Installation
Art: Who Cares?
Screening of
a new film produced by the Inside Installations project in Europe.
6:00 pm
Friday, February 25, 2011
New York
University / Institute of Fine Arts
1 East 78th
Street, New York, New York
The New York Regional
Association for Conservation (NYRAC) and the International Network for the
Conservation of Contemporary Art – North America (INCCA-NA) cordially invites
you to attend a screening of the new film
Installation
Art: Who Cares?
The film describes three case studies from
different museums, at the instance of the work by the installations artists Olafur
Eliasson, Bill Seaman and Tino Seghal.
The film will be followed by a group discussion and reception.
The discussion will be chaired by INCCA-NA new Executive Director Lauren
Shadford and Glenn Wharton.
The event will take place on Friday, February 25, 2011 at the Duke
House Lecture Hall at the Institute of Fine Arts, 1 East 78th Street, New York.
The screening of the 20-minute film will commence at 6:00 pm. Refreshments will be available from 7:00 to 8:00 pm.
Registration will be open soon.
For more information
about INCCA and the Inside Installations project, please visit:
http://www.incca.org
http://www.incca-na.org
http://www.inside-installations.org
Past Events:
NYRAC
The NYRAC community is invited to:
The NYU Conservation Center Celebrates 50 Years of Excellence!
Presentations – History of the Conservation Center:
A Laboratory for Art: Harvard's Fogg Museum and the Emergence of Conservation in America, 1900-1950 by Francesca G. Bewer, Research Curator at the Harvard Art Museum’s Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies. Dr. Bewer will focus on early activities to establish a graduate conservation training program at Harvard (which did not succeed).
How It Began: A Bow to Those Who Made It Possible for New York University to Open a Conservation Training Program in 1960 by Jean D. Portell, Brooklyn, New York
When: October 15, 2010, 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM History of the Conservation Center Presentations, Faculty and Alumni Recollections
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Reception
Where: James B. Duke House, 1 East 78th Street, New York, New York 10075
I would like to reserve my ticket(s) for the 50th Anniversary Celebration:
Friday – History, Recollections, and Evening Reception: $35 ( ) qty
Please respond by September 24, 2010 to Oliver Luisi:
Phone: (212) 992-5888
Email: ojl2@nyu.edu
Mail: The Conservation Center, 14 East 78th Street, New York, NY 10075
Event: The Archive within the Museum: Tiffany Design Drawings at
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
6:00 pm Thursday, April 29, 2010
New York University / Institute of Fine Arts
1 East 78th Street, New York, New York
The New York Regional Association for Conservation (NYRAC) cordially invites you to attend The Archive within the Museum: Tiffany Design Drawings at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, to be held at New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts.
Tiffany Design Drawings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art - History and Context
Barbara Veith, Independent Scholar.
The Conservation of Tiffany Designs on Paper: Biological, Chemical, and Structural Challenges
Ann Baldwin, Associate Paper Conservator, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Treatment of a Presentation Drawing by Frederick Wilson, Chief Window Designer for Tiffany Studios Ecclesiastical Department
Stephanie Porto, Paper Conservator, Niagara Art Conservation
The event will take place on Thursday, April 29, 2010, at the Institute of Fine Arts, 1 East 78th Street, New York. Lectures will commence at 6:00 pm followed by refreshments from 7:00 to 8:00 pm. Admission $10 at the door (students admitted for free).
Please RSVP by April 21 to Marlene Eidelheit at eidelheit@nyrac.org
Image Credits:
1. Presentation drawing for "Magnolia" hanging shade, American, 1905-15, Louis Comfort Tiffany, 1848-1933. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Walter Hoving and Julia T. Weld Gifts and Dodge Fund, 1967 (67.654.199). Photography by The Sherman Fairchild Center for Works of Paper and Photograph Conservation. Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
2. Design for triple lancet window, American, Late 19th/early 20th century, Probably Frederick Wilson, 1858-1932. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Walter Hoving and Julia T. Weld Gifts and Dodge Fund, 1967 (67.654.441). Photography by The Sherman Fairchild Center for Works of Paper and Photograph Conservation. Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Event: Modern
Materials and Media
6.00 pm
Thursday, February 11, 2010:
The New York Regional Association for Conservation (NYRAC) cordially invites you to attend Modern Materials and Media at New York University's Institute of Fine Arts. The two lectures have been presented at the conference: The Conservation of Modern Materials in Applied Arts and Design, held in Munich at The International Design Museum in October 2009.
