Subject: ICOM joint interim working groups meeting
Combined Interim Meeting of the ICOM CC Working Groups for 'Education and Training' and for 'Modern Materials and Contemporary Art' As you may know, the Education and Training Working Group (WG) of ICOM-CC is co-ordinating an interim meeting with the Modern Materials and Contemporary Art WG in Maastricht on June 12-13, 2010 (to run immediately after the "Contemporary Art: Who Cares?" symposium in Amsterdam, June 9-11). The primary aim of this meeting is to consider and discuss how training programs are responding to the new knowledge and skills that are often required for the conservation of modern and contemporary works of art. For the purpose of this meeting, we are defining "modern and contemporary art" very loosely, from traditional art forms -such as paintings and works on paper--to conceptual and installation art; and with an approximate "cut-off date" of 1910, i.e. art from the last 100 years. Much of this meeting will take the form of panel discussion and open debate (instead of presentations), and we are hoping to attract participation from as many of the existing training programs as possible. And to begin the debate, we are proposing to circulate an electronic newsletter that will summarise the ways in which existing conservation programs are covering this aspect. We have already contacted all those training programs that are currently listed on the INCCA Education webpage, but realise that there are many other programs actively engaged in this endeavour. So please let me know (jean.brown<-at->northumbria<.>ac<.>uk) if you would like your program to be included in this exercise as soon as possible, and definitely by Friday 12 March. Please include a 1000 word (max) description of your current and future plans for your programs including: Have you already adapted your training programme to reflect some of the new conservation needs being created by modern and contemporary art? If so, how? And what type of art? How are you realistically intending to modify your training programme over the next few years to reflect these growing needs? What would you ideally like to do with your training programme (i.e. if resources were not an issue) to respond to these needs? If there are additional details that you would like to include they would be more than welcome. And once I hear back from you, I will also send you a short template, asking for more information on overall program content, structure and organization etc, which will make comparisons amongst programs more apparent. After the meeting we would aim to publish all this information (once you have had a chance to edit your entry) on the ICOM-CC website, and the INCCA Education website. I look forward to your responses Jean Brown Coordinator for the Education and Training Working Group (WG) of ICOM-CC *** Conservation DistList Instance 23:33 Distributed: Wednesday, March 3, 2010 Message Id: cdl-23-33-010 ***Received on Monday, 1 March, 2010