[NHCOLL-L:4019] Fwd: Heritage Preservation Update Fall 2008
CAHawks at aol.com
CAHawks at aol.com
Tue Oct 21 20:17:19 EDT 2008
Catharine Hawks
Conservator
2419 Barbour Road
Falls Church VA 22043-3026 USA
t/f 703.876.9272
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(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/raf?ide=AaKqH5Lnp1Vch8Msd0ZSny2KiEUX) Heritage Preservation Update Fall 2008 In this
Issue:
_Connecting to Collections _ (mip://049a0c58/default.html#articles_7)
_Rescue Public Murals to Assess Philadelphia Mural _
(mip://049a0c58/default.html#articles_11) _Task Force Rallies for Hurricane Season _
(mip://049a0c58/default.html#articles_14) _Fall Energizes Alliance for Response
Partners
_ (mip://049a0c58/default.html#articles_5) _Risk Evaluation and Planning
Program Site Visit is an Eye-Opener _ (mip://049a0c58/default.html#articles_10)
_Conservation Assessment Program Application is Now Available! _
(mip://049a0c58/default.html#articles_8) _CAP Museums and Heritage Preservation
Members Honored at the White House
_ (mip://049a0c58/default.html#articles_15) _December 15th Deadline
Announced for AIC/Heritage Preservation 2009 Award Nominations _
(mip://049a0c58/default.html#articles_16) _News in the Field
_ (mip://049a0c58/default.html#articles_12) _Staff News _
(mip://049a0c58/default.html#articles_9)
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Connecting to Collections It's Alive! Petals to Primates: Preservation
Challenges of Living Collections is the next forum in the Connecting to
Collections National Tour. Scheduled for February 19 and 20, 2009, in San Diego,
the program is geared to the special needs facing smaller botanical gardens,
zoos, aquariums, nature centers, and living history farms as they seek to
sustain their collections. For more information, _click here_
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=GMpaCgBzAAcAAAHaAAI6UQ) .
Resources in the Connecting to Collections Bookshelf have helped libraries
and museums in hurricane-ravages areas protect their collections. To read
more about the project and the critical role of Heritage Preservation, _click
here_ (http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=GMpaCgBzAAcAAAM1AAI6UQ) .
Rescue Public Murals to Assess Philadelphia Mural Common
Threads, Megan Saligman, 1998, Broad and Spring Garden Streets, Philadelphia.
(Photo by Joyce Hill Stoner.) Note people in the photograph for a sense of the
size of the mural.
This fall, Rescue Public Murals will assess the prominent Philadelphia
mural, Common Threads, by _Meg Saligman_
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=GMpaCgBzAAsAAACVAAI6UQ) . The mural, which is eight stories tall and
located in downtown Philadelphia, is seen by more than 5,800 people on a typical
weekday. Common Threads is Meg Saligman's best-known mural of the more than 50
she has painted around the world including those in Omaha, Nebraska;
Shreveport, Louisiana; and Mexico City, Mexico.
Common Threads was funded in part by the _City of Philadelphia Mural Arts
Program_ (http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=GMpaCgBzAAsAAAK7AAI6UQ) ,
one of the country’s premier public art programs, which has established
Philadelphia’s reputation as a mural city. It was nominated to Rescue Public
Murals by a local committee of artists and arts administrators to assess the mural
’s general condition and maintenance needs as it celebrates its tenth
anniversary.
To read more about the Mural Assessment, _click here_
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=GMpaCgBzAAsAAATHAAI6UQ) . Task Force Rallies for
Hurricane Season
The Strand, a National Historic Landmark District in Galveston, still under
water three days after Hurricane Ike. Photo by Weez Doherty, courtesy
Galveston Historical Foundation.
Hurricanes Gustav and Ike caused serious damage in southeastern Texas, the
lower parishes of Louisiana and elsewhere in the United States. Heritage
Preservation's _Hurricanes and Tropical Storms Web page_
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=GMpaCgBzAA4AAADSAAI6UQ) provides access to useful recovery
resources, including the _Guide to Navigating FEMA and SBA Disaster Aid_
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=GMpaCgBzAA4AAAGQAAI6UQ) and the
_free streaming video_
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=GMpaCgBzAA4AAAIkAAI6UQ) on coping with water damage. The Navigation Guide was downloaded
more than 1,400 times in September. An _online reporting tool_
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=GMpaCgBzAA4AAAL-AAI6UQ) allows people in affected
areas to submit information about damage, response, and needed assistance.
To read more, _click here_
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=GMpaCgBzAA4AAAQgAAI6UQ) . Fall Energizes Alliance for Response Partners
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=GMpaCgBzAAX-----AAI6UQ)
The Alliance for Response national program has a new look. An expanded Web
page will debut in November.
