<div dir="ltr"><pre style="text-wrap: wrap;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="">Dear SPNHC Membership,
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</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Following on from George Dantes email introduction, I would like to share with you an exciting two-day workshop 'Proper Cleaning and Handling of Taxidermy' happening at the Institute for Natural History Arts on June 22-23, 2024.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm;line-height:normal"><b><u><span style="color:rgb(47,46,46)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Course Overview:</font></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Even the most robust taxidermy mounts are not immune to the effects of time. With proper handling and cleaning techniques that consider the vulnerabilities of age and of different types of taxidermy, collections can survive for hundreds of years. Historic taxidermy requires different approaches to routine maintenance than freshly prepared mounts. Conservators Bethany Palumbo and Fran Ritchie share their years of experience caring for taxidermy collections and guide students through the cleaning of specimens throughout this intensive two-day in-person course. <span style="color:rgb(47,46,46)">Students may bring their own taxidermy mounts to clean, or through INHA’s partnership with the Academy of Natural Sciences, work on actual museum specimens from their collection.</span><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><b><u><span style="color:rgb(47,46,46)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Course outline:</font></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(47,46,46)">Day 1- Introduces health and safety concerns, examination and handling, followed by discussion and demonstration of materials and techniques for dry cleaning. Students practice these techniques on mammals, birds, and other types of mounted animals. </span><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="color:rgb(47,46,46)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Day 2 - Further techniques are demonstrated for removing more stubborn soiling using wet cleaning techniques, followed by a discussion on storage and display methods. </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="color:rgb(47,46,46)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">By the conclusion of this course, students will be able to safely and effectively take care of their taxidermy collection using learned skills that will be applicable throughout their career or lifetime as a collector. No previous experience is necessary to attend this course. The course is aimed at collectors, taxidermists, taxidermy enthusiasts and early career museum professionals who may have limited familiarity with taxidermy collections.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><u><span style="color:rgb(47,46,46);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">What INHA Will Provide:</span></u></b> </font></p><ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(47,46,46);margin:0cm;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Private studio access with the use of all necessary tools and supplies needed for the class.</font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(47,46,46);margin:0cm;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Multiple mounts to practice techniques. These mounts are on loan from a local museum, providing students the experience of working on actual specimens.</font></li><font face="arial, sans-serif">
</font></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal"><font color="#000000" style="" face="arial, sans-serif">Interested? Sign-up here: <a href="https://www.naturalhistoryarts.org/event-details/proper-cleaning-and-handling-of-taxidermy-mounts-2" style="">https://www.naturalhistoryarts.org/event-details/proper-cleaning-and-handling-of-taxidermy-mounts-2</a></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><u style="color:rgb(47,46,46)"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Payments Plans are available.</span></u><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><b><u><span style="color:rgb(47,46,46);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"><font face="arial, sans-serif">About the Instructors:</font></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="color:rgb(47,46,46)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.naturalhistoryarts.org/beth-palumbo" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Bethany Palumbo</span></a> ACR is Head of Conservation Unit at the Natural History Museum of Denmark and is specialized in the conservation of Natural History collection types, foremost bone material and taxidermy. Previous to this, she was the Conservator of Life Collections at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) from 2012-2019. She is accredited by the UK Institute for Conservation and has over a decade of conservation experience in the international museum field. Bethany has a BA (2010) and MA (2013) in conservation studies from the University of Lincoln, UK.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="color:rgb(47,46,46)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.naturalhistoryarts.org/fran-ritchie" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Fran Ritchie</span></a> is an art conservator who specializes in the care and preservation of natural history collections. She has treated and restored taxidermy in museums across the United States, including the American Museum of Natural History, Zion National Park, Biltmore Estate, Buffalo Bill Center of the West, and the Alaska State Museum. A graduate of the art conservation program at Buffalo State College (M.A., C.A.S.), she has also taught graduate students at the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University and led workshops at several meetings of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections. She is a Professional Associate of the American Institute for Conservation.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">
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