{"id":4336,"date":"2011-04-09T11:23:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-09T16:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/2011\/04\/the-virginia-conservation-association\/"},"modified":"2011-04-09T11:23:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-09T16:23:00","slug":"the-virginia-conservation-association","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2011\/04\/09\/the-virginia-conservation-association\/","title":{"rendered":"The Virginia Conservation Association"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: left\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;font-family:'trebuchet ms'\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color:#000066\">Current President, Frederick Wallace, along <\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;font-family:'trebuchet ms'\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color:#000066\">with Vice President Heather Logue, share their thoughts on the Virginia C<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;font-family:'trebuchet ms'\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color:#000066\">onservation Association:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px\"><b><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 320px;height: 214px\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-FGzZJEfTVXg\/TaN4bVDUctI\/AAAAAAAAAK0\/hbAyYiaBz7c\/s320\/25694_383779719079_151764789079_4037294_7189358_n.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594447573027156690\" \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px\"><b><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal\"><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix fbPhotoInlineCaptionEditor\">\n<div class=\"fbPhotoCaption\" style=\"text-align: center\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: x-small\">Colleen Callahan presenting her textile conservation treatments at the March 2010 VCA meeting<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"uiList uiUfi focus_target fbUfi\" style=\"list-style-type: none;margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;padding-top: 2px;padding-right: 0px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 0px;width: 430px\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal\"><b><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small\"><br \/><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"uiList uiUfi focus_target fbUfi\" style=\"list-style-type: none;margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;padding-top: 2px;padding-right: 0px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 0px;width: 430px\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal\"><b><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small\">What is the VCA?<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<li class=\"ufiNub uiListItem  uiListVerticalItemBorder\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px;border-right-width: 0px;border-bottom-width: 0px;border-left-width: 0px;margin-bottom: -2px;margin-top: 0px\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px\"><b><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small\"> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small\">The Virginia Conservation Association is a regional conservation organization dedicated to the care and preservation of cultural materials. The VCA was founded in Richmond, Virginia in 1989 by a small group of conservators working in the region who recognized the value of fellowship and professional discourse. Rather than forming a guild expressly for conservators, the association purposely was established to be open to anyone wanting to learn about conservation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small\">The VCA provides a forum for sharing knowledge and experiences and to discuss issues and new developments relating to the conservation of art and historic artifacts. The<\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small\"> <\/span><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small\">VCA offers a variety of programs to disseminate information, provide education and training, and foster interaction among<\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small\"> <\/span><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small\">conservators, museum professionals, collectors and other parties involved and interested in conservation. Members meetings are held five times a year at various cultural sites in Virginia. Workshops, field trips and social gatherings also are organized periodically. Membership in the VCA is open to any individual by way of annual dues ($25 regular; $15 student), giving privileges to the programs and materials of the organization. Non-members also can partake in many VCA services and activities, (a fee may be required). The VCA arena of interest primarily is within the state of Virginia; however the organization also includes and serves members from the neighboring states and elsewhere. The membership roster normally numbers over 100 persons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small\">The VCA website is located at the internet address provided below.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"uiList uiUfi focus_target fbUfi\" style=\"list-style-type: none;margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;padding-top: 2px;padding-right: 0px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 0px;width: 430px\">\n<li class=\"ufiNub uiListItem  uiListVerticalItemBorder\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px;border-right-width: 0px;border-bottom-width: 0px;border-left-width: 0px;margin-bottom: -2px;margin-top: 0px\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.virginiaconservationassociation.org\/\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color:#000000\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small\">http:\/\/www.virginiaconserv<\/span><\/span><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.virginiaconservationassociation.org\/\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color:#000000\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small\">ationassociation.org<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 320px;height: 214px\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-G0idjEk6tXQ\/TaNyuzG-r1I\/AAAAAAAAAKs\/khk7ckHlBwI\/s320\/25694_383781394079_151764789079_4037329_2243249_n.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594441310443319122\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: x-small\">Former VCA president Andrew Baxter discusses the <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: x-small\">treatment <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: x-small\">of <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: x-small\">outdoor <\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: x-small\">sculpture by Anna Hyatt Huntington <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: x-small\">at the 2008 VCA <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: x-small\">field <\/span><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: x-small\">trip to the Chrysler Museum <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: x-small\">of Art, Norfolk.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: x-small\">                 <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: x-small\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small\">VCA member Heather Logue is an \u201cemerging conservation professional\u201d who is a conservation technician at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. She also is a current applicant for admission to conservation graduate school. Though young to the field, Heather\u2019s enthusiasm for conservation has resulted in her present service as VCA vicepresident. The following is a her personal reflection about the VCA.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;text-indent: 0.5in\"><i><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small\"><br \/><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;text-indent: 0.5in\"><i><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small\">In my opinion, what makes VCA special is that we not only meet so often, <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/i><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><i><i><i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;text-indent: 0.5in\"><i><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small\">but we are based in an area that is so rich in cultural history. I don&#8217;t think <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/i><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-style: normal\"><i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;text-indent: 0.5in\"><i><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small\">that many other professional groups have as many opportunities as we do <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/i><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-style: normal\"><i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;text-indent: 0.5in\"><i><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small\">to get behind the scenes and tour as many conservation sites\/labs.  Plus we <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/i><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-style: normal\"><i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;text-indent: 0.5in\"><i><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small\">have so many conservation professionals here that are fortunate enough to <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/i><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-style: normal\"><i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;text-indent: 0.5in\"><i><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small\">have a forum and to share their projects and what they learned at the meetings. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/i><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-style: normal\"><i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;text-indent: 0.5in\"><i><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small\">As a preprogram intern\/technician, I feel very fortunate to have heard about <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/i><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-style: normal\"><i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;text-indent: 0.5in\"><i><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small\">and joined VCA when I did- I have made many friends had many opportunities <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/i><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-style: normal\"><i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;text-indent: 0.5in\"><i><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small\">for internships just from networking at the meetings.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/i><\/span><\/i><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/span><i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family:'trebuchet ms'\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color:#000066\">Thank you Frederick and Heather! For more information, you can also check out the VCA on Facebook at Virginia Conservation Association.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current President, Frederick Wallace, along with Vice President Heather Logue, share their thoughts on the Virginia Conservation Association: Colleen Callahan presenting her textile conservation treatments at the March 2010 VCA meeting What is the VCA? The Virginia Conservation Association is a regional conservation organization dedicated to the care and preservation of cultural materials. The VCA &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2011\/04\/09\/the-virginia-conservation-association\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Virginia Conservation Association&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ecpn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4336\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}