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AIC Newsletter Volume 1 ewsletter Published four times a year by THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION OF HISTORIC AND ARTISTIC WORKS Volume 1 number 1 December 1975 ·IN RESPONSE to popular demand, the directors of AIC voted at pants increase their skills and improve the effectiveness of the annual meeting in Mexico City to establish a quarterly their ability to preserve, interpret, and communicate the newsletter for the organization. This issue is the first; history of their states or areas. The seminar will include the second will be sent early in February 1976. programs on preservation and restoration and sessions on the artifact as a historical document. The seminar is intended The Newsletter will be modeled after the IIC newsletter and for professional employees of historical societies and muse­ will include information about up-coming conferences, semi­ ums in middle America. Further information is available from nars and courses of interest, both in the United States and AASLH, Educational Programs, 1400 Eighth Avenue S., Nashville, abroad. It will also contain news about the activities of Tennessee 37203. local conservation groups; news from the conservation train­ ing programs; a listing of positions available in the profes­ sion; news of AIC, its meetings, actions, and its new mem­ The Restoration and Conservation Laboratory, National Gallery bers. Personal notes, including changes of position, will of Canada, is sponsoring a seminar on April 6-7 conducted by Westby Percival-Prescott, Head, Picture Restoration Depart­ also be offered. ment, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England. The top­ The source of all this news is the membership of AIC, so ic is "Lining of Paintings -- a Reassessment," and the pro­ please help make AIC Newsletter a viable information resource gram will include recent technical films and lectures on lin­ by sending any and all information on the above topics (or ing procedures. A workshop-discussion session is tentatively others that seem appropriate) to: planned, and practical contributions describing unique lining Merrily A. Smith, Editor problems and their solutions are invited. The presentations should be 15-20 minutes long and should describe specific Duluth, Minnesota 55812 studio experience. For further information contact Mrs. Jocelyne Bisson-Savard, , National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario KlA OM8. The National Bureau of Standards is hosting a meeting on "Corrosion and Metal Artifacts -- a Dialogue Between Museum Conservators and Archaeologists and Corrosion Scientists" to be held at their facility in Gaithersburg, Maryland, March 17-19, 1976. The meeting seeks to bring together museum con­ CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, COURSES servators and scientists, archaeologists, corrosion scien­ tists, and engineers to develop an interaction between these disciplines that will result in the effective use of corro­ The Center for Archaeometry (Washington University, St. Louis, sion science and technology in conservation and archaeology. Missouri) announces a seminar by Norman Weiss, Department of To accomplish this goal the meeting will consist of educa­ Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, on "Recent tional lectures on those aspects of corrosion science and en­ Advances in the Conservation of Stone." It will be held Mon­ gineering relevant to conservators ·and archaeologists, back­ day, December 8, at 8:00 p.m. on the Washington University ground lectures to acquaint corrosionists with activities and campus. Mr. Weiss, an analytical chemist specializing in the problems in the conservation of metallic artistic structures, conservation of building materials, will present a general and finally, an informal discussion between participants on view of the field of preservation of natural building stone questions related to the meeting's general theme. For more with emphasis on new developments and trends. Current re­ information contact Dr. Jerome Kruger, search in consolidation and waterproofing treatments will be , National Bureau of described and directions for future research will be consid­ Standards, Washington, D. c. 20234. ered. Julius Held will conduct a seminar for the Center on March 30, 1976, dealing with some aspect of the art histor­ The United Kingdom Group of the IIC has proposed a two-day ian's approach to conservation. A guest lecture series on conference on "The Treatment of Wall-Paintings in the United aesthetic and technical problems of 19th century outdoor Kingdom" to be held in London in April 1976. Topics to be bronzes is currently being planned for Spring 1976. For fur­ covered are: structural aspects of walls and problems they ther information contact David Zimmerman or Phoebe Weil, Cen­ present as supports for paintings; the deterioration