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Banner photo by Lane Pelovsky, Courtesy of Meet Minneapolis
Wednesday May 28, 2025 9:00am - 4:00pm CDT
  • $132 registration fee
  • maximum 40 registrants
  • Adding this event to your schedule does not guarantee you a space. You must add it to your registration via the above "Add to Registration" button.

This workshop is primarily targeted towards private practice conservators and provides training on courier activities to those who may not have supplied these services in the past, or have not done so recently. The workshop is based on the Courier Training Program Framework, developed by several European registrars groups to promote best practices in the museum and gallery sector. This curriculum – adapted for a US-audience – provides participants with a comprehensive courier manual including training presentations, real-world scenario exercises, and practical checklists.

Through the combination of a taught syllabus, tabletop exercises, group discussion, Q&A period, a bibliography of online resources and take-home worksheets, participants will learn:

  • The responsibilities of working as a contract courier
  • Best practices and responsibilities for local travel with a loan
  • On-site expectations of the borrower and lender for unpacking/packing and installation/de-installation
  • How to establish trust with the lender
  • Considerations for determining courier fees
  • The tools and equipment needed as a courier
  • Questions to ask the lender and borrower
  • Courier-specific contract and insurance needs
  • How to market courier services
Speakers
avatar for Lauren Fly

Lauren Fly

Conservator and Collections Manager, Fly Arts Initiative
Lauren Fly is the founder of the Fly Arts Initiative, a fine art conservation and collections management practice based in New York City. After training at New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts’ Conservation Center, she completed her postgraduate work in the Conservation... Read More →
avatar for Samantha Springer

Samantha Springer

Owner and Principal Conservator, Art Solutions Lab
Samantha Springer established Art Solutions Lab in 2020 in the Portland, Oregon area to provide preventive care and treatment services to arts and culture organisations, municipalities, artists, and private collectors. Her practice grows from her MS attained at the Winterthur/University... Read More →
Wednesday May 28, 2025 9:00am - 4:00pm CDT
Hyatt Regency Minneapolis

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