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    Esterfoam as a storage material for Chinese export lacquer – a cautionary tale 

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    Chris Barber
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    Published on 10-20-2016 11:00 PM
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    International Mountmakers Forum London Kick-Start event 2015 

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    T. Ashley McGrew
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    Published on 05-30-2015 07:59 PM
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    This event, held in London earlier this year, represents a big step forward for the IMF as it anticipates the first two day forum to be held outside of the states - something to look forward to. In addition to the pragmatic sessions presented the videos below also provide us with a glimpse into the formation of this exciting and evolving organization.


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    AIC's Collections Care Network 

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    American Institute for Conservation – Collection Care Network (CCN)
    What is the CCN?
    The CCN is a network within AIC for all AIC members with an interest in collection care. It was conceived in 2011 by a group of collection care practitioners and preventive conservators ...
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    Preparators Conference 2012 

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    BASICS: Brass Mounts - Making a Simple Coin Mount 

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    Adventures Continue 

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    The Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth
    Kellen Haak, Collections Manager and Head Registrar
    (Currently Kellen is no longer with the Hood.)

    In 2005 the Hood was the first U.S. museum to acquire a work by El Anatsui:
    Hovor, 2003, aluminum bottle tops and copper wire, approximately 240 x 216 inches. At the time of the purchase, Hovor was traveling in the exhibition GAWU. Kellen didn’t actually see the work in person until January 2007, when GAWU arrived at the Hood. At that point it had already been to five exhibition venues in the United Kingdom and one in the U.S. (Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art). On arriving at the Hood, it had therefore gone through at least six cycles of installation and deinstallation.

    Kellen: Over all, my experience with GAWU at the Hood was delightful. I think there were five or six "cloths" in the show. One of the cloths for the Hood's show was a new work, an add-on     ...
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    El Anatsui Wall Sculpture: Adventures in Handling, Installation, and Display 

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    By Perry Hurt, Associate Paintings Conservator
    North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA)

    With contributions by:

    Kurt Christian, Head Preparator, Saint Louis Art Museum
    Kevin Etherton, Installation Coordinator, National Museum of African Art,
    Smithsonian Institution
    Christine Giuntini, Conservator, Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas,
    Metropolitan Museum of Art
    Kellen Haak, formerly Collections Manager and Head Registrar, Hood Museum of
    Art at Dartmouth
    Kinsey Katchka, Associate Curator of Modern and African Art, NCMA
    Mark Milani, Chief Preparator, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
    Rachel Raynor, Collections Manager, Fowler Museum at UCLA
    Kendra Roth, Conservator of Modern and Contemporary Sculpture, Metropolitan
    Museum of Art





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