Seminar on large-scale objects--addendum

"No Stone Unturned"
Monumental Objects re-displayed in the new Medieval and Renaissance
    Galleries at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Sackler Centre, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
15-16 April 2010

    **** Moderator's comments: Please see original announcement in
    Conservation DistList Instance: 23:29 Thursday, February 11,
    2010

Programme

Thursday 15-04-2010

    09-00-09.30         Registration

    09-30-09.40         Welcome
                        Sandra Smith
                        Head of Conservation Department, V&A

    09-40-09.45         Introduction to the sessions
                        Session Moderator: Lisa Wagner
                        Conservator, Sculpture Conservation, V&A

    09-45-10.15         From concept to installation, a
                        collaborative approach
                        Peta Motture
                        Senior Curator Sculpture Department and
                        Chief Curator Medieval and Renaissance
                        Galleries Project, V&A

    10-15-10.45         Managing projects within projects
                        Charlotte Hubbard
                        Head of Sculpture Conservation and Lead
                        Conservator Medieval and Renaissance
                        Galleries Project, V&A

    10-45-11.15         Break

    11-15-11.45         Project Culture in the Museum
                        Moira Gemmil
                        Director of Projects, Design and Estate and
                        Project Director Medieval and Renaissance
                        Galleries

    12-00-12.50         Gallery Tour

    13-00-14.15         Lunch

                        Session moderator:  Marion Kite
                        Head of Furniture, Textiles and Fashion
                        Conservation, V&A

    14-15-14.45         Conservation concept and approach
                        Sarah Healey
                        Senior Conservator, Sculpture Conservation,
                        V&A

    14:45-15-15         The de-installation of galleries and its
                        effects
                        Johanna Puisto
                        Conservator, Sculpture Conservation, V&A

    15-15-15.45         Break

    15-45-16.15         Impact factors on the building method
                        Lisa Wagner
                        Conservator, Sculpture Conservation, V&A

    16-15-16.45         Conservation practice: adapting the concept
                        Linda Temmink
                        Conservator in private practice, London and
                        Antwerp

    16-45-17.15         Discussion

Friday 16-04-2010

    09-00-09.30         Registration

    Session moderator:  Mark Norman
                        Head of Conservation, Ashmolean Museum
                        Oxford

    09-30-10.00         On aesthetic and structural aspects in the
                        Gallery design
                        Stuart Mcknight
                        Architect, MUMA McInnes Usher McKnight
                        Architects, London

    10-00-10.30         Structural issues in practice
                        Jonathan Kemp
                        Conservator in private practice, London

    10-30-11.00         Break

    11-00-11.30         Mounting and Installation of the Stemma of
                        King Rene of Anjou
                        Brendan Catney
                        Conservator in private practice, London

                        Building to pre-designed mount structures
                        Matthew  Nation,
                        Conservator, Director Taylor Pearce Ltd.,
                        London

    11-30-12.00         Discussion

    12-00-13.00         Lunch

                        Session Moderator:  Melissa Hamnett
                        Curator, Sculpture, Metalwork, Ceramics and
                        Glass Department and Curator Medieval and
                        Renaissance Galleries Project, V&A

    13-00-13.30         Exchange between Technical Services and
                        Sculpture Conservation
                        Phil James
                        Museum Technician, Collections Services, V&A

    13-30-14.00         Moving of large monuments from a Technical
                        Services point of view
                        Matthew  Clarke Display Manager, Collections
                        Services, V&A and
                        James Goddard Storage Manager, Collections
                        Services, V&A

    14-00-14.30         Thinking beyond the build
                        Victor Hugo Lopez Borges
                        Senior Conservator, Sculpture Conservation,
                        V&A

    14-30-15.00         Discussion

    15:00-15-30         Break

                        Session moderator:  Titika Malkogeorgou
                        Researcher, UCL Anthropology and AHRC

    15-30-16.00         Ethical and professional challenges
                        Sofia Marques
                        Senior Conservator, Sculpture Conservation,
                        V&A

    16-00-16.30         Moving to the next project: Taking project
                        management forward
                        Charlotte Hubbard
                        Head of Sculpture Conservation and Lead
                        Conservator Medieval and Renaissance
                        Galleries Project, V&A

    16-30-17.00         Discussion
    17-00-17.10         Conclusion

The Seminar closes at 17:10
The Museum will remain open for visit until 10:00pm.

A two day seminar focussed on managing the particular challenges
posed in the building of large-scale monuments for the new Medieval
and Renaissance Galleries at the V&A.

Venue:
    Sackler Centre, Seminar Room 1,
    Victoria and Albert Museum
    Cromwell Road
    South Kensington
    London SW7 2RL
    +44 20 7942 2000

Please note that Early morning admission is via the Staff Entrance
on Exhibition Road.  Nearest tube station: South Kensington
Cloakroom and limited luggage storage will be available.

Registration fee: UKP 25.00
Spaces are limited to 55.

Registration: Online:

    <URL:https://transactions.vam.ac.uk/
        peo/search_results.asp?txtSource=FastSearch>

    **** Moderator's comments: The above URL has been wrapped for
    email. There should be no newline.

or select "What's on" on the V&A main page

    <URL:http://www.vam.ac.uk>

Select 15 April, 2010, where "No Stone Unturned" will be listed at
the top. Phone booking: call the V&A Bookings office on +44 20
79422211.

For further enquiries please contact

    Lisa Wagner <l.wagner<-at->vam<.>ac<.>uk>

Dr Lisa Wagner
Sculpture Conservation
Victoria and Albert Museum
Cromwell Road
South Kensington
London SW7 2RL
+44 20 7942 2121


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