Museum of Art and Photography Offers Course in Conservation and Restoration of Paper; Check Details and Apply Online Here

The Museum of Art & Photography, Bengaluru, has invited online applications for a four-month intensive ‘Training Course in Conservation & Restoration of Paper – Prints, Drawings and Maps’ as part of the MAP-Tata Trusts Art Conservation Initiative. 

It is a free training course that will be conducted between February 1 and April 20, 2022, for which the training will be conducted at MAP in Bengaluru for a duration of three months, followed by a one-month internship at MAP or at another approved art conservation centre. 

Training Course in Conservation & Restoration of Paper: Highlights 

Candidates applying for the course must be practising conservators and they can apply for the four-month course till December 31, 2021. 

The training course is limited to up to five participants and certificates will be awarded to participants upon successful completion of the course. 

The programme is designed to be an intensive, hands-on training course that will equip participants with the required skills and knowledge to recognize and understand the deterioration of paper objects and critically think, develop and implement conservation and restoration of prints, drawings and maps following scientific methods within acceptable ethical and professional frameworks. 

Lalit Pathak, senior art conservator, a leading expert in paper conservation will conduct the training course. Visiting subjects faculty comprising experts in paper conservation and allied fields will be invited for conducting specific training sessions.

The online selection panel will conduct the interview process for the shortlisted participants, who will be informed about the same through an email. 

The faculty will continuously assess the participants throughout the duration of the session. The training course will be concluded with a final written assignment, practical assessment and viva-voce.

Training Course in Conservation & Restoration of Paper: Course Benefits

The following are the benefits of the Conservation and Restoration of Paper course. 

• To build critical faculty and develop problem-solving temperament necessary to make sound conservation treatment decisions for prints, drawings and maps 
• Recognise the technological, material, environmental and deterioration related problems 
• Proficiency in the usage of modern and traditional materials and tools for conservation 
• Documentation skills including mapping object deterioration, technical analysis, report writing 
• To follow investigations, find solutions to various problems and questions by reasoning, referencing and consultation processes 
• Restoration and Conservation of prints, drawings and maps 
• To inculcate laboratory etiquette and work ethic

Training Course in Conservation & Restoration of Paper: Topics

Following are the topics that will be covered during the course. 

• Material and technology of paper-prints, drawings and maps including inks, pigments and impression techniques
• Science for conservation
• Project preparation and proposal development
• Mounting, framing, display and storage
• Deteriorating mechanism of prints, drawings and maps
• Documentation techniques
• Analytical techniques
• Conservation infrastructure and materials

Training Course in Conservation & Restoration of Paper: Eligibility Criteria 

Candidates must fulfil the requisite eligibility criteria to apply for the course. 

• Candidates must have pursued conservation studies at the postgraduate/diploma level
• Candidates must be early and mid-career paper conservators 
• Candidates must have a knowledge of school-level science
• Candidates must be proficient in Computer 

Training Course in Conservation & Restoration of Paper: How to Apply? 

Step 1: Go through the link below and apply online for the course. 

Step 2: Upload the following documents while applying for the course. 

• Statement of purpose
• Curriculum vitae
• Examples of work done in paper conservation
• At least one reference

In case of any query regarding the course, participants can contact: Rajeev Kr. Choudhury, team leader, MAP Conservation Centre. 

Phone: 080-40535200; 

Timings: Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm. 

Email: conservation@map-india.org

Art and Photography Foundation (APF) has set up the Museum of Art & Photography in Bengaluru in 2021. The training course is designed and assisted by the Tata Trusts Art Conservation Initiative which aims to set up, develop and strengthen the art conservation centres across India, and to generate a cohort of trained art conservators.