Last week our first and second year M.A.C. students teamed up with the students from the Fleming College Collections Conservation and Management program to tour the Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI), and the Canadian Museum of History (CMH).
Last weekend a number art conservation students visited Centre de conservation du Québec (CCQ) in Quebec City, QC. During the site visit students toured the facility, discussed research projects with the conservators and looked at their ongoing projects. The group photo was taken in paintings lab with soon to be graduate of the M.A.C. program Marie-Hélène and past Adjunct Professor of Painting Conservation, Michael O'Malley.
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Last week Professor of Artifacts Conservation, Amandina Anastassiades, was invited to attend two symposiums on Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Antiquities. The first, organized by the American Embassy in Ottawa, was held at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau on Sept 21 and 22.
Head of Department Joan Schwartz elected as fellow to the Royal Society of Canada. The newest Royal Society of Canada fellows are (l to r); Craig Walker, Joan Schwartz, Troy Day and David Bakhurst. Missing from the photo is Daniel David Moses (photo below).
Congratulations to all our graduating students from Art History and Art Conservation who received their degrees on 17 November 2016!
The Department of Art History and Art Conservation mourns the loss of our colleague Dr. Allison Morgan Sherman, who passed away on 26 April 2017 after a courageous and spirited battle with cancer. Flags were lowered on campus Tuesday, May 2 and Wednesday, May 3, 2017 in her memory.
As Queen’s continues to celebrate its Spring Convocation, the university presented an honourary degree to Otto Naumann, the leading name in Old Master paintings in North America, on Tuesday, June 6.
Susan Lord (Film and Media) Dylan Robinson (Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Arts) and Rosaleen Hill (Art Conservation) are among the ten Queen’s University researchers who have received more than $1.8 million in combined funding from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund. The fund supports researchers by providing the foundational research infrastructure required to undertake leading-edge research.
Art History professor Norman Vorano has been named as one of only five recipients of the ! Read about Dr. Vorano's work and award in the .
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