservation: Symposium 2. The symposium will be held from 3-5 April at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Speakers from Australia, Austria, England, France, Germany, New Zealand, Poland and the United States will present thirty-two papers and six lightning talks. Numbers will be