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2016 Thursday December 22

May 2017 Media Workshop at MoMA: call for applications: Getting Started: A Shared Responsibility.  Caring for Time-Based Media Artworks in Collections.   This workshop is part of The Muse...

(Categories: Non ICOM/ICOM-CC)

2016 Friday December 9

ICOM-CC/Getty International Program for travel grants to the 18th ICOM-CC Triennial Conference, Copenhagen:   The applications for the ICOM-CC/Getty International Program to support attendance at the 18th Triennial Conference are now closed.  ...

(Categories: ICOM-CC, Triennial Conferences)

2016 Saturday December 3

Salted Paper Print Symposium - Call for Papers Deadline December 16, 2016: Submissions are now being accepted to present a paper at the next Collaborative Workshop in Photograph Conservation. The Weissman Preservation Center ...

(Categories: Non ICOM/ICOM-CC, Photographic Materials)

2016 Thursday December 1

Travel Grants for Participation of Young ICOM Professional Members in ICOM International Committee meetings in 2017:   As part of its inclusive approach confirmed by its Strategic Plan, ICOM is committed to support the participation of its young members, espe...

(Categories: ICOM, ICOM-CC, Triennial Conferences)

2016 Monday November 7

2nd International Conference on Art & Archaeology 2016 December 11-14, 2016 Jerusalem, Israel: The main objective of Art&Archaeology2016 is to advance the frontiers of scientific knowledge connected with human cultural heritage. Heritage is ...

(Categories: Non ICOM/ICOM-CC, Art Technological Source Research, Metals, Murals, Stone and Rock Art, Sculpture, Polychromy and Architectural Decoration, Wood, Furniture and Lacquer)

2016 Monday November 7

43rd Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Conservation of Cultural Property - 2017: Submit an Abstract for the 43rd Annual CAC Conference! Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada June 8-10, 2017  Abstracts will now be considered u...

(Categories: Non ICOM/ICOM-CC)

2016 Monday October 31

Graphic Documents Working Group Newsletter October 2016: The October 2016 Newsletter of the Working Group Graphic Documents has been posted in the Newsletter section....

(Categories: Graphic Documents)

2016 Wednesday October 26

International Architectural Paint Research (APR) Conference: The International Architectural Paint Research (APR) Conference will be held from March 15 - 17, 2017 in New York City on the historic campu...

(Categories: Non ICOM/ICOM-CC, Paintings, Sculpture, Polychromy and Architectural Decoration)

2016 Wednesday October 26

13th Conference - International Committee for the Conservation of Mosaics: The conference will be held in Barcelona in 15-20 October 2017....

(Categories: Non ICOM/ICOM-CC, Glass and Ceramics, Murals, Stone and Rock Art)

2016 Wednesday October 26

Cultural Heritage and Data: the Role of Research Infrastructures: International Symposium on ‘Cultural Heritage and Data: the Role of Research Infrastructures’ December, 5-6, 2016, Washington D.C....

(Categories: Non ICOM/ICOM-CC, Documentation, Preventive Conservation, Scientific Research)

2016 Wednesday October 26

Managing Collection Environments: Preserving Collections in the Age of Sustainability:   Intensive Workshop June 5 – 16, 2017  Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - Online mate...

(Categories: Non ICOM/ICOM-CC, Documentation, Graphic Documents, Leather and Related Materials, Natural History Collections, Objects from Indigenous and World Cultures, Paintings, Photographic Materials, Preventive Conservation, Scientific Research, Textiles, Wood, Furniture and Lacquer)

2016 Wednesday October 26

Workshop Framing techniques and microclimate enclosures for Panel Paintings: 20-22 February 2017 at SRAL Studios Maastricht, The Netherlands Deadline for registration: 31st January 2017 Workshop fees w...

(Categories: Non ICOM/ICOM-CC, Art Technological Source Research, Graphic Documents, Modern Materials and Contemporary Art, Paintings, Photographic Materials, Preventive Conservation, Textiles)

2016 Wednesday October 26

Managing Indoor Climate Risks Towards a sustainable conservation of mutual cultural heritage in Brazil: Diamantina, Minas Gerais October 29th – November 6th 2016.    The workshop focuses on the practice and discussion of risk-based ...

