Workshop on photographic conservation

The Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation of
Historic and Artistic Works presents

"Conservation of Glass in Photography A Collaborative Workshop in
    Photograph Conservation"
J. Paul Getty Museum (JPGM)
Los Angeles, CA
October 21-25, 2013

    <URL:http://bit.ly/glassinphotography>

Instructors:

    Susie Clark
    Photographs conservator in private practice

    Katherine Whitman
    Photographs Conservator
    Art Gallery of Ontario

    Stephen P. Koob
    Conservator
    Corning Museum of Glass

Speakers:

    Anne Lyden
    Photographs Curator
    JPGM

    Teresa Mesquit
    Photographs Conservator
    Getty Research Institute

Coordinator:

    Marc Harnly
    Senior Conservator
    JPGM

Registration Fee:

    $600 (AIC members)
    $800 (non-members)

Enrollment limit: 12

Participants will be selected from the pool of applications received
by February 28, 2013.  Later applications will be considered if
space is available.

To apply:  Send resume/CV and statement of interest, including
contact information, to courses<-at->conservation-us<.>org

This workshop will provide mid-career training to conservators
responsible for the care and conservation of photographs with glass
supports and with associated glass components.  It will be led by
led by principal instructors Susie Clark and Katharine Whitman,
leading specialists in the conservation of photographic materials
containing glass, and Stephen Koob, specialist in the conservation
of glass.  Hands-on practicum sessions, lectures, presentations, and
discussions of the workshop will be conducted in the JPGM Paper
Conservation studio and lecture room.  The collections of
glass-based photographs and photographs with glass at the Museum and
the Getty Research Institute (GRI) will provide examples to
illustrate the course curriculum.

The workshop will begin with overviews of the nature, manufacture,
analysis, and chemistry of glass; mechanisms of deterioration; its
use in photography; and diagnosis and documentation of condition.
Processes to be covered will include both photographs with glass
supports and photographs with associated integral glass components:

    Negatives (wet collodion, albumen, gelatin dry plate)
    Wet collodion positive (ambrotype)
    Autochrome
    Lantern slide
    Opaltype
    Wet collodion positive
    Crystoleum
    Cased daguerreotype
    Decorative passepartout coverglass
    Frame glazing for prints

This will be followed by presentations on the materials and methods
of glass cleaning and repair along with storage and handling.
Hands-on practicum sessions with mock glass objects will provide
experience with conservation treatment steps such as cleaning;
repair techniques and materials; edge sealing/taping; preparation of
decorative cover glasses; and fabrication of storage enclosures.
Glass photograph processes will be on view in a visit to the Special
Collections of the GRI and the aesthetics of printing from 19th
century glass negatives will be illustrated and discussed in the
JPGM curatorial Department of Photographs.

Questions? Contact:

    Abigail Choudhury
    FAIC Development and Education Coordinator
    202-661-8070
    courses<-at->conservation-us<.>org


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