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AIC members can access all 2015 JAIC articles online now!

While print editions of issues 54.3 and 54.4 of JAIC have been delayed due in part to the transition to our new publisher (Taylor & Francis recently acquired Maney), AIC members can access all 7 articles online now, plus editorials and book reviews. Log into the AIC website, then visit www.conservation-us.org/jaic to get one-click access to all the latest research. Subscribers and members can expect their print issues to begin arriving in 2-4 weeks.
We are so excited about the research presented in these issues, and hope you will read through and enjoy. As always, the editorial is available as a free download to all.

Volume 54, Issue 4 (November, 2015)

EDITORIAL
Julio M. del Hoyo-Meléndez, Editor-in-Chief
AN INVESTIGATION INTO JAPINE PLATINUM PHOTOGRAPHS: WILLIAM WILLIS’S PROPRIETARY PAPER
Matthew L. Clarke, Constance Mccabe, Christopher A. Maines, Silvia A. Centeno, Lisa Barro, Anna Vila
AN EVALUATION OF SELECTED RETOUCHING MEDIA FOR ACRYLIC EMULSION PAINT
Nina L. Engel and Stefan Zumbühl
16TH- AND 17TH-CENTURY ITALIAN CHIAROSCURO WOODCUTS: INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS, DEGRADATION, AND CONSERVATION
Linda Stiber Morenus, Charlotte W. Eng, Naoko Takahatake, Diana C. Rambaldi

Volume 54, Issue 3 (August, 2015)

EDITORIAL
Julio M. del Hoyo-Meléndez, Editor-in-Chief
MOPA MOPA: SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS AND HISTORY OF AN UNUSUAL SOUTH AMERICAN RESIN USED BY THE INKA AND ARTISANS IN PASTO, COLOMBIA
Richard Newman, Emily Kaplan, Michele Derrick
ULTRAVIOLET-INDUCED VISIBLE FLUORESCENCE AND CHEMICAL ANALYSIS AS TOOLS FOR EXAMINING FEATHERWORK
Ellen Pearlstein, Melissa Hughs, Joy Mazurek, Kevin McGraw, Christel Pesme, Renée Riedler, Molly Gleeson
ANALYSIS OF FATTY ACIDS EXTRACTED FROM A WHALE SKELETON: ANALYTICAL APPROACH TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY OF DEGREASING TREATMENT
Charlène Pelé, Bruno Bujoli, Élodie Guilminot, Gwenaël Lemoine, Isabelle Louvet, Laurent Poisson
ON THE PROTECTIVE NATURE OF WAX COATINGS FOR CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT OUTDOOR METALWORKS: MICROSTRUCTURAL FLAWS, OXIDATIVE CHANGES, AND BARRIER PROPERTIES
Natasja Swartz and Tami Lasseter Clare
BOOK REVIEWS
Mary Broadway, Rebecca Anne Rushfield, Doug Severson

Call for Papers – JAIC Collection Care Special Issue

Call for Papers

JAIC Special Issue: Collection Care

The Journal of American Institute of Conservation (JAIC) is seeking submissions for a “Collection Care” special issue. Collection care can be described as avoiding needless damage to collections or the systematic mitigation of risks to all strategically managed physical and intellectual values of a collection.

Papers are welcome across the full spectrum of collection care activities, from communication and advocacy to technical specifications. This edition seeks to represent the diverse acts of preventive conservation and the work of all of those with a stake in facilitating preservation and access. The responsibility for collection care is not limited to conservators but rather is a collaborative process among allied professionals such as facility managers, curators, registrars, preparators, collection managers, security staff, archivists, exhibit designers, architects, and maintenance staff, among others, who work together to mitigate or manage collection risks. We would like this issue to consider processes that reflect this range of stakeholders, so welcome research or case study papers on topics as broad as documentation and material choices to the management of staff and the environment.

Authors are invited to submit an abstract and article outline for consideration by the special issue editors with final article submissions due April 1, 2016. Please send inquiries and submissions to Mary Coughlin at coughlin@gwu.edu.

