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Educational Opportunity
Focusing on Photographs: Identification & Preservation
Presented by the Conservation Center for Art & Historic
Artifacts
March 27 & 28, 2014
New Orleans, LA
Hosted
and co-sponsored by:
The Historic New Orleans Collection
Historical
records of people and places, fine art photographs, family snapshots, and
corresponding negatives are in the collections of every museum, library, and
archives. The omnipresence of photographic media belies the complexity and
variety of techniques used to create these images. From the earliest cased
daguerreotypes and ambrotypes, to tintypes, hand-colored silver gelatin prints,
and oversize contemporary color photographs, the variety of photographic
processes and supports requires collections managers to have a unique set of
knowledge and skills for proper identification, care, and housing. Photographs
are also frequently accessed by researchers, duplicated for publication, and
placed on exhibition, creating additional preservation challenges.
This
two-day program will focus on the fundamentals of identifying and caring
for photographic collections. Through lecture and hands-on demonstrations,
topics will be intertwined over the course of the program to give
participants a holistic view of identifying photographic materials,
housing and caring for these collections, developing appropriate handling
and display procedures, and establishing safe storage environments.
Topics
to be covered include:
This
program is intended for collections care staff responsible
for photographic collections, such as librarians, archivists,
curators, collections managers, stewards of historic house
museums, and records managers.
Speakers:
Dates:
Thursday,
March 27th, 2014 – Friday, March 28th, 2014
8:45 am – 4:45 pm
Location:
The Historic
New Orleans Collection
Williams
Research Center
410 Chartres Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
www.hnoc.org
Cost:
$225 CCAHA
Members
$250 Non-CCAHA Members
$100 discounted Student Rate (must provide valid student ID at registration)
Please contact Anastasia
Matijkiw at 215-545-0613 or [log in to unmask] to register with the student rate
This program will also be offered at the Museum of Art, Rhode
Island School of Design
in Providence, RI on
November 6th and 7th, 2014
More information about this program and online
registration is available at www.ccaha.org/education/program-calendar .
Major funding for this program was generously provided by
the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), with additional funding from The Pew Charitable Trusts and The Gladys
Krieble Delmas Foundation.
About
CCAHA
The Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) is the country's largest nonprofit conservation
facility serving cultural, research and educational institutions, as well as
individuals and private organizations. CCAHA's mission
is to provide expertise and leadership in the preservation of the world's
cultural heritage. CCAHAspecializes
in the treatment of works of art on paper, such as drawings, prints, maps,
posters, historic wallpaper, photographs, rare books, scrapbooks, and
manuscripts, along with related materials like parchment and papyrus. CCAHA also offers digital imaging services, on-site
consultations, educational programs, fellowships, and emergency conservation
services.
For
information on additional educational opportunities, visit www.ccaha.org or find us on Facebook.
About
The Historic New Orleans Collection
The
Historic New Orleans Collection is a museum, research center, and publisher
dedicated to the study and preservation of the history and culture of New
Orleans and the Gulf South region. General and Mrs. L. Kemper Williams,
collectors of Louisiana materials, established the institution in 1966 to keep
their collection intact and available for research and exhibition to the
public. In a complex of historic French Quarter buildings at 533 Royal
Street, The Collection currently operates a museum, which includes the Williams
Gallery for changing exhibitions and the Louisiana History Galleries; the
Williams Residence; a museum shop; and administrative offices. The
Williams Research Center at 410 Chartres Street, which opened in 1996, makes
available to researchers The Collection’s holdings of 35,000 library
items, more than two miles of documents and manuscripts, and approximately
350,000 photographs, prints, drawings, paintings and other artifacts.
ANASTASIA MATIJKIW
Preservation Services Assistant
264 S. 23RD STREET
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103
t 215.545.0613 f
215.735.9313
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