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August 12, 2011
James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation to Award Fitch Mid-Career Research Grants
The James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation will award Fitch Mid-Career research grants of up to $15,000 to mid-career professionals who have an academic background, professional experience and an established identity in one or more of the following fields: historic preservation, architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, environmental planning, architectural history and the decorative arts. The James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation will consider proposals for the research and/or the execution of the preservation-related projects in any of these fields.
The Mid-Career grants reflect the robustness of the preservation field in the United States today with topics ranging from sociological concerns in American neighborhood preservation to innovative thinking in adaptive use of redundant train stations to scientific study of and prescriptions for conserving specialized 19th century construction techniques. The locales of the topics are wide ranging as well: from the outer boroughs of New York City to South Louisiana and pueblos in the American Southwest.
Criteria for Evaluation
Applications are reviewed by the Fitch Trustees. Projects will be evaluated on the following criteria:
" The project will make a meaningful contribution to the academic and/or professional field of historic preservation in the United States
" The applicant has a realistic plan for the dissemination of research and/or final work product
" The project has a clear and realistic goals, timeframe, work plan, and budget
" The project demonstrates innovative thinking, original research and creative problem solving and/or design
Applications must be submitted in PDF format to info@fitchfoundation.org by September 15, 2011, 11 PM EST. Please visit www.fitchfoundation.org to learn more about criteria for evaluation and eligibility.
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July 22, 2011
The American Institute for Conservation Offers New Conservation Resources for Collecting Institutions
Washington, D.C. - The American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC) has published the long-awaited second edition of the AIC Guide to Digital Photography and Conservation Documentation. This book is a comprehensive guide to digital photographic equipment, software, and processing tailored to the needs of conservation professionals. The book was created to further educate conservators in the use of digital photographic equipment for conservation documentation, while also addressing concerns about long-term accessibility and preservation of electronic records. It is an essential reference for all collecting institutions in the digital age.
Authors Franziska Frey, Dawn Heller, Dan Kushel, Timothy Vitale, Jeffrey Warda (editor), and Gawain Weaver have more than doubled the size of the first edition, which includes major extensions and updates to the text and is fully illustrated with over 120 color figures.
This new edition also includes expanded information on new software, infrared and ultraviolet photography, and nearly 40 pages of detailed instructions that fully illustrate sample photography. Finally, this second edition has a wraparound internal spiral binding, allowing the book to lay flata request made by many readers of the first edition.
Michelle Dauberman of the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts was among the first to use the new edition as part of the Digital Imaging Workshop for Conservation and Museum Professionals run by The Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (FAIC). Michelle said the second edition of The AIC Guide to Digital Photography and Conservation Documentation is a must-have tool for anyone responsible for digital documentation. This new guide has been expanded and explores current equipment options from various perspectives. The technical information is clear, concise, and very thorough. It is an excellent guide for institutions of any size, and the content can be modified to adjust to budgets large and small. Well worth the investment! Thank you for putting together such a useful publication.
AIC is also pleased to announce the sale of AIC PhotoDocumentation Targets (AIC PhD Targets), designed by Dan Kushel, Jiuan-Jiuan Chen, and Luisa Casella, and produced by Robin Myers Imaging. The AIC PhD Targets provide an easy and efficient way to include photographic reference standards as well as image and artifact identification information. The design of the AIC PhD Targets has been carefully planned to minimize the space occupied by this important reference material in the image frame. Lightweight and of robust construction, each target is fully assembled and ready for use. Targets are provided with instructional information and with online resources, which include a printing template for slip-in labels for the medium and small targets.
The AIC Guide to Digital Photography and Conservation Documentation and the AIC PhotoDocumentation Targets (AIC PhD Targets) are both available through AIC's website at www.conservation-us.org/shop.
For More Information
Contact: Eryl P. Wentworth
Phone: (202) 661-8060
Email: ewentworth@conservation-us.org
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