I just wanted to share some very fine news from my institution - the first
time-based media conservation program in the US!
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Julia Pelta Feldman
Director, *Room & Board*
*artist's residency and salon*
*153 Bedford Avenue*
*Williamsburg, Brooklyn*
www.roomandboard.nyc
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Date: Wednesday, 6 January 2016
Subject: [ifa-notice] The Conservation Center Announces Grant for New
Graduate Specialization in Time-Based Media Art Conservation
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Institute of Fine Arts Notice:
*NYU’s Institute of Fine Arts Conservation Center Announces Grant for New
Graduate Specialization in Time-Based Media Art Conservation*
In recognition of the changing field of contemporary art conservation,
NYU’s Institute of Fine Arts Conservation Center will establish a new
specialization in time-based media art conservation as part of its
four-year degree program. With support from a grant from the Andrew W.
Mellon Foundation, the Center will develop a curriculum for the premier
graduate-level education of time-based media art conservators, which will
be the first of its kind in the United States.
The two-year grant period, beginning January 2016, supports developing the
curriculum for the program and promoting the field through public lectures
on current research. The new specialization, which will be embedded within
the new MA/MS dual degree at the IFA, will require students to cross the
disciplinary boundaries of computer science, material science, media
technology, engineering, art history, and conservation.
Time-based media, also referred to as technology-based art, is a form of
contemporary art that incorporates ephemeral materials and emerging
technologies to create works that are revealed to the viewer over time.
Conserving these artworks presents particular challenges, given their
conceptual nature and their use of components that extend well beyond
traditional art materials.
Time-based media art conservation has been identified as a priority by many
leading professional organizations worldwide, and the increasing number of
vacant positions in museums – a consequence of their rapidly expanding
time-based media art collections – reflects the need for trained
specialists. Several Conservation Center students have already entered the
field, learning about time-based media as they go by working in the media
conservation labs at the Guggenheim Museum and MoMA. With this new academic
program, their future colleagues will enter the field with dedicated
training, allowing them to solve the ever-increasing challenges of media
art conservation.
“This grant allows us to design an innovative new track in an area that is
in high demand professionally but has lacked a dedicated course of study in
the U.S.,” said Patricia Rubin, Judy and Michael Steinhardt Director of the
IFA. “This support from the Mellon Foundation is a lasting investment in
the next generation of leaders in art conservation.”
Dr. Hannelore Roemich, Chairman and Professor of Conservation Science at
the IFA, said, “From understanding the painter's brushstroke to source code
analysis, there are many complexities to cover in the education of future
conservators. This new program is an unprecedented opportunity, not only
for the development of a highly-specialized curriculum, but also for
attracting the most promising applicants and prime graduates for new job
opportunities.”
Following the development and promotion of the new curriculum during the
grant period, the Center expects to receive applications to the program in
December 2017.
About the Institute of Fine Arts
The Institute of Fine Arts is an international leader in research and
graduate teaching, and committed to global engagement and advancing the
fields of art history, archaeology, and the theory and practice of
conservation. New York City, with its incomparable resources and vitality,
provides a backdrop and extended campus for IFA’s activities. Work takes
place on-site and beyond our walls through fieldwork, off-site teaching,
cultural advocacy, and curatorial and conservation collaborations.
For more information please contact: Dr. Hannelore Roemich, Chairman and
Professor of Conservation Science, Conservation Center, Institute of Fine
Arts, New York University [log in to unmask]
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Kevin Martin, Academic Advisor
The Conservation Center, Institute of Fine Arts, NYU
14 East 78 Street, New York, NY 10075
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