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AIC NEWS
, May 2012
COURSES, CONFERENCES, & SEMINARS
Courses, Conferences, & Seminars
FAIC PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES
The following courses are presented with funds from the FAIC Endowment for Professional Development, which is supported by The Andrew
W. Mellon Foundation and by contributions from members and friends of AIC. Full descriptions and registration forms are available on the FAIC
website (www.conservation-us.org/courses) or from the FAIC Office: 202-661-8070 or courses@conservation-us.org.
Events marked with an asterisk (*) are supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Special scholarships are avail-
able to help defray registration and travel expenses for those events. For a full list of professional development scholarships available, see the
website (www.conservation-us.org/grants).
FAIC Workshops
AIC Annual Meeting Workshops
May 8, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Assessing Risks to Your Collection
Digital Image Rectification and Mapping with Metigo
MAP Software
Funding Disaster Recovery: Helping Institutions Get
Back on Their Feet,
organized by AIC Emergency Committee.
Supported by a grant from the Institute of Museum and
Library Services.
Managing Projects: The Untapped Art Conservation Skill
Respirator Fit Testing,
organized by AIC Health & Safety
Committee
Revisiting Suction Table 101: Getting the Most from
Your Table
FAIC Online Courses www.conservation-us.org/courses
FAIC Online courses are in the process of being redesigned. Watch for a variety of 2012 courses to be announced.
Co-Sponsored Events
The following events are supported financially by FAIC. Please ask the presenting organization about discounts or scholarships for AIC members.
Campbell Center Conservation Refresher Courses
The following 2012 courses at the Campbell Center in Mt. Carroll, Illinois have scholarships available for AIC members. Contact the Campbell
Center (815-244-1173; www.campbellcenter.org) for dates and more information.
Microscopy for ID of Pigments & Fibers in Art and Artifacts
June 25–29
Gilding Conservation
July 23–26
Introduction to Organic Chemistry
July 25–28
Book Repair for Special Collections
July 30–August 2
Revealing Lost Content: Low-Tech Digital Forensics for the Bench Conservator
September 13–15
Historic Paint Analysis
October 23–25
Mastering Inpainting
May 21–25, Shepherdstown, West Virginia
Scientific Analysis of Photographs*
June 12–15, Indianapolis,
Indiana
Conservation of Transparent Papers*
four sessions:
July 17–18 and 19–20, Washington, DC; July 23–24 and 25–26,
Ames, Iowa
Conservation of Digital Photographs*
October 29–November 2,
Boston, Massachusetts
Contemporary Print Identification*
December 5–7, San Francisco,
California
Disaster Preparation and Response for Collecting Institutions
Additional one-day workshops will be scheduled at National Trust for
Historic Preservation sites during the year. Supported by a grant from
the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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AIC NEWS
, May 2012
COURSES, CONFERENCES, & SEMINARS
Call for Papers
Submission Deadline: June 15, 2012.
ICOM-CC Glass and Ceramics Working
Group: Recent Advances in Glass, Stained Glass
and Ceramics Conservation. Amsterdam, The
Netherlands. (Conference dates: Oct. 7–10,
2012.)
Info: www.icomcorpus2013.nu
Submission Deadline: Aug 1, 2012.
ICOM-CC Metal Working Group: Metal
2013. Historic Scotland, Edinburgh,
Scotland. (Conference dates: Sept 16–20,
2012.)
Info: www.metal2013.org
Submission Deadline: Sept 1, 2012.
Western Association for Art Conservators
(WAAC): WACC 2012. Palm Springs,
California, USA. (Conference dates: Oct
22-25, 2012.)
Info:
http://cool.conservation-us.org/waac/
meeting
GENERAL
2012
May 8–11, 2012. AIC 40th Annual Meeting:
Connecting to Conservation: Outreach and
Advocacy, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Info:
www.conservation-us.org/meetings
May 10–11, 2012. CHARISMA:
The
Renaissance Workshop: The Materials and
Techniques of Renaissance Art, The British
Museum, London, UK.
Info: www.renaissanceworkshop2012.org/
registration
Contact: Department of Conservation and
Scientific Research, The British Museum,
Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG, p.
+44 (0)207 323 8279,
f. +44 (0)207 323 8636
May 22–26, 2012. Canadian Association
for Conservation of Cultural Property
(CAC-ACCR):
18th Annual Conference.
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.
Info:
www.cac-accr.ca
Contact: Cindy Colford, Arts and Heritage
Programs, Fleming College, 599 Brealey
Drive, Peterborough, Ontario, K9J 7Bi, tel:
705-749-5530, ex. 1735
Jun 4–7, 2012, Association of Tribal Archives,
Libraries and Museums (ATALM): 2012
International Conference of Indigenous Archives,
Libraries and Museums, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
Info:
www.atalm.org
Jun 4–8, 2012, United Nations Institute for
Training and Research: The Management and
Conservation of World Heritage Sites; Justification
of Outstanding Universal Value in the Context of
World Heritage Nominations, Hiroshima, Japan.
