Dear TSG Member,
AIC’s 44th Annual Meeting is just around the corner and is shaping up to be one of our biggest meetings yet! That means more sessions, receptions, lunch & learns, workshops, and more chances for you to connect with your Textiles colleagues! Do you know about all of the Textiles Specialty group ticketed events and sessions?
Don't Miss:
Monday, May 16th:
- (7:30 am) - Textiles Specialty Group Business Meeting**
- (6:30 – 9:30 pm) - Textile Specialty Group Reception at The McCord Museum. Purchase of ticket required. Not sure what you have registered for so far? Visit www.conservation-us.org/myevents to see your registration. Want to add a ticketed item? Click “Add Sessions” from the My Events page to shop available ticketed events!
Ticketed events are selling out faster than previous years. Don’t miss out on these events, purchase today!
See the Textiles related sessions below, for the most up to date information about a session or tour, visit Sched.
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Sunday, May 15:
- Dissociation Risks: The Conservation of Two Aboriginal Figurines and Their Textiles
- Exploring Origins and Power: The technical analysis of two Yoruba masquerade costumes
- Inherent Vice in the Woven Structure of Northwest Coast Spruce Root Hats
- The Creation of a Digitally Printed Reproduction Sleeve for an Eighteenth-Century Painted Silk Dress
- Digital Mapping in Textile Conservation – New Documentation Methods with MetigoMap 4.0
- The Dark Side of the Force: Magnets, Velcro and Unintended Consequences
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Monday, May 16:
- A Material Disaster: Preservation of the Muppets
- A Biological Disaster to Costume
- A Textile Conservator’s Contribution to Disaster Preparedness at the MFA, Boston
- Vial Things: Preserving the Unexpected in the Occult Jewelry of Simon Costin
- Assessing Collection Emergency Training and Response: The Risks of Adrenaline
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Tuesday, May 17:
- Foxy Underpants: Or, the use of chelators, enzymes, and surfactants to remove foxing stains from linen underpants
- Gelling in Theory and Practice: An Examination of Agarose Gels in Textile Conservation
- Tips and Tricks to Remove the Mud from Textile Collections after a Flood
- Emergencies, Liquid Stains, Dirt, & Textile Cleaning Techniques: A Textile Specialty Group Discussion
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Haven't signed up to join us in Montreal? Register today!
Trouble registering? Contact Meetings Associate, Katelin Lee at [log in to unmask] for assistance.
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