The Sustainability Committee would like to echo the sentiments of the Equity and Inclusion Committee concerning our colleagues at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the University of Washington Libraries, and others who are taking action as part of their unionization and negotiations. We applaud...
This past Friday, Ask a Conservator Day, our Executive Director, Lissa Rosenthal-Yoffe, had the opportunity to meet with Megan Salazar-Walsh, Exhibitions Conservator, and Sam Skelton, Painting Conservator at the North Carolina Museum of Art. Lissa writes, "I enjoyed touring the lab and learning...
This #AskaConservator Day, our Executive Director, Lissa Rosenthal-Yoffe, had the opportunity to meet with Beth Doyle, AIC Fellow and Leona B. Carpenter Senior Conservator and Head, Conservation Services Department at Duke University Libraries . Lissa writes, "I enjoyed touring the lab and...
Our Executive Director, Lissa Rosenthal-Yoffe, is on the road this week and has had the opportunity to meet with several conservators! As she's exploring different aspects of the field, she made a visit Professional Associate Ruth Barach Cox’s studio in Durham, North Carolina, yesterday. In...
This interview is part of the Preventive Care Network's (formerly the Collection Care Network) blog series, which features interviews with conservators and collection care professionals. The stories and insights shared in these interviews highlight the many aspects of collection care and its...
The Contemporary Art Network (CAN!), in conjunction with the International Network for the Conservation of Contemporary Art (INCCA), is pleased to announce the third Speed Mentoring event taking place virtually over Zoom this Fall. These sessions create the chance to have short periods of one...
The Sustainability Committee stands in staunch opposition to the United States Supreme Court's decision to strip the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of its power to regulate air pollution, including greenhouse gas emissions produced by coal and other fossil fuel burning power plants. The...
National Preparedness Month National Preparedness Month (NPM) is an observance each September to raise awareness about the importance of preparing for disasters and emergencies that could happen at any time. For more details, visit: www.ready.gov National Preparedness Month...
In the September 22, 2022 issue of Hyperallergic.com, Dereck Stafford Mangus, who has worked as a guard at several museums, wrote about the dangers that private rental events hold for museum buildings and their collections be it from food and drink, inebriated guests, or high decibel levels...
On Wednesday, October 5, at 4–5pm PDT at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, the Getty Conservation Institute will host a screening of the film Fred Eversley, The Shape of Energy (11 minutes), followed by a Q&A with the artist, exploring his work through the perspective of its...