Info:
www.unitar.org
Jun 5–8, 2012,
Synchrotron Radiation in Art
and Archaeology 2012
, Metropolitan Museum
of Art, , New York City, New York.
Info:
www.bnl.gov/sr2a/
Jun 11–13, 2012. 30th Anniversary Gerry
Hedley Student Symposium: Continuing the
Legacy: Current Topics Furthering Gerry Hedley’s
Research, Tate Britain, London, UK.
Info:
www.facebook.com/
GHSymposium2012
Contact: az.ghsymposium2012 [at] nor-
thumbria __ ac __ uk
Jun 11–16, 2012. Society for the
Preservation of Natural History Collections
(SPNHC): 27th Annual Meeting, Yale
University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Info:
www.spnhc.org/
Jun 12–15, 2012. Society of Imaging
Science and Technology (IS&T): Archiving
2012, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Info:
http://www.imaging.org/
Jun 13–15, 2012, Northeast Document
Conservation Center (NEDCC): Digital
Directions, Andover, Massachusetts, USA.
Info:
www.nedcc.org/education/
conferences.upcoming.php
To register your interest email:
jmartin [at] nedcc __ org
Jun 15–16, 2012. The Courtauld Institute
of Art and the Victoria and Albert Museum:
European Painted Cloths 14th–21st Centuries:
Pagentry, ceremony, theatre and domestic interior.
Courtauld Institute, London, UK.
Info:
www.courtauld.ac.uk
Contact: Tel: +31 43 321 8444
Jun 17–20, 2012. Centre for Sustainable
Heritage, University College London: 10th
International Conference on Indoor Air Quality in
Heritage and Historic Environments, London, UK.
Info: www.ucl.ac.uk/iaq2012
Jul 9–12, 2012. 2nd International Conference on
Chemistry for Cultural Heritage, Istanbul, Turkey.
Info:
www.chemch2012.org
Jul 9–13, 2012. Inter/Micro:
63rd Annual
Applied Microscopy Conference, Chicago, Illinois,
USA.
Info:
http://www.mcri.org/home/
section/101/inter-micro
Jul 10–12, 2012. National Center for
Preservation Technology and Training
(NCPTT) : 3D Digital Documentation Summit,
San Francisco, CA, USA.
Info:
http://ncptt.nps.
gov/3d-digital-documentation-summit
Jul 15–20, 2012. 33rd Congress of the
International Committee of the History of Art:
CIHA 2012 in Nuremberg: The Challenge of the
Object, Nuremberg, Germany.
Info: www.ciha2012.de
Contact: p/f. 0049-(0)911-1331210,
info [at] ciha2012 __ de
Sep 10–14, 2012. International Institute for
Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
(IIC): IIC Congress 2012—The Decorative:
Conservation and Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria.
Info:
www.iiconservation.org/congress/
Contact: Graham Voce, Executive Secretary,
IIC, 6 Buckingham Street, London, WC2N
6BA UK,
iic [at] iiconservation __ org
Oct 15–17, 2012. IIC Nordic Group: XIX
International Conference—Planning to Move?
Processes and Consequences for Collections,
Objects and Society, Oslo, Norway.
Info:
www.nkf-n.no
Oct 22–25, 2012. Western Association of
Art Conservators (WAAC): WAAC 2012,
Palm Springs, California, USA.
Info:
http://cool.conservation-us.org/
waac/meeting/
Contact: Daniel Cull, WAAC President,
president [at] waac-us __ org
Nov 6–9, 2012. ICOM-DEMHIST,
ICOM-CC working groups: Sculpture
Polychromy and Architectural Decoration;
Textiles; and Wood, Furniture and Laquer:
The Artifact, its Context and their Narrative:
Multidisciplinary Conservation in Historic House
Museums, The Getty Conservation Institute,
Los Angeles, CA.
Info:
Artifact.Context.Narrative [at] gmail
__ com
Nov 7–9, 2012. Verband der Restauratoren
and the International Association for Science
and Technology of Building Maintenance
and the Preservation of Monuments: Climate
for Collections: Standards and Uncertainties,
Munich, Germany.
Info:
www.gruptecnic.org/
Nov 12–13, 2012. The Grup Technic:
Interdisciplinarity in Conservation: Reality or
Fiction?, Barcelona, Spain.
Info:
www.climateforculture.eu
Calls for Papers, Conferences, Seminars, and Courses can be found online at www.conservation-us.org/ccs.