Please excuse cross
posting.
Limited space is
available in the following course at the Campbell Center
for Historic
Preservation Studies. Details can be found
at the Center's web
Scholarships are available for each of these
courses.
Care of Paintings
Fee:
$530
Course Dates: June
20-21
Registration
Deadline: May 15, 2006
Instructor: Cynthia
Berry
You'll learn the
basic structure of easel paintings; causes of painting
deterioration;
examination methodologies; identification of changes
and types of damage;
condition reporting and documentation strategies;
and the standards
for storing, handling, displaying/installing, and
transporting
paintings. Hands-on practicum sessions will give
participants the
opportunity to handle, examine, and condition report
paintings as well as
re-house paintings in frames, pack paintings for
local transport, and
secure their backings. Conservation treatment is
not covered in this
course.
Environmental Monitoring and
Control
Fee:
$860
Course Dates: June
21-24, 2006
Registration
Deadline: May 15, 2006
Instructor: Susan
Maltby
This course offers
an in-depth study of the monitoring and control of museum
environment, and an introduction to its effects on organic and inorganic
materials. Course work will include: identifying the
environmental factors
(e.g., light, relative humidity, temperature, pollutants,
vibration, and pests-both
insects and vermin) that can adversely affect museum
collections; a review
of the terms commonly used to describe the museum environment;
high
and low tech environmental monitoring techniques including the
use of light
meters, recoding hygrothermographs, computer data loggers,
indicator
strips and psychrometers; strategies for mitigating and
controlling
environmental problems; creating a pollutant-free environment;
and
integrated pest management.
Packing & Shipping
Fee:
$750
Course Dates: June
14-17, 2006
Registration
Deadline: May 15, 2006
Instructor: John
Molini
This course
covers safe handling, packing, and transport of works
of art and artifacts. Problem scenarios will
be presented for resolution
in hands-on practicum sessions. Topics
covered include: risk assessment,
decision-making, and related issues in
artifact transportation; crate
design and construction (e.g., slat, one
time, fully battened touring crates,
and specialized); interior packing including
methods and materials for 2D
and 3D objects; design techniques for
specialized components (e.g., bracing,
double boxing, packing frames, and multiple
objects packaging); and
soft packing including decision-making
process, material selection and
use, and techniques/methods.
Rigging & Moving of Fine
Arts/Artifacts
Fee:
$1390
Course Dates: June
20-24
Registration
Deadline: May 15, 2006
Instructor: Roger
Machin and Dean Langworthy
The focus of this
course is to teach participants how to safely plan and
execute moves of
heavy and/or fragile museum artifacts weighing up to
5000 lbs.
Techniques will include equipment readily available to
the heritage
professional as well as equipment used by professional
riggers. This course
includes a brief history of rigging practices and
technologies; how
rigging crews and boxes are organized; mitigating
the negative effects
of rigging on surrounding structures and substrates
using crates,
pallets, and dunnage; using a forklift; common rigging
problems and
solutions; and specifications of and ordering cranes.
There will be
demonstrations of and hands-on experience with rigging equipment.
Studies offers
continuing education to meet the training
needs of individuals
who work to
preserve historic landscapes and cultural,
historic, and artistic
properties.
Workshops and courses last from two days to two weeks.
Students are housed
in dormitories on the campus of the former Shimer College,
a group of 14
structures listed on the National Register
of Historic Places.
Mt. Carroll is in
the Northwest corner of Illinois, about 2 ½ hours from Chicago.
Regards,
Diane Gutenkauf
Campbell Center Curriculum Committee
c/o Campbell Center for
Historic Preservation Studies
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