Mary Coughlin (Collection Care Network Editor and JAIC guest editor)

Jane Henderson (JAIC guest editor)

Julio M. del Hoyo-Meléndez (JAIC Editor-in-Chief)

AIC News November issue available to members now

The November issue of AIC News (Vol. 40, No. 6) is now available for AIC members. Log into the website and visit www.conservation-us.org/aicnews to gain access to the latest issue.
Articles inside the issue include the lead article, “Strategies for the Storage of Cellulose Acetate Film,” by Douglas Nishimura; membership updates; annual meeting announcements; a Health & Safety Committee guide to selecting safety shoes plus tips on gels and masks; grant announcements; and a listing of conservation training program class internships and placements (and more). Specialty Groups and Networks are very active and have provided some interesting updates for their members. Also included in AIC News is a full listing of conferences and seminars to further your career.
AIC News is a great member benefit — if you don’t already belong to AIC as a member, this is a great time to join. Read more about AIC membership in the new member portal at http://www.conservation-us.org/membership/aic-member-center.
As always, comments about the newsletter and any AIC publications can be directed to me at bnaugle@conservation-us.org.

Call for Papers – The 6th International Architectural Paint Research Conference (Columbia University, New York, NY)

Call for Papers – The 6^th International Architectural Paint Research Conference

Dates: March 15-17, 2017
Location: Columbia University, New York, NY
Language: English
Website: www.apr2017.org
Powers of Ten: Expanding the APR Toolbox
Like the Charles and Ray Eames 1977 short film, Powers of Ten, Architectural Paint Research (APR) deals with magnitudes of scale, from a single pigment particle, to a painted house, to the decorative tastes of an entire region. In the spirit of the film, the 2017 APR conference aims to take a closer look at how we carry out our research at every level, from the micro to the macroscopic.
The 6^th International Architectural Paint Research Conference organizing committee is sending out a call for papers and posters for its next meeting in New York City, March 15-17, 2017. Submissions are invited from APR specialists and advanced students, as well as members of related disciplines including art conservators, preservation architects, decorative painters, heritage managers and materials scientists.
There will be a session on APR standards led by the standards committee, as put into motion at the 2014 Stockholm APR conference.
Topics should ideally include but are not limited to:
Non-traditional or Overlooked Finishes: Projects where finishes identified through APR included unexpected color combinations, non-traditional use of traditional materials, finishes rarely discussed at previous APR conferences, or finishes that may be unique to a single geographic region.
Case studies with a Focus on Cross-section Microscopy: As always, APR case studies are welcome topics at the conference. We request that papers be well supported by cross-section photomicrographs and other analytical data that illustrate your interpretive process.
Research into paint materials and technologies: This can include archival research or research of a technical nature that sheds a new light on paint materials or finishes. Topics may focus on a particular studio or decorative painter/artist’s working methods, colourman’s practices, pigment manufacture, and/or the evolution of paint/pigment/varnish technology.
Replication of Historic Finishes: Spotlight on the challenges and solutions involved with replicating finishes identified through APR. Topics can include methods for removing overpaint, collaborating with decorative painters to replicate schemes, and/or the sharing of information that could only have been gleaned through the preparation/replication process.
Projects Revisited: Have you had the opportunity to re-visit an old project? If so, how have these projects fared over time? How has your work been received by the public? What lessons did you learn that carried over into future projects?
Submitting an Abstract
The language of the conference will be English. To submit an abstract for a paper or poster, please submit a provisional title with a summary (500 word maximum) at http://www.apr2017.org/call-for-abstracts/. Please use the name of one author. The names of any co-authors can be submitted in the body of the abstract.
This year we encourage submissions from advanced students working on APR related projects for a dedicated “Student Research Session”. Select papers will be included in the final publication. When submitting your abstract, please indicate if this is a student submission.
Abstracts must be submitted by February 15, 2016.
Selected speakers and poster authors will be notified by April 16, 2016. Details regarding guidelines for the conference presentations and articles will be provided at the time of notification. Speakers will also be requested to submit their work in the form of a full-text, illustrated article for publication in the conference post-prints. This article will be peer-reviewed and due on November 15, 2016.
Poster authors may be asked to give a 5-minute presentation at the conference, but will not be responsible for an article.
If you have any questions, please contact Mary Jablonski mjablonski@jbconservation.com

