MRCG News & Announcements
2024 MRCG Annual Meeting
MRCG is pleased to announce that the 2024 Fall Annual Meeting will be held in Columbus, Indiana. We are still in the process of gathering all the necessary data.The 2024 MRCG Annual Symposium will be held at Helen Haddad Hall all day on Friday, October 25 and until noon on Saturday, October 26. There will be an evening Welcome Reception with drinks and light bites from 5-7 PM at the Columbus Area Visitor’s Center on Friday, October 25. Following the business meeting on Saturday, October 26, there will be optional FREE tours of the historic Miller House & Garden as well as an Angel Project at the Bartholomew County Historical Society to help assess the condition of some beloved collection items. Please see the tentative schedule of events and sign up links for the Miller House & Garden tours and Angel Project within.
Job Opportunity: Conservation Specialist (part time) - The Henry Ford - Jackson House Project
The Collections Specialist position is part of a project to process and care for objects associated with the home and contents of Dr. Sullivan and Richie Jean Jackson of Selma, Alabama (Jackson Home Project). The Jackson home and contents were recently acquired by The Henry Ford and relocated to Dearborn, Michigan.
Job Opportunity: Conservator, Objects - The Henry Ford - Jackson House Project
This Conservator will be responsible for the execution of artifact conservation activities related to the preservation and conservation of objects associated with the home and contents of Dr. Sullivan and Richie Jean Jackson of Selma, Alabama (Jackson Home Project), which were recently relocated to Dearborn, Michigan.
Southeast Regional Conservation Association Annual Meeting Registration
SERCA Annual Meeting “All that Glitters”
The Annual Meeting Registration is now open for our 2024 meeting All that Glitters in Jackson, MS March 8-10, 2024. You can find more meeting details here …
Elections for MRCG Officers
MRCG will be holding elections for two positions at this year's symposium in Detroit: Vice President and Treasurer. If you are interested, or you know someone who would be a great candidate, we are currently accepting nominations. All terms are 2 years (beginning Jan. 2023 - ending Dec. 2024).
2022 MRCG Symposium in Detroit
The Midwest Regional Conservation Guild is delighted to announce that registration for our 2022 symposium will open on August 1, 2022. The hybrid symposium will be open to in-person and virtual attendees.
September 28-29, 2022
Detroit Film Theater at the Detroit Institute of Arts
2022 MRCG Symposium Workshop
The relatively recent introduction of rigid or semi-rigid gels (gellan gum, agarose, agar, xanthan gum etc.) to the field of paper conservation opened new possibilities for treatments, especially for local cleaning. In the fall of 2016, research began at the Smithsonian American Art Museum focused on the use of rigid gels as well as the optimization of aqueous systems for local treatment of stained artworks on paper with water-sensitive media. This workshop is based on the results of this research, and was later expanded to include applications in other specialties.
2022 MRCG Emerging Professionals Scholarship
The call for scholarship applications to attend the 2022 MRCG Symposium in Detroit is now open. If you are an early career conservation (or related collections care) professional and are interested in attending the 2022 Symposium, you are eligible to apply for the scholarship.