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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
19 April. Europa Nostra
Europa Nostra Awards 2011
Application deadline: 1 October 2010
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.
Conservation : Project
9 June. Middle Eastern Geodatabase for Antiquities, Getty Conservation Institute (GCI), United States
Presentation of the geodatabase -- designed and built to inventory and help monitor and manage archaeological sites and, subsequently, historic buildings -- utilizing new technology and flexible, customizable open-source tools. The project was created by the GCI in partnership with the World Monuments Fund and the Jordanian Department of Antiquities (DoA).
9 June. Conservation of América Tropical, Getty Conservation Institute (GCI), United States
Information on the project for the conservation, protection, and presentation of the mural painting América Tropical by David Alfaro Siqueiros.
Events
Calendar of Events compiled by ICCROM
Events this month
23 June. 22nd General Conference and 25th General Assembly
Event: Museums for Social Harmony, 7 - 12 November 2010,
Shanghai, China
Registration deadline: 1 August 2010
16 June. Fondazione Romualdo Del Bianco and Associazione Amici della Galleria del Costume, Italy
Event: Costume Colloquim II: Dress for Dance, 4 - 7 November 2010, Florence, Italy
Earlybird registration deadline: 30 July 2010
16 June. American Institute for Conservation (AIC), United States
Call for abstracts: 39th Annual Meeting: ETHOS, LOGOS, PATHOS: ethical principles and critical thinking in conservation, 17 - 20 May 2011, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Submission deadline: 7 September 2010
Submission deadline for posters : 1 October 2010
10 June. ICOM-CC Sculpture, Polychromy, and Architectural Decoration Working Group and the Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg (SRAL), Netherlands
Symposium: Polychrome Sculpture: Tool Marks and Construction Techniques (pdf), 24 - 25 October 2010, Maastricht, Netherlands
Registration deadline: 1 October 2010
9 June. European Research Centre for Book and Paper Conservation-Restoration, Horn, Austria
Call for papers: New Approaches to Book and Paper Conservation-Restoration (pdf), May 2011, Horn, Austria
Submission deadline: 1 July 2010
8 June. State Inspection for Heritage Protection, Latvia, and the Monitoring Group on Cultural Heritage in the Baltic Sea States
Forum: 4th Baltic Sea Region Cultural Heritage Forum, 8 - 11 September 2010, Riga, Latvia
Registration deadline: 20 August 2010
8 June. ICOM-CC
Call for papers: Scientific Research Working Group Interim Meeting, 7 - 8 October 2010, Pisa, Italy
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
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: 31 July 2010
Submission deadline for posters: 16 July 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 April. European Network of Cultural Administration Training Centres (ENCTACT)
Seminars: Cultural Innovation
15 April. World Monuments Fund-Britain
Events: Spring 2010 calendar
Submission deadline: see website
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
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
1 January. Society of American Archivists (SAA), United States
2010 Conferences/Workshops
Application deadlines: see website
Grants, scholarships, internships, funding, volunteers
21 June. Heritage Conservation Centre, Singapore
Fellowship: Research Fellowship
Applications deadline: 16 July 2010
21 June. Northumbria University, United Kingdom
Grants: Research Studentships
Applications deadline: 28 June 2010
21 June. African World Heritage Fund (AWHF)
Funding: Call for project proposals financed by the AWHF
Applications deadline: 30 July 2010
21 June. International Conservation Centre, Old City of Acre, Israel
Internship: Saving the Stones: a conservation training internship. Semesters start in February and September.
Applications deadline: see website
28 May. Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark
Internship: 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
26 April. The British Museum, The British Library, University College London, United Kingdom
2 PhD Studentships: Heritage Smells!
Applications deadline: contact organizers
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
281 June. Glenbow Museum, Canada
Conservator: Paintings and Sculpture (pdf)
Application deadline: 15 July 2010
21 June. National Museum of Fine Arts, United States
Conservation and Collections Management
Application deadline: 23 July 2010
21 June. The Tate, United Kingdom
21 June. National Museum of Fine Arts, Sweden
Head of Preservation Department
Application deadline: 15 August 2010
21 June. Courtauld Institute of Art, United Kingdom
Part time lecturer in conservation & technology
Application deadline: 9 July 2010
16 June. Science Museum, London, United Kingdom
Conservation and Collections Care Manager
Application deadline: 21 June 2010
16 June. Conservation Unit, St. Fagans: National History Museum , Wales, United Kingdom
Textiles Conservator
Application deadline: 28 June 2010
16 June. Rubin Museum of Art, United States
Chief Curator
Application deadline: see website
15 June. Cooperazione allo Sviluppo dei Paesi Emergenti (COSPE), Italy
9 June. Institute for Conservation (ICON), United Kingdom
Chief Executive Officer
Application deadline: 25 June 2010
28 May. Asian Art Museum, United States
Conservation Technician (July 2010 - June 2011)
Application deadline: see website
25 May. Gavin Jackson Cultural Resource Management, Australia
Senior Consultant Archaeologist
Application deadline: see website
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
Multimedia
28 June. Conservation on Line (CoOL) and Canadian Association for Conservation
Conservation Fiction
List of books, films, TV programmes etc. that acknowledge the existence of conservation and conservatorss.
22 June. One Planet Series
Television series: Heritage Heroes
The television series that finds the people who are rescuing and restoring our built inheritance.
17 June. The Getty, United States
Video of panel discussion: Finishing Touches: Conserving Wall Paintings and Other Decorated Surfaces
3 June. 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
24 June. European Cultural Heritage Review: Heritage in Motion
The Europa Nostra 2010 bulletin has just been published in electronic format.
