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Awards, competitions, prizes
21 May. Jodi Awards, United Kingdom
Jodi Awards 2010: the Awards are for excellence in accessible cultural websites and digital media to widen access to information, collections, learning and creativity for disabled people.
Application deadline: 9 August 2010
20 April. Council for British Archaeology and Oxbow Books, United Kingdom
Archaeological Photo Competition 2010
Application deadline: 31 May 2010
19 April. Europa Nostra
Europa Nostra Awards 2011
Application deadline: 1 October 2010
Citizenship
21 April. Campaign! Make an Impact
Campaign! Make an Impact is an innovative initiative that uses history to inspire young people into active citizenship. Find out more about Campaign! Make an Impact and download a summary leaflet in the Teachers & Museums section.
Conservation centre
13 May. International Traditional Knowledge Institute (ITKI) , Florence, Italy
A UNESCO-sponsored institute to preserve the world's traditional farming, building, cloth-making and other artisanal techniques has been set up at a small town outside Florence.
1 April. Future for the Textile Conservation Centre's work at Glasgow University
The Textile Conservation Centre Foundation (TCCF) and the University of Glasgow have agreed to found the new teaching and research facility – the only resource of its kind in the UK – in the University’s Robertson Building.
Information on training programme:
< A.Boyd [at] arthist_arts_gla_ac_uk >
Conservation project
9 April. Heritage Values, Stakeholders and Consensus Building
This Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) project aims to advance the ability of heritage professionals to constructively engage with stakeholders by bridging conservation and public dispute resolution practices through a program of research, application, and dissemination.
Events
Calendar of Events compiled by ICCROM
Events this month
28 May. Museums Association, United Kingdom
Event: Get the message: New strategies for museum, 15 June 2010
Submission deadline: see website
26 May. Museums Association, United Kingdom
Event:
Get the message: New strategies for museum, 15 June 2010
Submission deadline: see website
17 May. ICOM-CC
Call for hosts: Call to host the 17th ICOM-CC Triennial Conference in 2014
Submission deadline: 30 September 2010
17 May. Romualdo Del Bianco Foundation, Florence, Italy
Call for abstracts: Domes In The World, 3 – 6 November 2011
Submission deadline: 30 July 2010
17 May. International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) scientific committees of Heritage Documentation (CIPA), Stone (ISCS), and Archaeological Heritage Management (ICAHM).
Call for abstracts: Seventh International Conference on Science and Technology in Archaeology and Conservation and the Workshop on Documentation and Conservation of Stone deterioration in Heritage Places, 7 - 12 December 2010, Petra, Jordan
Submission deadline: 30 May 2010
13 May. IFLA Rare Books and Manuscripts Section & Preservation and Conservation Section
Satellite meeting: IFLA 2010: New techniques for old documents - Scientific examination methods in the service of preservation and book history, 16 - 18 August 2010, Uppsala, Sweden
Registration deadline: contact organizers
12 May. Institute for Research and Advanced Studies in Tourism, University Paris I, Panthéon Sorbone, Paris, France
Call for abstracts: Musées et Tourisme, 20 - 21 January 2011, Paris
Submission deadline: 10 July 2010
11 May. PennDesign, the R. Lemaire International Centre for Conservation at the University of Leuven and the University College St Lieven
Symposium: Heritage Recording and Information Management in the Digital Age (SMARTdoc), 19 - 20 November 2010, Philadelphia, United States
Early bird registration: 30 July 2010
Submission deadline for posters: 24 June 2010
10 May. Italian Institute for Conservation and Restoration (ISCR), Italy
Call for abstracts: Hydrophobe VI: Water Repellent Treatment of Building Materials, 12 - 13 May 2011, Rome
Submission deadline: 15 September 2010
10 May. Europa Nostra
Conference: The Best in Heritage, 23 - 25 September 2010, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Registration deadline: 30 August 2010
