Meeting Schedule for 2011/2012
The Washington Conservation Guild holds meetings from October through May each year, usually on the first Thursday of the month from approximately 5:00 to 7:30 p.m. Most meetings are held at metro-accessible cultural institutions in the D.C. area. Meetings usually consist of a social hour (with hors d'oeuvres and drinks) followed by an illustrated lecture or tour of interest to conservation professionals. Meetings are free of charge to members, $5 for non-members (when charging is permitted by the venue). Members and non-members partaking of the hors d'oeuvres and drinks are asked to put a donation in the jar.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Topic: "Conservation Digitization; the Sublime, the Necessary and the Kitchen Sink," an interactive discussion presented by the The Bron Imaging Group, in association with The Image Collective
Location:
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW
Washington, DC 20024
Metro: Smithsonian (Orange and Blue lines)
Please enter the USHMM from the plaza on the Raoul Wallenberg (15th Street) side.The museum closes at 5:30, so please arrive before then.
Exhibitions will be closed. The conservation staff will be inside to direct you to the classroom for the meeting.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Presentations:
"Conservation in the University Museum: An Introduction to the Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum"
by Sanchita Balachandran: Curator/Conservator, The Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum
and
"Heritage Science for Conservation: A New Model in Book and Paper Conservation and Science"
by Sonja Jordan-Mowery, Joseph Ruzicka and Marie Ruzicka Feldmann Associate Director for Conservation and Preservation, P.I, Heritage Science for Conservation, Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries
Location: The Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum 150 Gilman Hall The Johns Hopkins University 3400 N. Charles St Baltimore, Maryland 21218 phone: 410.516.6717 / 410.516.7561
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Holiday Party and presentation by Donald Williams, Senior Furniture Conservator at the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum Conservation Institute, "Conservation on $5 a day" (How to use household and dry goods store items to outfit a conservation studio)
Location:
National Trust for Historic Preservation
1785 Mass. Ave, NW
Washington, DC
Metro: Dupont Circle (Red line)
January, 2012: exact date to be confirmed
3-Ring Circus (three concurrent sessions)
Location:
S. Dillon Ripley Center
Smithsonian Institution
1100 Jefferson Dr. SW
Metro: Smithsonian (Orange and Blue lines)
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Tour the Georgetown branch of the DC public library and hear from library staff about recovery from the fire
Location: Georgetown Branch D.C. Public Library 3260 R St. N.W. Washington, DC 20007
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Speaker: Alisha Chipman will speak on tintypes
Location: The Phillips Collection 1600 21st St. NW Washington, DC 20009 (Near 21st and Q) Metro: Dupont Circle
Friday, April 13, 2012
Intern talks at the National Archives, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Annual Business Meeting and raffle
Location: IEBW (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) 900 Seventh Street, N.W. (7th and Eye) Washington, DC 20001
