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ECPN MEETING MINUTES Monday, January 30, 2012 Conference Call Attendees: Molly Gleeson (Chair) Eliza Spaulding (Vice Chair) Carrie Roberts (co-Professional Education and Training) Megan Salazar-Walsh (co-Outreach Coordinator) Amy Brost (Communications Officer) Stephanie Lussier (Board Liaison) Ryan Winfield (AIC Staff) Ruth Seyler (AIC Staff) Gwen Manthey Robin O’Hern (CSCP) Rebecca Rushfield (ETC) Stephanie Porto (CAC-ECC) Amber …

The AIC Committee on Sustainable Conservation Practice Seeks Member Term: May 2012- May 2014 The committee aims to: • Provide resources for AIC members and other caretakers of cultural heritage regarding environmentally sustainable approaches to preventive care and other aspects of conservation practice. Resources may be provided via electronic media, workshops, publications and presentations. • …

The following has been reposted here from the Textile Specialty Group’s mailing list, TSG-Discuss, with the author’s permission. Having been a textile conservator at the MMA for over 30 years, I confess that in some ways I kept to myself and did not always participate actively in the Textile Specialty Group endeavors,(though maintained my membership …

On September 28-29, 2012, a symposium at Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library will mark the 60th anniversary of Winterthur/University of Delaware graduate education. Speakers are not limited to Winterthur graduates and will address the following topics: What to Collect & How to Maintain: Availability, Acquisition, Responsibility Technology and Accessing Collections Balancing Intellectual Relevance with Popular …

A February 12, 2012 article in The New York Times (“Mrs. Lincoln, I Presume? Well, As It Turns Out, Portrait Is Deemed Hoax”, by Patricia Cohen) announced that the portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln owned by the Illinois Historical Society since 1976 and displayed in the governor’s mansion is a fraud. Said to have been …

If plans go through and an auditorium and a multistory building are constructed close to the Scrovegni Chapel (also known as the Arena Chapel) in Padua, home to Giotto’s frescos, the stability of the building and its decorations will be compromised. An international campaign is under way to postpone the construction until the Chapel’s foundations …

International Conference on Modern Chemical Technology in the Protection of Cultural Heritage MCTPCH 2012 Xi’an, China September 21-22, 2012 Organizer: Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China Sponsor: School of Science, Xi’an Jiaotong University Supported by: Chemistry Department, School of Science, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China Institute of the Protection for Cultural Heritage, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China Rathgen …

BROMEC 33, the Bulletin of Research on Metal Conservation is now available online at the following websites: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/physics/research/condensedmatt/sims/bromec http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Metals-Conservation-Discussion-Group/ http://www.icom-cc.org/10/documents?catId=13&subId=127 Nine research abstracts and five announcements are presented, together with the usual lists of related contacts and informative metal research/conservation websites and discussion groups. You will find English, French and Spanish language versions for downloading …

UCL Special Collections seek conservation volunteers to help clean and preserve its renowned collections of rare books and archives. This work will lead to some of these collections being digitised. If you’d like to help us with this important programme, and thereby gain valuable experience in the field of library collections preservation and care, please …

The Washington Conservation Guild is a  professional organization for conservators in the Washington DC area.  Every January we hold a mini-conference the “3-Ring” meeting which offers three series of programs on three different topics.  This year my fellow Guild member Lisa Young and I developed a “Mobile Technology for Conservation” Ring.  The capabilities of mobile …

Looking for a chance to get more involved with ECPN? Consider becoming a regional liaison! ECPN is appointing individuals who are interested in organizing and promoting events to encourage and involve emerging conservators in their regions. These regional liaisons will keep ECPN up-to-date on events through email, our Facebook page and on the AIC blog. …

New Club Quarters Opens in London on March 18, 2012. Now Accepting Reservations. Club Quarters, Lincoln’s Inn Fields is located in the heart of London at Kingsway near Holborn and Chancery Lane – with the hotel entrance facing Lincoln’s Inn Fields. Convenient to London’s financial and legal institutions, Club Quarters, Lincoln’s Inn Fields is also …

Grants and Bursaries for the Training of Craftsmen and Conservators York Foundation for Conservation and Craftsmanship Applications are invited by the York Foundation for Conservation and Craftsmanship for bursaries to assist the training of craftsmen and conservators. Bursaries of up to UKP1500 each are available to further the knowledge and skills of craftsmen and conservators …

Rathgen Heritage Science Scholarship 2012 Friends of Rathgen (Farderkreis des Rathgen-Forschungslabors e.V) The Rathgen Research Laboratory is the leading institution for conservation science, art technology and archaeometry at the National Museums in Berlin. It carries out investigations on a broad variety of materials within the museum environment and focuses its research on scientific issues concerning …

Presentations from Anoxia and Microfading: The impact on Collection Care (12-13 September 2011) are now available online and can be found at http://channel.tate.org.uk/media/1240387754001#media:/media/1240387754001/1240462743001&context:/channel/most-popular Presentations include: Keynote Speaker: Dr David Grattan Former Manager of Conservation Research at Canadian Conservation Institute, Ottawa “Anoxia and Microfading: The Impact on Collection Care, Context and Challenge” Stephen Hackney Senior Consultant …