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When the ICA recently took a look at our statistics, we were delighted to learn that the number of Conservation Center tours we offer has doubled every year for the last three years. We have already given more tours in the first six months of 2009 than we provided in all of 2008! We hope this means we are close to losing our status as Cleveland's "best kept secret." We offer tours to any group interested in conservation and preservation. In just one week this spring, we welcomed a group of students from the Birchwood School, new director of the Cleveland Public Library Felton Thomas, and Cuyahoga County Commissioner Peter Lawson Jones. If you would like to add your group to that list, please contact Director of Education Nicole Hayes. |
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The ICA has launched a
shop on e-commerce website Cafe Press. The
shop offers t-shirts, tote bags, coffee mugs, magnets
and stickers sporting the ICA logo. All proceeds from
the sale of this merchandise support the ICA's
mission of conservation and preservation advocacy
and education. Visit today!
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Cool Cleveland, the popular e-newsletter (and
website) with over 30,000 subscribers, visited
the ICA in April to shed light on one of the city's "best
kept secrets." Correspondent David Budin
interviewed Director of Education Nicole Hayes about
everything from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, to
insects, to Fashion Week. Click here to see the video.
The Cool Cleveland video is the latest in some recent content additions to our website, which also include video clips of our March artists' materials educational program at the Cleveland Heights Utrecht art supply store. To see these and many more recent publications about the ICA and its conservation initiatives, visit the "ICA in the Press" page of our website. |
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In May, the Ohio City
Near
West Development Corporation presented the
ICA with a commercial preservation award "in
recognition of an outstanding example of restoration
or preservation of property in the neighborhood, further
contributing to the historic and aesthetic character of
Ohio City." We are proud to report that this is the third
award we have received for the restoration of the
Vitrolite Building's facade, completed last
summer.
We were also pleased to receive a prize from Heritage Preservation for our MayDay submission. MayDay is an annual event during which all cultural arts organizations are encouraged to "do one thing" to improve their disaster preparedness. The ICA conducted an all-staff walk through of our Cleveland facility, during which we reviewed the locations of fire alarms, shut-off valves, and exits. As a result, we received two Gaylord water detectors to improve our emergency response time. |
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The ICA had a busy spring of
programming and outreach. We kicked off the month
of March by welcoming the COSE Arts Network to
the Conservation Center for an Open House. Later
that same month, we offered "How to Make it Last," a
program on using artists' materials, at the Cleveland
Heights Utrecht art supply store. To see video clips
from that program, click here.
In April, we traveled to Cuyahoga Falls to offer a workshop on fire suppression at the 2009 Ohio Museums Association Conference. The ICA is the current spearhead organization of the Northeast Ohio Alliance for Response and it was in that capacity that we coordinated the OMA program. Also in April, the ICA was a co-organizer of the free symposium, "Form to Finish: Strategies in Outdoor Sculpture Preservation," at the Cleveland Museum of Art. In May, we invited nationally-known entomologist Thomas Parker to come to Cleveland and teach a full-day workshop on preventative pest management. A few days later, we welcomed attendees of Cleveland's annual Fashion Week to come to the Vitrolite Building for an Open House and presentation by ICA textile conservator Jane Hammond. We were pleased to bring our 2007 lecture series "Preservation of Sacred Artifacts" to Columbus in early June. Staff and volunteers from religious and spiritual institutions around the state joined us at the picturesque Jessing Conference Center for the full-day workshop. Our next community outreach will be in mid-July, when several ICA staff members will man a booth at Cleveland's Ingenuity Festival, an annual celebration of the intersections of art and technology. For a complete listing of all upcoming ICA programming, visit our website. |
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In 2012, the ICA will celebrate two milestones. We will
reach the 60th anniversary of our founding, and our
10th year as residents of Cleveland. To
commemorate these events, we are beginning to plan
educational and outreach activities, large and
small.
Our first goal is to process and rehouse the ICA archive, an important collection of documents recording the history not only of our organization, but also of the evolution of the conservation profession across the country. (For a brief history of the ICA, visit our website.) We have worked with Kent State University's Library and Information Science program to recruit archival graduate students who will help us with this important project. We anticipate that processing will begin in the late summer. If you have photographs, documents, or memorabilia relating to the history of the ICA that you would like to donate to the archive, please contact Director of Education Nicole Hayes. |
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July 10-12, 2009
2009 Ingenuity Festival Halle Building, Cleveland, OH ICA conservators will be among this year's Ingenuity Festival exhibitors, demonstrating the very real ways in which art and technology intersect in the labs every day. Additional information, including locations and admission packages, can be found here. September 2, 2009 7PM-9PM Caring for Your Textiles Lakewood Public Library, Lakewood, OH ICA Director of Education Nicole Hayes will present this illustrated lecture sponsored by the Lakewood Historical Society. This program is FREE and open to the public. September 15, 2009 Deadline for Applications, American Heritage Preservation Grants Bank of America and IMLS partnered to offer these grants to preserve specific items, including works of art, artifacts and historical documents that are in need of conservation. Applicants will build on completed conservation assessments of their collections to ensure that the grants are used in accordance with best practices in the field, and underscore the importance of assessment planning. September 17, 2009 Celebrating Paper: The 25th Anniversary Ohio Preservation Council Symposium The Msgr. Joseph Jessing Conference Center, Columbus, OH The Ohio Preservation Council is celebrating a quarter-century of protecting our shared heritage and you are invited to attend! Full symposium program can be found here; online registration will be available via the OPC website later this summer. October 1, 2009 Deadline for Applications, IMLS Conservation Project Support The Conservation Project Support program awards grants to help museums identify conservation needs and priorities, and perform activities to ensure the safekeeping of their collections. October 6, 2009 Deadline for Applications, National Historic Publications and Records Commission Optional draft submissions due August 3rd. Three grants are available: Professional Development Grants for Archives and Historical Publishing; Publishing Historical Records; and Strategies and Tools for Archives and Historical Publishing Projects. October 30, 2009 Deadline for Applications, 3rd Annual Subsidized Survey ICA is pleased to announce its third annual "Subsidized Survey Program." The purpose of the program is to help a cultural institution identify its preservation needs. The information gained through the assessment can help an institution raise funds or apply for grants to address those preservation needs. Additional information, including the application form, can be found on the ICA website. November 1, 2009 Deadline for Applications, Tru Vue Optium Conservation Grant Program Tru Vue, Inc. and the Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation (FAIC) offer grants to support projects in glazing applications for preservation of museum and library collections. Funds help defray direct project costs, including supplies and publicity. Up to four awards will be made each calendar year. Each award includes a cash amount of up to $4,000, and donated materials which may include part or all of the following: up to 60 square feet of 6.0 mm Optium Museum Acrylic® product, or up to 64 square feet of 3.0 Optium Museum Acrylic® product or Optium Acrylic® product for use directly related to the conservation project. |
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Nicole Hayes, Director of Education and External Relations
Intermuseum Conservation Association
216-658-8700
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