(Categories: Non ICOM/ICOM-CC, Preventive Conservation)

2016 Wednesday October 12

Conservation of Botanical Collections Short Course: West Dean College in West Sussex (UK) will be running a short course on the Conservation of Botanical Collections in September 2017. Follow the lin...

(Categories: Non ICOM/ICOM-CC, Natural History Collections)

2016 Friday September 9

16th Euroseminar on Microscopy Applied to Building Materials EMABM: The 16th Euroseminar on Microscopy Applied to Building Materials EMABM, hosted by EPFL will take place from 14 to 17th May 2017 in Les Diablerets, Swi...

(Categories: Non ICOM/ICOM-CC, Murals, Stone and Rock Art, Scientific Research, Sculpture, Polychromy and Architectural Decoration)

2016 Tuesday August 23

ICOM-CCC Metals Working Group Interim Meeting - Metal 2016 to Feature A Must-See Panel Discussion on Outdoor Public Art: The organizers and program chair of the Interim Meeting Metal 2016 (New Delhi, New Delhi, India from September 26-30, 2016) are pleased to announ...

(Categories: ICOM-CC, Metals, Sculpture, Polychromy and Architectural Decoration)

2016 Wednesday August 3

Saving the Now: Crossing Boundaries to Conserve Contemporary Works - IIC 2016 Conference Los Angeles California - September 12-16: IIC announces the  full programme of paper presentations at the 2016 Los Angeles Congress - Saving the Now: Crossing Boundaries to Cons...

(Categories: Non ICOM/ICOM-CC)

2016 Wednesday August 3

BROMEC 36 2016 now available: BROMEC 36 is now available for download in English, Spanish and French. Please go to the Documents page of the Metals Working Group website for furthe...

(Categories: Metals)

2016 Sunday July 31

Summary of ICOM-CC Legal Issues in Conservation Working Group Interim Meeting June 3, 2016: A summary of the program from the June 3, 2016 Interim Meeting of the Legal Issues in Conservation Working Group has been published and is now availab...

(Categories: Legal Issues in Conservation)

2016 Friday July 22

Joint Interim Meeting on Physical Issues in the Conservation of Paintings - Working Groups on Documentation, Paintings, Preventive Conservation: ICOM-CC Joint Working Group Interim Meeting on Physical Issues in the Conservation of Paintings: Monitoring, Documenting and Treatment will be held in...

(Categories: ICOM-CC, Documentation, Paintings, Preventive Conservation)

2016 Thursday July 21

TEJNE - III INTERNATIONAL MEETING SCULPTURE MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS - Museo Nacional de Escultura, Valladolid, Spain: A 2 day event on the media employed in the creation of sculpture to be held in Valladolid, Spain on the 21st and 22nd of October 2016 at the Museo Nac...

(Categories: Non ICOM/ICOM-CC, Sculpture, Polychromy and Architectural Decoration)

2016 Wednesday July 20

Education and Training Working Group Interim Meeting, Lucknow, India - 5 & 6 December 2016: Education and Training Working Group Interim Meeting with National Research Laboratory for Conservation (NRLC), Lucknow, India, will be held on 5 &...

(Categories: ICOM-CC, Education and Training in Conservation)

2016 Sunday July 17

Conference on Wood Science and Technology II: Microclimates for Panel Paintings: Conference on Wood Science and Technology II: Microclimates for Panel Paintings This two day conference on microclimates for panel paintings is dir...

(Categories: Non ICOM/ICOM-CC, Paintings, Preventive Conservation)

2016 Tuesday June 28

Expression and Sensibility. Art Technological Sources at the Rise of Modernity: The 7th symposium of the ICOM-CC Working Group on Art Technological Source Research will be held at the State Academy of Fine Art and Design in Stuttg...