24 June. The New Museum Community: Audiences, Challenges, Benefits, MuseumsEtc
This book examines in depth how museums globally are succeeding – in many different ways – in reaching and involving social groups traditionally overlooked or excluded from the museum experience.
24 June. Crimes Against Art: International Art and Cultural Heritage Law, by Bonnie Czegledi
The practice of art law includes advising and assisting clients on such varied issues as the recovery of stolen art; the import and export of art; artist, gallery, museum and foundation rights; sale and loan of collections; issues of authenticity; collectors' and artists' estates and due diligence for collectors and museums.
17 June. Getty new publications
In PDF format
16 June. INTI-Celulosa y Papel Boletín sobre Conservación y Restauración Vol III, N. IX, June 2010 (pdf), Argentina
The latest edition of INTI is now available.
14 June. Bulletin de l'ISPAN 13 (pdf), Haiti
The latest edition of the Bulletin de l'ISPAN is now available.
11 June. Digital Preservation Newsletter June 2010
The latest Library of Congress Digital Preservation
Newsletter is now available.
10 June. Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands, UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Call for abstracts: Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development (JCHMSD)
Submission deadline: 31 juillet 2010
7 June. ICOM-CC new PDF publications
- Villa della Regina, Torino. Study and conservation of a historical, by L.R.M. Mossetti et al.
- The hunt of the frail stag. Analysis, conservation and display of five medieval Tapestry Fragments, by Giulia Ghiostrini
- The Integration of Conservation Strategies for the Interiors of Juanqinzai in the Forbidden City, Beijing, by T.K. McClintock and John Stubbs
- The restoration and the redisplay of Racconigi Castle second floor, by Macera et al.
- Upholstery Conservation in the Acton Collection, by Claudia Beyer.
- Upholstery: How to deal wiith textile coverings? -- Case Study, by Julia Dummer.
- Conservation of a presumable oriental embroidered silk wall decoration with special consideration of the problematic nature of the removal of soot deposits and splashes of paint, by Roxana Naumann.
- The mural paintings in S. Maria Maddalena church in Camuzzago: the conservation process, by Federica Carlini et al.
7 June. Visual Resources: An International Journal of Documentation vol. 26
Volume 26 of Visual Resources has just been published.
2 June. MUSEUM International N°244: What Can Art Still Do?
Issue No. 244 of Museum International has just been published.
Survey
16 June. Questionnaire on off-site heritage presentation and interpretation, ICOMOS Charter for the Interpretation of cultural heritage sites
The survey is meant for people who are professionally active in the heritage field.
Training and development
28 June. La Fratelli Alinari. Fondazione per la Storia
della Fotografia, Italy
Training: Summer Course 2010: photograph restoration, 20 - 24
September 2010.
Application deadline: 25 July 2010
16 June. 4th Educational Study Trip in Japan
Educational study trip: Papermaking and printmaking tour in Japan, 6 - 18 March 2011
Application deadline: Megumi Mizumura <megumimizumura [at] aol__com>
14 June. Yachay Wasi, Peru
Training:
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), 12 July - 6 August 2010
Application deadline: contact organizers
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
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
16 April. Centre for Sustainable Heritage, University College London, United Kingdom
New Masters Programme: Heritage Science, starts in September 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. 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. 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. ar.emagister.com
Lista de cursos de restauración de bienes culturales
Application deadline: see website
Websites, online databases
22 June. Blog: Sustainable Museums, United States
This blog is a space to discuss how to make museums greener through best practice and programmes.
21 June. Historic Preservation Technical Procedures
The United States General Service Administration's (GSA) historic preservation programme provides technical and strategic expertise to promote the viability, reuse, and integrity of historic buildings GSA owns, leases, and has the opportunity to acquire.
21 June. African Cultural Heritage Sites and Landscapes (database)
The African Cultural Heritage Sites and Landscapes Collection links high-quality visual, contextual, and spatial documentation of African heritage sites.The Collection includes photographs, 3D models, GIS data, site plans, aerial and satellite photography, images of rock art, excavation reports, manuscripts, traveller's accounts, historical and antiquarian maps, books, articles, and other scholarly research.
16 June. European Commission Research: Citizen's summary
Website of the European Commission proposing in cultural heritage activities in each country of the Union.
16 June. WebExhibits online museum, United States
16 June. InsideWood Database, United States
The InsideWood project integrates wood anatomical information from the literature and original observations into an internet-accessible database useful for research and teaching. The InsideWood database contains brief descriptions of fossil and modern woody dicots (hardwoods) from more than 200 plant families, and is searchable by an interactive, multiple-entry key. This wood anatomy web site has over 35,000 images showing anatomical details.
16 June. Identification Guide for Ivory and Ivory Substitutes, by Edgard O. Espinoza and Mary-Jacque Mann, United States
Online publication developed to give information about a nondestructive and visual means of tentatively distinguishing clearly legal ivory from suspected illegal ivory at ports of entry.
14 June. Blog: Indianapolis Museum of Art, United States
This blog is a space to discuss everything related to the Indianapolis Museum of Art, and the art world.
8 June. Preservapedia
Preservapedia focuses specifically on technical material related to cultural resource management and its allied fields.
2 June. Spanish Federation of Associations for Cultural Managers-FEAGC
Website of the Spanish Federation of Associations for Cultural Managers-FEAGC.
2 June. COMCOL ICOM International Committee for Collecting
Website of the new ICOM International Committe for Collecting.
1 June. swissinfo.ch, Switzerland
swissinfo.ch presents a special report including videos, galleries and interviews on the Switzerland's cultural and natural treasures. The dossier, available online in Switzerland's national languages, is now also in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese and Japanese. Visitors to the website can also test their World Heritage knowledge in a quiz and win an iPod Nano.
Application deadline: 31 August 2010
updated on:
22 February, 2011
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