Conference on the conservation of folk and outsider art

Divine Disorder, Conserving the Chaos:  Conference on the
    Conservation of Folk and Outsider Art
Northwestern University
Natchitoches, Louisiana
February 15-16, 2012

The National Cemetery for Preservation Technology and Training is
hosting a two day conference on the conservation of Outsider Art.
This conference is focused on highlighting the under-appreciated
decorative works of nontraditional artists. The conservation of
these works is vital to preserving the life story of those artists
outside the main stream art community. Artists come from all walks
of life and every ethnic background, Folk and Outsider art is many
times strongly patriotic, intensely spiritual, but always deeply
personal. If not preserved we lose the window into the lives of the
artists and their folk traditions.

The Conference will be held February 15-16, 2012 on the campus of
Northwestern University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. The program will
feature two days of contributed papers. A full schedule, abstracts
and registration can be found on the conference website at;

    <URL:http://ncptt.nps.gov/divine-disorder>

Jason Church
Materials Conservator
National Center for Preservation Technology and Training
645 University Parkway, Natchitoches LA 71457
318-356-7444
Fax: 318-356-9119



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