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Throughout its history ICA has placed a significant emphasis on education, and over the past year the organization has retooled our programming for students to reflect ICA's expending role in the community. The new onsite and online educational program entitled art@work intends to instill a greater appreciation of the arts at work, and offer a deeper understanding of the lifecycle of artwork.
art@work program objectives include: enhancing the visibility of art conservation; demonstrating the intersection of art and science in conservation; improving understanding of the role of art in our community; preparing students to be stewards of our cultural heritage; and creating opportunities for students to interact one-on-one with professionals working in the visual arts. art@work will raise student awareness of the kinds of professions available to them in the arts, and allow young people to explore art conservation from the perspective of the conservator. The program will connect students to this region's cultural heritage by exposing them not only to the artwork, but also to the science and skill involved in keeping that great art "alive" for future generations.
The art@work program represents a dynamic combination of onsite student experiences in the ICA lab facility; illustrated classroom/school presentations; unique excursions to museums, studios, galleries, and an auction house to see artists and arts professionals at work in this community. The program is comprehensive, designed to reach students at all levels from middle school to post-graduate students. As advocates for the arts, ICA-Art Conservation plays an essential role in maintaining the cultural connection between today and yesterday. Since art education has taken a back seat to the core tested subjects, ICA is offering programming for students to instill a lifelong appreciation of the arts. ICA demonstrates the potential of combining art and science, and we have engaged several art, science, and humanities teachers to serve on a panel and review content aimed at students and their teachers.
We currently have three summer interns working at ICA as part of art@work, and several other students have completed day- or week-long onsite experiences in the labs. For more information about the art@work program, or to learn how you can get involved in supporting this new initiative, please contact Jennifer Souers Chevraux at 216.658.8700.
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ICA is pleased to announce two upcoming free public programs:
Saturday, July 14, from 1:00-2:00 PM at the Woodhill Homes Community Center
Paintings Conservator Wendy Partridge will give a free informal program in the Community Center gymnasium, where WPA murals painted by Leroy Flint and treated by the ICA are now on permanent display. Come and learn more about this unique artwork and the public partnership that worked to save the murals from destruction and turn around years of decay.
Friday, August 10, from 6:00-8:00 PM at Tremont Pointe Community Center
Conservator Mark Erdmann and Objects Technician Anne Hinebaugh will be presenting an informal program at Tremont Pointe as part of Tremont's Art Walk. Mark and Anne will be available to interact with Tremont Pointe residents and Art Walk participants alike, answering questions about the artwork and the processes involving in treating and reinstalling it for the benefit of the community.
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ICA-Art Conservation is launching a new endeavor, a major gifts program that will ultimately ensure the ongoing viability of the organization as it pursues its mission to preserve our shared artistic heritage. The ICA is dedicated to raising awareness of the science and skills required to save cultural artifacts and keep great art "alive" for future generations. Funding for such efforts has waned during recent cycles of economic decline. We are now positioned to embark on a major gifts program that creates a robust source of income that will enable us to broaden our reach and awareness, further our charitable purpose as a public resource, and forge ahead as a preeminent source of best practices in art conservation.
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The Silent Treatment: 60 Years of Collaboration in Art and Heritage Conservation
ICA's first public exhibition, will debut this fall online and in remote locations around the region.
For almost sixty years ICA-Art Conservation has provided top-notch conservation and preservation services from its home in Northeast Ohio to organizations and individuals throughout its region and around the globe. Despite the high profile of many of the artworks and artifacts treated by ICA over the years, our organization maintains a persistently low public profile. Due in part to the fact that the best conservation is invisible, most visitors to the great collections served by the ICA never realize the important role conservation plays in keeping our cultural treasures "alive" for future generations.
To help increase public awareness and understanding, ICA was recently awarded a grant from the George Gund Foundation to produce an exhibition of artwork and cultural objects treated by ICA with the goal of educating museum visitors about the essentials of art conservation and conveying the significance of the ICA in preserving the material culture that represents our shared heritage. As part of our ongoing education and outreach initiative, this unique exhibit, entitled The Silent Treatment: 60 Years of Collaboration in Art and Heritage Conservation, will employ both virtual and physical components to reach out into our local community and across the region, engaging visitors at museums, historical societies, public collections, and in the vast community on the Internet. Watch your inbox for more information about the exhibition coming this fall.
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Since the first day of construction on the new Transformer Station next-door, ICA's photographer, John Seyfried, has been documenting the building's progress from the roof of the ICA. We are excited about the potential for this corner of Ohio City to become a hub of arts innovation and are watching the site transform with eager anticipation.
To learn more about the Transformer Station, a collaboration of the Fred and Laura Ruth Bidwell Foundation and the Cleveland Museum of Art, or to view an artist's rendering of what the complex will look like when construction is complete, check out their website: www.transformerstation.org.
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Photographs courtesy of John T. Seyfried, copyright ICA - Art Conservation, 2012.
 Jennifer Souers Chevraux, Education Outreach Officer
ICA-Art Conservation
p: 216-658-8700 f: 216-658-8709
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