Somehow, it’s nearly the end of 2021! And despite everything (ongoing global pandemics, etc.) it’s also been an amazingly productive year, with AICCM members organising and participating in a multitude of programs and events. Channelling some Christmas spirit, here are 12 of my favourites (partridges in pear trees and golden rings notwithstanding, and in […]
In preparation for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), a number of interested members of the AICCM banded together in October and November 2021 to spread awareness of the role of the conservation profession in mitigating the climate crisis. With participants ranging from students from the Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation and University […]
Scroll is a journal supported by the Student Conservators at Melbourne (SC@M) and a platform for cultural heritage students and alumni to express their ideas. The journal publishes essays, reviews, interviews, reports and works of creative expression. The editors of Scroll invite the members of AICCM to download the inaugural issue, which includes a foreword […]
This recent Zoom-based webinar ran over three alternate days in October presented via FAIC and hosted from the US. Despite the unfriendly timezone of 0330–0600 for the live sessions, for anyone interested in this area the content was worth an early start. The program sessions ranged from entry level introductions to 3D-print technology, to applied […]
After 32 years of working at the Art Gallery of NSW, Yang Yandong (Lily) has retired as Head of Asian Art Conservation. In 1989 Lily, alongside Sun Yu, established the Asian Art Conservation Studio at the Art Gallery of NSW. Lily’s interest in conservation was inspired by her auntie who was the conservator at the […]
After 35 years at the Art Gallery of NSW, Dr Malgorzata Sawicki has retired as Head of Frame Conservation. Malgorzata has had an exceptional career in which she has contributed enormous skills, experience and direction to the Art Gallery of NSW and to the national and international field of conservation. In 1986, Malgorzata established the […]
‘Modern Conservation. Modern Constraints. Modern Conveniences’: the theme for the Icon Book & Paper Group 2021 conference (4–7 October), ‘ModCons’ was wholly appropriate for the current climate, with social and environmental issues at the forefront of our minds and increasingly intersecting with conservation practice. While feeling the modern constraints of Lockdown 6.0 in Melbourne, I […]
What first attracted you to a career in conservation? How did you get started? RH: My career began in an apprenticeship as a cabinet maker, hand making reproduction furniture. Completing my apprenticeship by topping the state in Victoria with my marks, I was released early from the indenture and moved to London shortly after, with […]