AIC Blog Archives: Conservators Converse
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Senior Conservator (Ref: 15139) (based in Hong Kong) A cornerstone of the West Kowloon Cultural District, M+ is Hong Kong’s new museum for visual culture, encompassing twentieth and twenty-first century art, design and architecture, and moving image from Hong Kong, China, Asia, and beyond. Since 2012, M+ has been presenting diverse public programmes and exhibitions, … Continue reading “Job Posting: Senior Conservator – M+ (Hong Kong)”
Position Description Oliver Brothers, ( www.OliverBrothersOnline.com ) is seeking a part-time, experienced conservator Paper Conservator to work in our Beverly location, 25 miles north of Boston, MA, Oliver Brothers is a multidisciplinary conservation firm that specializes in the repair and preservation of a wide variety of artistic and cultural property. Our studio treats a wide … Continue reading “Job Posting: Associate Paper Conservator – Oliver Brothers (Boston, MA)”
Angela Campbell, Assistant Conservator in the Department of Paper Conservation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, presented the research and treatment of a complete set of Himalayan initiation cards (tsakalis) in their collection. She focused on the condition, consolidation, and loss-compensation techniques done by herself, Rebecca Capua, and Yana van Dyke for this set. In … Continue reading “43rd AIC Annual Meeting – Book and Paper Session, May 15, "Preserving the Spirit Within: Bringing Twenty-Five Tibetan Initiation Cards into the 21st Century by Angela Campbell"”
Safe storage for collections is one of the primary goals of preventive care for collecting institutions, and individuals charged with collections care and cultural institutions often face challenges in designing storage and support systems for individual items or collections. There are few tasks more concrete and practical than devising a storage mount that preserves an … Continue reading “Preview of STASH Storage Tips session in Miami”
Temporary Conservator-Objects Specialist The Asian Art Museum offers an exciting opportunity for an experienced professional objects conservator to conserve and restore Asian objects in this world-renowned collection. This full time, temporary position will provide assistance to the Acting Head of Conservation pending the recruitment and hiring of a new Head of Conservation for the department. … Continue reading “Temporary Conservator — Objects Specialist”
The upcoming Annual Meeting in San Francisco will surely be educative, informative, and a great opportunity to mingle with colleagues, but its location in the City by the Bay makes this meeting truly unique. As a relatively recent transplant to San Francisco, moving here nearly nine months ago from Chicago, I fell in love with … Continue reading “42nd AIC Annual Meeting – 30 Things to do in San Francisco”
Yoshi Nishio, Kyoichi Itoh and their conservation work at The Nishio Conservation Studio were featured in a one-hour TV documentary series, broadcast on the WOWOW Cable Channel (a channel similar to PBS in the US) in Japan on March 28th and 30th, and April 7. The documentary highlights technical aspects of Asian Painting Conservation, including the … Continue reading “Japanese television documentary features Nishio Conservation Studio”
The Emerging Conservation Professionals Network (ECPN) is very excited to welcome our new officers as of the 41st AIC Annual Meeting. Following is a brief introduction to each new officer. Eliza Spaulding – Chair Eliza Spaulding is the current Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Paper Conservation at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. In 2010, she … Continue reading “Meet the new ECPN officers”
This post is part of the “From the Bench” series celebrating the work of conservators. Part scientist, part detective, conservators work to preserve the past for the future. This series features the voices of conservators who are working on IMLS supported projects in museums across the United States. For more information about IMLS funding for museums … Continue reading “From the Bench: Literally Hanging by a Thread”
Ted Stanley wrapped up the Book and Paper Group sessions on Friday, May 11, with his presentation about the authentication and analysis of a 16th-century Mesoamerican map belonging to Princeton University Library. The map was believed to have a c. 1550 creation date, and depicts a portion of the central valley of Mexico at the … Continue reading “AIC’s 40th Annual Meeting, Book and Paper Session, May 11: “Case Study: Examination and Analysis of a Mesoamerican Deerskin Map” by Ted Stanley”
