Focus on Collections Care Workshop Series—June 7-9, 2006

The three-day Focus on Collections Care workshop series will be held in
Balboa Park, San Diego, California.  This series is presented by San
Diego-based Balboa Art Conservation Center (BACC) and is designed to provide
an intensive training experience with a programmatic approach.  The series
curriculum focuses on care of collections, policies and procedures and
planning and management.  Participants may select one workshop per day from
the following:
	Day 1: *Care of Collections-Photographic Materials
		     *Surveying & Assessing Collection Needs
		     *Handling & Housekeeping for Collections.
	Day 2: *Care of Collections- Paintings & Painted Surfaces
		     *Collection Care Planning & Fundraising for
Implementation
		     *Making Material Choices for Storage & Exhibit
Materials
	Day 3: *Care of Collections- Paper-Based Materials 
		     *Emergency Preparedness & Response
		 
Persons involved in collections care management, institutional development
and policy making, exhibition development and installation, and students in
degree-related programs are encouraged to attend.  Each workshop will take
place from 9 AM to 4 PM.  Participants from qualifying institutions may
apply for stipend assistance.  Focus on Collections Care is made possible by
a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, a federal agency.
Additional support was provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Please contact the Balboa Art Conservation Center at 619-236-9702, or email
us at [log in to unmask], or visit bacc.org for complete workshop descriptions
and registration and stipend information.  Registration deadline is May 31,
2006.  

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