The
Midwest Art Conservation Center offers a workshop to help.
Writing
Grants for Advanced Conservation Projects
August
3-4, 2009 MINITEX – University of Minnesota
Long-Range
Preservation / Conservation Plans, HVAC System upgrades, Rehousing Collections,
Upgrading Storage Conditions, Improving Lighting Conditions, Environmental Monitoring
Equipment, Object by Object surveys, and etc. How do you get funding for these
larger preservation projects?
Federal
funding programs require institutions to complete specific steps before funds
for larger projects become available.
This
workshop will provide instruction on these steps and direct participants toward
the right funding source for their intended project.
Director of
Preservation Services Neil Cockerline and MACC Executive Director Colin Turner
will present this workshop and work personally with participants during and
after the workshop to help them develop full grant applications.
Registration
fees for this two-day workshop will be $236 for MACC Members ($295 without
membership).
Institutions
with budgets of $100,000 or less receive a 50% discount and currently enrolled
students pay $100 for the two day workshop.
For
more information or to register contact Melinda Markell, MACC Preservation
Services Coordinator at (612) 870-3128, Fax (612) 870-3118, or e-mail [log in to unmask] or see our website at www.preserveart.org
The Midwest Art Conservation Center is supported by the
National Endowment for the Humanities, Travelers Foundation and Individual
contributors