Workshops from Messors

Fresco and Canvas Conservation and Restoration workshop
Puglia, Italy
June 16 -July 4, 2016

    The workshop will include the practices of conservation and
    restoration of fresco, canvas and statuary (wood, papier-mache,
    etc.).  The session will begin with an introduction, practical
    hands-on experience, excursions and lectures.  After
    introductions which are common to all areas, participants may
    choose a specific area of focus.There are no prerequisites
    required to participate to this workshop.The frescoes that will
    be worked on and studied are part of the rupestral settlements
    (underground habitations) located in the Alta Murgia
    area.Statues and canvases are provided by local churches and
    private collections.The session provides a practical focus,
    allowing students ample opportunity for participation in
    restoration technique and creation ex-novo.  By learning and
    actively working, participants also contribute to the
    conservation of the rich art and historical heritage of the
    region.  The workshop is complimented by seminars in Art
    History, Geomorphological Studies and Religious Iconography and
    Rituals.  The courses also include several site visits,
    including visits to Sassi of Matera (Unesco World Heritage
    site), the Rupestral Churches Park, museums and art exhibitions.

    Deadline for registration:  May 15, 2015

    For registration please contact Messors director Tonio Creanza:
    <messors.tonio<-at->gmail<.>com>.

    Maximum number of participants: 14

Site Preservation workshop
Fornello Sustainable Preservation Project
Puglia, Italy
July 11-22, 2016

    Fornello is a site made up of a Byzantine fresco cave, 12
    additional cave dwellings and evidence of a settlement dating to
    the 3rd century B.C.  The future goal for the site of Fornello
    is to create a sustainable conservation model through the
    complete restoration of the historical landscape and the
    frescoes, highlighting the importance of the site by converging
    interests, energies and actions toward the preservation of the
    original settlement as well as promoting sustainable living
    practices.  Also, the project aims to support and promote the
    local agro-pastoral community, the history and the heritage of
    the local food culture practices, strongly bound to the
    geomorphological characteristics and climate of the region.
    Participants will work hands-on to stabilize cave entrances and
    skylights, learn the art of dry-stone-wall techniques to
    reconstruct the site's stone walls.  They will be introduced to
    the practices of fresco restoration and the history of Byzantine
    frescoes.  During the work session participants will be given
    instruction on archeological methods, techniques and
    documentation while operating in an historical site.No
    prerequisites are required to attend.Time at Fornello will be
    scheduled in half days (4 hours), alternately with lectures,
    guided visits to historical towns and sites, and insights on the
    traditional culinary culture for the other half of the days.

    Deadline for registration june 15, 2016

    For registration please contact Messors director Tonio Creanza
    <messors.tonio<-at->gmail<.>com>.

    Maximum number of participants: 14

Decorative Art and Canvas Restoration, gilding and Frame making
Chateau de Gudanes
Ariege, France
July 29 - August 7, 2016

    This 10 day workshop aims to immerse participants in the
    conservation of cultural heritage encompassing decorative arts,
    canvas restoration, frame making and gilding.This will be the
    2nd year to integrate a hands-on learning workshop as part of
    the ongoing heritage conservation projects at Chateau de
    Gudanes.  No prerequisites are required to attend.  This
    workshop is an open learning workshop under the tutelage of
    Italian art restorer and Messors founder and director Tonio
    Creanza, British Fine Art restorer Tim Everett and Chateau owner
    Karina Waters.  The 18th century Chateau de Gudanes will act as
    our living school of decorative arts history where layers of
    motifs of past decades and ownership are still present.  Its
    rooms that once welcomed French nobility, philosophers and
    playwright Voltaire.Chateau de Gudanes is located an hour and
    half from Toulouse in the secluded South of France.  Nestled in
    the lush green heart of the French Pyrenees mountains, the
    Chateau looks on to dramatic rock faces and lush terraced hills
    of the Ariege region.  Built in the mid 1700's, the Class 1
    monument was designed by prominent Parisian architect
    Ange-Jacques Gabriel who is most notably known for his
    neoclassical, architectural symmetry including, Petit Trianon at
    Versailles, L'Opera at Chateau Versailles, Place de la Concorde
    and Hotel de Crillon in Paris.Participants will be introduced to
    the theories, approach and methods of heritage conservation and
    restoration: interior decorative art and canvas restoration,
    frame making and gilding.  Participants will work hands on in
    the early stages of the Chateaus ongoing restoration and
    discovery.

    Deadline for registration June 15, 2016

    For registration please contact Messors director Tonio Creanza
    <messors.tonio<-at->gmail<.>com>.

    Maximum number of participants: 14


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