CACG-MRCG joint meeting

The Chicago Area Conservation Group (CACG) and the Midwest Regional
Conservation Guild (MRCG) will be having a joint meeting in Chicago,
Illinois, USA on Saturday, October 4 at the Chicago Historical
Society and Sunday October 5, 1997 at the Art Institute of Chicago.
In addition, on Friday, October 3, we are hosting a free public
outreach session about conservation.  The presentations include:

Free Public Outreach Session
Friday, Oct. 3
Price Auditorium
The Art Institute of Chicago;  10:45 am - 3:30 pm.

Opening Remarks:  Tim Lennon, Paintings Conservator, Art Institute
of Chicago

Keynote Speaker:  "Preserving Our Cultural Heritage:  Collectors and
the Conservation Professional" by Jay Krueger, President of the
American Institute for Conservation (AIC), Paintings Conservator,
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

"Conservation at the Art Institute of Chicago" by Frank Zuccari,
Director of Conservation and Paintings Conservator, Art Institute of
Chicago

"Preserving Chicago's History:  Collections Care at the Chicago
Historical Society" by Nancy Brueger, Textile Conservator, Chicago
Historical Society

"Wooden Artifact Conservation:  From Tables to Telescopes" by Craig
Deller, Furniture and Objects Conservator, Private Practice

"Forceps to Forklifts:  Conservation at the Oriental Institute" by
Laura D'Alessandro, Ethnographic Conservator, Oriental Museum

"Conserving the Humanities at the Newberry Library" by Carol
Whitehouse, Book and Paper Conservator, Newberry Library

"Conserving Outdoor Sculpture of the Chicago Park District" by
Andrzej I. Dajnowski, Senior Conservator of Monuments, Chicago Park
District.

CACG-MRCG Meeting, Day 1
Saturday, October 4
Chicago Historical Society
9:00 am - 4:30 pm

Keynote Speaker:  "The Authentication of Paintings (Including the
Turin Shroud) by Dr. Walter McCrone, Emeritus Director, McCrone
Institute

"A Technical Study of Paintings by Grant Wood" by Helen Mar Parkin,
Chief Conservator, Taft Museum, and James Horns, Paintings
Conservator, Private Practice

"The Post-Structural Treatment of Tobias and Three Angels" (a panel
painting) by Serena Urry, Associate Paintings Conservator, Detroit
Institute of Art

"Color Measurements of Historic Textiles" by Deborah Bede, Textile
Conservator, Minnesota Historical Society (tentative)

"Treatment and History of Two Isamu Noguchi Akari Shades" by Dawn
Keller, Conservation Technician, Heugh-Edmondson Conservation
Services

"Waterlogged twigs and roots:  Conservation of a Fish Trap and
Twined Basket" by Helen Alten, Conservator, Northern States
Conservation Center

"Conservation and Race:  It's Always Black and White" (on two WPA
mural treatments) by Barry Bauman, Director-Paintings Conservator,
Chicago Conservation Center

Open Forum:  Tips, updates, developments, new materials and tools
exchange

CACG-MRCG Meeting, Day 2
Sunday, October 5, 1997
Rubloff Auditorium
Art Institute of Chicago
9:00 am- 12:00 pm (with open galleries and demonstrations in
afternoon)

"Inlay Techniques on Things Musical" (tentative title) by Stan
Schmidt, Luthier (A person who works on lutes.  Viols, violins are
bowed lutes. Guitars, banjos are plucked lutes.), Private Practice

"Collaborative Conservation Treatment of a Jazz Banjo" (tentative
title) Carol Whitehouse, Book and Paper Conservator, Newberry
Library and Stan Schmidt, Luthier, Private Practice

"Wooden Board Rebinding" (tentative title) by Carol Whitehouse, Book
and Paper Conservator, Newberry Library

"The Conservation Treatment of Five Opalotypes" by Thomas Primeau,
Paper Conservator, McKay-Lodge Fine Arts Conservation Laboratory,
Inc.

"Techniques for Exhibition of Pastels" (tentative title) by Harriet
Stratis, Paper Conservator, Art Institute of Chicago

"The Whitening Effects of Peroxide Gels" by Margo McFarland, Andrew
W. Mellon Fellow, Paper Conservation, Art Institute of Chicago

Registration is $20 per member (either CACG or MRCG); $50 for
non-members (includes a year's membership in CACG).  Contact Craig
Deller (CACG President) at craig1708<-a t->aol< . >com or Laura Reutter (MRCG
Treasurer) at lreutter<-a t->iquest< . >net for registration.

For more information please contact Craig Deller or Stephanie
Watkins at swatkins<-a t->mail< . >sos< . >state< . >mo< . >us.  CACG and MRCG members
should have received their newsletter by now.  Any participant
planning on contributing during the "Tips Session" please contact
Stephanie Watkins by Tuesday, September 30th.

    Craig Deller, CACG President
    Deller Conservation Group, Ltd.
    2600 Keslinger Road, Geneva, IL 60134
    craig1708<-a t->aol< . >com

and

    Stephanie Watkins
    MRCG Vice President and Acting President
    Missouri Local Records Preservation Program and State Archives
    P.O. Box 778, Jefferson City, MO 65102
    swatkins<-a t->mail< . >sos< . >state< . >mo< . >us

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