New Collection Storage Book Seeks Cover Image

The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, The American Institute for Conservation, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Museum Studies Program of George Washington University are collaborating on a new book entitled Preventive Conservation: Collection Storage. The volume discusses all aspects of collection storage, from planning and assessment, through building design and facilities management, to storage furniture and specimen housing. It is due for publication in late 2016.
As part of the book design process, the editorial board is seeking a cover image that reflects the concept of (good) collection storage. We hope that you will contribute one or more images you feel would work well. Given the scope of the book, the image might be a photograph at the building, room, cabinet/shelf, or object level, or simply reflect a “good storage concept.”
There is no financial reward, but you and your institution will receive full acknowledgement and a free copy of the book and, of course, incredible bragging rights! The winning image may also be used on the book website and other promotional materials.
If you’re interested in submitting an image for consideration, please send a horizontal image, at least 300 dpi, and minimum of 8 in W x 5 in H (2400 x 1500 pixels, 300 pixels/inch). JPG or TIF format preferred to Lisa Elkin (lelkin@amnh.org) or Chris Norris (christopher.norris@yale.edu) by October 31.

New JAIC issue online now

The latest issue of JAIC (Journal of the American Institute for Conservation) is now online, and print copies are mailing shortly. This issue, Vol. 53, No. 2, features the following articles:

EDITORIAL, by Julio M. Del Hoyo-Meléndez, Editor-In-Chief
SHORT COMMUNICATION: GOBERGE, SHIMBARI, GO-BARS: THE USE OF FLEXIBLE STICKS FOR CLAMPING, by Tristram Bainbridge, Shayne Rivers, Yoshihiko Yamashita, Andrew Thackray, Nicola Newman
CHOOSING AN ADHESIVE FOR EXTERIOR WOODWORK THROUGH MECHANICAL TESTING, by Rian M. H. Deurenberg-Wilkinson
SOURCE CODE ANALYSIS AS TECHNICAL ART HISTORY, by Deena Engel and Glenn Wharton
RAISING MERET-IT-ES: EXAMINING AND CONSERVING AN EGYPTIAN ANTHROPOID COFFIN FROM 380–250 BCE, by Kathleen M. Garland, Johanna Bernstein, Joe Rogers
BOOK REVIEWS, by Vanessa Muros and Cybele Tom

AIC members and journal subscribers have online access to these articles now, before the print issue arrives. We hope you enjoy these articles, which bring some very interesting techniques and research to light.

Read more about the journal at http://www.maneyonline.com/loi/jac, or review the submission guidelines and JAIC style guide at http://www.conservation-us.org/jaic.

CALL FOR PAPERS: Conservation and Exhibition Planning: Material Testing for Design, Display, and Packing

The Lunder Conservation Center and the Foundation for the American Institute for Conservation, present
Conservation and Exhibition Planning: Material Testing for Design, Display, and Packing
http://www.conservation-us.org/materialstesting

Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture
McEvoy Auditorium
800 G Street NW (8th and G Street)
Washington, D.C. 20001
This two-day event, hosted by the Lunder Conservation Center, on November 19 and 20, 2015, will be an opportunity for exhibition designers, mount makers, registrars, collection managers, conservators, and scientists to explore the challenges of how materials are selected for use with art objects.
The planning for appropriate collection care before, during, and after display is dependent on accessing reliable information about the materials we use. The production of fabrics, painted surfaces, mounts, foams, and board materials present many opportunities for the creative display of art objects. Understanding how these materials will react with artworks over time is a fundamentally challenging, but necessary, undertaking.
This conference will seek to convey practical considerations that facilitate and benefit collection care in museum exhibition workflows, and how they impact staff across departments. We hope to focus a large part of this conference on advances in the field of conservation science, in order to grant participants access to the available resources that address the challenging question of how the materials used in display and storage environments interact with the objects contained within. A particular focus of the conference will be the interpretation and sharing of analytical results from Oddy testing and alternatives to the Oddy test.
Call for Papers: Deadline March 13, 2015

Original papers are invited for submission to focus on case studies and advances in:
Designing exhibitions and fabricating display furniture
Strategic approaches to collection care during the exhibition implementation process
Designing storage environments
Conservation work spaces
Aspects of material testing: including Oddy testing and alternatives to the Oddy test
Monitoring how materials change over time

Authors interested in presenting a paper should submit an extended abstract (400 – 600 words) by (March 13, 2015) to Christopher Wayner (waynercl@si.edu). Your work should be original and not previously published. Contributions of work-in-progress are also welcome. The abstracts will be reviewed by the conference committee and authors will be informed by May 2015.

