Workshop on Modular Cleaning Program

"The Modular Cleaning Program: A Systemic Approach to Cleaning
    Artworks"
March 21-24, 2008

Lectures, demonstrations, and lab:
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday
9 am - 5 pm

The Modular Cleaning Program (MCP) is a systemic approach to
cleaning artworks and has been developed to assist conservators in
cleaning with solvents, solvent gels, and water-borne systems.. The
MCP consists of a series of concentrated stock solutions and a
computer database. The database assists the conservator in combining
the stock solutions and provides information about the solutions and
their components. The database also allows the conservator to
specify new cleaning solutions and assists him/her in mixing them.
The workshop will introduce the participating conservator to the
cleaning theories behind the MCP and the use of the MCP database and
concentrates. Each participant will leave with a set of the aqueous
concentrated stock solutions and, for those not traveling by air, a
set of the stock solvent gels.

Instructor:

    Chris Stavroudis
    Paintings Conservator in Private Practice
    Los Angeles

Hosted by:

    Elena King,
    Senior Paintings Conservator
    The Chicago Conservation Center**
    730 North Franklin Street, Suite 701
    Chicago, Illinois 60610
    312-944-5401

Sponsored by FAIC and MRCG.

Registration Deadline: February 22, 2008. Please download the
Registration Form
<URL:http://www.chicagoconservation.com/pages/AIC.pdf> and mail it
(along with payment) to The Chicago Conservation Center. Enrollment
Limit: 20.

Program Fee:

    $500 AIC members, $575 non-members.
    Fees include refreshment breaks.  All meals, travel, and housing
    arrangements are the responsibility of the participants.  Also
    included in the workshop fee is a set of stock solutions for
    each participant.

Selection of participants will be based on the order of receipt of
registration. The number of registrants accepted from a single
organization may be limited. Early registration is advised.

For more information, please visit:

    <URL:http://www.chicagoconservation.com/pages/AIC_Workshop.html>

Elena King
Senior Paintings Conservator
Chicago Conservation Center


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