This workshop will be given in other northeast states later in 1997.  For
information on NEDCC's workshops, seminars, and more visit NEDCC's homepage
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PRESERVING DIVERISTY THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHS: A WORKSHOP
Northeast Document Conservation Center
Andover, Massachusetts
April 1, 1997;  9:00 - 4:30
Co-Sponsored by the New England Museum Association
The workshop is funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and
the Massachusetts Cultural Council, an agency that receives support from the
National Endowment for the Arts.

What will the workshop cover?  The program is designed to provide
information on preserving photographs and using them to document culturally
diverse communities. Topics will include the importance of preserving the
heritage of a diverse community through photographs; using photographs for
community exhibitions, education, and outreach; deterioration of
photographs; and storage concerns in planning for photographic preservation.
The workshop is intended to strengthen the management abilities of smaller
institutions in the areas of collections care, to raise consciousness about
the significance of collecting the heritage of multi-cultural communities,
and to teach participants simple methods for organizing and prolonging the
life of photographs.  It will provide a large amount of basic, concise
information in a one-day presentation with ample time for questions, problem
solving, and hands-on examination of photographs.

Who should attend?  Institution administrators, curators, conservators,
community leaders, and others with responsibility for the preservation,
exhibition, and interpretation of photographic images are encouraged to
participate.

Who are the faculty?  An interdisciplinary faculty will bring together the
points of view of conservator, educator, and community leader.  The workshop
will be conducted by Gary Albright, Senior Conservator, Northeast Document
Conservation Center.  Trained at the University of Delaware/Winterthur, Mr.
Albright is chairman-elect of the Photographic Materials Group of the
American Institute of Conservation (AIC).  Julie Bernson, Education and
Outreach Coordinator, Addison Gallery of American Art, and Dalia Diaz,
Publisher of Rumbo, Spanish Language Newspaper in the Merrimack Valley, and
Board of Directors member of Immigrant City Archives and Essex Arts Center,
will address using photographs for community outreach.

What is the cost?  The cost for the workshop is $20 which includes lunch.
Enrollment will be limited and participants will be accepted on a
first-come-first-served basis.  Each application must be accompanied by a
check for $20 payable to the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC).
Refunds will be given up to one week prior to the workshop.  Substitutions
are acceptable with notification.

Gay S. Tracy
Public Relations Coordinator
Northeast Document Conservation Center
100 Brickstone Square
Andover  MA  01810-1494
Tel 508 470-1010
Fax 508 475-6021
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