The Textile Specialty Group (TSG) of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC) is seeking abstracts for the 45th Annual Meeting, held in Chicago, IL, USA, May 28 through June 1, 2017.
The theme for this meeting will be “Treatments 2017: Innovation in Conservation and Collection Care.”
Colleagues are invited to submit abstracts that address the theme from many perspectives including (but not limited to):
· Innovations in treatments, exhibition mounts, and storage systems
· Reflections on historical practices that have evolved or been replaced
· New technologies used in treatments, storage, analyses, or documentation
· Collections care strategies that reduce the need for, or extent of, interventive treatments
· Collaborative and cross-disciplinary work with conservators in other specializations, collections care colleagues, scientists, curators, and other allied professionals
· Treatments that did not go as planned
· Ethical considerations and decision making during treatments and collections care work
Abstracts relating to cleaning treatments are particularly encouraged:
· Wet cleaning
· Bleach treatments
· Use of solvents
· Poultices and other spot treatments
While abstracts that directly relate to the meeting theme are strongly encouraged, the selection committee also welcomes all scholarly submissions that broadly relate to textile conservation.
The deadline for submitting materials is Monday, September 12th, 2016 at 11:59EST
For more information about the Annual Meeting
To see the full Call for Papers and Submission Guidelines
Please contact TSG Program Chair Laura Mina if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions.
Best wishes,
Laura
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Laura Mina
Associate Conservator
The Costume Institute
212 731 1047
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10028
@metmuseum
metmuseum.org