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1. IAP Virtual seminar: Mounts and Microenvironments for Graphic Art and Paintings on Paper ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.From: James Black Posted: Sunday June 15, 2025 8:07 AM Subject: IAP Virtual seminar: Mounts and Microenvironments for Graphic Art and Paintings on Paper Message: Date: Thursday, 26 June 2025 Time: 3pm BST Tutor: Joanna M. Kosek Price: £25.00 Platform: Zoom There will be a 55 minute presentation followed by 15 minutes of discussion. Please register on Eventbrite. <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1381809402119?aff=oddtdtcreator> This seminar looks at historical and contemporary mounting and housing systems that have been used for Western graphic art and Asian paintings, and explores the effect that they have on pictorial art on paper and related materials. While the ambient environmental conditions and the quality of the mounting materials are obviously both fundamental for preservation, so are the material components of the artwork itself and the mount structure. Mounting styles and the intricacies of their construction are considered and how juxtaposition of mount materials with the artwork itself affects it. Also examined are the stresses, air leaks and pockets of air that produce internal ‘microenvironments’ which may be responsible for chemical and biochemical reactions like staining, foxing, mould, and manifestations of physical stress within a given work. While such types of damage contribute to the evidence of the history of an object, an understanding of them can also assist in the evolution of safe storage principles. Joanna M. Kosek is joint Head of Pictorial Art Conservation in the Department of Collection Care at the British Museum. She studied the conservation of art on paper at Camberwell College of Arts, London before joining the British Museum in 1989 as a conservator of prints, drawings and watercolours. She has engaged in teaching, publishing and lecturing on paper conservation in Europe and also in India, China, and South Korea. She is the author of Conservation Mounting for Prints and Drawings, A Manual Based on the Current Practice at The British Museum, London; co-author and joint editor of Art on Paper: Mounting and Housing for Storage and Display published by Archetype, and co-author of Paper and Water: A Guide for Conservators published by Elsevier. More information: https://academicprojects.co.uk/courses/mounts-and-microenvironments-for-graphic-art-and-paintings-on-paper/ ------------------------------ James Black Co-ordinator International Academic Projects London www.academicprojects.co.uk ------------------------------ You are subscribed to "Global Conservation Forum (ConsDistList)" as [email protected]. To change your subscriptions, go to http://community.culturalheritage.org/preferences?section=Subscriptions. To unsubscribe from this community discussion, go to https://community.culturalheritage.org/HigherLogic/eGroups/Unsubscribe.aspx?UserKey=d16eaa87-0f69-494b-9f2f-303dbc1222e1&sKey=fab9aa4f27a04c5d876e&GroupKey=757a8f16-505f-4323-8e74-e376757aa9f7.