10 May. Centro Internacional para la Conservación del Patrimonio (CICOP), Chile
Conference: X Congreso Internacional de Rehabilitación del Patrimonio Arquitectónico y Edificación, 3 – 5 November 2010, Santiago
Deadline for abstracts and posters: 30 June 2010
5 May. Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material, Australia
Call for poster abstracts: AICCM Symposium - Conservation of Books, Paper and Photographic Materials, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 17 - 19 November 2010
Submission deadline for abstracts: 25 June 2010
4 May. ICOM-CC Textile Working Group
Call for papers and posters: 8th North American Textile Conservation Conference, Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca, Mexico, 8 - 11 November 2011
Submission deadline for abstracts: 1 September 2010
4 May. European Research Centre for Book and Paper Conservation-Restoration, Austria
Call for papers: New Approach to Book and Paper Conservation-Restoration, May 2011
Submission deadline: 1 July 2010
26 April. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, United States
Conference: Surface Metrology, 25 - 27 October 2010
Deadlines - abstract for tutorials: 30 July 2010; abstracts for oral presentations: 31 August 2010; abstracts for posters: 12 October 2010
22 April. Life Beyond Tourism
Calendar of events: 2010 and 2011
Registration deadline: see website
21 avril. Global Risk Forum, Switzerland
Event: IDRC Davos 2010 conference, Davos, 30 May - 3 June 2010
21 April. European Network of Cultural Administration Training Centres (ENCTACT)
Seminars: Cultural Innovation
- What should be the key determinants of a city/region/
state’s cultural policy?, Göteborg, 27 May 2010
- Museum Literacy Project Final Conference, Bolzano, Italy, 7 - 9 June 2010
- Digital Extra" Project Final Conference, Brussels, Belgium, 16-17 September 2010
- Designing simulation games to cultural management training, Brussels, Belgium, 24 September 2010
Registration deadline: contact organizers
15 April. Islamic Arts Museum, Malaysia
Exhibition: Behind the Scenes: Conservation in Focus at the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, 10 March 2010 - 10 June 2010
15 April. World Monuments Fund-Britain
Events: Spring 2010 calendar
Submission deadline: see website
8 April. Surface Metrology Laboratory, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Call for abstracts: Surface metrology, 25 - 27 October 2010
Submssion deadline: 30 July, 31 August 2010
7 April. International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC)
Registration: 23rd biennial IIC Congress, 20 - 24 September 2010, Istanbul, Turkey
Getty Foundation offers: grants for attendance
Registration deadline: see website
12 March. State Inspection for Heritage Protection, Latvia
Call for participation: 4th Baltic Sea Region Cultural Heritage Forum, 8 - 11 September 2010, Riga, Latvia
Registration deadline: see website
10 March. International Euro-Mediterranean Conference (Euromed 2010)
Call for participation: Digital Heritage, 8 - 13 November 2010, Lemesos, Cyprus
Registration deadline: see website
4 March. ICOM-CC WG: metal
Meeting: Metal 2010, 11 - 15 October 2010, Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Earlybird registration: 31 July 2010
2 March. CISA3, Center of interdisciplinary Science for Art, Architecture and Archaeology, University of California San Diego, United States
Call for participation: Online exhibit on conservation science (pdf)
Submission deadline: contact organizer
30 December. General ICOM conference
Travel grants: Museums for Social Harmony, 7 - 12 November 2010,
Shanghai, China
Registration deadline: see website
1 December. Society of American Archivists (SAA), United States
2010 Conferences/Workshops
Application deadlines: see website
Grants, scholarships, internships, funding, volunteers
28 May. Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark
Stage : Conservation Department
Applications deadline for paintings conservation department commencing September 2010: 2 July 2010
Applications deadline for 2011: 15 October 2010
27 May. The Getty, United States
10 May. Worcester Art Museum, United States
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship: paintings conservation