(Categories: Art Technological Source Research)

2016 Thursday June 16

Experience and Evidence - Graphic Documents Interim Meeting 2016: The conference brochure of the Graphic Documents Working Group Interim Meeting 2016, Experience and Evidence, held 1-3 June at the National Library of...

(Categories: Graphic Documents)

2016 Monday April 18

ICAR International Journal of Young Conservators and Restorers of Works of Art: The international scientific journal "ICAR” is dedicated to students and recent graduates of conservation and restoration of works of art a...

(Categories: Non ICOM/ICOM-CC)

2016 Monday April 18

Art & Archaeology 2016 Conference: The Art & Archaeology 2016 Conference will take place in Jerusalem, Israel on December 11-14, 2016. Theme: Art & Archae...

(Categories: Non ICOM/ICOM-CC)

2016 Monday April 18

11th Masterclass "Loss compensation in paintings - 2nd Edition" - Lisbon, Portugal:   The aim of this Masterclass is to give an overview of the materials and techniques used to treat losses in  easel paintings. Topics wil...

(Categories: Non ICOM/ICOM-CC, Paintings, Sculpture, Polychromy and Architectural Decoration)

2016 Monday April 4

Course-Conference: La couleur perdue des cathédrales: L'Académie royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique vous invite au cours-conférence du Collèg...

(Categories: Non ICOM/ICOM-CC, Sculpture, Polychromy and Architectural Decoration)

2016 Monday April 4

IIC 2016 Los AngelesCongress - Saving the Now: Crossing Boundaries to Conserve Contemporary Works: REGISTRATION OPEN NOW: Registration now open for the IIC 2016 Los Angeles Congress!  Saving the Now: Crossing Boundaries to Conserve Contemporary Works  &nbs...

(Categories: Non ICOM/ICOM-CC)

2016 Wednesday March 23

DIGITAL INNOVATION IN ART HISTORICAL RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION - Getty Trust and Rijksmuseum: The J. Paul Getty Trust and Netherlands Institute for Conservation, Arts and Science (NICAS) under auspices of the Rijksmuseum announced they have ent...

(Categories: Non ICOM/ICOM-CC)

2016 Wednesday March 23

Joint Interim Meeting - Wood, Furniture and Lacquer - Sculpture, Polychromy and Architectural Decorations Working Groups Potsdam 8-10 April 2016: The Conference Schedule for the joint Interim Meeting of the ICOM-CC Working Groups Wood, Furniture and Lacquer - Sculpture, Polychromy and Architectu...

(Categories: ICOM-CC, Art Technological Source Research, Scientific Research, Sculpture, Polychromy and Architectural Decoration, Wood, Furniture and Lacquer)

2016 Wednesday March 23

XRF Boot Camp for Conservators: November 8–11, 2016 Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg and Bonnefantenmuseum  Maastricht, the Netherlands.   The Getty Cons...

(Categories: Non ICOM/ICOM-CC)

2016 Saturday March 19

Theory and History of Conservation Working Group Newsletter 20_2016: The current issue of the Theory and History of Conservation Working Group Newsletter is ready for download. Contents include Editorial, Anniversaries,...

(Categories: ICOM-CC, Theory and History of Conservation)

2016 Tuesday March 15

ICOM-CC Photographic Materials Working Group Interim Meeting Rijksmuseum Amsterdam 21-24 September 2016: We are happy to announce that registration is now open for the upcoming Photographic Matreials Working Group 2016 Interim Meeting to be held at t...

(Categories: ICOM-CC, Photographic Materials)

2016 Tuesday March 15

Metal 2016 - Registration Now Open!:   Registration Now Open! Metal 2016 The organizing committee is pleased to announce that early bird registration is now open for Metal 201...

(Categories: Metals)

2016 Saturday March 12

Our first Newsletter under the new name: Objects from Indigenous and World Cultures: Conservation Newsletter 1, March 2016: It is with great pleasure that we publish the first Newsletter under our new name ‘Objects from Indigenous and World Cultures Working Group&rsqu...

