RC News and Updates

August 2008


Mon., October 6, 2008
9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Registration Deadline: September 22, 2008 (limited to 20 attendees)

Amon Carter Museum, 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd
Fort Worth, TX 76107

 

CMC - COLLECTION MANAGERS COMMITTEE

AN AFFINITY GROUP OF THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS

Workshop Alert! Workshop Alert! Workshop Alert!

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words… so is
The Care and Handling of Photographs in your Collection


Have you ever opened up a box of photographs in your collection and wondered just what the heck are those?!? Do the words Albumen or silver gelatin print, Daguerreotype, and tintype sound like some kind of weird foreign medication? How should you describe its condition once you figure out what it is? And what are the best ways to handle, display, and store it? If these are questions you have found yourself asking, this is the workshop for you! Join us as three experts help attendees learn to identify photographic processes, describe common condition issues, and discuss best practices for handling, storage, and display of photography collections.

Featured Speakers: Sylvie Penichon, Conservator of Photographs, Amon Carter Museum
John Rohrbach, Curator of Photographs, Amon Carter Museum
Barbara Brown, Conservator of Photographs, Harry Ransom Center

Cost: $25 for CMC members, $30 for non-members (make checks payable to CMC), plus $10 for lunch

To register, fill out the form below and send by MAIL, FAX or E-Mail to:
Megan Bryant, The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, 411 Elm Street, Dallas, TX 75204, meganb@jfk.org, (214) 747-6662 (fax)

PLEASE REGISTER BY September 22, 2008 (limited to 20 attendees)
(Note: Due to limited space, cancellations after September 29 will only be partially refunded)

Name: ___________________________________ Institution____________________________________________
Address: _____________________________________________________________________________________
E-mail/Phone: _________________________________________________________________________________

Registration ($25 CMC Members / $30 Non-members) $ ____________________
CMC Dues (JOIN TODAY for $15 per year) $ ____________________
Box Lunch ($10) $ ____________________
TOTAL ENCLOSED: $ ____________________

For more information contact: Megan Bryant – meganb@jfk.org, (214) 747-6660 ext. 5519

August 12, 2008
New publications available

New publications are available in the Publications section.
They are: Standards Regarding Archaeological Materials and Ancient Art (PDF) and the Archaeological Standards Press Release (Word)

Arts and Artifacts Indemnity applications

The guidelines for the new domestic indemnity program are now available on the National Endowment for the Arts web site:

http://www.arts.gov/grants/apply/Indemnity/indemnityDomestic.html

The first application deadline is September 8, 2008, for coverage beginning December 1, 2008.

For further information, please contact: Alice M. Whelihan, Indemnity Administrator, National Endowment for the Arts, tel. 202/682-5574, fax 202/682-5603, email: whelihaa@arts.endow.gov .

July 30, 2008, RCWR Travel Stipends

3 RCWR travel stipends to attend the Western Museum Association Conference in Anchorage. View the PDF document.

November 10 - 11, 2008 The VI European Registrars Conference will be held in Basel, Switzerland. For additional information go to http://swissregistrars.ch/kongress.php.