Applications deadline: 15 June 2010
29 April. ICON, United Kingdom
Internships in various fields of conservation
Applications deadline: 7 June 2010
26 April. The British Museum, The British Library, University College London, United Kingdom
2 PhD Studentships: Heritage Smells!
Applications deadline: contact organizers
26 April. Sam Rayburn House Museum, United States
Internship: summer 2010
Applications deadline: 28 May 2010
26 April. Conservation Department, Yale University Art Gallery,
United States
Fellowship: mural and ceiling paintings conservation
Applications deadline: 1 June 2010
26 April. Department of Conservation and Preservation, Johns Hopkins University,
United States
Kress Fellowship in Book and Paper Conservation
Applications deadline: 15 June 2010
26 April. Chinati Foundation, United States
Internships 2011
Applications deadline: 1 December 2010
22 April. World Heritage Centre
Volunteers: World Heritage Volunteers 2010, 1 May 2010 - 1 March 2011 (a project that brings together 18 to 30 year-olds from different cultures to work on a common preservation project at a World Heritage site)
Applications deadline: see website
20 April. Ministry of Culture, Spain
Grants: Iberarchivos: Programa ADAI 2010 (for Latin American archives)
Applications deadline: 31 July 2010
12 February. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, United States
Internships
Applications deadlines: 1 July (autumn session September – December); 15 October (spring session January – May); 1 February (summer session June – August)
Jobs
28 May. Asian Art Museum, United States
Conservation Technician (July 2010 - June 2011)
Application deadline: see website
25 May. Conservation Centre Vejle, Denmark
Textiles Conservator (pdf)
Application deadline: 16 June 2010
25 May. Gavin Jackson Cultural Resource Management, Australia
Senior Consultant Archaeologist
Application deadline: see website
25 May. Local Government Services, Heritage Council of Western Australia
Planning Officer
Application deadline: 31 May 2010
5 May. Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg (SRAL), Maastricht, Netherlands
Associate Educator & Conservator in Modern and Contemporary Art (pdf)
Application deadline: 31 May 2010
29 April. Fashion Institute of Technology, United States
Assistant Conservator
Application deadline: see website
16 April. Miguel Abreu Gallery, United States
Director
Application deadline: see website
16 April. The Getty, United States
16 April. Art Gallery of Alberta, Canada
Curatorial Projects Manager
Application deadline: 30 May 2010
1 March. Harvard College Library (HCL), United States
Collections Conservator, Preservation and Imaging Services
Application deadline: open until filled
14 November. Grand Egytian Museum, Egypt
Multimedia
18 May. The Getty, United States
Video: Interactive tour of a 17th century display cabinet
10 May. History Channel, United States
Video: Digging for the Truth: Angkor Wat, 5 Parts
Documentary programme featuring Angkor Wat and its conservation challenges.
10 May. The Graduate Center, City University of New York, United States
Video: Who Protects Antiquity?
While archaeological sites from China to Peru are being destroyed by looters in search of saleable antiquities, those charged with custodianship of the past are locked in fierce debate. Archaeologists, leaders of cultural heritage organizations, and ministers of culture, dealers, collectors, curators, and museum directors cannot come to terms. Who is responsible for preserving cultural heritage?
27 April. National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT), United States
Technology: NCPTT developing iPad and iPhone applications for the preservation field
Landscapes, an iPhone application currently in development, will allow site staff to inventory features in an historic landscape and perform condition assessments. It will also easily allow managers to prioritize current and future maintenance tasks.
1 April. Radio of the Universidad Autónoma de la Universidad de Morelos, UAEM, Mexico
Radio programme: Architecture and cultural heritage commemorating 200 years of Mexican independence and 100 years of the Revolution,
Weekly programme: Wednesdays from 12:00 to 13:00 (Mexican time)
Publications, e-publications, e-journals
26 May. Do you want to be the editor of The Art Newspaper?
What did we get right? What did we get wrong? What did we miss? How would you have done it? In a new series, we invite readers to submit 250-word comments on the current print edition of The Art Newspaper (in this case, the June issue out on stands now). The best piece will be published in the following edition (July-August).