(Categories: ICOM-CC, Objects from Indigenous and World Cultures)

2016 Wednesday March 2

International Symposium on Technologies for Digital Photo Fulfillment(TDPF) with special focus on The Life Cycle of Photo Books, 
Manchester, United Kingdom, 15-16 September 2016: In conjunction with Printing for Fabrication 2016 (32nd International Conference on Digital Printing Technologies/NIP32) and in cooperation with The R...

(Categories: Non ICOM/ICOM-CC, Photographic Materials)

2016 Monday February 29

ICOM-CC Preventive Conservation Working Group Newsletter_1 2015: ICOM-CC Preventive Conservation Working Group Newsletter_1 2015 is now online and can be downloaded....

(Categories: ICOM-CC, Preventive Conservation)

2016 Friday February 12

Collaborative Workshop in Photograph Conservation – Plastics Associated with Photographic Materials: Workshops and Symposium: The next Collaborative Workshop in Photograph Conservation – Plastics Associated with Photographic Materials: Workshops and Symposium - is March...

(Categories: Non ICOM/ICOM-CC, Photographic Materials)

2016 Tuesday February 9

Modern Materials and Contemporary Art Working Group Interim Conference Registration open and Programme announced: The registration is now open for the Modern Materials and Contemporary Art working Group Interim conference: Keep it Moving? Conserving Kinetic Art ...

(Categories: ICOM-CC, Modern Materials and Contemporary Art)

2016 Sunday February 7

CALL FOR PAPERS ICOM-CC 18th Triennial Conference Copenhagen: ICOM-CC is inviting contributions for its 18th Triennial Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 4–8 September 2017. Details can be f...

(Categories: ICOM-CC, Triennial Conferences)

2016 Thursday February 4

Graphic Documents Interim Conference Website Experience and Evidence: Registration for the Graphic Documents Interim Meeting Experience and Evidence is open on the conference website: http://experienceparis16evid...

(Categories: ICOM-CC, Graphic Documents, Leather and Related Materials)

2016 Wednesday January 27

11th Masterclass "Loss compensation in paintings - 2nd Edition": 30 June to 2 July 2016 - Lisbon, Portugal. €246 for participants who have already attended one 20|21 masterclass  €307.50 f...

(Categories: Paintings, Sculpture, Polychromy and Architectural Decoration)

2016 Tuesday January 26

Graphic Documents Working Group Interim Meeting 1-3 June 2016: The preliminary programme for the Graphic Documents Working Group INterim Meeting at the Biblioteque National de France, Paris, 1-3 June 2016 can be d...

(Categories: ICOM-CC, Graphic Documents)

2016 Monday January 18

Patrimoine Métallique - Call for abstracts: New Strategies for the Conservation of Metallic Cultural Heritage: Patrimoine Métallique - Call for abstracts: New Strategies for the Conservation of Metallic Cultural Heritage Conference announcement and...

(Categories: Non ICOM/ICOM-CC, Metals)

2016 Wednesday January 13

Legal Issues in Conservation Working Group to hold interim meeting in NYC on June 3, 2016: On June 3, 2015, the Legal Issues in Conservation Working Group will hold its 2014- 2017 interim meeting at the NYU- IFA Conservation Center in New Yo...

(Categories: ICOM-CC, Legal Issues in Conservation)

2016 Tuesday January 12

Call for Abstracts: Joint Interim Meeting of Documentation - Paintings - Preventive Conservation Working Groups: Call for Abstracts ICOM-CC Joint Working Group Interim Meeting on Physical Issues in the Conservation of Paintings: Monitoring, Documenting and Tre...

(Categories: ICOM-CC, Documentation, Paintings, Preventive Conservation)

2016 Wednesday January 6

SRAL - WORKSHOP MASTERING FILLS & INPAINTING:     WORKSHOP MASTERING FILLS & INPAINTING  BY JIM BERNSTEIN 18-22 April 2016 Hosted by SRAL Venue: SRAL, Avenue C...

(Categories: Non ICOM/ICOM-CC, Graphic Documents, Modern Materials and Contemporary Art, Murals, Stone and Rock Art, Paintings, Sculpture, Polychromy and Architectural Decoration)

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