Subject: ALCTS webinar: Taking Care: Family Textiles
From: ALCTS-CE Announce <alcts.ce.announce_at_gmail.com>
Date: 4/11/2012 8:23 AM
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ALCTS webinar: Taking Care: Family Textiles
Date: April 24, 2012
All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11am Pacific, noon
Mountain, 1pm Central, and 2pm Eastern time.
Description: This webinar will discuss how to care for the various types
of textiles found in family collections. This includes clothing, flags
and furniture coverings and framed textiles. The webinar will cover how
to safely store and display textiles and how to determine when the
services of a professional conservator are needed.
Learning Outcomes:
-Proper handling and storage of heirloom textiles.
-How to prevent damage and minimize deterioration.
-Resources for storage materials.
-Additional resources for further information.
Who Should Attend? Anyone with family collections of textiles or anyone
who would like information on caring for textiles
Presenter: Bronwyn Eves, Objects Conservator from Springfield, Illinois.
Bronwyn has worked as a conservator in the past at the Field Museum of
Natural History, and interned at the Museum of New Mexico, the Peabody
Museum at Harvard and the Art Institute of Chicago. Bronwyn has been a
conservator in private practice since 1999 and has served museums and
private collectors throughout Illinois. Currently Bronwyn is the project
manager of the Illinois Collections Preservation Network, an IMLS funded
grant aimed at developing a network of professionals who care for
collections.
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This is a free event, for additional information including how to
register, please click on the following link:
http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/pres/042412
ALCTS webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the
recording shortly following the live event.
For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling
1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration_at_ala.org. For all other
questions or comments related to the webinars, contact Julie Reese,
ALCTS Events Manager at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5034 or alctsce_at_ala.org.
Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.
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