Don't miss this opportunity, the registration deadline is April 25th.
Registration forms are available on the NAME website at www.N-A-M-E.org.


National Association for Museum Exhibition (NAME) National Seminar


Designing for Conservation
Saturday, May 17, 2003
8:30am-6:00pm
Portland Art Museum,
1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR

A seminar for exhibit planners, designers, conservators, fabricators and
other specialists interested in a new and collaborative approach for
incorporating conservation into the exhibit process.

How do the overlapping roles and responsibilities of planners/ designers
and conservation fit together? Where do I find someone to consult with on
my exhibit's conservation needs? What pollutants are contaminating my
museum's exhibit environment? What advances have been made with regards to
exhibit cases and lighting?

This one-day seminar, will identify new methodologies that address key
conservation and exhibition issues; define successful strategies for
establishing a collaborative working relationship between design and
conservation specialists; and provide practical guidelines and techniques
for successfully meeting conservation criteria in museum exhibits.

Seminar includes:

• Continental breakfast during registration and box lunch
• CD-ROM Exhibit Conservation Guidelines, produced by the National Park
Service
• Resource notebook including conservation references and the
• NAME Exhibitionist issue, Designing for Conservation
• Instructional sessions and practical workshop with product literature and
samples
• Conservation Marketplace showcasing the most useful products
• Informal discussion and resolution of participant's conservation problems


Faculty:

Toby Raphael (conservator/exhibition specialist)
Toby is an exhibit conservator at the Harpers Ferry Center, National Park
Service where he coordinates activities for exhibitions installed at NPS
sites across the country. Working with colleagues, he recently produced the
publication Exhibit Conservation Guidelines which will serve as the text
for this seminar. He routinely teaches at conservation graduate programs.
In 1990 Toby was selected as a Training Fellow at the Getty Conservation
Institute and in 1993 and 2001 he received Fullbright Fellowships.


Pamela Hatchfield (conservation/exhibition specialist)
Pamela is the Head of Objects Conservation at the Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston. She has worked at the Smithsonian Institution, Metropolitan Museum
of Art, the Harvard University Art Museums, and the Grenada National Museum
in the West Indies. She has published on a wide range of subjects,
including, with Jane Carpenter, Formaldehyde: How Great is the Danger to
Museum Collections? and in 2002 authored the book Pollutants in the Museum
Environment: Practical Strategies for Problem Solving in Design, Exhibition
and Storage.


Daniel Quan (exhibition planner/designer)
Daniel is principal of Daniel Quan Design, an exhibition planning and
design firm based in Oakland, CA. He has worked extensively with
governmental agencies and private institutions on museums, visitor and
interpretive centers, science centers, and parks throughout the United
States. His career spans thirty years as a museum staff designer,
commercial designer and museum consultant. He is a registered California
architect and holds a BA degree in Environmental Design and an MA in
Architecture.


LarryBowers (conservator/lighting specialist)
Larry is a conservator in the wooden artifacts lab at the National Park
Service Conservation laboratories in Harpers Ferry, WV. In addition to
artifact treatment, he specializes in museum exhibit lighting and evaluates
and tests products for use in National Park Service exhibits. He has
specialized in the design and utilization of fiber optic systems and has
established a lighting laboratory in the Department of Conservation. Most
recently, he designed and oversaw the artifact lighting in the West Wing,
Independence Hall National Historic Park, Philadelphia, PA.


Schedule:
8:30-9:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00-10:00 Rethinking the Relationship Between Exhibition and Conservation
10:00-10:45 Incorporating Conservation into the Exhibit Process
10:45-11:00 Break
11:00-12:30 Key Exhibit Conservation Strategies: Employing a Preventative
Approach
12:30-2:30 Lunch and Exhibition/Conservation Marketplace
2:35-4:50 Afternoon Instructional Sessions
(Participants will choose three 40-minute workshops repeated throughout the
afternoon)
Selecting safe exhibit construction materials; using wood products and
other structural materials; the use of pollutant sorbents and coatings
Design and fabrication of conservation-grade exhibit cases; and the use of
RH controlling materials
Advances in exhibit lighting for sensitive collections
The planning and design process: the key steps to including collection
conservation
5:00-5:45 Ask the Experts Practical Solutions to Conservation Issues
5:45-6:00 Course Closure and Evaluation


Registration:
Seminar limited to 100 participants.
Registration deadline is April 25, 2003. Due to the nature of this seminar,
NAME is unable to refund registration fees. If you are unable to attend,
you may arrange to send someone in your place. NAME is not responsible for
any travel or accommodation arrangements made by participants.

$100 NAME members
$125 non-members
Four student scholarships will be awarded. Proof of student status and a
one-page essay describing how the seminar will augment career goals and
professional development must be submitted at time of application.

You will be notified by e-mail or return mail confirming participation and
directions to the Portland Art Museum.

Posted by:
Diane Gutenkauf
NAME Midwest Co-Rep.
Manager, Interpretation & Exhibits
The Morton Arboretum
Lisle IL 60532
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