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AIC NEWS
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AIC NEWS
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FAIC NEWS
goal of linking CCN members through a discussion list as a top
priority. Immediate needs discussed during the meeting included:
collecting and posting annotated links to preferred resources for
collection care practitioners; creating tools for support of collec-
tion professionals, including job descriptions and salary surveys;
and developing preventive care advocacy materials. Planning
begun during this meeting has already led to two joint sessions to
be held at the June 11–16, 2012 annual meeting of the Society for
the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC). (For
more information see the SPNHC 2012 website: http://peabody.
yale.edu/collections/spnhc2012/home). Many future partnerships
are anticipated.
The items described above are but a portion of the initial work
that will begin to realize the Standing Charge given to the CCN
by the AIC Board.
The CCN organizing committee (Rachael Arenstein, Julia
Brennan, Rebecca Fifield, Gretchen Guidess, Catharine Hawks,
Wendy Jessup, Karen Pavelka, Patricia Silence, and Joelle Wickens)
has appointed a slate of officers to facilitate project planning.
The committee adopted both abbreviated and staggered terms
to expedite and promote future diversity of the CCN leadership
among professional groups that will compose the CCN. The
officers are:
The CCN will bring together preservation organizations,
professionals, and information resources to support the critical
work of collection care. We consider preservation as an umbrella
concept that covers both preventive care and conservation treat-
ment. The CCN wishes to foster dynamic exchange among
collaborators engaged in preventive care, grow the body of
preventive care knowledge, and disseminate this knowledge to
support the work of all collection care practitioners, conservators,
and allied professions. Join us.
— Rebecca Fifield, rebecca.fifield@metmuseum.org
Gretchen Guidess, gretchen.guidess@gmail.com
Joelle Wickens, jwicke@winterthur.org
the AIC Collection Care Network
Chair
Joelle Wickens, 2012–2014
Winterthur Museum
Wilmington, DE
Secretary
Wendy Claire Jessup, 2012–2013
Private Practice
Arlington, VA
Communications & Outreach
Gretchen Guidess, 2012–2015
Historic New England
Cambridge, MA
Board Liaison
Cathy Hawks, 2012
National Museum of Natural
History
Falls Church, VA
Vice-Chair
Rebecca Fifield, 2012–2014
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, NY
Treasurer
Karen Pavelka, 2012–2015
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Editor
Robert Waller, 2012–2015
Protect Heritage Corp.
Ottawa, ON
AIC Staff Liaison
Ruth Seyler
Membership & Meetings
Director
AIC Collection Care Network & You
Come speak with us during the Outreach to Allies Session on
Wednesday, May 9, in Albuquerque. The CCN will participate
as part of this afternoon session. We seek your ideas on a wide
array of preventive care topics that will be introduced as part of
the session. Please watch the CCN webpage (www.conservation-
us.org/collectioncare) for a list of themes that will be considered.
Meet the CCN Committee members immediately following
the outreach session and continue the discussions raised during
the forum. The CCN will host a gathering immediately following
the session so the conversation may continue.
Join us! If you are already a member of AIC, contact Ruth
Seyler (rseyler@conservation-us.org) and request that she add
you to the CCN at no additional cost. If you are not a member of
AIC, join and be sure to select CCN participation on your mem-
bership form—still no additional cost.
For more information about the Collection Care Network
Consult the CCN website regularly (www.conservation-us.org/
collectioncare). We are developing a number of resources and
opportunities for members to connect.