Deadline: 21 June 2010
26 May. The Role of Cultural Heritage in Poverty Reduction by Otaviano Canuto
Reducing poverty is not only about increasing productivity and income. It is about enabling people to have a broad sense of well-being and opportunities to express and make choices about their lives.
26 May. How NCPTT uses Social Media by Jeff Guin
Social media has become a household word, signifying our culture's leap into the digital lifestyle. This certainly wasn't the case three years ago when the NCPTT (National Center for Preservation Technology and Training) first began experimenting with sites like YouTube, Flickr and Facebook.
26 May. Quality Online Content for the Preservation Field: NCPTT Web & PR Program 2009 Annual Report by Jeff Guin
In 2009, the old became new again. For many preservation groups, it was their first time to use social networking to take the conversation about heritage resources online. For NCPTT (National Center for Preservation Technology and Training), it was an opportunity to draw on three years of social media involvement to consistently deliver quality, feature-rich content for the preservation community.
10 May. Patrimonio y Desarrollo, Boletín Digital No. 13 - 2010 (pdf), Cuba
Electronic newsletter of CENCREM (Centro Nacional de Conservación, Restauración y Museología)is now available.
17 May.
Museum Practice relaunched online
Museum Practice relaunches as an online publication with a special report on how museums can calculate – and reduce – their carbon footprints.
17 May. Britain's Lost Cities by Gavin Stamp
Hundreds of top-quality photos of streets and buildings that are gone forever, with text tracing their creation and destruction, and the sometimes massive campaigns to save them.
17 May. ICOM-CC new PDF publications
- Modern Materials and Contemporary Art Newsletter May 2010
- Historical and Methodological Aspects of the Restoration of a 18th century French Gilt Leather Tapestry in an Historic House: the Maison Mantin project (Moulins, France), by Céline Bonnot-Diconne et al.
- Conservation of the House of Owls at Villa Torlonia in Rome: an example of Architecture and Decorative Arts, by Alberta Campitelli
- From historic interiors to the conservation studio: a route to knowledge of a Japanese multi-material textile from the Stibbert Museum in Florence, by Susanna Conti et al.
- The WEB Environmental Data Sheet for museums and temporary exhibitions, by Carlo Cacace et al.
- Cleaning, Condition Surveying and Maintenance: House Keeping Swedish Style, by Ann Hallström et al.
- Cleaning of Tanned Leather: Testing with Infra Red Spectroscopy and SEM-EDAX, by Ekaterini Malea et al.
- The conservation campaign at Villa Stibbert. Case studies, by Kirsten Aschengreen Piacenti
- Analysis of an antique alum tawed parchment, by Ira Rabin et al
17 May. Digital Curation and Preservation Bibliography (version 1), by
Charles W. Bailey, Jr.
This bibliography presents selected English-language articles, books, and technical reports that are useful in understanding digital curation and preservation.
13 May. British Library Newsletter, May 2010 and Preservation Centre Newsletter, May 2010
The British Library and the Preservation Centre have just published the May Newsletter.
12 May. CSI: Conservation Scientific Investigation:
Laboratories, Projects & Technologies (pdf)
The latest issue of International Preservation News has just been
released.
12 May. Conservation guide , documentation model, cataloguing guide, history of technologies and terminology
DOCAM Research Alliance has identified and implemented five research axes and proposed tools, guides and methods that contribute to the preservation of the media arts heritage.
12 May. Identifying standard practices in research library book conservation by Whitney Baker and Liz Dube (2010)
Based on a 2007 survey of book conservation practitioners, the paper describes the field's evolution over the past fifty years and identifies book conservation techniques the survey found to be routinely, moderately, or rarely employed in U.S. research libraries.
12 May. Ten Agents of Deterioration
A CCI (Canadian Conservation Institute) online publication in English. A Spanish version is also available.
