Upcoming Programs: Current Year

Packing and Shipping of Cultural Property
Two-day OAAG Workshop for Visual Art Professionals
February 4 & 5, 2013, 9 am to 5pm
Varley Art Gallery
216 Main St Unionville, Ontario L3R 2H1

A Canadian Conservation Institute workshop facilitated by Paul Marcon and Eric Hagan.

This workshop provides an awareness of important issues to consider when crating fragile works of art. It begins with a practical overview of shipping hazards and the susceptibility of artwork to these hazards. Packaging concepts and theory are taught with presentations, demonstrations, and hands-on activities. Participants have an opportunity to apply their knowledge by designing a protective package for several highly fragile test items and conducting drop tests on their designs. Test results provide examples of packaging principles in action and ways that damage can take place. Participants are encouraged to bring objects for discussion and to share their questions, concerns, or experiences in packaging and exhibitions.

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
• estimate the intensity of shipping hazards, as well as when and where they occur
• evaluate the risk that shipping hazards pose to museum objects
• understand how damage occurs
• reduce the susceptibility of museum artifacts to shipping hazards
• understand shock and vibration concepts and how they apply to protective packaging
• choose the best cushion materials for a given packaging requirement
• gain familiarity with cushioning and crate design information and tools
• identify important features of a protective package
• duplicate the packaging system used to transport and test objects during the workshop
• design better packages for highly fragile or valuable objects

Units
• Shipping hazards
• How things go wrong during shipment
• Susceptibility of art objects to shipping hazards
• How to deal with complex object shapes and fragile surfaces
• Cushion design
• Environmental control during shipment
• Crating: design alternatives and performance criteria
• International regulations for wood packaging materials
• Case studies: an overview of actual package designs
• Shock and vibration monitors
• What makes a good shipper
• Contracts 101
• Package performance evaluation
• Information and resources

Who should attend?
Staff and volunteers involved in collection management including its storage and access.

Registration
OAAG members: $195 (includes lunch & workshop resources both days)
Non-members: $250 (includes lunch & workshop resources both days)

To register, contact:
Amanda Tamul, Secretariat Coordinator, OAAG
members@oaag.org, (416) 598-0714
Registration Form

You may be eligible for a Canadian Museums Association bursary to attend.
Click here for information about the CMA's Travel Bursary Program.

Sincere thanks to the Varley Art Gallery.

The Ontario Association of Art Galleries would like to gratefully acknowledge the Canadian Conservation Institute, Department of Canadian Heritage.

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