Webinar: Sculpture on the Highway - Restoring Vermont's Hidden National Treasure (The Collections Care & Conservation Alliance)

The Collections Care & Conservation Alliance presents 

Sculpture on the Highway - Restoring Vermont's Hidden National Treasure (webinar)

Thursday, March 27, 2025

2:00-3:30 PM

Bob Hannum will provide an overview of the exciting restoration of Vermont's newly declared national treasure. It's a collection of 16 monumental sculptures created 50 years ago by artists from all over the world and placed in rest areas along I-89 and I-91. His team began conservation work in May 2024 in consultation with the Getty Conservation Institute and with generous grant funding from the Save America's Treasures program. Learn about this fascinating project and help solve some lingering mysteries!

Presented by:

Robert Hannum is Vermont State Art Conservator.  For over 45 years Bob has served museums, artists, corporations, and private collectors. His art conservation experience includes many aspects of contemporary sculpture and hanging art installation, restoration, and maintenance including graffiti removal, water and smoke disaster restoration, gilded and plaster frame repair, cleaning grave markers, and ceramic restoration. 

He has restored works by some of the most important contemporary artists including Maya Lin, Roy Lichtenstein, Vicente Manansala, Frank Stella, and Christo. His clients include the Guggenheim and Hirshhorn museums, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the US Dept of State, and numerous art foundations and private collectors. 

We will follow up this event with a virtual Conversation with Colleagues on Thursday, April 3rd at 12:00 PM. All those who register for the webinar are invited to attend.

Pre-registration is required. A Zoom link for the meeting will be sent to you closer to the meeting date. Space in the workshop is limited to 100 participants. Please register by Wednesday, March 26th.

If you can't attend the live event, you can still register for the workshop, and we will send you the recording once it becomes available. 

The cost of the virtual workshop is as follows:

• $15 for anyone who wishes to attend
• If you have applied for and been accepted as a Professional Affiliate Member of the CCCA or have made a donation of at least $25 this year as a Friend of the CCCA:  $10
• If you have applied for and been accepted as an Emerging Professional or Student Member of the CCCA:  FREE

Details & registration at https://collectionscarealliance.org/workshops-events

Your workshop fees and additional donations help our growing community of conservation and preservation professionals aid regional cultural heritage organizations in the care and conservation of their collections and materials.  As a non-profit corporation registered in the state of Vermont, the CCCA relies on the support of our membership and community to help us develop and promote affordable opportunities for training and networking and to improve the long-term preservation of these vulnerable collections.  Thank you!

------------------------------
Carolyn Frisa
Founder and Head Conservator
Works on Paper LLC
Bellows Falls
United States
------------------------------