Subject: Panel discussion on conservation education
Special event during College Art Association annual conference February 16, 1994, 7:15 pm, Institute of Fine Arts, NYU New York Conservation Association "Conservation Education," Fifth Program in 1993-1994 Series February 16, 1994 at 7:15 pm, followed by Oak Room reception Institute of Fine Arts New York University 1 East 78th Street (NE corner at Fifth Avenue) New York, NY By subscription, or at the door: $7, students $4, IFA free [NYCA programs are mainly funded by subscriptions and admissions.] A panel discussion with audience participation, intended to widen the scope of contemporary discussions and planning of conservation education to include the present state and future prospects of educational resources outside the university conservation schools. Each panelist works with such a resource. This program is designed for the general art community, for academic students and advisors, and for conservators. Several pages of current information on conservation education will be handed out. Moderator: Sarah Lowengard, textile conservator and educator in History, Art History and Conservation, NYC. Lisa Ackerman is Vice President of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. A major source since 1929 of philanthropy in collection and distribution of European art, in restoration of European art and monuments, and in nurturing competence in art historians and art conservators, The Kress Foundation has awarded hundreds of fellowships to young conservators for further experience after completing formal study. Originally educated in the History of Art, Ackerman has since 1982 been increasingly instrumental in Kress Foundation programs, which she now administers and oversees. Thomas Branchick is Paintings Conservator (since 1981) and Head of Department at the Williamstown Regional Art Conservation Laboratory (Williamstown, MA, est'd 1976). WRACL trains conservation interns, and WRACL staff including Branchick annually co-teach a required course for History of Art graduate students at Williams College. Mary Wood Lee is Director of The Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies (Mt. Carroll, IL, est. 1979). The Center offers mid-career training for those in the fields of historic preservation, collections care, and conservation. Lee is a paper conservator, previously at the Pacific Regional Conservation Center, Honolulu. (Please post, copy, distribute this notice.) John Scott *** Conservation DistList Instance 7:57 Distributed: Friday, February 4, 1994 Message Id: cdl-7-57-001 ***Received on Thursday, 3 February, 1994