2020 Fall/Winter Lecture Series
The Midwest Regional Conservation Guild and Chicago Area Conservation Group are very pleased to join forces this year to offer two programs, a virtual meeting and an online lecture series for this fall and winter 2020-2021. Both programs will be free to all members of either MRCG or CACG. The virtual meeting will consist of a panel discussion from conservators from different areas of the field. The fall/winter lecture series will consist of eight stimulating online lectures representing a wide variety of conservation issues, disciplines, and subject matters.
You do not need to live in the Midwest or in the Chicago area to be a member of MRCG or CACG.
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Our lecture series has concluded; please stay tuned for recordings of the lectures (excluding ‘Revealing the Splendor of Audubon’s The Birds of America: The Materials, Techniques, and Conservation of a Masterpiece.,' which could not be recorded due to image rights), which will be available to MRCG and CACG members.
Please send any questions to Stephanie Spence @ mrcg.secretary@gmail.com.
September 17th, 2020 3:30 PM CT
Midwestern Cultural Institutions Response to COVID-19 Joint Symposium
Past event
October 7th 2020 12:00-1:00 p.m. CT‘
Planning new spaces for book and paper conservation and audiovisual preservation: Procedures and lessons learned.’
Whitney Baker - University of Kansas Libraries
Past event
October 21st 2020 12:00-2:00 p.m. CT
‘The Dead Christ Resurrected: the conservation treatment of a monumental painting by Matthew Harris Jouett’
Andrea Chevalier and Wendy Partridge - Intermuseum Conservation Association
MRCG BUSINESS MEETING with the MRCG board (new board members election)
Past event
November 4th 2020 12:00-1:00 p.m. CT
‘Collaborative Conservation and the Renovation of the Field Museum's 70-Year-Old Hall of Native North America’
Stephanie Hornbeck - Field Museum
Past event
November 18th 2020 12:00-1:00 p.m. CT
‘Accepting Ambiguity and Subjectivity in Aesthetic Compensation: Ed Clark untitled 1962 a Case Study.’
Heather Galloway - Galloway Art Conservation
Past Event
January 12th 2021 12:00-1:00 p.m. CT
Note the date change, from Wednesday 1/6/21 to Tuesday 1/12/21
‘Untold Stories, New Avenues: The U505 Submarine’
A presentation by Jane Foley of L. Liparini & Third Coast Conservation about the conservation of significant elements of the U505 Submarine at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago. The project was three years in production and execution. Priorities in planning meant some elements were set aside before the conservation and restoration of three historic floors, structural elements and instruments would adhere to the budget provided and fulfil the brief to increase access and restore authenticity in this rare and significant exhibit. The project was carried out at night, involving long hours of skilled application by a team of mixed specialisms.
Jane Foley - L. Liparini Studio & Third Coast Conservation, LLC
Past event
January 21st 2021 12:00-1:00 p.m. CT
Note the date change, from Wednesday 1/20/21 to Thursday 1/21/21
‘Exploring Buddhist Manuscript production: Materials and Merit.’
James Canary - Indiana University Lilly Library
Past event
February 3rd 2021 12:00-1:00 p.m. CT
‘Collaborative Study of a Roman-Egyptian Mummy Portrait at the Detroit Institute for the Arts’
Christina Bisulca, Kate Aguirre, Ellen Hanspach-Bernal, Aaron Steele - Detroit Institute of Arts
Past event
February 17th 2021 12:00-1:00 p.m. CT
‘Revealing the Splendor of Audubon’s The Birds of America: The Materials, Techniques, and Conservation of a Masterpiece.’
Dr. Cathleen A. Baker – Conservation Librarian Emerita, University of Michigan - Proprietor, The Legacy Press
Past event