90-minute On-demand (Recorded) Webinar
Handling Non-traditional Objects: From the Impossible to the Reality
In collaboration with the Packing, Art Handling and Crating Information Network (PACIN), an AAM Professional Interest Committee
Produced and sponsored by LearningTimes
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DESCRIPTION
In this webinar, practitioners in the field will discuss handling non-traditional objects during exhibition and storage. Each case will examine risk assessment, pre-planning, implementing the move, and lessons learned/next steps.
Alice Newton will discuss the Harper's Ferry challenges of moving 5.5 million objects (from Moran paintings to human remains) seven miles in three and a half months; Mark Wamaling from Artex will explore, among other things, packing and handling two giraffes through a museum as a good example how the move process can develop solutions; and Michelle Barger from SFMOMA will address safe approaches - for the art work, the art handler, and the public - in handling, installing and displaying art work that contains toxic materials. After participating in this program, attendees will be better able to:
- Assess the situation at hand
- Investigate and utilize available resources
- Recognize and respond to possible risks, and
- Combine this information with existing expertise and experience to reach a creative (and sometimes surprisingly simple) solution
PRESENTERS
Michelle Barger, Deputy Head of Conservation/Conservator of Objects, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)
Alice Newton, Supervisory Museum Specialist, Museum Conservation Services, Harpers Ferry Center, National Park Service, Harpers Ferry, WV
Mark Wamaling, Director of Crating & Packing, ARTEX Fine Art Services, Hyattsville, MD
Brent Powell, Chair, PACIN; Head of Preparation, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
Moderators
Greg Stevens, Assistant Director, Professional Development, AAM
Jonathan Finkelstein, Founder and Executive Producer, LearningTimes
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