What is a viable and relevant collections profession, long term? Who are the future generations for whom we are preserving the collections? What is AICCM’s role in the future (2070)? These are just three of a range of questions we asked ourselves at the recent Foresight Workshop organised by the Sustainable Collections Committee – MaryJo Lelyveld, Sarah-Jane […]
In February 2018, I flew out of Sydney towards Los Angeles. I was heading for the Hollywood Hills to attend a week-long workshop on the Surface Treatment Strategies for Outdoor Painted Sculpture at the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI). This article is a chance for me to share with you details of the workshop and reflect […]
When our graceful president, Jennifer O’Connell, opened the AICCM National Conference, she asked us to keep an open mind during the talks. I’m glad she did because what followed were three days of some pretty eye-opening and challenging ideas. Ideas that left me wondering if traditional conservation work, which I had dedicated my 20-year career […]
What first attracted you to a career in conservation? How did you get started? When I was a child I wanted to be a vet but then I realised that it was a profession that didn’t always entail happy endings. I decided to study arts and arts management and I found myself working in grant […]
The AICCM National Conference, Making Conservation, was held in Melbourne from 13 to 15 November. I’d like to thank the organising committee for their hard work, which resulted in three days of excellent presentations and conversations (and some extraordinarily good food). I’d also like to thank the AICCM for the bursary that supported my attendance. […]
I was excited to attend the 2019 AICCM National Conference entitled Making Conservation held on 13–15 November at the Pavilion of the Arts Centre Melbourne, and I am happy to say that the excitement was apt. Looking back at the papers, lightning talks, video presentations, and panels, I feel that the conference gamely addressed a […]
Fuelled by caffeine and fresh off the overnight bus, I made my way from Southern Cross Station to the 8th floor of the Melbourne Arts Centre, all red plush carpet and polished brass rails. The AICCM 2019 National Conference: Making Conservation is the first conference I have attended in five years, and the first professional […]
The AICCM National Conference was held at the Arts Centre Melbourne from 13 to 15 November 2019. Entitled Making Conservation, each day of the conference centred around three major themes: making conservation connected, sustainable and innovative. The Australian distributor of quality archival storage products, Archival Survival, sponsored two students to attend the conference. And the Canberra-based fit-out […]
In September I had the opportunity to attend the 12th North American Textile Conservation Conference (NATCC). NATCC is a biennial conference where conservators from North America and around the globe gather to reflect and share ideas and advancements in textile conservation theory and practice. The conference was held in the National Capital Region of Canada. The […]