AIC 53rd Annual Meeting

Registration required - add this session to your Annual Meeting registration
$66 registration fee; maximum 20 registrants

During this half-day workshop, a book & paper conservator and an organic objects conservator will introduce participants to the flexible adhesives commonly used in leather conservation treatments (such as BEVA film, BEVA D-8 Dispersion, Lascaux 498HV and 303HV, and Jade R, etc.) as well as lining materials (such as Japanese tissue paper, goldbeater's skin, and spun bond polyesters). After a brief explanation of each material's qualities and application techniques, the participants will be able to create their own mock-ups of different combination of materials, and even practice their skills on leather objects. The workshop leaders will share their tips and tricks for success and be available for guidance.

This workshop is aimed at any conservator who is curious about leather treatments, whether you are an emerging conservator who has never worked with leather, or you are an objects conservator who just doesn't treat these materials very often. This workshop will provide the time and space to explore a variety of conservation materials under the guidance of conservators who have ample experience and are excited to share what they have learned over the course of their careers.

Join us for this two hour walking tour that will take you to the Mississippi River Waterfront area. The falls has been a place of profound spiritual and cultural significance for Dakota and other Indigenous people for countless generations, yet most people even those raised in Minnesota know nothing of this long history.

The Owámniyomni Okhódayapi organization (formerly Friends of the Falls) will lead this tour of the Falls abd the Upper Lock - along the way you will learn about the Dakota lifeways, the significance of the River, and the Mní Sóta Dakota Tribes’ vision for cultural and environmental restoration.

The tour will start from the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis. 100% of this tour fee goes to support the Owámniyomni Okhódayap organization.