Course dates: Thursday, July 9, 2015 - Thursday, August 6, 2015
Register by June 16th for special "early-bird" rates: $120 for AIC Members, $180 for non-members; $200/$300 after June 16, 2015!
Registration:
The fee for this course is $200 for AIC members, $300 for non-members. Early bird registration ends June 16, 2015. The early bird rate for AIC members is $120, $180 for non-members. Participants will be accepted in order of receipt of paid registration. Enrollment is limited, so early registration is advised.
FAIC is pleased to offer the online course, “Establishing a Conservation Practice,” to meet the needs of conservators who wish to own or manage a professional conservation business. In this course, you will encounter readings, case studies, work sheets, presentations, and exercises to get you thinking and planning for success. On-line discussion forums allow you to draw on the combined experience of other participants, the course facilitator, and select outside experts. Best of all, “Establishing a Conservation Practice” comes to you. All you need is a computer with Internet access and you are ready to learn.
About the Course:
“Establishing a Conservation Practice” is a four-week course. The course will begin on Thursday, July 9, 2015 and continue, with new activities and discussions each week, through Thursday, August 6, 2015. Course materials will remain available to participants for two weeks after the course ends.
What the course will cover:
Week 1 Defining a Practice
Week 2 Establishing a Practice
Week 3 The Finances of a Practice
Week 4 Organizing a practice
In this course, you will learn to:
· Recognize the advantages and drawbacks of private practice
· Identify and define the documents that provide short and long term business guidance
· Understand the advantages and drawbacks of various business structures, such as sole proprietorship, partnership, and corporation
· Understand the role of legal, accounting, finance, marketing, employment, and other expertise in business management and maintenance
· Use model documents and spreadsheets to plan your business
· Locate additional resources on the internet and elsewhere to assist in setting up a private practice
· Special note to international participants: This course is designed for conservators seeking to begin a private practice in the United States. Because legal and taxation environments vary from one country to another, some material (perhaps 20%) will not be applicable outside the U.S.
About the Series:
“Establishing a Conservation Practice” is part of FAIC’s online education series, “Business and Management Practices for Conservators.” Created with funds from The Getty Foundation, the series focuses on basic business and management skills that conservators need to know.
Time Requirements:
Expect to spend at least six hours per week on the course – roughly the equivalent of attending a full-day workshop each week. You will use this time to complete exercises and to read and respond to the work of others in the course. You choose when, according to your own schedule--at noon during your lunch break, in the evening with a cup of coffee by your side, or at 6 in the morning in your favorite jammies. (Although the timing of your participation is flexible, we have found that participants have difficulty keeping up with the course during extended trips.)
Technical Requirements:
All you need is a PC or Mac with Internet access, and reasonably up-to-date browser (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Chrome).
About the Facilitator:
Sarah Lowengard, Ph.D., has more than twenty-five years’ teaching experience in both formal university classrooms and informal education programs. She has developed, taught, or led courses, workshops, and tutorials in art conservation, collections care, history, academic research and materials analysis. A private-practice art conservator since 1979, she initiated the Conservation Course Syllabus Web pages for Conservation OnLine and served on the AIC Education and Training Committee.
For more information, contact:
Abigail Choudhury, Development and Education Coordinator
Foundation of the American Institute for
Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works
1156 15th Street, NW, Suite 320
Washington, DC20005
202-661-8070
Fax: 202-452-9328