Workshop on pressure sensitive tapes

The Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation of
Historic and Artistic Works, in collaboration with the Georgia
Archives and Emory University Libraries Preservation Office,
presents a mid-career conservation workshop:

"Removal of Pressure Sensitive Tapes and Tape Stains"
The Georgia Archives
Morrow (near Atlanta), Georgia
September 28 - October 2, 2015

Instructors:  Elissa O'Loughlin and Linda Stiber Morenus

<URL:http://www.conservation-us.org/taperemoval2015>

Registration Fee

    $650 AIC members
    $800 non-members

Limit 12 participants

The class is intended for mid-career conservators who specialize in
the treatment of works of cultural significance.  Primarily designed
for conservators of book and paper specialties, the course work is
also relevant for conservators in other specializations, especially
objects and textiles.  The course consists of didactic and hands-on
sessions presented in a laboratory setting.  The five day curriculum
includes:

    Overview of pressure sensitive tapes, production methods, and
    manufacturing history Science

    Overview of adhesion, pressure sensitive adhesive
    characteristics

    Methods of tape and adhesive identification, physical, chemical,
    optical

    Removal techniques: use of heat, mechanical means, and organic
    solvents

    Health and Safety aspects of organic solvent use

    Remediation and stain removal using organic solvents and wash
    methods

    Collections care and decision making Use of pressure sensitive
    products in preservation

The participants are asked to bring case histories for discussion in
the class, and also to bring expendable examples when possible.

Registration: This workshop is designed for practicing conservators.
Participants will be selected based on experience, demonstrated
need/relevance, geographic reach, and opportunity to disseminate
information gained.  The number of participants from a single
institution may be limited.  Preference will be given to AIC
Professional Associate and Fellow members.

Applications are due April 30, 2015, with notifications expected by
June 10, 2015.  Later applications will be considered, if space is
available.

To apply for a space in the workshop, please fill out the Workshop
Application Form

    <URL:http://www.conservation-us.org/docs/default-source/education/workshop-application_tape-removal-2015.doc?sfvrsn=2>

and mail the form along with a copy of your resume or CV and
statement of interest addressing the acceptance criteria to
courses<-at->conservation-us<.>org.

Scholarships: Financial assistance is available through grant
funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities.  Scholarship
applications must be received by FAIC by the stated deadline.
Prospective applicants should apply for workshop admission by April
30, 2015.  Acceptance and scholarship decisions are made
independently, and applying for funding will not reduce your chances
of being accepted into the workshop.

FAIC/NEH Individual Professional Development Scholarship: With
financial support from the National Endowment for the Humanities,
FAIC offers scholarships up to $1,000 to help defray registration
and travel expenses for participants in the FAIC workshops supported
by NEH.  All current AIC members who are U.S. residents or citizens
are eligible.  There are 3 review cycles for the FAIC/NEH
scholarship.  Deadlines for receipt of scholarship applications are
February 15, 2015, May 15, 2015, and September 15, 2015.

General Outline of Course (preliminary, and subject to change):

    Day 1       Basics of adhesion and properties of tapes;
                Invention and evolution of rubber-based pressure
                sensitive tapes; Invention and evolution of
                synthetic polymer-based pressure sensitive tapes;
                Degradation of rubber-based pressure sensitive
                tapes; Degradation of synthetic polymer-based
                pressure sensitive tapes; Evaluating condition of an
                artifact vis-a-vis condition of tape; Practicum

    Day 2       Solvents and Solubility--use of Teas chart; Effects
                of Solvents on paper; Benefits vs problems of local
                treatment; Case histories; Mechanical carrier and
                adhesive removal; Advanced carrier removal;
                Practicum

    Day 3       Conservation and curatorial collaboration in
                preservation decision making; Tape and materials
                analysis: When is analysis indicated?; Exhibition
                considerations regarding artifacts with tape; Case
                histories; Solvent chambers, Poulticing, Solvent
                immersion; Practicum

    Day 4       Use of pressure sensitive tapes in conservation and
                preservation; Pressure sensitive labels testing at
                the Library of Congress; Pressure sensitive tape
                removal and testing; Case histories--Removal of tape
                stains; Practicum

    Day 5       Practicum; Evaluation of experimental results;
                Participant presentations; Evaluation

Instructors

    Elissa O'Loughlin is a bench trained conservator who began her
    conservation work at the U.S. National Archives in 1983.  She
    received training at the Smithsonian Institution, the SAAR
    program of the Opleiding Restauratoren, the University of London
    and in other graduate level settings.  Since 2000 she has been
    Senior Paper Conservator at the Walters Art Museum.  Her
    research interests include deacidification, materials testing,
    iron gall ink and optical brighteners.  She is the recipient of
    two Samuel Kress grants for professional development as well as
    the Carolyn Horton Grant administered by the Foundation of the
    American Institute for Conservation.  She is a Professional
    Associate of AIC and Board member of the Washington Conservation
    Guild.

    Linda Stiber Morenus is a PhD candidate with the Staatliche
    Akademie Der Bildenden Kunste, Stuttgart, Germany.  Her
    dissertation is titled: Chiaroscuro Woodcut Printing In
    16th-17th Century Italy: Technique in Relation to Artistic
    Style.  She received a MA and CAS in 1986 from the State
    University of New York, College at Buffalo, Art Conservation
    Program.  She has held paper conservator positions with the U.S.
    National Archives (1987) and the Smithsonian Institution's
    National Portrait Gallery (1988 - 1990).  From 1991 - 2011, she
    was a senior paper conservator with the Library of Congress.
    She is presently a conservator in private practice and a program
    manager with the Library of Congress Office of the Associate
    Librarian.  She has been awarded a Library of Congress Kluge
    Fellowship, James H. Billington Award, and Kittredge Foundation
    Grants for technical study of Italian chiaroscuro woodcuts and
    artistic transfer lithography.  Other research interests include
    Japanese woodblock prints and iron gall ink.  She is a
    Professional Associate of AIC.

This program is supported by a grant from the National Endowment for
the Humanities.

Additional funding comes from the Foundation of the American
Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artist 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.  Courses are
made possible with the assistance of many AIC members, but no AIC
membership dues were used to create or present this course.

Without this support, the registration fees would be approximately
$1,750.

Questions? Contact:

    Abigail Choudhury
    FAIC Development and Education Coordinator
    1556 15th Street, NW, Suite 320
    Washington, DC 20005
    202-661-8070
    courses<-at->conservation-us<.>org


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