FAIC News
FAIC Receives Kress Grant in Support of
International Speakers at AIC Annual Meeting
FAIC received a grant from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation to
support travel to the AIC Annual Meeting by nine international
speakers. Travel funds for speakers from four countries will
enhance the programs of specialty groups as well as the general
session in Albuquerque. The speakers are:
Name
Country Session
Delphine Elie-Lefebvre
France
Wooden Artifacts
Alexandra Ellem
Australia
General Session
Sarah Glenn
UK
Textile Specialty Group
Hany Hanna Aziz Hanna Egypt
Wooden Artifacts
Catriona Hughes
UK
General Session
Samuel Jones
UK
General Session
MaryJo Lelyveld
Australia
Wooden Artifacts
Dave O’Brien
UK
General Session
Leanne C. Tonkin
UK
Textile Specialty Group
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AIC NEWS
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FAIC NEWS
FAIC Supports Continuing Education,
Outreach, and Research through Grants and
Scholarships
FAIC awarded 30 grants and scholarships, totaling $23,150, this
winter. Awards were made in nine different categories:
FAIC Carolyn Horton Scholarships
Tamara Ohanyan
2012 AIC Annual Meeting
Presentation: “Deceptive Covers:
Armenian Bindings of 18th Century
Imprints from Constantinople
”
Heida Shoemaker
Research Project: “The Conservation
of Manuscripts, Documents, and
Photographs in Mali, West Africa”
FAIC Christa Gaehde Scholarships
Nina Quabeck
Research Project: “The Presentation
Formats of the Kunstsammlung’s Paul
Klee Collection”
Grace White
Conference: “Papyrus Conservation”
FAIC “Take a Chance” Grant
Alexandra Allardt
Training Game Development: “Disaster
on Board”
FAIC Lecture Grant
Jon Brandon
Lecture: “A Case Study in
Conservation: Tall Case Clock,
Saco, Maine, 1814–1820, by Edward
Moulton and Abraham Forsskol”
Nancy Odegaard
Lecture: “Revitalizing Basket Weaving”
FAIC/NEH Individual Professional Development Scholarships
Gary Albright
FAIC Course: “Scientific Analysis of
Photographs”
Patricia Favero
FAIC Course: “Modular Cleaning
Program”
Peter Fogg
FAIC Course: “Modular Cleaning
Program”
Ria German-Carter
FAIC Course: “Modular Cleaning
Program”
Amanda Hegarty
FAIC Course: “Identification and
Conservation of Digital Prints”
Alison Luxner
FAIC Course: “Conservation of
Transparent Papers”
Amanda Maloney
FAIC Course: “Scientific Analysis of
Photographs”
Sylvie Penichon
FAIC Course: “Scientific Analysis of
Photographs”
Annie Wilker
FAIC Course: “Conservation of
Transparent Papers”
FAIC Workshop Development Grant
Sarah Barack
Workshop Development:
“Smarthistory Workshop: Creating
Conservation Conversations for Audio
and Video Online Content”
FAIC/IMLS Scholarships for AIC-CERT Continuing Training
Scott Carrlee
AIC CERT Training at AIC’s Annual
Meeting in Albuquerque
Laura Hortz Stanton
AIC CERT Training at AIC’s Annual
Meeting in Albuquerque
Hitoshi Kimura
AIC CERT Training at AIC’s Annual
Meeting in Albuquerque
Elizabeth Mehlin
AIC CERT Training at AIC’s Annual
Meeting in Albuquerque
Barbara Moore
AIC CERT Training at AIC’s Annual
Meeting in Albuquerque
Kara West
AIC CERT Training at AIC’s Annual
Meeting in Albuquerque
FAIC Individual Professional Development Scholarships
Samantha Alderson
Research Project: “A Study of
Poly(vinyl acetate) Resins”
Wendy Cowan
FAIC Course: “Mastering Inpainting”
Richard Kerschner
Conference: “IIC 2012 Congress and
Council Meeting”
Nancy Pollak
Conference: “European Painted
Cloths C14th–C21st: Pageantry,
Ceremony, Theatre and Domestic
Interior”
Linnea Saunders
FAIC Course: “Mastering Inpainting”
Patricia Silence
Conference: “2012 PACCIN
Preparator Conference 2”
FAIC Collaborative Workshops in Photograph Conservation
Scholarships
(funded by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation)
Diana Lorena Diaz Cañas
FAIC Course: “Scientific Analysis
of Photographs”
A special deadline for FAIC/NEH scholarship applications has
been set for May 15 for support to attend NEH-funded FAIC
workshops. The next regular FAIC deadline is September 15, for
Individual Professional Development, Workshop Development,
Lecture, Regional Angels, and Small Meetings Support grants.
More information and application forms are available at www.
conservation-us.org/grants or from the FAIC office.