Conference on conserving colored media on paper

The Broad Spectrum: The Art and Science of Conserving Colored Media
on Paper
October 5-9-1999
An international conference sponsored and hosted by The Art
Institute of Chicago with the cooperation of the AIC, IIC and IPC
<URL:http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/dept_prints/spectrum.html>

Color on Paper presents significant challenges and research
opportunities for paper conservators and conservation scientists.
This conference will address recent advances in the understanding of
a broad array of colors media, including chalk, pastel, watercolor,
gouache, and ink, applied to paper.  Presentations on the history
and development of these materials, their uses by various artists,
their physical properties, and criteria for their identification
will be featured, as will conservation case studies and the ethical
issues that surround them.

The four day conference will commence on Tuesday, October 5, 1999
with registration, an evening reception, and an opportunity to view
'Ellsworth Kelly: Early Drawings'.  The twenty-eight speakers who
will present talks over the course of the following three and half
days will include Peter Bower (paper historian and analyst) on
watercolor and pastel supports; Vincent Daniels (British Museum) on
the damaging effects of iron and copper on paper and pigments;
Margaret Holben Ellis (Institute of Fine Arts, NYU) on daylight
fluorescent colors as artistic media; Marjorie Shelley (Metropolitan
Museum of Art) on the pastel palettes, 1500-1900; Joyce Townsend
(Tate Gallery) on the analysis of watercolor materials; and Faith
Zieske (Philadelphia Museum of Art) on Cezanne's watercolor palette.
Works of art related to the program will be on display throughout
the museum.

Fees:

Early registration (before 1 April, 1999): $325.00
Registration: $375.00
Late registration (after September 1, 1999): $400.00

The registration fee includes the opening reception, coffee and
lunch throughout the conference, a Saturday breakfast, and admission
to the museum each day.  Delegates are asked to make their own
travel and accommodation arrangements, and are strongly advised to
book early.

For further details please contact:

    Harriet Stratis
    Department of Prints and Drawings
    The Art Institute of Chicago
    111 S. Michigan Avenue
    Chicago IL 60657
    +1 312 857 7662
    Fax: +1 312 443 0085
    e-mail: hstratis [at] artic__edu

or

    Elizabeth Sobczynski
    Voitek Conservation
    9 Whitehorse Mews
    Westminster Bridge Road
    London SE1 7QD
    UK
    +44 171 928 9920
    Fax: 44 171 928 6094
    voitekcwa [at] BTinternet__com

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