When: Monday, September 23 at 6 pm Where: Virginia Department of Historic Resources The first members meeting of the year will be Monday, September 23 at 6 pm. The meeting will be at the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Conservator Chelsea Blake will be discussing her work on the materials from the Betsy. We will …
Hello all, The last meeting of the year will be this Friday (June 7) at 5:30. Casey Mallinckrodt will be presenting a talk on Conservation Initiative in African Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Please meet at the Main Entrance to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. See the attached PDF if you are unsure of …
Dear all, Please click Read More to get the sign-up link for our highly anticipated Spring Field Trip to Virginia’s Horse Country. Space is limited so sign up asap to avoid disappointment.
Hi all, Join us this Sunday (4/7) for the April meeting at Kittiewan Plantation. Kittiewan is the headquarters of the Archaeological Society of VA, and they’re going to give us a tour of the house and the Civil War archaeology of the site. It looks like it’s going to be a lovely Spring afternoon! Don’t …
Dear VCA members, This is a reminder that the VCA January Program is being held tonight at Jamestown Settlement at 5:30 to see the ‘Tenacity’ exhibit with friends and colleagues, and presentations by Katherine Egner Gruber, Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation’s Special Exhibits Curator, and conservators who were involved in treating artifacts in the exhibition. It’s not too late to sign-up! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d48adab28a2fa7-january1 We …
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If you plan to attend the VCA’s January 24th Program, ‘Tenacity’ at Jamestown Settlement, please sign up via the link below. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D48ADAB28A2FA7-january1 We hope you can make it and look forward to seeing you there!
Preservation Virginia is seeking textile conservators to propose conservation treatment for John Marshall’s Supreme Court Robes. The Request for Proposal can be found HERE. On January 9th the robes will be laid out for examination by conservators wanting to put in a proposal. Due to the delicate nature of the textile, this will be the one …
November 2018 Program Open House at the Mariners’ Museum and Park When: Wednesday, November 14th at 5:30 pm Where: The Mariners’ Museum and Park, 100 Museum Drive, Newport News VA, 23606 Please join the VCA and the Mariners’ Museum and Park for an open house of their newly expanded Conservation Department and lab spaces. …
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When: Wednesday, September 26th at 5:30 P.M Where: DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, 326 W. Francis St., Williamsburg Please Join the VCA and the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg for our first program of the season which will focus on the new exhibition ‘Upholstery CSI: Reading the Evidence. Image courtesy of Colonial Williamsburg Foundation This exhibition …
There will be a meeting of the VCA Board on Wednesday, August 22nd at the Crosby Room at James City County Library in Norge from 6:00pm-8pm. The location of the September member’s meeting is TBA.
