[NHCOLL-L:5586] The Problem with Plastics online short course starts August 15

[Helen Alten]

MS001: The Problem with Plastics
Instructor: Diana Komejan
Price: $95
Dates: Aug 15 to19, 2011
Location: online at www.museumclasses.org

Description:
As we march boldly toward the 22nd century, artifact collecting includes 
that most fragile of materials - plastic. Not only is it in our 
collections, but it's used to house our collections, too. What problems 
have you seen? What problems have others seen? What materials are best? 
What can we, as caretakers, do to minimize long-term damage? Join in 
this mini-course to discuss care and deterioration of plastics. Bring 
any questions you have about plastics in your museum.

Logistics:
Participants in The Problem with Plastics will read literature and 
participate in two one-hour chats to discuss plastics deterioration and 
preservation. Each student should read course materials and prepare 
questions or comments to share with the other students in the chat. This 
is a mini-course and takes no more than 10 hours of a student's time.

To reserve a spot in the course, please pay at 
http://www.collectioncare.org/tas/tas.html If you have trouble please 
contact Helen Alten at helen at collectioncare.org

The Instructor:
Diana Komejan graduated from Sir Sandford Fleming College in 1980 with a 
diploma in Art Conservation Techniques. She has worked as a conservator 
with Parks Canada at the Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site 
in Nova Scotia and the Halifax conservation lab, where she worked on 
archaeological and historic artifacts from across east coast Canada. 
Diana also interned at the Kelsey Museum of Ancient and Medieval History 
in Ann Arbor, Mich. and spent 12 years as conservator with the Yukon 
Government in Whitehorse. In addition to lab treatments, Diana has broad 
archaeological experience, including the excavation of mammoths and 
dinosaur tracks. Diana now operates a private conservation business.

-- 
Brad Bredehoft for Helen Alten
Northern States Conservation Center
www.collectioncare.org
www.museumclasses.org