10 May. LivingKnowledge Newsletter 1
This first newsletter contains an introduction of the LivingKnowledge
Project research goals and achievements in the following areas.
4 May. L'Atelier du Temps Passé, Newsletter 5, France
The new edition of l'Atelier du Temps Passé Newsletter is now available.
Survey
6 April. Questionnaire on archaeological conservation, UCLA/Getty Conservation Program', United States
Submission deadline: contact organizers
25 February. Questionnaire on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Strategies in
Museums and Archives, Rathgen Research Laboratory, Germany
Submission deadline: 31 May 2010
Training and development
27 May. Foundation for Architecture and
Art in Malta and the Mediterranean (FAAMM), Malta
Training: Summer School 2010: conservation and history of architecture in the Mediterranean (pdf),1 2 July - 6 August
2010
Application deadline: contact organizers
26 May. Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbuttel, Germany
Training: Ligatus Summer School 2010, 2 - 6 and 9 - 13
August 2010
Application deadline: 11 June 2010
24 May. Seattle Public Library, United States
Workshop: Care and Identification of Photographs, 22 - 25 July 2010
Application deadline: see website
18 May. Istituto centrale per il restauro e la conservazione del patrimonio archivistico e librario (ICPAL), Italy
Training programme: Restauratori di beni archivistici e
librari (5 year course)
Application deadline: see website
18 May. Fratelli Alinari, Fondazione per la Storia della Fotografia, Italy
Course: Gestione di Archivi Fotografici 2010, July - October 2010
Application deadline: 10 June 2010
12 May. FAIC Online, United States
Online course: Mitigating Risk: Contracts and Insurance for Conservation, 3 June - 1 July 2010
Application deadline: see website
5 May. Luiss Business School, Rome, Italy
Masters Programme: Luiss Master of Art
Application deadline: see website
5 May. London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
5 May. University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States
Online course: Engaging Communities in Local Heritage Management
Registration deadline: 18 July 2010
26 April. University College London (UCL), United Kingdom
Master of Science programme: Sustainable Heritage
NEW Master of Research programme: Heritage Research (starts September 2010)
Application deadline: see website
26 April. Lincoln School of Media, Lincoln University, United Kingdom
Master programme: Digital Imaging and Photography
Application deadline: see website
23 April. Ecole de Chaillot, France
Post-Master programme: Architecture & patrimoine 2010 - 2012
Application deadline: 4 June 2010
21 avril. Global Risk Forum, Switzerland
Event : IDRC Davos 2010 conference, Davos, 30 May - 3 June 2010
Continuous Education Courses:
16 April. Centre for Sustainable Heritage, University College London, United Kingdom
New Masters Programme: Heritage Science, starts in September 2010
Application deadline: see website
15 April. Chicago History Museum, United States
Workshop: Care and Identification of Photographs, 15 - 18 June 2010
Application deadline: see website
14 April. Institut National du Programme (INP), France
Professional development: 2010 programme
12 April. School of History and Archaeology, University of Cardiff, United Kingdom
New Masters Programme: Conservation Practice, starts in September 2010
Application deadline: see website
8 April. Ligatus Summer School, Herzog August Bibliothek,
Germany
Summer course: European Bookbinding 1450-1830, 2 - 6 August 2010 and Identifying and recording Byzantine bookbinding structures for
conservation and cataloguing, 9 - 13 August 2010.
