May 2012
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What does a nerd do while his daughter is on the...
Make a Wikipedia article about the best work of art by Jean Tinguely in the United States. Go have a look and fix and typos I’ve left behind, or add more knowledge …
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Did you know you can e-volunteer for the IMA from...
The IMA’s e-volunteer program is starting to take off. Recently volunteers created a list of the 100 Most Important Artworks at the IMA, and now are starting to work through the list to make articles about every one.
Last summer we documented all of the outdoor artworks on the 150 acre campus.
What’s next? Whatever you want to do to help create information about IMA artworks...
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No Preservatives | News and Notes
This month on my Art 21 Column I look around for news and notes from the field of contemporary art conservation.
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Getting Organized for the AIC Annual Meeting Next...
For the past two years Carolyn Riccardelli, a conservator at the Met, has made a chart to help organize the many concurrent meetings at AIC. She just released this year’s version last week. Go here for some organization in your life.
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Crowd Conservation
I was thrilled to discuss my conservation work at the Indianapolis Museum of Art with Jeffrey Inscho at Static Made for this week’s Podcast. In this podcast I discuss technology and conservation at the IMA, and also chat about my work in Wikipedia. I’ll be giving a presentation about WikiProject Public Art at the upcoming American Institute for Conservation’s Annual Meeting...
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Which side are you on?
Having conservators perform treatments in the gallery is the most successful way to generate funding for museums and raise awareness about the profession.
This is the second statement being argued at the 2012 Great Debate at AIC. Come hear some of the best and brightest give an argument for and against it next week at the Annual Meeting. More info here.
April 2012
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Madam Walker Beauty Culturists Union Convention...
Check out the post by Jenny Rigsby about Madam Walker’s use of conventions to teach people how to sell her products.
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Which side are you on?
“Publishing accurate and complete “how-to guides” for conservation and restoration treatments online is the best way for us to care for cultural heritage in the 21st century.”
This is the first statement being argued at the 2012 Great Debate at AIC. Come hear some of the best and brightest give an argument for and against it. More info here.
A Q&A with Katharina Roeck, Contemporary Art... →
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The 2012 Great Debate at the AIC Annual Meeting
Here’s the text from my post over on AIC’s Blog:
The 2012 Great Debate at AIC
I’ve had countless great debates with conservators at AIC, but I think they’ve usually happened outside in the hallway, over coffee, dinner, or drinks.
This is year that all changes.
For the first time ever, at the 2012 Annual Meeting in Albuquerque I’ll will be moderating the Great...
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Have You Seen INCCA-NA's New Web Page?
I’m on the Program Committee for the International Network for the Conservation of Contemporary Art - North America, and for a long time we had a place holder of web page. This just changed as Static Made recently created an excellent new web page (and a complete branding package).
Go check it out, and let us know what you think.
And sign up for the newsletter as we’ll be doing...
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My Back Against the Record Machine: Suse Cairns:... →
Interesting article, but I’m still not really sure what is meant by “staff”.
I’m just as interested in the question: “Do artworks have the right to be offline?”
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There have been a number of interesting and important discussions taking place around the ‘Net in the follow up to Museum and the Web, and hopefully over the coming week or two we’ll get...
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B-72 finally makes it to Wikipedia
Wikipedia is more than 10 years old, but until today there was no article on B-72. Shocking, right? Well, now there’s a start to an article about this much-used conservation material. Geek out if you’d like, or go help make it better.
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The Story Behind the Madame Walker Stamp
Here’s a great post about the Madame Walker stamp, which uses the famous 1914 Addison Scurlock photo.
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Per Knutas trades chiefdoms: leaves the Cincinnati...
Per Knutas of the Cincinnati Art Museum is named Chief Conservator of the Cleveland Museum of Art.