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These times call for greater connection through AIC membership

By Lissa Rosenthal-Yoffe posted 15 days ago
These times call for greater connection—and that’s exactly what AIC membership is built on. Across the conservation field, we’re all navigating rapid change: new technologies, ...

Make professional development accessible to all!

By AIC Official posted 15 days ago
A central part of our work at FAIC is providing professional development resources to the conservation field. We provide scholarships and workshops year-round to people like you ...

These Times Call for Greater Connection - AIC Membership

By Lissa Rosenthal-Yoffe posted 16 days ago
By Lissa Rosenthal-Yoffe, Executive Director, AIC These times call for greater connection—and that’s exactly what AIC membership is built on. Across the conservation field, ...

Your Conservation Advocacy Action Items for Fall

By Katelin Lee posted 29 days ago
Advocating for conservation is a year-round activity! You may be in regular contact with your elected representatives and local government about a wide variety of interests and ...

MFT-IDG Webinar, Nov 14: "Microfading Testers in Use: Whitmore, Fotonowy, and Retroreflective"

By Vincent Beltran posted 10-14-2025
The Microfading Tester International Discussion Group (MFT-IDG) will host its first webinar titled “Microfading Testers In Use: Whitmore, Fotonowy, and Retroreflective” on Friday, ...

The past really is another country and we can never live there; at best we can pay a courtesy call

By Rebecca Rushfield posted 10-13-2025
The September 29, 2025 issue of The New Yorker contains an article by Anthony Lane entitled “ Cinema Paradiso ” about the Il Cinema Ritrovato film festival held each year in ...

Paul Whitmore: FAIC Oral History

By Vincent Beltran posted 10-07-2025
When describing the Microfading Tester International Discussion Group (MFT-IDG), conservation scientist Paul Whitmore is mentioned early and prominently as the originator of the ...

Intro to MFT-IDG Officers

By Vincent Beltran posted 10-02-2025
Organizing and launching the Microfading Tester International Discussion Group (MFT-IDG) has been the definition of a team effort and we wanted to briefly introduce you to the ...

Call for Papers for AIC-CAC 2026 Now Open!

By Bonnie Naugle posted 09-16-2025
AIC + CAC-ACCR Call for Papers: Propose a presentation, workshop, or symposium by September 30, 2025 Our 2026 joint conference will be held at the Palais des congrès in beautiful ...

Tue 8/26 10am ET MOXY: Plasma-generated Atomic Oxygen for the Cleaning of Sensitive Cultural Heritage Surfaces

By Cristiana Acerbi Ginatta posted 08-14-2025
A reminder to register for the upcoming virtual presentation on a new technology for the cleaning of delicate surfaces. Hope to see you next week! Link to register: https://learning.culturalheritage.org/p/moxy ...

The August issue of JAIC is here!

By Carmina Lamare-Bertrand posted 08-13-2025
JAIC, Volume 64, Issue 3 Read the latest issue of JAIC ( Journal of the American Institute for Conservation ) at https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/yjac20/current ...

Then fewer artworks will be damaged and  people who want to see the art rather than be seen with it, will be able to

By Rebecca Rushfield posted 07-04-2025
Each summer since the world came out of pandemic hibernation, newspapers have published stories about selfie-taking tourists damaging works of art in and out of museums. On Friday ...

Perhaps what we need now is a Save USA

By Rebecca Rushfield posted 06-18-2025
In the June 9, 2025 issue of The Wall Street Journal , Karen Wilkin wrote “ Tintoretto’s Masterpiece Resurrected ” about the unveiling of the newly cleaned Tintoretto “Crucifixion” ...

MFT Animation

By Vincent Beltran posted 06-12-2025
While some of you may have seen the sneak preview at the recent AIC conference in Minneapolis (many thanks to my fellow MFT-IDG officers @JP Brown and @Cindy Connelly Ryan ...

That conservator had either the most interesting or the most boring short term conservation job ever

By Rebecca Rushfield posted 06-11-2025
According to an article ( “In This Movie, the Art Plays a Big Part” ) in the Arts section of the June 11, 2025 issue of The New York Times , real paintings by Renoir, Magritte ...

Emerging Conservator Experiences with K-12 Outreach: Survey Response #4

By Lila Reid posted 06-04-2025
Our next survey response is from a conservator who did K-12 outreach during their internship! Read more below. Thank you to our survey-participants for such great answers! So ...

2025 May issue of JAIC - is now available online!

By Carmina Lamare-Bertrand posted 05-31-2025
JAIC, Volume 64, Issue 2 Read the latest issue of JAIC ( Journal of the American Institute for Conservation ) at https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/yjac20/current ...

Electronic Media Group - Assistant Program Chair (2025-2027)

By AIC Official posted 05-30-2025
Term: 1 year. After the first year, you will move into the Program Chair position. Description: The Assistant Program Chair is responsible for assisting the Program Chair ...

ECPN Events at AIC 2025

By Ashley Stanford posted 05-23-2025
The Emerging Conservation Professionals Network (ECPN) Officers are thrilled for the AIC Annual Meeting in Minneapolis next week! We're particularly excited to see early career ...

Emerging Conservator Experiences with K-12 Outreach: Survey Response #3

By Lila Reid posted 05-21-2025
Continuing with our survey responses, the next person we will be highlighting is from someone who has done K-12 programming/outreach in pre-program and post-program. Read about ...

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