[Consdistlist] Nanotechnologies for Conservation of Cultural Heritage, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY February 5-8, 2019

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NANOTECHNOLOGIES FOR CONSERVATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE: A hands-on workshop 
available to midcareer conservators

LOCATION: Pratt Institute, 200 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, Department of 
Math and Science

WORKSHOP DATES: February 5-8, 2019

WORKSHOP HOST: Department of Math and Science, Pratt Institute 


Professors Piero Baglioni and Rodorico Giorgi from the University of Florence 
Center for Colloid and Surface Science (CSGI) will present nanostructured 
dispersions such as micellar solutions, microemulsions, and responsive gel 
formulations including chemical gels, physical gels and organo gels. Through 
lectures and lab demonstrations, participants will learn the chemistry, theory 
and application of each system.  Participants will carry out various excercizes 
using mockups, sculptures, paintings and works on paper. Participants are also 
encouraged to bring their own objects and materials for tests and discussion 
during the last day of review and open labwork. 

PIERO BAGLIONI received his PhD from the University of Florence in 1977 and is 
a Full Professor of Physical Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry and CSGI 
of the University of Florence. He is the author of over 250 publications in the 
field of colloids and interfaces and pioneered the application of soft matter 
to the conservation of cultural heritage. He has lectured world wide and he has 
produced several innovative methodologies

RODORICO GIORGI received his PhD from the University of Florence in 2000 and is 
currently a Permanent Researcher at the Department of Chemistry and CSGI of the 
University of Florence. He is the author of 60 publications in the field of 
conservation of cultural heritage materials. His background is in the physical 
chemistry of colloid and interface science and in the last decade he extended 
his activity on the application of nanotechnology to the conservation of 
cultural heritage.

ORGANIZERS  
Cindie Kehlet  ckeh...@pratt.edu 
Sarah Nunberg snunb...@pratt.edu 
Soraya Alcala   soraya.alc...@gmail.com 

ADMISSION: Applicants are requested to submit a statement on the applicability 
of the course to their work, and a brief resume listing their relevant 
education and employment background.  The course is limited to 19 attendees. 

Please e-mail your application to snunb...@pratt.edu and enter CSGI Workshop 
2019 in the subject line.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: December 7, 2019

WORKSHOP COST: $600.00
(credit card payments will require an additional fee of $29.00)

TRAVEL AND HOUSING: 
Participants are responsible for their own travel, meals, and housing 
arrangements.







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[Consdistlist] Conservation of Plastics Professional Workshop October 9-12, 2018, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

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Conservation of Plastics Professional Workshop 

October 9-12, 2018, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Cost: $650.00


Instructor: Yvonne Shashoua,PhD,  Senior Researcher, Conservation Science, 
National Museum of Denmark
Organizers: Cindie Kehlet, Sarah Nunberg



Course limited to 18 participants, open to mid-career conservators, 
conservation scientists and curators.


To Apply: Please send a statement of interest and resume to Sarah Nunberg, 
snunb...@pratt.edu
 
Deadline for Application:  September 5, 2018



Course Description: This four day course is divided equally between theoretical 
and practical sessions.  Conservation of Plastics will enable participants to 
identify the major families of polymers in heritage collections and the most 
problematic additives, understand the causes of degradation in common plastics 
types and to recognize and monitor their symptoms in objects.  The state of the 
art for preventive conservation will be discussed and include the latest 
research on the effectiveness of adsorbents and cold storage. Through practical 
work, participants will also learn and  practice the least damaging techniques 
to clean, adhere and consolidate plastics as films and foams.  New generation 
plastics coming into collections including recycled and bioplastics will  also 
be discussed.  


Instructor: 

Yvonne Shashoua is a Senior Researcher at the National Museum of Denmark 
investigating the degradation and conservation of plastics.  After graduating 
in industrial chemistry she worked as a paint technologist. She joined the 
British Museum as a conservation scientist in 1988, specializing in the 
deterioration reactions and conservation of cellulose nitrate, cellulose 
acetate and rubber from 1995. Yvonne relocated to Denmark in 1998 when offered 
a PhD scholarship in the degradation pathways and conservation of plasticized 
PVC at the Danish Technical University and National Museum.  She has more than 
100 publications including a monograph ´Conservation of Plastics-materials 
science, degradation and preservation´ published by Elsevier in 2008.  Yvonne 
was coordinator of International Council of Museums – Committee for 
Conservation´s working group Modern Materials and Contemporary Art until 2008. 
Current active research interests include the stability of bioplastics, the 
application of nanomaterials to clean and consolidate modern artworks and the 
transfer of knowledge of plastics in museums to plastics in the environment.


