Events Archives - Page 16 of 24 - Washington Conservation Guild

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Exhibition Lighting Workshop – REGISTER NOW!

July 10, 2023August 8, 2016

Illumination of Museum Collections: Optimization of the Visual ExperienceNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCNovember 10, 2016$139 AIC members; $199 non-AIC members The Foundation of the …

Free Vacuum Table from Corcoran!

July 10, 2023June 26, 2016

If anyone is interested, there is a vacuum table that is large, at least 6 feet by 8 feet, and was used by the conservation …

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Lecture by Dragan Espenschied, Rhizome’s Digital Conservator- SAAM

July 10, 2023June 24, 2016

Join us on July 7, 2016 at 4:00 pm in the MacMillan Education Center at the Smithsonian American Art Museum to hear Dragan Espenschied, Rhizome’s …

Two black and white photographs of a person, one with a blue outline and one with a green outline. The photo with the blue outline is dark and higher in contrast than the photo with the green outline, which is warmer and soft. A blue and green diagram between the photos demonstrates the visual differences in a graphical way.

Lecture on Photographic Papers at the Library of Congress

July 10, 2023June 24, 2016

The Library of Congress Conservation Division is pleased to announce a lecture given by Paul Messier, Head, Lens Media Lab, Institute for the Preservation of …

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Registration Open! SI/MCI Seminar on the Mechanics of Cultural Heritage Materials

July 10, 2023June 1, 2016

The Museum Conservation Institute (MCI) in collaboration with the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (KADK) is pleased to announce The Mechanics of Art Materials and …

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Polynesian Canoe Captain to Talk about their Journey Across the Earth’s Oceans

July 10, 2023May 18, 2016

The legendary Polynesian voyaging canoes Hokule‘a and Hikianalia are sailing across Earth’s oceans to join and grow the global movement toward a more sustainable world. …

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Smithsonian Cultural Sustainability Symposium

July 10, 2023April 18, 2016

The seminar will explore efforts to sustain local artistic practices and cultural identities as the world becomes increasingly globalized. The Smithsonian Center for Folklife and …

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Lecture on Foxing in Modern Papers at the Library of Congress

July 10, 2023February 17, 2016

The Library of Congress Conservation Division is pleased to announce a lecture given by New York-based Paper Conservator Sarah Bertalan on Foxing and Reverse Foxing: …