In the December 2017 edition of the AICCM Newsletter, the Sustainable Collections Committee (SCC) set out the aims and tasks of the (then) recently formed group. Their stated aims were to: progress knowledge of sustainability issues within the profession; develop policies and guidelines on behalf of the AICCM National Council to guide conservation and industry […]
The conservation team at the State Library of Western Australia have been working on the preparation and installation of items for Cicada, an exhibition featuring the new children’s book from multi-award winner Shaun Tan. The team has also been involved in the de-installation of Steve Goes To Carnival, an exhibition based on the children’s book […]
Marie-Claire Petrowski As a student and graduate, it can be difficult to find spare time and funding to attend conferences locally, interstate or overseas. As a recent graduate of the Masters of Cultural Materials Conservation, I was extremely fortunate to be one of the recipients of a student bursary provided by AICCM and Archival Survival. […]
NSW Art Gallery of New South Wales The time-based art conservation team, including conservators Asti Sherring and Carolyn Murphy, have been busy organising ‘Towards a flexible future: managing time-based media artworks in collections’, Tuesday 4th June – Friday 7th June 2019. The 4-day event includes a half-day symposium and 3.5-day workshop to forge greater understanding of […]
Elizabeth Gralton interviews the Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation new academic staff member, Dr. Jonathan Kemp. What originally motivated you to become a conservator? It was a combination of serendipity and loss. After completing a philosophy degree, I failed to get a Fulbright scholarship to go to NYC so I took myself off to […]
The Art Gallery of New South Wales has started to recycle disposable gloves through the Zero-Waste-Box program created by TerraCycle. All nitrile, vinyl, latex and plastic gloves are collected and will be turned into new recycled plastic products. More information about the program and other projects, initiatives and practical tips to make conservation practice more […]
This report aims to share an experiment where a reproduction of a 19th century ornate gilt frame was 3D-printed for the Maritime Museum of Tasmania. The experiment was carried out by Artco Services, an art conservation business based in Launceston, Tasmania, in collaboration with Gondwana Studios, also a Launceston-based company specialising in casting scientific replicas […]
I am pleased to report the success of the ‘Managing Risks to Collections’ conference in Melbourne, jointly presented by the Preventive Conservation SIG and the Sustainable Collections Committee. The conference was attended across the three days by close to 120 delegates from every state in Australia and international delegates and speakers from the Philippines, Singapore, […]
In September, some 18 Australian conservators took the 30+ hour trip to travel to Turin. The attraction? Beyond the beautiful hills of the Piedmont region, striking series of Piazza and Palazzo and incredible food and wine, they converged on the stunning historic city to attend the 5-day IIC Turin Congress Preventive Conservation: The State of […]
In November 2019, Transmitting Science held a weeklong course on Fluid Preservation Conservation in Sabadell, Spain. The course was taught by Dr. Simon Moore and John Simmons and covered a basic introduction into fluid preservation to more detailed presentations on preservation issues for fluid-preserved specimens. The course was attended by biologists, conservators and preparators, with […]