Midwest Regional Conservation Guild Annual Meeting.

[Joanne Hackett <JHackett@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

25TH ANNUAL MIDWEST REGIONAL GUILD MEETING NOVEMBER 5 - 6, 2005

Please join us at the Indianapolis Museum of Art for the Midwest
Regional Conservation Guild's 25th Annual Meeting, November 5 - 6,
2005.  This year we will focus on issues related to installing and
de-installing works of art.  A great set of talks has been lined up and
there will be a variety of things to see and do during the meeting.
Labs across the city of Indianapolis will throw open their doors for
pre-conference lab tours the afternoon of November 4th, and the
Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art has offered to
allow MRCG members free access to the museum for the day.  That evening,
there will be a reception at Easter Conservation Services.

On Saturday November 5th, there are plans for a special
behind-the-scenes tour of the IMA's contemporary galleries, which open
to the public on November 20.  MRCG members will also receive tickets
for the exhibition International Arts and Crafts, organized by the
Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

Our list of presentations for this year's meeting includes:

A unique solution to the installation of a Christian Dior dress and the
treatment of a 19th century wedding dress,
        by Amanda Holden, Indianapolis Museum of Art.
Treatment and preparation of the recovered Tiepolo ceiling frescos in
the Bode Museum,
        by Barbara Heller, Detroit Institute of Arts.
Art de-installation at the Cleveland Museum of Art,
        by Bruce Christman, Cleveland Museum of Art.
Conservation of the Cincinnati Museum of Art's collection of portrait
miniatures,
        by Cecile Mear, Cincinnati Art Museum.
Three collaborative treatments of historic wallpaper,
        by Christine Young and Jodi Utter, Young Conservation & East
West Paper Conservation.
>From "Stairway to Heaven" to "the Wall":  Re-creating Sol
Lewitt's "Wall Drawing No. 652",
        by David Miller, Indianapolis Museum of Art.
Reproducing Morris Lewis Paintings to Evaluate Conservation
Strategies,
        by Glenn Gates, Detroit Institute of Arts.
It ain't LOVE: LOVE's got nothen' to do with it:  The
conservation of Robert Indiana's LOVE Sculpture,
        by Helene Gillette-Woodard, Indianapolis Museum of Art.
The latest AIC Wooden Artifacts Furniture in France trip,
        by Jean Easter, Easter Conservation Services.
The use of machining and other metalworking techniques in the treatment
of a small bronze gate from the interior of the Soldiers' and
Sailors' Monument, Cleveland, Ohio,
        by Jim Cutrone, CCR Design.
The treatment and re-installation of Matisse's series of "Backs"
at the Museum of Modern Art,
        by John Campbell, Museum of Modern Art.
The re-installation of a 1947 Coca-Cola machine,
        by Peter Lundskow, Indiana State Museum.
Mounting Objects:  Design criteria, materials, installation and
de-installation challenges,
        by Margo Delidow and James Storm, Buffalo State College and
Detroit Institute of Arts.


PRE CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES
NOVEMBER 4, 2005

LAB & MUSEUM TOURS, 1:00 - 5:00 pm
        There have been many changes to the cultural institutions in
Indianapolis since the Guild visited ten years ago!  The Indiana State
Museum and the Indiana Historical Society have both moved into new
buildings with new conservation labs.  At the same time, the
Children's Museum of Indianapolis has undergone expansion and
renovation.  The conservators at each of these institutions have agreed
to open their labs the afternoon of Friday November 4th, from 1:00 -
5:00 p.m.


The Indiana State Museum,
        Website:  www.in.gov/ism

The Indiana Historical Society,
        Website:  wwww.indianahistory.org

The Children's Museum of Indianapolis,
        Website:  www.childrensmuseum.org

MRCG has made special arrangements with the Eiteljorg Museum of
American Indians and Western Art for complimentary access to the museum
on November 4.  There will be a guest list at the main ticket desk that
lists registered conference members.

The Eiteljorg Museum was recently expanded and while there is no
conservation lab on site it is definitely worth a visit and is
conveniently located on the Canal between the State Museum and the
Historical Society.  Visit the museum's website at www.eiteljorg.org

Please Contact Richard McCoy, Secretary/Treasure of the MRCG for
Registration Forms and further information
rmccoy@xxxxxxxxxxx