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Subject: Heritage Preservation Update Fall 2011









In this Update: Heritage Preservation Staff News, Program Updates, and Rescue Public Murals' new assessment.



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Nominations Deadline for Merrill Award
Alliance for Response Utah
Online Community
CAP Deadline Extension
Welcome New Staff!
Welcome New Members!
Grant Roundup




New ALA Grant Announced
ALA-ALCTS has announced the Jan Merrill-Oldham Professional Development Grant. Ms. Merrill-Oldham, who passed away on October 5, 2011, was a member of the Heritage Preservation Board. She had been Malloy-Rabinowitz Preservation Librarian at Harvard University.  The grant seeks applicants who are new to the preservation field. The award helps to offset the cost of travel to the ALA Annual Meeting. More information can be found at the ALA website by clicking here.



 
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Rescue Public Murals Assesses Against Domestic Colonialism

Through a partnership with the West 46th Street Block Association, Rescue Public Murals recently coordinated an assessment of Arnold Belkin’s 1972 mural Against Domestic Colonialism in New York City. The 50’ x 60’ mural is located on West 46th Streets between 9th and 10th Avenues in Manhattan. Belkin (1930-92) was Canadian by birth and at age 19 moved to Mexico to study with Alfaro Siqueiros—one of the greats of the Mexican Mural Movement. Although he produced many murals in Central America, Against Domestic Colonialism is believed to be Belkin’s only outdoor mural painted in the United States.
 
The assessment received extensive media attention including in the New York Times, the Associated Press, and in the Canadian press. A treatment plan will involve repairing portions of the substrate wall and repainting the mural. The Block Association and others interested in the mural will soon launch a fundraising campaign to restore the mural and it is hoped that this might be accomplished in 2012—the 40th anniversary of the mural and the 20th anniversary of the death of Belkin.

For the full story of the assessment, click here. Click here to view the slideshow featured in the New York Times. 
 
Photo caption: West 46th Street resident Watty Strouss and Patricia Quijano Ferrer unroll the original artists’ maquette of Arnold Belkin’s Against Domestic Colonialism (1972).

 












Connecting to Collections Online Community

The Connecting to Collections Online Community is 800 members strong and growing steadily! If you have questions about collections care issues, register and join the community. The Community hosts live webinar chats once a month, where you can peruse a free online resource and ask questions of an expert in the field about topics from rolling flags to working with local emergency responders to creating a comprehensive integrated pest management plan. (Recordings of the 11 live chats already conducted since June can be found by clicking here.)






2011 AIC/Heritage Preservation Ross Merrill Award Presented
Deadline for Nominations for 2012 Award is December 15, 2011.

Will your institution be awarded the 2012 Ross Merrill Award for Outstanding Commitment to the Preservation and Care of Collections? December 15 is the deadline for nominations. Click here for more information on the award and past recipients, and make sure you click here for helpful tips in creating a successful nomination package.  

Photo Caption: 2011 Merrill Award presentation on November 3. American Planning Association Board Representative Carol Rhea, Maymont’s Dale Wheary, Larry Reger, President, Heritage Preservation and Anne Innes, President, Maymont Council















 Alliance for Response News 
 
Utah Alliance for Response Forum
On November 2, the third and final 2011 Alliance for Response Kick-off Forum was held in Salt Lake City. More than 80 cultural managers and emergency managers from around the state discussed how cultural institutions could maximize their effectiveness in disaster preparedness, response, and recovery endeavors. The day-long event focused on building partnerships to prepare for "the Big One," a seismic event along the Wasatch Front. To learn more about the day’s events, visit the Salt Lake City Alliance for Response pages.

CAP News
 
The deadline to submit an application for the 2012 Conservation Assessment Program (CAP) has been extended to 11:59 pm on Thursday, December 15, 2011. Applications are currently available at www.heritagepreservation.org/cap/application.html in downloadable Microsoft Word and PDF formats. The application is also available as an online fill-in form. For questions about the application process, please contact the CAP staff at 202-233-0800 or at cap at heritagepreservation.org.
 
Missed the last issue of CAP's biannual newsletter, CAPabilities? You can find it on our website at http://www.heritagepreservation.org/CAP/archiveCAPabilities.html, along with copies of all our CAPabilities newsletters going back to 2004. CAP's archives (http://www.heritagepreservation.org/CAP/archive.html) also feature copies of all past "Spotlight on a CAPped Museum" stories, as well as an interactive U.S. map showing the states that have provided us with Spotlight stories. Is your state not represented? Do you know a museum that has made strides in preventive conservation since its CAP? If so, encourage staff to suggest a Spotlight story to CAP at cap at heritagepreservation.org.   
Heritage Preservation Staff Changes

Christa Sundell, a graduate student in Museum Studies at George Washington University, is the new Administrative Assistant at Heritage Preservation, handling membership, databases, and office administration. Lauren Hunley left Heritage Preservation in September to accept a position as the Education and Outreach Coordinator at the Carbon County Historical Society & Museum in Rawlings, Wyoming. 

Jenny Wiley, a recent graduate of the Museum Studies program at GW, joined Heritage Preservation in September as the new Program Assistant for Emergency Programs. Jenny fills the position Cindy Thompson left to become Chapter Development Specialist at the U.S. Green Building Council.

Welcome Christa and Jenny!  
Welcome New Heritage Preservation Members!

Society for College and University Planning
Sculpture Conservation and Restoration
Zephyr Preservation Studio, LLC
Click here to view our full list of members. To join Heritage Preservation, click here.
Grant Roundup

IMLS Conservation Assessment Program
Deadline: December 1, 2011

NEH Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections
Deadline: December 1, 2011
 
IMLS Museum Assessment Program
Deadline: December 1, 2011

IMLS Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program
Deadline: December 15, 2011
 
NEH America's Historical and Cultural Organizations: Implementation Grants
Deadline: January 11, 2012
 
NEH America's Historical and Cultural Organizations: Planning Grants
Deadline: January 11, 2012
 
NEH America's Media Makers: Development Grants
Deadline: January 11, 2012
 
IMLS 21st Century Museum Professionals
Deadline: March 15, 2012
 
IMLS Connecting to Collections Statewide Implementation Grants
Deadline: February 1, 2012
 
IMLS Sparks! Ignition Grants for Libraries and Museums
Deadline: February 1, 2012 









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