Call for papers--Conference on materials selection

The Lunder Conservation Center and Foundation of the American
Institute for Conservation presents a two-day conference:

"Conservation and Exhibition Planning:  Material Testing for Design,
    Display, and Packing"
Smithsonian American Art Museum
McEvoy Auditorium
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC
November 19-20, 2015

This conference is an opportunity for exhibition designers, mount
makers, registrars, collection managers, conservators, and
scientists to explore the challenges of how materials are selected
for use with art objects.

The planning for appropriate collection care before, during, and
after display is dependent on accessing reliable information about
the materials we use.  The production of fabrics, painted surfaces,
mounts, foams, and board materials facilitate the creative display
of art objects.  Understanding how these materials will react with
artworks over time is a fundamentally challenging, but necessary,
undertaking.

This conference will convey practical considerations that facilitate
and benefit collection care in museum exhibition workflows, and how
they impact staff across departments.  Presentations will focus on
designing exhibitions and fabricating display furniture; strategic
approaches to collection care during the exhibition implementation
process; designing storage environments; conservation work spaces;
interpretation and sharing of analytical results from Oddy testing
and alternatives to the Oddy test; and monitoring how materials
change over time.

Student/Fellow registration:  $75.00
Early registration:  $150.00
Regular registration (after October 14, 2015): $200.00

Registration will close on November 13, 2015.
For online registration please visit:

    <URL:http://www.conservation-us.org/materialstesting>

Call for Papers: Deadline February 13, 2015

Original papers are invited for submission to focus on case studies
and advances in:

    Designing exhibitions and fabricating display furniture

    Strategic approaches to collection care during the exhibition
    implementation process

    Designing storage environments

    Conservation work spaces

    Aspects of material testing: including Oddy testing and
    alternatives to the Oddy test

    Monitoring how materials change over time

Authors interested in presenting a paper should submit an extended
abstract (400 - 600 words) by (February 13, 2015) to Christopher
Wayner <waynercl<-at->si<.>edu>.  Your work should be original and not
previously published.  Contributions of work-in-progress are also
welcome.  The abstracts will be reviewed by the conference committee
and authors will be informed by May 2015.

Support for this conference comes from the Lunder Conservation
Center and the Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation
of Historic and Artistic Works Endowment for Professional
Development, which was created by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation, and donations from members of the American Institute for
Conservation and its friends.

Professional development events are made possible with the
assistance of many AIC members, but no AIC membership dues were used
to create or present this course.


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