WCG Webinar: Federal Contracting for Conservators
Virtual Zoom Webinar Monday, April 17, 2023 from 5:00pm-6:00pm (EST) Much of the language used in contracting is intimidating and confusing. Conservators don’t learn this …
Opportunity to Serve on the Board!
WCG is looking for members who are interested in getting more involved. If you’ve been sitting on the sidelines thinking “gee, I’d love to help …
Contract Opportunity: National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
NASM Conservation Unit, National Air and Space Museum: Technical or Professional, Non-personal Services Project Title: Triage Project Duty Station: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Emil Buehler …
3-Ring Summary: Ring 3: “Utilizing Existing Infrastructure to Enhance the Archivist/Conservator Relationship”
Ring 3: MAKING CONNECTIONS “Utilizing Existing Infrastructure to Enhance the Archivist/Conservator Relationship”Presented by Mark Coulbourne, Preservation Librarian at the University of Maryland and Bethany Greenho, …
Summer Internships, VMFA
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) is pleased to announce three ten-week summer internships in the Susan and David Goode Center for Advanced Study …
3-Ring Summary: Ring 1: “The Use of Agarose Gel for the Reduction of Rubber Cement on Photographs”
Ring 1: WHAT’S OLD IS NEW “The Use of Agarose Gel for the Reduction of Rubber Cement on Photographs”Presented by Maggie Wessling, Photograph Conservator, National Gallery of …
November Meeting Summary: “Inside the NHHC Conservation, Research, and Archaeology Lab (CORAL)”
“Inside the NHHC Conservation, Research, and Archaeology Lab (CORAL)” with conservators Shanna Daniels and Kate Morrand Summarized by Lauren Gottschlich During the November meeting, conservators …
October Meeting Summary: “Conserving a 15th-century Italian Antiphonary”
“Conserving a 15th-century Italian Antiphonary: Non-traditional binding conservation techniques and an innovative all-in-one housing, display, and moving device” Speaker: Alessandro Scola Summarized by Lauren Gottschlich …
February Meeting Summary: Black Art Conservators Panel Discussion
Speakers: Valinda Carroll, Anya Dani, Nylah Byrd, and Ariana Makau Summarized by Katherine Miromonti This February, four conservators––Valinda Carroll, Anya Dani, Nylah Byrd, and Ariana …
![Jenna Gustafson cleans Modern Head by Roy Lichtenstein outside the Smithsonian American Art Museum [left]. Gwenfritz by Alexander Calder outside the National Museum of American History [center]. Katya Zinsli, Lunder Conservation Fellow, Smithsonian American Art Museum, cleans James Hampton's "Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly” inside SAAM gallery [right].](https://washingtonconservationguild.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/internship-photo-300x126.jpg)
Internship Posting: Preventive Care and Objects Conservation, Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Lunder Conservation Center
The Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) is currently accepting applications for a Six-Month Advanced-Level Internship in Preventive Care and Objects Conservation in the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Lunder Conservation Center. The anticipated dates are June 1, 2023 to November 31, 2023, and includes a $12,000 stipend. …