_Alliance for Response_
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=GMpaCgBzAAUAAAArAAI6UQ) Forums have been held in 12 cities around the country since
2003. The Forums, which bring together cultural heritage leaders and emergency
responders, are the first step toward community partnerships and often lead
to new networks and projects. Local Alliance for Response committees are
sponsoring a variety of programs this fall and making ambitious plans for the
future.
Meetings have already been held in Atlanta, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh.
To read more, _click here_
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=GMpaCgBzAAUAAALYAAI6UQ) . Risk Evaluation and Planning Program Site Visit is
an Eye-Opener
The Mississippi Museum of Art in Jackson is a participant in the Risk
Evaluation and Planning Program.
The on-site risk evaluation in August of the Mississippi Museum of Art
revealed simple steps museum staff can take to reduce the risk of damage to
collections and buildings. The site visit in Jackson, MS, was conducted by a
conservator and the city's fire marshal as part of Heritage Preservation's pilot
Risk Evaluation and Planning Program.
To read more about the site visit, _click here_
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=GMpaCgBzAAoAAAHoAAI6UQ) . Conservation Assessment
Program Application is Now Available!
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=GMpaCgBzAAj-----AAI6UQ) Forms for applying to the FY2009 Conservation
Assessment Program (CAP) were mailed on Friday, October 10, 2008 to museums
on the CAP mailing list and are also available on Heritage Preservation's Web
site at _www.heritagepreservation.org/CAP_
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=GMpaCgBzAAgAAAD8AAI6UQ) . The postmark deadline for submitting
applications is December 1, 2008. For more information, call 202-233-0800 or
email _cap at heritagepreservation.org_ (mailto:cap at heritagepreservation.org) .
Heritage Preservation's CAP is supported through a cooperative agreement
with the Institute of Museum and Library Services. CAP Museums and
Heritage Preservation Members Honored at the White House
National Medal Award. Photo courtesy of The Institute of Museum and Library
Services.
_The Franklin Institute_
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=GMpaCgBzAA8AAAArAAI6UQ) (Member), _The Buffalo Bill Historical Center_
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=GMpaCgBzAA8AAAB_AAI6UQ) (Member and 1990 CAP),
and _The General Lew Wallace Study and Museum_
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=GMpaCgBzAA8AAADuAAI6UQ) (2004 CAP) were honored at the White
House on October 7, 2008 with The National Medal for Museum and Library
Services. The National Medal for Museum and Library Services is the highest honor
the nation confers on these institutions for their outstanding contribution to
America’s communities. The awards are made annually by the Institute of
Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to museums and libraries that have
demonstrated a long-term commitment to public service through innovative programs and
community partnerships.
For more information and the 2008 Medal Winners, and for guidelines for
2009 nominations, _click here_
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=GMpaCgBzAA8AAAP2AAI6UQ) . December 15th Deadline Announced for AIC/Heritage
Preservation 2009 Award Nominations
The American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
(AIC) and Heritage Preservation seek nominations for their joint Award for
Outstanding Commitment to the Preservation and Care of Collections. _Click here_
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=GMpaCgBzABAAAAEBAAI6UQ) for
information on previous recipients.
The award is presented annually to an organization in North America that
has been exemplary in the importance and priority it has given to conservation
concerns and in the commitment it has shown to the preservation and care of
its cultural property within the context of its broader mission, which may
include interpretation, research, scholarship, education, and/or public
outreach. The winners are selected by a panel of distinguished conservation experts
from across the nation.
_Click here_
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=GMpaCgBzABAAAAPrAAI6UQ) for guidelines and tips for nominations.
The 2008 Award recipients were the _Arizona State Museum_
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=GMpaCgBzABAAAATYAAI6UQ) and the _Massachusetts Board
of Library Commissioners_
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=GMpaCgBzABAAAAU8AAI6UQ) .
Nominations for the award must be postmarked by December 15. Anyone may
submit a nomination; self-nominations are welcome.
For more information, go to: _www.heritagepreservation.org/awards/aic.htm_
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=GMpaCgBzABAAAAarAAI6UQ) News
in the Field
* Dr. Ann Russell has announced that she will retire from her
position as President and Executive Director of the Northeast Document Conservation
Center on November 1, 2008
To read more, _click here_
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=GMpaCgBzAAwAAAEtAAI6UQ) .
* On October 16, 2008 Mrs. Bush spoke at the launching of the Iraq
Cultural Heritage Project at the Iraq Embassy in Washington, D.C.
To read more, _click here_
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=GMpaCgBzAAwAAAK3AAI6UQ) .
Staff News
Help us wish Kate Marks well in her new position at the War of 1812
Bicentennial Program! We are also proud to announce our new Program Assistant for
the Conservation Assessment Program!
To read more, _click here_
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=GMpaCgBzAAkAAAEpAAI6UQ) .
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fax: 202-233-0807
We are also looking for stories about events, people, and/or efforts to
conserve and protect outdoor sculpture around the country. If you would like to
share your story, please _click here_
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Preservation Update!
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