I stumbled upon this very informative site by chance when searching for online Art handlers/technicians courses.
Currently the South African art industry is going through a epic boom period. Soon the Zeits Mocaa https://www.zeitzmocaa.museum/ will be opened putting Southern Africa firmly on the map. They have a funded curatorial course for 12 candidates. University of Cape Town has a post grad Curatorial course but there are no courses or institutes aimed at the practical/technical aspect of the art world.
I have experience in collections management, storage development and art handling ( my formal education is in Graphics and my primary work is space organizing )
My dream is to gain further experience and education in this area and find funding and support to create practical and online educational courses that will create a first generation of certified handlers in South Africa. This will set higher standards for general preventative conservation and bring about more respect and value in our cultural heritage.
So on this site I am looking for information on online handlers courses such as the NODE institute offers, internships with museums that have outreaches to African countries so that I can gain more experience specifically with issues developing countries have to deal with.
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