From the 9th to 15th February 2021 International Academic Projects will host a series of webinars on restoration and art conservation.
International Academic Projects is a leading organization providing short professional development courses in the field of restoration and conservation.
This event is a part of the UK-Russia Creative Bridge 2020-21 programme
Topics to be covered
- The use of gels for cleaning painted surfaces
- Museum Lighting: from theory to practice
- Microfading as part of preventative art conservation
- Integrated Pest Management
We invite restorers, curators, students of relevant fields of study and other specialists interested in the preservation of museum collections to take part.
The lecturers are art restorers and researchers of some of the largest museums in the UK, leading experts with international experience.
The webinars will be held in English with translation into Russian. Participants will receive electronic certificates.
Below you will find more details on each webinar and a full schedule. All webinars are free but require registration.
The use of Gels for Cleaning Painted Surfaces
- 9 February 2021
- Time 5 pm – 6:15 pm Moscow time
Tutor: Matt Cushman is a Conservator of Paintings and Affiliated Assistant Professor at the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation, where he teaches fundamentals of paintings conservation and the application of scientific principles in conservation practice. His research interests include novel materials for the cleaning of painted surfaces, structural treatment of easel paintings.
This introductory seminar will examine the material options and delivery methods available to the conservator for the cleaning of paintings and painted surfaces. By considering the advantages, compromises, and ideal use cases for each material, participants will gain an improved understanding of the current state of the cleaning toolkit.
Museum Lighting: from theory to practice
- 10 February 2021
- Time: 12 pm – 7 pm Moscow time
This one-day introductory/refresher course is aimed at curators, conservators, technicians and other interested parties. Through a mixture of short presentations and discussions, it will explore how, in everyday practice, the need for light to appreciate objects can be balanced with the potential damage light can cause to some exhibits. It is divided into four sessions, each comprising a 45–50 minute presentation followed by group discussion and Q&A.
Tutor: David Saunders (consultant, formerly Keeper of Conservation and Scientific Research, British Museum, Principal Scientist at the National Gallery). Author of the recent book Museum Lighting: A guide for Conservators and Curators
Microfading as part of preventive conservation of art
- 11 February 2021
- Time: 7 pm – 8:15 pm Moscow time
This presentation covers the reasons why microfading may give useful information to collection managers, conservators, and curators, and how it can inform decisions about display and loan of suspected light-sensitive materials. It will briefly introduce how microfading works in practice but time will be devoted to examples of modern and contemporary art, and a smaller number of examples of traditional art, which illustrate microfading results for paper-based and textile-based art in particular. Microfading is a technique that gives useful information, and which often challenges previous ideas about which colour might change the fastest.
Tutor: Joyce Townsend is Senior Conservation Scientist, Tate; co-author of Tate Watercolour Manual (2014); author of “Turner’s Painting Techniques” (4th edn 2007) and “How Turner Painted: Materials and Techniques” (October 2019); editor and contributor to “William Blake the Painter at Work” (2003).
Integrated Pest Management
- 15 February 2021
- Time: 12 pm – 7 pm Moscow time
This course is aimed at collection managers, conservators and others who are responsible for the monitoring and control of insect pests in collections, to enable them to establish an Integrated Pest Management programme.
Tutors:
Jane Thompson-Webb is Conservation Team Leader at Birmingham Museums Trust. In this post she is responsible for collection care across Birmingham’s nine sites. She is an accredited member of Icon and chairs its Care of Collections Group.
David Pinniger is an entomologist and international pest management consultant providing specialist advice and training on pests in museums, archives and historic houses. He is the pest management strategy adviser for English Heritage and advises many of the major national museums, galleries and historic houses in the UK. Аuthor of the Archetype Publication ‘Integrated Pest Management in Cultural Heritage’.