The Foundation for Advancement in Conservation is now accepting applications for the Preventative Conservation workshop taking place June 2 - 15, 2019. This immersive, hands-on workshop will take place at Staatsburgh State Historic Site in the Hudson Valley region of New York State. Eight participants will work closely with five instructors during the two-week program. The workshop will draw on the perspective of a housekeeper working in a historic house. Since the housekeeper is the primary person interacting with the collection daily, they are in the best position to assess the environment and the changing condition of a historic collection. The group will take on the deep cleaning of a space in the historic interior, including moving furniture, rolling and vacuuming a carpet, and packing decorative arts objects. By gaining awareness of how a housekeeper views and interacts with the collection, participants will better understand how cleaning and environmental monitoring are vital to the care of a collection.
Hands-on activities will be complemented by lectures and site visits to other historic properties. Participants are expected to write a blog post for the Staatsburgh website on a topic of their choosing during the program. The program is geared towards pre-program conservation students, those considering a career in conservation, or those working in housekeeping in a historic house. The workshop is supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. As stipulated by the funding source, first consideration will be given to citizens of the United States. There is no registration fee, and housing, meals, and a travel stipend are included in the program. Interested individuals should submit an application online by March 31, 2019. For more information, visit https://learning.culturalheritage.org/preventive-conservation. ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to [email protected] Searchable archives: http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/
