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1. Call for Presentations – AICCM National Conference 2025 2. Job opportunity Tate Gallery: Senior Conservation Technician, Paper and Photographs 3. Seeking papyrus for purchase 4. Looking for resources for crazing shellac finishes 5. Contemporary Art Review Volume 3 (2023) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.From: Anne Carter Posted: Friday April 11, 2025 7:04 AM Subject: Call for Presentations – AICCM National Conference 2025 Message: Call for Presentations – AICCM National Conference 2025 We are excited to welcome you to participate in this year's Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material (AICCM) National Conference to be held at the State Library of Queensland, Kurilpa | South Brisbane, Australia from 12 - 14 November, 2025 The theme for the 2025 conference is More than Materials: Collaborative Approaches in Cultural Heritage Conservation Cultural heritage conservation is a complex field that involves many diverse communities. It is built on material expertise, context and the relationships that shape our work. Whether we analyse pigments, stabilise historic textiles, design exhibition displays, or work directly with communities to safeguard living traditions, we recognise that cultural materials are deeply connected to people, place, and knowledge systems. As AICCM continues to learn and grow in its cultural responsibilities, this conference is an opportunity to bring together all aspects of our work - scientific, material, ethical, cultural and relational. It marks an important step in strengthening relationships with First Nations and all communities to embed cultural perspectives and build stronger, more culturally informed conservation practices together. We invite proposals from members and colleagues across diverse conservation interests which contribute to the topics of this meeting: Community-Led Approaches in Conservation - Collaborative methods that bring communities and professionals together Relational Responsibility in Conservation - Integrating knowledge, ethics, and cultural responsibility in conservation Material Knowledge & Technical Innovations in Conservation - Advancing our understanding of materials to inform conservation practice Presentations will be scheduled for approximately 15 minutes, followed by time for questions. We also welcome proposals for other types of presentations such as performance or film/audio visual screening. There will be no hard copy posters, but instead we are inviting submissions for PowerPoint Posters - a three-slide PowerPoint presentation to be displayed as a slide show. These will also be available on the AICCM website. Three-minute poster pitch sessions will be scheduled in the auditorium as part of the conference programme if you wish to present your poster. For more information on the conference and how to submit a proposal, please visit the AICCM website https://aiccm.org.au/aiccm-conference-2025/ <https://aiccm.org.au/aiccm-conference-2025/> Submissions close 16 May 2025 ANNE CARTER | Conservator, Paintings CONSERVATION MOB: +61 0406497148 <tel:+61 0406497148> E: [email protected] <[email protected]> The Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land on which the Gallery stands in Brisbane. We pay respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past and present and, in the spirit of reconciliation, acknowledge the immense creative contribution First Australians make to the art and culture of this country. Stanley Place, South Brisbane PO Box 3686, South Brisbane, Queensland 4101 Australia www.qagoma.qld.gov.au <http://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/> <https://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/exhibition/the-11th-asia-pacific-triennial-of-contemporary-art-apt11> Kawita Vatanajyankur and Pat Pataranutaporn / 'The Machine Ghost in the Human Shell' (from the 'Cyber Labour' series) 2024 / Performative Hologram Projections with AI / Commissioned for 'The 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art' <http://facebook.com/qagoma> <http://instagram.com/qagoma> <https://www.threads.net/@qagoma> <http://twitter.com/qagoma> <https://open.spotify.com/user/bnlio4hfskvm52kzicxkkugef> <https://www.youtube.com/user/queenslandartgallery> <https://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/welcome-to-qagoma/> <http://blog.qagoma.qld.gov.au/> 2.From: Jacqueline Moon Posted: Friday April 11, 2025 7:37 AM Subject: Job opportunity Tate Gallery: Senior Conservation Technician, Paper and Photographs Message: Tate Gallery, London is looking for a Senior Conservation Technician to join the Paper and Photograph Conservation team. The role is full time, fixed term till 31st March 2027 and the successful candidate would work closely with the team to prepare historical, modern and contemporary art on paper for display, transport and storage. The closing date is midnight Monday 5th May BST. You can read more about the role here <https://jobsearch.tate.org.uk/jobs/job/TG-70488-Senior-Conservation-Technician-Paper-and-Photographs/88> and apply on our website. Please get in touch if you have any questions: [email protected] <[email protected]>. ------------------------------ Jacqueline Moon Conservation Manager, Paper and Photographs Tate Gallery London United Kingdom ------------------------------ 3.From: Monica Argumedo Rendon Posted: Friday April 11, 2025 12:53 PM Subject: Seeking papyrus for purchase Message: Dear community, Our lab is looking to consult some reliable sources that provide access to papyri for purchase. We are hosting an REU summer group of students and want to provide them with the opportunity to experiment with papyri. Many thanks, Monica ------------------------------ Monica Argumedo Rendon (she/her/ella) PhD Student Educe Lab | Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering University of Kentucky Lexington, KY ------------------------------ 4.From: Benjamin Parry Posted: Friday April 11, 2025 12:53 PM Subject: Looking for resources for crazing shellac finishes Message: I’m a 25+ year antique furniture restorer and conservator. Although I have several methods of inducing craquelure/crazing on new finishes, especially shellac, I was hoping someone could help me shed light on any techniques they may have for replicating this. I often have to match new finish to old. Is there a conservation coatings chemist I may contact? I realize this is an off the wall question. Thanks , Ben Sent from my iPhone 5.From: Kaela Nurmi Posted: Friday April 11, 2025 4:19 PM Subject: Contemporary Art Review Volume 3 (2023) Message: On behalf of the Contemporary Art Network (CAN!) we are happy to release Volume 3 (2023) of the Contemporary Art Review, available for free on the AIC website here: https://resources.culturalheritage.org/contemporaryartreview/volume-3-2023/ <https://resources.culturalheritage.org/contemporaryartreview/volume-3-2023/> The volume includes four articles: Caroline Carlsmith's article "Archeology of the Timeline: Preservation Considerations for Digital Process Files" considers how to document and preserve artists' layered and time-based digital working files (i.e., those made in Adobe After Effects or other production software). Jessica Pace and Lou DiGennaro's extended abstract "Artist Interviews and Artist Books: The Impact of Artist Interviews on Book Treatments" describes how artist interviews informed treatments on books made of unusual materials like cheese and concrete. Soon Kai Poh, Andy Wolf, and Lynda Zycherman's article "Fluid Dynamics: Installing and Maintaining Michael Stevenson's The Fountain of Prosperity" describes a complex and precarious kinetic sculpture recently displayed at MoMA. Luciana Murcia's article "A History of a Painting: Working with the Artist to Plan a Respectful Intervention" describes working with the Argentine artist Luis Felipe Noé to conserve one of his major paintings. Just before announcing the publication of this volume, we learned that Luis Felipe Noé (May 26, 1933-April 9, 2025) has just passed away. Luciana's article is therefore dedicated to acknowledging his legacy as one of the most important figures in Argentine art. CAN! would especially like to thank the team of reviewers, editors, and Spanish translators who contributed to this volume: Susan Costello, Dan Finn, Walter Forsberg, Per Knutås, Mareike Opeña, Katrina Posner, Beatriz Haspo and the team at APOYOnline: Amparo Rueda, David Cohen, María del Rosario Mollinedo, Mirasol Estrada, Mónica Pérez, Ramón Sánchez, Soledad Tancoff, Vera de la Cruz and Irene Delaveris. --Jessica Walthew, Gabrielle Crowther, and Austin Anderson, co-editors, CAR ------------------------------ Kaela Nurmi Objects Conservation Fellow Harvard Art Museums, Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies CAN! Communications Chair ECPN Chair ------------------------------ You are subscribed to "Global Conservation Forum (ConsDistList)" as [email protected]. To change your subscriptions, go to http://community.culturalheritage.org/preferences?section=Subscriptions. 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