Events are still largely online due to Covid-19, although some organisers are hoping to run live events later in the year. Readers should contact event organisers directly for the most up-to-date information on specific events, conferences, workshops, etc.
Thank you from the IIC Communications Team.
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A mysterious past: conservation of artifacts raised from the wrecks of Sir John Franklin's fateful 1845 expedition
Speaker: Flora Davidson
Date: 27 October 2021
Tickets £10 / free for Icon members
Online
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The Artist's Interview Workshop - Awareness as a preventive conservation strategy. The interview with the artist, the definition of deterioration and awareness tactics
with the conservator Ruth Del Fresno-Guillem, a Spanish conservator living in Canada.
20|21 Conservação e Restauro, a Portuguese contemporary art conservation studio, has invited Ruth to teach a two day workshop aimed at conservators, restorers, art curators, cultural heritage curators, artists, cultural managers and collectors.
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Join the online forum #8: DISASTERS of our 10 AGENTS OVER 10 MONTHS series with guest speakers Jennifer Thomson, Scotia Monkivitch, and Dr Dolapo Fakuade
Australia, like other countries, is experiencing more frequent and more intense natural disasters. This session will revisit the devastating 2019 bushfires, discover how recovery networks are building, uncover the community response and look beyond the traditional response and recovery.
How we can respond better.
Jennifer Thompson – Bundanon and Bushfire.
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Danube University Krems, Austria will be holding a workshop led by Dr. Patricia Engel on the topic of Indonesian Conservation Theory. The workshop will be held virtually over Zoom, or if possible, in person with a Zoom portion for those who cannot travel to Austria.
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(Three Thursday afternoons)
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This year, the 6th International Meeting on Retouching of Cultural heritage (RECH6) will take place virtually on 4th and 5th November 2021. RECH6 is a collaboration between the RECH Group and the Instituto de Restauración del Patrimonio (IRP) of the Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain.
RECH Biennial Meeting is one of the largest educational and scientific events in Retouching field, an ideal venue for conservators and scientists to present their research results about retouching.
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The third annual 'Ask a Conservator Day' will take place on November 4th, 2021. Last year's event featured fantastic conservation and preservation professionals demonstrating the incredible ways our community works to preserve cultural heritage, as well as sharing personal stories about their connection to conservation. Let's continue to use social media to increase public awareness of conservation!
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Call for Papers + Save the Date
Virtual: Zoom
The Western Association for Art Conservation (WAAC) is accepting proposals for talks to be presented at the virtual 46th Annual Meeting. Colleagues working in all facets of conservation, collections, and allied fields are encouraged to participate. We particularly urge graduate students and early career professionals to consider submitting proposals. Submissions may address one of the following sessions:
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Two-day conference on the production, use and conservation of sheet glass organised by the Vitrocentre Romont and the Vitromusée Romont, Switzerland.
Upcoming exhibition:
Du précieux au quotidien. Le verre dans l'architecture
6 November 2021 – 20 March 2022, Vitromusée Romont
More information about the exhibition https://vitromusee.ch/en/exhibitions/upcoming-exhibition/du-precieux-au-...
