Subject: Symposium on plastics
"The Age of Plastic: Ingenuity + Responsibility" Nan Tucker McEvoy Auditorium Smithsonian American Art Museum 800 F Street NW Washington, DC June 7-8, 2012 The Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute (MCI) will convene an interdisciplinary symposium on the topic of polymer composite materials (aka PLASTIC) on June 7-8, 2012 in Washington DC. We've studied the Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, yet here we live in the Age of Plastic. The Smithsonian Institution is leveraging its collections-arguably the world's greatest repository of plastic material culture-to investigate the significance of plastic, its influence in our lives, and how we document and preserve this history. Join us for a dynamic conversation of historians, scientists, conservators, artists, and designers in which we explore the material, cultural, and environmental phenomenon of the material we call plastic. In fewer than 200 years, it has transformed our world such that we can't imagine life without it, have only begun to consider the ingenuity of its discovery--and we aren't even sure we want it. All are welcome, but space is limited To register send email with your name, title, and affiliation to MCIweb<-at->si<.>edu Get more information at: <URL:http://www.si.edu/mci/downloads/AgeofPlasticSymposiumAnnouncement.pdf> *** Conservation DistList Instance 25:49 Distributed: Saturday, May 5, 2012 Message Id: cdl-25-49-014 ***Received on Tuesday, 1 May, 2012