2010 Spring Schedule of Events
February 3 New England Sculpture Service – Foundry tour
9:00 AM 214 Arlington Street Chelsea, Massachusetts
http://nesculpture.com/
Come and tour this full-service art foundry. Many of you have already expressed interest in the tour, but please RSVP again now that the schedule has been set so we know how many are actually coming. Send your email of interest to kateccsmith@gmail.com. The foundry website (above) has directions. There is some parking next to the building (facing the front door, on the right). Due to the onsite nature and the timing of this meeting, we will not have our usual refreshments and reception time before the meeting, so please be prompt for the 9am start!
March 19-20 Grant Writing Workshop
Sarah S. Brophy, LEED Accredited Professional (LEED-AP) helping clients develop and fund sustainable museums
Tewksbury Public Library, Tewksbury, MA
This two-day workshop is geared toward conservators and other collections professionals who wish to improve their grant-writing skills. Topics to be covered include: positioning the contracting organization, project, and the conservator for funding; finding funding and selecting the most appropriate funders; proposal-writing technicalities; writing styles, skills and practice; and meeting deadlines despite an overly-busy life. The presentation will be a mix of PowerPoint, ‘lecture’, group discussion and some writing work. Time will be spent critiquing proposals to gain proposal development experience. Students are welcome to submit up to three pages of grant material before the workshop. Cost per participant is $175 NECA members/$200 non-members and includes boxed lunches. Sarah Brophy’s book Is Your Museum Grant Ready? will also be available at a reduced cost of $18. Registration is limited to 40 participants. Please register by emailing mtsworkshops@gmail.com. Registration deadline is March 12, 2010.
April 27 Regional Intern Presentations
Sackler Museum auditorium, Cambridge, MA
6pm refreshments, 6:30-8pm presentations
Ellen Davis (Pocobene Studio): Conservation of WPA Era Murals at the Cambridge Public Library.
Margaret Wessling and Andrea Youngfert (Weissman Pres.Center): Large-Scale Glass Negative Rehousing Projects at Harvard.
Hsin-Chen Tsai (Boston MFA): A Case of Cold Lining used in the Conservation of Thangka Painting.
Louise Marie Orsini (Straus): From Stacco to Cyclododecane: Treating Buon Frescoes during renovations at the Fogg.
May 21, 2010
NECA Workshop
Lab Safety with Industrial Hygienist Monona Rossol
American Antiquarian Society
Worcester, MA
May 21, 2010 at 9.30-5PM
Who knew that toxic chemicals could be so entertaining?
Join us for a stimulating and informative one-day workshop with Monona Rossol – renowned industrial hygienist, teacher, chemist, artist, and president/founder of Arts, Crafts and Theater Safety, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation in NYC dedicated to providing health and safety services to the arts (see www.artscraftstheatersafety.org).
Monona describes her workshop as follows:
“The conservator's world is changing. Green is coming! The regulations for chemical disposal are tightening. New Globally Harmonized labels and Safety Data Sheets will be replacing the old labels and MSDSs. Still, conservators must use solvents and many other potentially toxic products. In addition, they may face the ancient hazards of mold, biological contaminants, and chemicals applied to artifacts in the past.”
The full-day course will cover all aspects of lab safety in light of changing regulations. Strategies will be explored for providing good ventilation, personal protective equipment, and less toxic (greener) products, when possible. Participants are encouraged to bring questions about specific safety or ventilation equipment, product labels and MSDSs for evaluation and discussion.
OSHA certification (optional):
Participants may choose to take a test at the end of the day that will certify that they have had the technical portion of the training required by the OSHA hazard communication, personal protective equipment and respiratory protection standards. This may be especially useful to participants who are teachers or owners of small businesses.
The workshop is geared toward practicing conservators of any skill level.
Registration:
The cost for the workshop is $50 for members/ $75 for non-members; a Panera box lunch may be purchased for $9. Please register by e-mailing bgehnrich@mwa.org. Payment (checks made out to NECA) should be sent to Babette Gehnrich, American Antiquarian Society, 185 Salisbury Street, Worcester MA 01609.
Space is limited to 25; a limited number of scholarships are available for student members (first come first serve).
Note: The registration deadline is May 14, 2010. To guarantee your spot, payment for both the workshop and the lunch, if applicable, must be received by the registration deadline. Registrants will receive written confirmation.
For directions please go to the AAS website at www.americanantiquarian.org.
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NECA Spring 2011 Schedule
Details will follow closer to the date of the presentations and workshops.
February 23: Thangka conservation open house at Museum Textile Services, Andover MA
April 13: Annual Intern Presentations, Weissman
Preservation Center, Harvard University
May 13-14: "Fungal Facts" - Two-day workshop with
Hanna Szczepanowska
June 9: Project Management workshop with Bryan Owen Old Sturbridge Village
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NECA Workshop
Fungal Facts
Taught by Hanna Szczepanowska
Paper Conservator and Conservation Scientist
May 13 and 14, 2011; 9 to 5 PM
Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC)
Andover, Mass.
Please join us for a two-day workshop on mold with paper conservator and conservation scientist Hanna Szczepanowska. During her long and distinguished career in paper conservation, Hanna has gathered extensive knowledge on the bio-deterioration of paper artifacts, and lectured as well as published widely on the topic. She currently holds the position of Research Conservator at the Museum Conservation Institute, a division of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.