Application deadline: 11 June 2010
8 April. Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts,
United States
Workshop: Photograph identification and preservation, 29 - 30 June, 2010, Baltimore, MD
Application deadline: 15 June 2010
8 April. Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority and Institute for Professional Practice in Heritage and the Arts, Australia
Professional development courses
8 April. International Academic Projects Ltd (IAP), United Kingdom
Professional Development Programme 2010
Application deadline: see website
19 March. Museum Studies, University of Queensland, Australia
Professional development: MUSM7020: International legal standards and practices for heritage protection, 13 - 17 July 2010
Application deadline: see website
17 March. American Association of Museums (AAM) and American Institute for Conservation (AIC), United States
Professional development:
17 March. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Seminar: Curso Superior Iberoamericano de especialización en Restauración de Metales Arqueológicos, 15 June - 30 September 2010
Application deadline: see website
4 March. Montefiascone Project, Italy
Training: Summer 2010 programme - book conservation,
Registration deadline: see website
1 March. National Conservation Centre, National Museums Liverpool, United Kingdom
Course: Introduction to Laser Cleaning in Conservation, 21 - 22 June; 13 - 14 September; 22 - 23 November 2010
Registration deadline: see website
1 March. West Dean College, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Course: Conservation of Plastics, 28 June - 1 July 2010
Registration deadline: contact organizer
11 February. University of Bologna, Italy
Training: Master degree course on Science for
conservation
Earlybird registration: 30 September 2010
Registration deadline: 30 October 2010
9 February. Academy of Applied Arts in Prague, Czech Republic
Training: English and Czech
Registration deadline: see website
8 February. Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland
Training: BA and MA in Conservation
Inscription examination: BA: 22 June and MA: 7 July 2010
4 February. Hornemann Institute, Germany
Online courses: Continuing training
18 January. Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de la Universidad Politécnica de
Madrid and the Ministry of Culture, Spain
Course: Rehabilitación de
Jardines y Parques Históricos
Application deadline: contact organizers
1 January. Fundación Ortega y Gasset, Argentina
Training and scholarships: Gestión Cultural Patrimonio y Turismo Sustentable
Application deadline: see website
1 January. .Japanese Institute of Anatolian Archaeology, Turkey
Spot Tests for Material Characterization workshop, 5 - 8 July 2010
Application deadlines: see website
1 January. American Association of Museums (AAM)
AAM professional development programme in 2010
Application deadlines: see website
1 January. The Campbell Center, United States
Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies 2010
Application deadlines: see webite
1 January. Cultural Resource Management Program, School of Continuing Studies, University of Victoria, Canada
Upcoming courses and workshops 2010
Application deadlines: see website
1 January. Australian National University, Australia
New graduate programme: Cultural and Environmental Heritage, Canberra
Application deadline: see website
1 January. ABER-SENAI (Associação Brasileira de Encadernação e Restauro), Brazil
Training: 2010 Courses
Application deadline: see webite
1 January. Fundación ILAM (Instituto Latinoamericano de Museos)
Talleres virtuales ILAM 2010
Application deadlines: see website
1 January. Society of American Archivists (SAA), United States
SAA Continuing Professional Education in 2010 and 2010 Conferences/Workshops
Application deadlines: see website
1 January. Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
Digital Preservation Management: Short-Term Solutions for Long-Term
Problems, 13 - 18 June 2010, United States
Application deadline: see website
1 January. ar.emagister.com
Lista de cursos de restauración de bienes culturales
Application deadline: see website
Websites, online databases
24 May. English Heritage's Historical Archive Now Online
For the first time the public will be able to search online a catalogue describing more than a million historical photographs and documents relating to England's historic buildings and archaeological sites held by the National Monuments Record (NMR), English Heritage's public archive.
10 May. Social Media in Museums: The Best Devote Their Websites To It
Henry David Thoreau's blog illustrating the growing importance of social media as a mechanism for creating connections and increasing community engagement, taking screen shots of the websites of three of the United State’s most visited and successful museums.
7 May. 1001 Wonders
This website documents 1001 cultural and natural sites worldwide in panophotographies - immersive and interactive panoramic images.
7 May. Caring for your treasures
The AIC offers online guides for cleaning, storing, displaying, handling and protecting your personal heritage.
4 May. Conservateurs - Restaurateurs : Forum des fêlés du scalpel et du clavier
An online conservation forum (in French) that provides news, publications, tips, reviews, and much more.
4 May. Critical Issues in Art Conservation
A blog by students at Johns Hopkins University, USA.
updated on:
22 February, 2011
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