Fall 2006 Meeting

The ARI Fall 2006 meeting was held on November 7th at the Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, 36 Battery Place, New York City. The meeting consisted of:

• 10:00-12:30 CREATING A CONTEXT FOR TEXTS & TEXTILES ON EXHIBITION:
  • Bonnie Gurewitsch, Archivist/Curator, Museum of Jewish Heritage: "Developing Text in an Exhibit Context"
  • Karen Franklin, Director of Family Research, Leo Baeck Institute: "Finding and Revealing the Story in the Object"
  • Deborah D. Waters, Curator of Decorative Arts, Mss. & Ephemera, Museum of the City of New York: "Moving from Exhibit Concept to Opening: Planning the show Tolerance & Identity: Jews in Early New York, 1654-1825." Notes from slide presentation and funding brochure from Catholics in New York (1.1 Mb pdf)
  • Caroline Dubois, Trustee, New York Marble Cemetery: "Bringing People of Marble Cemetery to Life Through a Portrait Exhibit."
• Lunch Break
• 1:15 - 4:00 PREPARING TEXTS AND TEXTILES FOR EXHIBITION: Hands-on Tips For Examining, Handling and Supporting Paper or Fabric Objects Considered for Exhibition. Assess Collections with "conservation Judgment"; Learn what you can do, yourself, and when to work with a professional conservator.
  • Book & Paper Conservator Susan Martin, Head, Gladys Brooks Book & Paper Conservation Lab, New York Academy of Medicine. Demonstration of constructing a book support; Conservation issues in examining and selecting books and paper objects for exhibition. Outline of presentation
  • Textile Conservator, Marlene Eidelheit, Conservation Lab, Cathedral of St. John the Divine: Demonstration of examining and supporting textile objects- from storage to exhibition or loan. Conservation issues in assessing the condition of textiles.
  • Conservation walk-through of Museum of Jewish Heritage exhibits with the Conservators and Curators.