MRCG News & Announcements
Job Opportunity: Iowa State University Library seeks a Digital Preservation Librarian
Iowa State University Library seeks a Digital Preservation Librarian. The Digital Preservation Librarian is part of a department of specialists dedicated to maintaining and supporting long-term access to our collections and supporting ongoing reformatting and conservation work.
In Person Workshop Opportunity: Deadline Extended to December 4: Changing Climate Management Strategies at the Getty Center, CA.
Workshop participants investigating the relationship between damage, change, and value in the
galleries. Cultural heritage institutions worldwide are increasingly under pressure to operate in a more
sustainable manner in response to the global climate crisis, symptoms of which include rising
energy costs and government mandates to reduce carbon footprints.
Midwest Art Conservation Center Upcoming Workshops
This two day in person workshop will prepare you to successfully work as a contract courier during any stage of the loan process and follow good courier practices. From accompanying an object during travel and navigating cargo flights to building trust with clients and problem solving crate modifications, this workshop will cover it all. The first day combines materials from the Courier Training Program Framework developed by several European registrars groups to promote best practices in the museum and gallery sector. The second day focuses on best practices for packing and crating with focus on the aspects a courier might need to provide the best care for loaned objects.
Free AIC Event: Closing Conservation’s Narrative Gap: Sharing Stories of Insight, Change and Impact
Closing Conservation’s Narrative Gap: Sharing Stories of Insight, Change and Impact is an online AIC Event that is free to AIC members. Evonne Gallardo (evonnegallardo.com) is the facilitator; she is a cultural equity consultant who has been working with the AIC Equity and Inclusion Committee for the last few years. Evonne is so thoughtful about all of the issues our field is wrestling with, and has focused this event on storytelling and communication. She is here to help us talk through telling our stories, sharing our values with others, holding space for many different narratives, and centering the stories of the communities whose beauty and efforts we so often have the privilege to encounter, preserve, and share.
MRCG Emerging Professionals Scholarship Program is Open
Every year since 2015 MRCG has offered the Emerging Professionals Scholarship to defray annual meeting costs for early career conservation professionals. To date, our scholarship has been awarded to 16 emerging conservation professionals.
Pre-program students, current graduate students, and recent graduates (within 2 years of graduation) are eligible to apply. The scholarship covers the cost of registration, housing, and one year of MRCG membership. The guild cannot help with travel expenses.
CACG Zoom Presentation: Sleuthing Out Fakes and Forgeries: The Conservator’s Possible Role Presented by Joseph Barabe
Sleuthing Out Fakes and Forgeries: The Conservator’s Possible Role
Presented by Joseph Barabe
Forgers use a wide variety of techniques in creating their fakes or misrepresenting the attribution of works of art. Some of their techniques are ancient, but they’ve also developed a few new methods, some of which are well within the skills and tools of the conservator to detect. In this talk we will explore some classical fake and forgery methods but will focus on some of the newer techniques the bad guys have developed. Also, if there is a possible problem, how might you discuss this with your client, and
when is it time to contact the FBI’s Art Crimes Team?
Job Opportunity: Conservation Resident at Northwestern University Libraries
Northwestern University Libraries offer an advanced post-graduate conservation residency (previously called a fellowship) for a two-year appointment, September 1, 2024 - August 31, 2026. The conservation residency provides practical experience in a busy academic library conservation lab balancing conservation treatment responsibilities with professional research activities and an opportunity for supervisory experience.