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Event Review: Culture, Nature and Diplomacy in the Mekong River Region

Submitted by Sharra Grow on

Cambodian dancers at the event. Photo by Stephen Bobb

By Julia M Brennan

It was a privilege to participate in Meridian International Centre’s Diplomacy Forum on the Countries of the Mekong.  Set in the gracious and historic Washington DC Meridian House compound, with over 187 guests, it included panel discussions, individual talks, Cambodian and Thai traditional dance and music performances, and a lovely lunch and reception.  The diversity of panels raised awareness on the importance of Mainland Southeast Asia and increased opportunities for collaboration among the diplomatic, government, business, policy, and cultural communities.

Event Review: Conservation of Public Murals and Street Art: Between the Act and the Thinking

Submitted by Kate Smith on

The masterclass participants, 20│21 Staff, and teachers Maria Chatzidakis, Will Shank and Pedro Soares Neves. Image taken by Marta Palmeira.

Review by Grazia Cavanna

This masterclass was organized by 20│21 Conservação e Restauro de Arte Contemporânea and was held in Porto, Portugal on 14th and 15th of June 2018. The workshop was led by two major street art conservation experts: Maria Chatzidakis, lecturer at T.E.I. of Athens and co-founder of Street Art Conservators (St.A.Co), and Will Shank, independent conservator and curator, co-founder and co-chair of Rescue Public Murals.

Event Review: Christopher Clarkson (1938-2017): A Conservator’s Path -- Tributes and Celebrations

Submitted by Sharra Grow on

Christopher Clarkson examining a manuscript. Image Copyright Jane Eagan / Winchester Cathedral

By Jane Eagan, FIIC

On Monday March 5, 2018, the bibliothèque de l’Arsenal in Paris held an event to celebrate Christopher Clarkson’s contribution to book conservation. The Arsenal Library, in the Bastille neighbourhood of Paris, was founded in 1756, and has been a department of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) since 1934. Its history and library collections, which have a particular strength in the area of book collecting, are conserved on location by a team of five bookbinders and book conservators.

Event Review: IIC 2017 Student & Emerging Conservator Conference – Head, Hands & Heart, Bern

Submitted by Sharra Grow on

Conference participants at the entrance of the HKB. Picture: ©T. Demmel 2017.

By Mariana Escamilla Martínez, Charlotte Hoffmann and Naja Staats

From October 12-13, 2017, the IIC Student and Emerging Conservator Conference (IIC-SECC) was hosted at the Bern University of the Arts (HKB). This conference was the fourth in the series, following those previously held in London (2011), Copenhagen (2013), and Warsaw (2015). This year’s conference was attended by 94 participants from various countries including China, Cuba, Germany, Poland, and Russia among others. The local organizing committee, directed by Isa von Lenthe, consisted of 16 students from the HKB.