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At the 2012 AIC Annual Meeting we hosted the first ever AIC Great Debate. By all accounts, it was a rousing success. While last year’s debate was good, this year we’re hoping to make it better. The 2013 Great Debate will take place on Saturday, June 1 from 4:00 to 5:00 pm as the final session in the …

“The Next Chapter:  Rare Books in Modern Times” conference had an ambitious goal, to offer talks of benefit to anyone with a professional interest in rare books. The conference was presented by the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts, and hosted by the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia. One of the aspects I most …

The Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies offers valuable opportunities for conservators to update their skills, and to increase their productivity and scope of practice through its excellent series of conservation refresher courses. Last summer I attended the new course, “Book Repair Techniques for Special Collections,” at the Campbell Center in Mount Carroll, Illinois. The …

July 14-20, 2013 Maine’s Hancock and Sullivan Counties, with their rocky shorelines and inland hills, are rich with lichen species and biofilms.  Buildings and structures made with granite from local quarries host lichens and biofilms.  Imported grave markers of granite, marble, slate, and sandstone from other New England states and foreign countries are found in …

Hot Trends in Response and Recovery: 40 Years After the Fire Date: Thursday, June 27, 2013 http://www.archives.gov/preservation/conferences/2013/ A program schedule will be posted when speakers have been confirmed. Cost: TBA Location: National Archives at St. Louis One Archives Drive St. Louis, MO 63138 About the Conference The National Archives will commemorate the 1973 fire that …

In a typical year, one or two sessions at the annual meeting of the College Art Association focus on conservation or the material aspects of works of art. The 2013 meeting which took place in New York City on February 13-16 included seven sessions on these subjects– “The Proof is in the Print: Avant-Garde Approaches …

Sheraton Baltimore City Center Hotel Baltimore, MD November 20-23, 2013 The American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) is a non-profit 501 (c)3 organization that supports and encourages the study of the peoples and cultures of the Near East, from the earliest times to the present. The 2013 ASOR Annual Meeting will be held in Baltimore, MD, …

Call for papers! The students of the UCLA/Getty Master’s Program in the Conservation of Archaeological and Ethnographic Materials invite you to the first annual Graduate Symposium for Students of Conservation and Preservation (GSSCP). This is a FREE, half-day, student-run symposium for graduate students of conservation, preservation, heritage studies, and related fields to be held on …

This is a reminder that registration is open for the February 2013 AIC PMG Joint Meeting with the ICOM-CC Photographic Materials Working Group (PMWG) in Wellington, New Zealand.  The early registration rate is still available through November 30. Details on the meeting schedule, workshops, hotels, tours, travel, registration and more can be found on the …

How does one care for a historic home that is currently being inhabited? How much care should be given to maintain such a site when funding and physical isolation prevent a clear future? Last January I attended a two-week preventive conservation workshop along with five other participants on Ossabaw Island, a wilderness barrier island off …

We (LeeAnn Barnes Gordon and Suzanne Davis) are pleased to announce a new conservation workshop session at the annual meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR). This year’s session will be held on Friday, Nov. 16th from 4:20 – 6:25 pm at the Chicago Marriot Downtown Magnificent Mile, and we would like to encourage …

Interim Meeting of the ICOM-CC Working Group – Sculpture, Polychromy, and Architectural Decorations Hosted by Tomar Polytechnic Institute Tomar, Portugal 28-29 May 2013 This two day symposium will focus on artistic tradition within the field of polychrome sculpture relating to decorative practice. After two symposiums on construction techniques (Maastricht 2010 and Glasgow 2012), the main …

Joint Interim Conference of three ICOM-CC working groups: Wood, Furniture, and Lacquer Scientific Research Sculpture, Polychromy, and Architectural Decoration National Museum in Warsaw, Poland 28-30 October, 2013 Hosted in collaboration with the National Museum in Warsaw, and the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw The conference entitled “Heritage Wood: Research and Conservation in the 21st …

“Manuscripts of the Mamluk Sultanate and its Contemporaries” The Ninth  Conference Magdalene College University of Cambridge, United Kingdom 2-4 September 2013 The Islamic Manuscript Association is pleased to announce that the Ninth Islamic Manuscript Conference will be held at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, 2-4 September 2013. The Conference will be hosted in cooperation with …

2012 A Preservation Odyssey: Paths to the Future 26th Annual National Archives Preservation Conference www.archives.gov/preservation/conferences/2012 Date: The conference will be held on Friday, October 19, 2012 Cost: $125.00 standard and $75.00 for students Location: National Archives Building William McGowan Theater 7thStreet and Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20504 About the Conference 2012 A Preservation Odyssey: …