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The New England Conservation Association is a collegial group of individuals from the New England region who are interested in all aspects of art conservation. NECA hosts an annual series of interesting and topical meetings where members can keep up-to-date on the latest developments in conservation, enjoy refreshments with friends and colleagues, and see behind the scenes in area labs and studios. Annual workshops are organized to provide hands-on opportunities for specialized interests with a rotating subject matter.
The 2011 Fall Schedule of Events is up on the Schedule page.


NECA News:
Camille Myers Breeze has passed on treasurer duties to Louise Orsini. Thank you Camille for all of your hard work!
 NECA is now on Facebook, please “like” us to keep up on events and other news.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-England-Conservation-Association-NECA/163346740385494
 Member Survey- We want to hear from you and how we can best serve our membership, please keep a look out for this online survey announcement.
 2012 Projected Events
Angels Project- Location to be determined, we will be providing assistance next year to a New England Cultural Institution.
 
Fall Member Meeting- Our weekend meeting in Vermont at the Shelburne Museum was such a hit that we are working towards a similar meeting for Fall 2012.
 Email announcements will be sent with a full semester’s schedule twice a year. Detailed reminders with directions for each meeting will be sent two weeks prior to the scheduled date.
 Please contact a board member (listed on the "NECA Board" page) if you are interested in serving on the board or if you have any ideas/suggestions for a future NECA meeting or workshop. 
 

Baird Travel Research Fellowship

Please join the Harvard Art Museums in welcoming back two former Craigen W. Bowen Fellows to present research made possible by the Baird Travel Research Fellowship. The Baird award is given to support further research on the Fellow’s technical study, a key part of the Straus Center Fellowship.

 

When:              Thursday, September 15th.  3 pm – 5:15 pm

 

Where:            Lamont Forum Room, Lamont Library*, Harvard University.  (If you do not work at Harvard, please bring an i.d. and email Penley Knipe, penley_knipe@harvard.edu, so a list of attendees can be compiled ahead of time.)

 

Schedule:         3:00-3:45 Adam Novak and Q&A

3:45-4:30 Matt Brack and Q&A

4:30-5:15 Reception

 

Adam Novak: Veils and Decay: Robert Rauschenberg’s Hoarfrost Editions

 

Adam Novak received an MS in Art Conservation from the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation in 2008.  As an outcome of his advanced training fellowship at the Straus Center for Conservation, Harvard Art Museum, he has completed extensive research on a series of prints by Robert Rauschenberg.  Currently at the Weissman Preservation Center, Adam is a paper conservator for Special Collections in the Harvard Library. 

 

 

Matt Brack: The Form and Function of Buddhist Portable Paintings on the Silk Road

 

Matthew Brack studied Conservation of Fine Art at the University of Northumbria at Newcastle in the UK before joining the Harvard Art Museums as Craigen W. Bowen Fellow in Paper Conservation in 2009. During the last year he has been a Baird Fellow of Technical Art History with the Museums while working on digitization projects for the Wellcome Trust, a large bio-medical charity in the UK.

 

 

*Lamont Library is located at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Quincy Street in the far southeast corner of Harvard Yard, east of Harvard Square. The only entrance to Lamont Library is the main entrance, which is in the front of the building off of Quincy Street. Bring an i.d. please.

 


Members are encouraged to post related announcements (for example, job postings, exhibitions, meetings, etc.) through NECA. Please send your announcement to membership@neconservationassociation.org and it will be forwarded to the directory by email.
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Website last updated: February 8,2008


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