Conference on conservation of material culture in tropical climates

"The Conservation of Material Culture in Tropical Climates"
3rd APTCCARN Meeting
Silpakorn University, Nakornpathom
Thailand
23-25 April 2012

"The Conservation of Material Culture in Tropical Climates: 3rd
APTCCARN Meeting (Asia Pacific Twentieth Century Conservation Art
Network)" is a targeted forum for the dissemination and discussion
of regionally relevant preservation solutions for Southeast Asia's
vast cultural record. Co-organised by the Centre for Cultural
Materials Conservation (University of Melbourne, Australia) and
Silpakorn University in Thailand under the APTCCARN (Asia Pacific
Twentieth Century Conservation Art Network), the program brings
international experts engaged with the conservation of material
culture in hot, humid climates to this event in Thailand. The
program aims to disseminate recent findings coordinated under the
larger strategic agenda of APTCCARN

    <URL:http://cultural-conservation.unimelb.edu.au/partners/international/aptccarn/>

and engage a broader audience to its activities and future programs.

Over three days the 3rd APTCCARN Meeting will address regionally
relevant issues relating to the conservation of material culture
where the ageing of artworks in tropical climates and individual
artists choice of materials are the key factors influencing the
preservation of vast collections of cultural heritage in tropical
Southeast Asia. The 3rd APTCCARN Meeting will be delivered at
Silpakorn University's Nakorn Pathom Campus where the Faculty of
Fine Arts, Materials Research Centre for Art and Design, and
Silpakorn University's Arts Centre are located. The program will
include formal papers based on the APTCCARN research platforms and
artist- conservator panel discussions presented in a Symposium
context, together with practicum visits to the Art Centre, artists
studios and artists paint manufacturers to engage participants in
the issues informing material behaviour in tropical climates and
their methods of production.

2012 Conference Themes:

    Artists Materials and Materiality
    Conservation Practice
    Communicating Conservation

Program: Please see

    <URL:http://www.20thcpaint.org/event-3dAPTCCARN.jsp?subPage=program>

The Conference Dinner will be on Monday 23 April and will be hosted
by the Faculty of Science, Silpakorn University. Silpakorn
University is 56 km north of Bangkok

Registrations are open: Attendance at the conference is limited.
Registration fees include attendance at the conference, conference
program including the abstracts, morning and afternoon tea, lunch,
site visits and conference dinner. There are two full registration
fees, one for local Thai participants and one for international
participants.

Full Registration - Standard International: $100 AUD
Full Registration - Standard Thai Local:     $50 AUD

Please see:

    <URL:http://www.20thcpaint.org/event-3dAPTCCARN.jsp?subPage=registration>

For more information contact us via email at

    Dr Nicole Tse
    Conference Committee
    nicoleat<-at->unimelb<.>edu<.>au

    Ms Wanwisa
    Conference Committee
    Staff of Dr Klangpol Kamolchote, Director, Office of Academic
        Service
    Silpakorn University
    miel_love<-at->hotmail<.>com

Dr Nicole Tse
ARC Post Doctorate Fellow
Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation
The University of Melbourne
Parkville VIC Australia


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