During the two-day workshop, the following topics will be covered
· fungi as living organisms and their dependence on the environment in relation to library and museum collections
· prevention and eradication of fungal outbreaks
· specific signs of fungal infestations and their impact on artifacts
The workshop will include a practicum, which will focus on observing fungal specimens under a microscope, learning how to recognize typical features, as well as growing fungi.
The workshop is geared towards practicing conservators of any skill level (all specialty groups), and library or museum collection managers
Registration:
The cost for the workshop is $220 for members/ $245 for non-members.
If you are not currently a NECA member, we ask that you sign up as a non-member. Your registration will automatically give you membership status, with the $25 surcharge covering the first annual fee.
Please register by mailing the attached form, including payment (check made out to NECA), to Babette Gehnrich, 1028 Pleasant Street, Paxton, MA 01612.
Space is limited to 16 participants.
Note: The registration deadline is May 6, 2011. To guarantee your spot, payment must be received by the registration deadline. Registrants will receive written confirmation.
For directions to the NEDCC please go to their website at www.nedcc.org. For any other questions please contact Babette Gehnrich, bgehnrich@mwa.org.
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2011 Annual Conservation Intern Presentations
Wednesday, April 13 from 6:30-8:00pm, wine and cheese reception at 6:00pm
Weissman Preservation Center building, Harvard University
90 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge, Mass. 02138
Lauren Zajak (Boston College) "An SEM and Microanalysis
Examination of a Marquis de Lafayette Terracotta Portrait Bust"
Colleen O'Shea (Museum Textile Services) "Archaeological Conservation on the
Silk Road"
Masumi Kataoka (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) "Conservation Treatment of a Late
19th-Century Native American Hide Shirt"
Sara Bisi (Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies) "Printed Color
on Paper:
A Technical Study of Printing Techniques & Color Inks used in Medieval and Early
Modern Europe"
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Thangka conservation open house at Museum Textile Services, Andover MA
Please join us between 3-7 pm on Wednesday, February 23 for a special open house for NECA members. Museum Textile Service is in the midst of conserving 18 thangkas for an upcoming exhibit at the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College. The project has involved both textile and paintings conservators in an interdisciplinary effort to bring this long-neglected collection back into the spotlight. Members of our team will be on hand to discuss all aspects of the project from bidding and project management to painting consolidation and textile stabilization. Refreshments will be served.
MTS is easily accessible by car or commuter train. We are located in the Ballardvale Building, across the tracks from the Ballardvale station on the Haverhill line (www.mbta.com), which is one stop south of the Andover station. A link to driving directions are attached below. There is limited free parking in front of our building and free 2 hour parking on surrounding streets. For more information email info@museumtextiles.com or call 978-474-9200.
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=195+Andover+Street,+Andover,+MA&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=
195+Andover+St,+Andover,+Massachusetts+01810&gl=us&sqi=2&z=16
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Lectures
Two lectures at Boston College of interest
Please see links for details
Conservation Crossroads: Treatment of the Dura-Europos Artifacts and Paintings
Carol Snow, Object Conservator, Yale University Art Gallery
https://events.bc.edu/cgi-bin/publish/webevent.cgi?cmd=showevent&cal=cal2,cal18,cal51,cal8&id=145247
The Drawings of Frank Lloyd Wright, Their Evolution and Conservation
T. K. McClintock, Conservator
https://events.bc.edu/cgi-bin/publish/webevent.cgi?cmd=showevent&cal=cal2,cal18,cal51,cal8&id=145227
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2011 MaSC Workshop and Meeting
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge MA
9th May – 13th May 2011
WORKSHOP:
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA will host the Fifth MaSC Workshop on 9th – 11th May 2011, jointly organised by Harvard Art Museums and the MaSC committee. The workshop will be limited to 10 participants.
The workshop will focus on laser desorption ionisation mass spectrometry (LDMS) and matrix assisted laser desorption ionisation mass spectrometry (MALDI) with emphasis on the identification and characterisation of synthetic organic pigments and proteins. The three days will consist of lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on training. Participants will be encouraged to bring appropriate samples of their own.
Those wishing to attend are requested to submit a short paragraph describing their experience with mass spectrmetry and what they anticipate learning from the workshop along with the registration form posted on the MaSC website – www.mascgroup.org. The registration fee for the workshop is $300. Requests to attend the workshop must be received no later than 11th February 2011. Notification of acceptance for the workshop will be given no later than 4th March 2011.
MEETING:
The MaSC meeting will be held at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 12th – 13th May 2011 and will include discussions and presentations on a variety of chromatographic and mass spectrometric techniques and their application to the study of art and cultural artefacts. Contributions on mass spectrometric techniques, such as direct insertion probe MS, GCMS, LCMS, LDMS and MALDI, are encouraged. We also welcome presentations on a broader range of topics of interest to conservation science. The collegial atmosphere of the meeting povides an ideal venue for the exchange of ideas and the discussion of work in progress. Those interested in presenting a paper or poster should submit a 150 word abstract using the registration form on the MaSC website. Abstracts must be received no later than 11th February 2011. Notification of acceptance of abstracts will be given no later than 4th March 2011.
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