Program: 


Day 1: Introduction and aims
Historical development of plastics  
Chemistry and physics of plastics
Plastics  properties  

Practical session to identify types of plastics using non-destructive and 
destructive tests


Day 2: Why don’t plastics last forever-degradation happens! 
 
Conservation of plastics-intelligent inhibitive
Practical session to recognize, document  and monitor deterioration of plastics 
Use of adsorbents and low temperatures to slow deterioration


Day 3: 
Challenges of active conservation of plastics Cleaning plastics
Cleaning it up –practical
Sticking together-practical


Day 4: 

Adhering and filling plastics-latest research findings
Designing conservation strategies for plastics 
Case histories from participants

 Future directions for  new generation plastics and their conservation








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[Consdistlist] pratt institute science and art symposium april 18, 19, 2018

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Pratt’s Science and Art Symposium V
April 18 and 19, 2018
Science at the interface of Artists’ Materials, Techniques, and Conservation
 
This international symposium brings together scientists, art conservators, art 
historians, curators, and archeologists, who will explore the fundamental 
scientific and art historical questions that relate to the understanding and 
conservation of art. Moreover, the symposium provides the opportunity of dialog 
among these disciplines, which need to work together in order to preserve our 
works of art and cultural heritage for future generations.
A collaboration of Pratt Institute chemists, art historians, and art 
conservators have organized this symposium to further interdisciplinary work. 
Prof. Eleonora Del Federico and Prof. Cindie Kehlet, Department of Mathematics 
and Science have spearheaded the symposium with help from Prof. Diana Gisolfi 
and Prof. Lisa Banner, History of Art and Design and Stockman Family Fellow 
Sarah Nunberg, Department of Mathematics and Science.


 Eleonora Del Federico edelf...@pratt.edu or Cindie Kehlet ckeh...@pratt.edu

RSVP edelf...@pratt.edu




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[Consdistlist] Lecture: How Colloid and Soft Matter Preserves Works of Art

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Dr. Piero Baglioni, Professor of Physical Chemistry in the Department of 
Chemistry at the University of Florence 
Lecture: How Colloid and Soft Matter Preserves Works of Art
Date and Time: Thursday, February 15, 2018 at 6:00-7:00 PM
Location: Pratt Institute 144 West 14th Street, New York, NY, Room 213
Sponsored and Organized by: Department of Mathematics and Science, Pratt 
Institute 
Free and open to all 

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[Consdistlist] modular cleaning program workshop at pratt in brooklyn, NY

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UPCOMING PROGRAM

Modular Cleaning Program and Gel Solvent Workshop
June 12-16, 2017
Pratt Institute,  Department of Math and Science, Brooklyn, NY


Instructor:  Chris Stavroudis, conservator in private practice, West Hollywood, 
CA


The Modular Cleaning Program (MCP) is a systematic approach for the cleaning of 
artworks utilizing a Filemaker Pro database system. This system has been 
developed to assist conservators in their approach to cleaning art utilizing 
water-borne systems, solvents, solvent gels and emulsions. In addition, this 
aids the conservator in formulating and combining stock solutions, which allows 
the conservator to create optimized cleaning solutions for more precise and 
tailored treatments. While developed from the perspective of paintings 
conservation, the methodology is universal and applicable to any cleaning 
environment.


This five-day workshop will provide conservators with a series of concentrated 
aqueous stock solutions and the materials to mix a range of emulsions and 
microemulsions. The provided database, “The Modular Cleaning Program,” assists 
the conservator in formulating and combining stock solutions which allows the 
conservator to create optimized cleaning solutions for more precise and 
tailored treatments. The workshop consists of approximately 2 days of lecture 
interspersed into the hands-on workshop. 


Registration fee: $650.00
(includes materials)


Please send a statement of interest and resume/CV with your name, current 
contact information, and institutional affiliation (if any) to 
snunb...@pratt.edu and ckeh...@pratt.edu  with the subject line “Modular 
Cleaning Program Application” by May 6, 2017.

Organizers: Cindie Kehlet and Sarah Nunberg







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