Call for papers--Conference on materials selection--addendum

Call for Paper

"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

Call for papers: Deadline Extended to March 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.

Christopher Wayner
Program Coordinator
202-633-8378
Fax: 202-633-5813
Lunder Conservation Center
Smithsonian American Art Museum


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