Seminar and symposium on mechanics of art materials--addendum

Seminar and Symposium

"The Mechanics of Art Materials and its Future in Heritage Science"
Smithsonian Institution
October 24-25, 2016

The Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute in collaboration
with the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts is pleased to announce
that

Registration is now open for "The Mechanics of Art Materials" and
its Future in Heritage Science:  A Seminar and Symposium, to be held
at the Smithsonian Institution on October 24-25, 2016.  This program
brings experts in mechanics research from across the globe to
discuss current and future trends in the study and preservation of
cultural heritage.  Speakers represent a continuum of this research,
from its origins to those professionals currently working to shape
their field and train future generations of scholars.  This special
event is designed to engage and inform a broad audience including
conservators, collection managers, curators, scientists, engineers,
facility managers, students, and policy makers.

Day One of the program will feature the popular paint mechanics
workshop created and taught by MCI Senior Scientist Emeritus Marion
Mecklenburg, condensed into a single-day seminar.  The morning
program on Day Two will feature an international group of speakers
presenting case studies on the state of mechanics research around
the globe, while the afternoon program will feature emerging
U.S.-based speakers and their thoughts on the future of the field.
We are excited to announce that speakers from the following
institutions have been confirmed for Day Two of this event: the
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, the Polytechnic University of
Valencia, the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Netherlands Institute
for Scientific Research, the Tokyo National Museum, the National
Museum of Denmark, the Getty Conservation Institute, the Image
Permanence Institute/Rochester Institute of Technology, Northwestern
University/Art Institute of Chicago Center for Scientific Studies in
the Arts, and the Institute for the Preservation of Cultural
Heritage/Yale University.

This intensive, two-day event will provide attendees with an
overview of the behavior of art materials and connect that
information directly to the activities of those scholars currently
shaping the field of heritage mechanics studies.  Day Two
presentations will focus on the impact of mechanics research in the
cultural heritage sector with talks on topics including risk
assessment and collections monitoring, the fiscal impact of changes
in collections care, new protocols for transit and storage
environments, and the application of mechanics research to
decorative and archival collections as well as to materials found in
contemporary art.  Day Two will conclude with a panel discussion on
advancing stakeholder participation in mechanics research and
application.  A post-event publication will include a historiography
of mechanics research at the Smithsonian, the case studies and
vision papers prepared by the Day Two speakers, Dr. Mecklenburg's
1982 unpublished report to the Smithsonian on the mechanical
behavior of painting materials, and a bibliography of Smithsonian
heritage mechanics publications.

Registration will include coffee/tea breaks and lunch on both days,
as well as an evening reception on October 24, 2016.  There is no
single-day registration option.  Registration for this two-day event
is available through Eventbrite at

    <URL:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-mechanics-of-art-materials-and-its-future-in-heritage-science-a-seminar-and-symposium-tickets-26752983895>

We hope you will join your colleagues at this event.

Program details and registration link can also be found on the MCI
website at

    <URL:http://www.si.edu/mci>

For questions about the program or accommodation contact MCI
Paintings Conservator Dawn Rogala <rogalad<-at->si<.>edu>


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