Bulletin of Research on Metal Conservation (BROMEC 35) is now available

The trilingual site BROMEC is the online resource for research dissemination by conservators and scientists of metallic cultural heritage artifacts.
BROMEC 35, the Bulletin of Research on Metal Conservation is now available online at the following websites:

Ten research abstracts and 5 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 as PDF documents.
To subscribe for email updates about BROMEC:
http://www.warwick.ac.uk/bromec-subscription
BROMEC Editorial Team
Anglophone Editor & Translator:

James Crawford

Francophone Coeditor:

Michel Bouchard

Hispanophone Coeditor:

Diana Lafuente

Francophone Translators:

Nathalie Richard
Elodie Guilminot
Julie Masson-MacLean

Hispanophone Translators:

Ana Crespo
Ana Pastor

November issue of AIC News now available

Members, read the November AIC News now!

We’ve just published the November issue of AIC News. It includes great articles on ethics and conservation (see also our book on the same topic, Ethics and Critical Thinking in Conservation), as well as job, fellowship, and internship announcements; specialty group and network updates; and information about the Connecting to Collections community.
Log into the AIC website and click on AIC News’s Current Issue to view the articles. Members, thank you so much for being a part of this great organization! I love learning about what you do (and how you should keep safe on the job) in every issue.
All members should have received an email announcement, so please let me know if you didn’t see it in your inbox!
–Bonnie

Interventions Journal seeks submissions

Call Extended – Submissions due October 24, 2014
Fall 2014 CALL FOR CONTENT Interventions Volume 4, Issue 1
Object Lesson: Conservation and Art History
Interventions is the online journal of Columbia University’s graduate program in Modern Art: Critical and Curatorial Studies. They are seeking content for our next issue, focusing on relationships between art conservation and art historical, curatorial, and artistic practices. Submissions can be in the form of artist projects or essays. Potential topics include (but are not limited to):

Works that are open-ended, unfinished, in process, or require replenishment
o Use of organic materials
o Web-based works of art
Works that are no longer extant
o Installations dismantled and/or dispersed into fragments
o Performances, actions, and events
Works recycled or re-purposed into new works of art
Use of untested or volatile materials and processes
Exhibiting “relics,” ephemera, or documentation in lieu of works of art
Exhibiting copies, replicas, or facsimiles
Works of art that thematize physical/material change
Conservation of time-based media
o Discontinued technologies needed to display or play back encoded media
Architectural preservation
Technical art history
Collaborations between conservators and artists
Collaborations between conservators and curators

They encourage submissions that approach this topic across artistic, critical, and curatorial frameworks. For this issue, they are specifically inviting submissions from conservators of modern and contemporary art and architecture. To submit content, please email an abstract of approximately 300 words, as well as a bio of no more than 100 words, to moda.interventions@gmail.com by Friday, October 24, 2014. Submissions will be reviewed and those whose proposals have been selected will be notified by October 31, 2014. Full texts must not exceed 4,000 words and should follow Chicago Style. Images should be 400 x 600 pixels, 72 dpi, and saved as a .jpg or .gif. Contributors are responsible for copyediting their texts prior to final submission and for attaining rights to all images provided for publication.
Interventions Journal is a curatorial platform featuring essays, interviews, web-based art projects, and experimental investigations of the implicit cross-sections between these practices. Flexible in format, the project aims to cultivate dialogue amongst a diverse body of participants including curators, artists, and art and architectural historians in order to establish a common space and archive of exchange.
Launched in 2011 within Columbia University’s graduate program in Modern Art: Critical & Curatorial Studies (MODA) by Ceren Erdem, Jaime Schwartz, and Lisa Hayes Williams, Interventions is currently edited by Béatrice Grenier, Anna Linehan, and Amber Moyles.