Library of Congress Topics in Preservation Series (TOPS)

The Preservation Directorate of the Library of Congress announces a
special Topics in Preservation Series (TOPS) lecture event:

"Conservation Education: Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Art
Conservation Department at Buffalo State College (formerly the
Cooperstown Graduate Program in the Conservation of Historic and
Artistic Works)"

Library of Congress
James Madison Memorial Building, Sixth floor
101 Independence Avenue SE
Washington, DC 20540
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
10-11:00 am
Montpelier Room

(request ADA accommodations 5 business days in advance at
202-707-6362 or ADA<-at->loc<.>gov)

To participate via live webcast, send an email at least 3 days in
advance to Angela Burgess <abur<-at->loc<.>gov>

Speakers:

    Patrick Ravines
    Director and Associate Professor, Art Conservation Department,
    Buffalo State College (State University of New York)

    Sylvia Albro
    Senior Paper Conservator, Conservation Division, Library of
    Congress

    Holly Krueger
    Head, Paper Conservation Section, Conservation Division, Library
    of Congress

    Gwenanne Edwards
    Harper-Inglis Memorial Trust for Preservation Fellow in Paper
    Conservation, Conservation Division, Library of Congress

About the Lecture:

    In 1960, Sheldon and Caroline Keck, "pioneers" in the field of
    art conservation, established the first U.S. conservation
    training program at New York University. Ten years later, they
    established a second program in Cooperstown with the State
    University of New York at Oneonta. Since its founding, the
    Cooperstown program has accepted 10 students each year into a
    3-year course of study towards a master of arts degree and
    certificate of advanced study in art conservation. In 1987, the
    Cooperstown program, needing larger facilities, relocated to
    Buffalo State College.

    This lecture event celebrates the work in conservation education
    at Cooperstown and Buffalo through the graduates of both
    programs working at the Library. This lecture is part of a
    special series commemorating seminal anniversaries of the
    conservation graduate schools in the U.S.

    The special TOPS series on Conservation Education started in
    November 2010, with the celebration of the 50th anniversary of
    the program at New York University. Last year marked the 30th
    anniversary of the beginning of the program in library
    conservation and preservation at Columbia University (later at
    the University of Texas at Austin). This year marks the 25th
    anniversary of the Art Conservation Department at Buffalo State
    College, formerly the Cooperstown Graduate Program in the
    Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (est. 1960).

For further details and updated information about the series, please
visit

    <URL:http://www.loc.gov/preservation/outreach/tops/buffalo/index.html>

Dianne van der Reyden
Director for Preservation
Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave. S.E.
Washington, DC 20540-4500
202-707-1024


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