Paper Conservation for Artists with Andrea Wise & Lisa Addison
Event description
Southern Tablelands Arts presents
Paper Conservation for Artists with Andrea Wise & Lisa Addison
10am - 1pm Saturday 6 July at Goulburn Regional Art Gallery
Paper is an enduring material for the creation of works of art. Join two of Australia’s most respected Conservators to learn about the properties of paper and optimal strategies for its care, framing and storage. The presentation includes time for in-depth questions. Places strictly limited. Suitible to artists who work with paper and paper based materials.
Presented by Andrea Wise former Senior Paper Conservator at the National Gallery of Australia and Lisa Addison Preventive Conservator at the National Gallery of Australia.
This workshop is offered free to all STA Members and at a nominal $40 to non-members.
We encourage you to join up (it's free) if you live within the STA Region of Goulburn Mulwaree, Hilltops, Queanbeyan-Palerang, Upper Lachlan Shire, Wingecarribee Shire, Wollondilly Shire and Yass Valley. JOIN US today and attend the workshop for free.
Huge thanks to our hosts Goulburn Regional Art Gallery for their support in making this workshop possible.
About the presenting Conservators
 | Andrea Wise has a BA (Hons) in Design from the University of Metropolitan Manchester and an MA in Conservation (Works of Art on Paper) from the University of Northumbria. She was Conservator for the Regional Galleries Association of NSW from 1989 to 1991. From 1993 to 1997 she was Regional Conservator at Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand. She was the Senior Paper Conservator at the National Gallery of Australia until retiring in 2023. Image: Andrea Wise, NGA Senior Conservator of Works on Paper, with a 16th Century Japanese screen, ‘The Imperial Outing and Hunt Monoyam | |
 | Lisa Addison has a Bachelor of Science in Conservation of Cultural Materials from the University of Canberra, and a Graduate certificate in Sustainable Heritage Development from the Australian National University. Lisa currently works as the Preventive Conservation at the National Gallery of Australia where she has been working to protect all materials in the collection from undue damage during display, storage, and display. Prior to the Gallery Lisa worked as a conservator for various institutions including Parliament House Art Collection, for International Conservation Services, the Powerhouse Museum, the Australian War Memorial, and as site conservator on archaeological excavations in Syria and Cyprus. Image: Lisa Addison in action preparing works of art for preventative treatment |