of wall­ ter for Archaeometry, , Washington University, St. paintings, the most salient problems; the importance of back­ Louis, Missouri 63130. ground knowledge and of records; the treatment of wall­ paintings in domestic buildings; the treatment of wall­ The American Association for State and Local History is of­ paintings in Eton College Chapel; the treatment of Romano/ fering its second "Seminar on the Interpretation of History British wall-paintings; conservation and environmental as­ by Historical Societies and Museums." The seminar will take pects; conservation of wall-paintings in Winchester Cathedral; place from January 19 to 30 and will be hosted by the Insti­ treatment of wall-paintings in Greenwich; and treatment of tute of Texan Cultures, San Antonio, Texas. Classroom ses­ fragmentary Roman wall-paintings from Lullingston Villa. For sions, formal and informal discussions, and field trips are further information contact N. Williams, .c/ o British Museum, all part of the program, which is designed to help partici- London. REGIONAL GROUPS commensurate with experience. For further information con­ tact Thomas Vaughan, Superintendent, Hubbell Trading Post. On May 19, 1975, a meeting was held at the Los Angeles Coun­ Applicants are invited for a position in Paintings at The ty Museum of Art to form the Western Association of Art Con­ Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. Candidates should servators. The permanent address of the Association will be have a strong background in paintings and paint on all types the Conservation Center, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, of objects and must be able to handle all aspects of treat­ 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90036. Of­ ment. The successful candidate will also supervise the work ficers are Ben B. Johnson, President; Richard D. Buck, Vice of an assistant conservator and will be expected to partici­ President; Dr. Thomas Cairns, Secretary-Treasurer; Jack Lucas pate in the Winterthur graduate teaching program in art con­ and George Stout, Executive Committee. The purposes of the servation. The applicant should be able to offer a minimum association are to bring together periodically those persons backgr.ound of five years of training and experience gained in the western states who are engaged in any activity direct­ through a formal training program, field experience, or the ed toward the preservation of artifacts or toward the culti­ equivalent thereof. Interested conservators should direct vation of knowledge contributing to such preservation, to their complete resumes to Dr. George J. Reilly, Museum Scien­ promote fellowship and the exchange of ideas and information, tist and Conservation Coordinator, The Henry Francis du Pont and to coordinate and represent the interests of art conser­ Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, Delaware 19735. vation in the western states through communication with the AIC, the IIC, and similar local organizations throughout the United States. PUBLICATIONS POSITIONS AVAILABLE Conservation Administration, the 1973 Seminar on the Theoret­ ical Aspects of the Conservation of Library and Archival Ma­ terials and the Establishment of Conservation Programs, Octo The International Museum of Photography at George Eastman ber 1-5, 1973, edited by Robert C. Morrison, Jr., George M. House, 900 East Avenue, Rochester, New York 14607, seeks a Cunha, and Norman P. Tucker. Available from The New England conservator. Desired qualification is experience in conser­ Document Conservation Center, 800 Massachusetts Avenue, North vation of photographs, but background in paper conservation Andover, Massachusetts 01845. Spiral bound, $12.00 per is acceptable. The museum has a fully equipped conservation copy; unbound, unpunched copies available on request. laboratory, including a darkroom reserved expressly for con­ servation projects. Dr. Walter Clark, a retired Kodak re­ Fine Print, A Newsletter Concerning the Arts of the Book, ed­ search chemist, serves as technical consultant to the labora­ ited by Sandra Kirshenbaum, D. Steven Corey, Linnea Gentry tory and as liason person to the technical resources at Kodak. and George F. Ritchie. The aims of this quarterly newsletter If necessary, arrangements will be made to permit a new con­ are to encourage the development and patronage of the book as servator to spend some time learning techniques of photo­ art in all its related forms; and to foster the exchange of graphic conservation from Mr. Jose Orraca (former conserva­ ideas among printers and other book artists, collectors, tor of the museum) or from another skilled conservator of booksellers, librarians, and all those of kindred spirit. photographs. Send inquiry or resume to Andrew Eskind, As­ sistant to the Director, International Museum of Photography. A handbook
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