AIC Blog Archives: Conservators Converse
Former Blog of the American Institute for Conservation
The 2016 STASH Flash storage tips session at the Montreal annual meeting will have three themes: Building on the conference theme the first group of presentations offer solutions for emergency or disaster situations like flooding or earthquakes. Building on a topic that came out of the 2015 STASH Flash discussion session and the TSG Tips … Continue reading “STASH Flash III Storage Tips Session – May 14, 2016”
This is the 1000th post for the AIC blog conservators-converse. Looking back at some of my favorite posts so far: Proposal for the creation of a Collections Care Network I love this post for the comments, it was so interactive and it brought out a lot of voices some who were familiar with blogging, some … Continue reading “1000th post on the AIC blog!”
As the deadlines for graduate school applications approach, many pre-program conservators have been soliciting information and advice on the application process. Here are some answers to the basic questions received by Emerging Conservation Professional Network (ECPN) officers. These questions are geared towards the Art Conservation programs in North America, but much of the information is … Continue reading “Basic Advice for Conservation Graduate School Applications from ECPN”
If you’ve been reading our 10 Tips for Becoming a Conservator, you know how important it is to get involved with professional organizations. The Midwest Regional Conservation Guild (MRCG) is a great example of a regional group that has a lot to offer, and it exists to benefit conservators like you! I asked the current … Continue reading “The Midwest Regional Conservation Guild”
At the 2017 AIC Annual Meeting in Chicago, we, Katherine Kelly, Denise Stockman, and Alex Bero, gave an overview of the 2016-2017 developments in the BPG Wiki and sought feedback from an audience of about 60 interested members about how to move forward in 2017-2018. We want to thank the BPG Officers, who made certain … Continue reading “45th Annual Meeting: Lunch Session: BPG Wiki Discussion”
Documenting textile impressions or pseudomorphs on archaeological objects is very challenging. In my own experience, I’ve found trying to photograph textile pseudomorphs, especially when they are poorly preserved, very difficult and involves taking multiple shots with varying light angles, which still often results in poor quality images. This is why Emily Frank‘s paper was of … Continue reading “43rd Annual Meeting – Textiles Specialty Group, May 14th, “Lights, Camera, Archaeology: Documenting Archaeological Textile Impressions with Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI)” by Emily Frank”
I’m am extremely excited that I signed up to write a blog post for this Paintings Group Session at the 41st Annual Meeting for AIC: The Contemporary in Conservation this week in Indianapolis. As an emerging conservator specializing in the conservation of paintings, I found this discussion very important for our field and I was … Continue reading “41st Annual Meeting – Paintings Session, Friday May 31, "Panel Discussion: Current Challenges and Opportunities in Paintings Conservation" by Levenson, Phenix, Hill Stoner, Proctor”
Heather has posted some wonderful tips on what it takes to become a conservator, and her last post really rang true with me. It takes a lot of sacrifices to try to get even as far as a graduate school interview in this field, but we’re also blessed to do rewarding and interesting work that … Continue reading “Diversifying your experience while you’re pre-program”
From the Lab to Field Choosing and Using Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Dawn Bolstad-Johnson, MPH, CIH, CSP Chris Stavroudis, Paintings Conservator in Private Practice So I tried to take down as much information as I could that was presented at this workshop which, by the way, was excellent. There is a LOT of helpful and … Continue reading “39th Annual Meeting – Workshop: From the Lab to Field Choosing and Using Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)”
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