A Condition Survey Methodology and Database for Plastic Objects
at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Kate Moomaw, Postgraduate Fellow in Conservation at the Hirshhorn
Museum and Sculpture Garden
Turn it On: Turn it Off---Lighting in MoMA’s Collection of
Architecture and Design
Roger Griffith, Associate Conservator, The Museum of
Modern Art and Margo Delidow, Sculpture Research Fellow, The Museum of
Modern Art
The event
will take place on Thursday, February 11, 2010 at the Institute of Fine Arts, 1
East 78th Street, New York. Lectures will commence at 6.00 pm followed by
refreshments from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
Admission
$10 at the door (students admitted for free)
Please RSVP
by February 8 to Marlene Eidelheit at eidelheit@nyrac.org
Image
Caption:
Image
1: Eduard Fornells for René Jules Lalique; Orange Red Box Showing Cherries; c. 1920; Seicoid (cellulose
acetate); H. 1-1/8, W. 3-1/16 inches (2.9 x 7.8 cm): The
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Edward C. Moore Jr. Gift, 1924
(24.145.3ab)
Image
2: Karl Wagenfeld “Table Lamp” 1922-23, chromed metal, glass, electrical
components, Museum of Modern Art© Gift of Philip
Johnson
Special Event "Spotlight on New Talents”
6 pm Tuesday, September 29, 2009:
The New York Regional Association for Conservation (NYRAC) cordially
invites you to attend a special event *“Spotlight on new talents”* at
New York University's Institute of Fine Arts. The evening will feature
presentations by three conservators, who are just about to complete
their training.
The Identification, Analysis, and Conservation of a Chinese Qing Dynasty
Shiwan Rooftop Sun Deity from the Buffalo Museum of Science; *Ariel
O’Connor*, Andrew W. Mellon Conservation Fellow in the Sherman Fairchild
Center for Objects Conservation at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New
York;
Evolving Authenticity in Henri Matisse's The Swimming Pool; *Eliza
Spaulding*, Advanced Paper Conservation Fellow in the Library of
Congress’ Conservation Division, Washington, DC;
CSI: Conservation Science in Identification, An investigation of
membrane materials in Yup'ik objects; *Amy Tjiong*, Leon Levy Fellow at
the Institute's Conservation Center and Intern in the Objects
Conservation Lab at The Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York.
The event will take place on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at the
Institute of Fine Arts, 1 East 78th Street, New York. Lectures will
commence at 6:00 pm followed by refreshments from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
Admission $10 at the door (students admitted for free)
Please RSVP to Marlene Eidelheit at eidelheit@nyrac.org
Image credits (from left to right):
Collection of the Newark Museum
University of Alaska at Fairbanks- Veterinary Services
The Museum of Modern Art, NY
Lecture:
Thursday, April 30, 2009, 5.30 pm:
Ready Made, Speed and Artist's Technology: About the Preservation of Jean Tinguely's Machinery
Reinhard Bek, Conservation Research Fellow, Sculpture Conservation Department, The Museum of Modern Art, New York Location: Institute of Fine Arts New York University 1 East 78th Street New York, New York 10075 Refreshments: 5:30pm to 6:30pm Lecture: 6:30pm to 7:30pm Admission: $10 at the door (students admitted free) Important: Please RSVP by Monday, April 20th, to Eidelheit@nyrac.org
If you would like to learn about future events by email, include your email address in your RSVP. Ideas for future speakers are appreciated.
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