Washington Conservation Guild

The 3rd Washington Conservation Guild meeting of the 2002-2003
season will be held Thursday, December 5th at the National Trust for
Historic Preservation.   This will be the return of our great
Holiday wine tasting party and there will be four conservation spoof
talks ; The titles are:

   "Make it Flat, Make It Shine, and Make It Fit the Frame:  A Case
    Study of Restoration Methods from the F.D. Kalley Collection"
    Presented by Clarke Bedford, Conservator of Paintings and Mixed
    Media Objects, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

   "Industrial Shrink Wrap Technology in the Preservation of
    Macroartifacts"
    Presented by Jeff Kimball, Chief Conservator, Army Museum
    System, U.S. Army Center of Military History

   "Collaboration and Consultation to Develop a Standard Ethical
    and Responsible Approach to Treatment for a Small, Indigenous,
    North American Composite Animal in the Collections of the
    Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American
    Indian, Cultural Resources Center, Suitland, MD"
    Presented by Jessica Johnson and Kelly McHugh,  Conservators of
    Objects at the National Museum of the American Indian,Cultural
    Resources Center

   "Healing the Whole Object: Alternative Conservation for the New
    Age"
    Presented by Landis Smith, Private Practice, Silver Spring, MD.

Please see <URL:http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/wcg/> for a complete
list of the collaborators on the presentations

The National Trust is located at 1785 Massachusetts Ave.
N.W.,Washington, DC, one block east of Dupont Circle on
Massachusetts Ave.  The nearest Metro is Dupont Circle and there are
parking garages on 18th St. and Mass. Ave. The party begins at 5:00,
interspersed with the talks, wine tasting, talks, and more wine
tasting..

Member Donation: $5.00
Interns:  Free
Come join the celebration and hilarity,

Ann Creager
Smithsonian American Art Museum


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