Western Association for Art Conservation

Western Association for Art Conservation
Full name Western Association for Art Conservation (WAAC)
Founded

1975

Email: secretary@waac-us.org
Affiliation Professional association
Website http://cool.conservation-us.org/waac/

The Western Association for Art Conservation (WAAC) is a nonprofit regional membership organization for conservation professionals based in the Western United States, although membership is open to all irrespective of geographical location.

Aims

WAAC serves its members, who have a professional responsibility for the preservation of cultural heritage, and disseminates information through its publications and annual meeting/conference. WAAC advances knowledge, practice and standards for the conservation profession.

WAAC's bylaws[1] state that the specific purposes of WAAC are:

History

WAAC was founded in 1975 to bring together conservators practicing in the western United States to exchange ideas, information and news.

One of the prime forces behind the creation of the Western Association for Art Conservation, or Western Association of Art Conservators as it was initially called, was Benjamin Bishop Johnson,[2] who served as the first President of the organization; and at the time was Chief Conservator at LACMA, as well as a lecturer at UCLA.

Organisation and Governance

Current WAAC Board of Directors (2013 - 2014)

The current WAAC Board.[3]

Publications

Membership Directory

A membership directory is published annually and sent to members. The membership directory is alternatively available to members in electronic format; as a pdf. WAAC's Membership Directory is distributed in March of each year.

Newsletter

The WAAC Newsletter (ISSN 1052-0066)[4] has been published since 1979, and is published three times per year, in January, May and September. Each issue has been 28-32 pages long. Each issue contains several feature articles, many of which are widely cited, and the newsletter is a widely referenced resource for heritage professionals.[5]

Regular columns include:

A 10-Year Cumulative Index of the WAAC Newsletter (1979-1988, Volumes 1-10) has also been produced. Back issues are also available online.[6]

Hurricane Katrina

In response to Hurricane Katrina WAAC published a special issue of the WAAC Newsletter, September 2005 (vol 27, no 3),[7] devoted to issue of salvage and emergency response. The issue included information on health and safety for salvage operations, a reprint with a new introduction of Betty Walsh's "Salvage Operations for Water Damaged Archival Collections" and the "Salvage at a Glance" chart[8] (printed on waterproof synthetic paper), as well as a collection of new information and reprinted materials from a number of sources.

A Guide to Handling Anthropological Museum Collections

The WAAC publication A Guide to Handling Anthropological Museum Collections[9] is available in both English and Spanish (Guía para el manejo de colecciones antropológicas de museos).

The guide has also been translated into Arabic. Although not directly available from WAAC, it is reportedly widely distributed in the Arab speaking world.[10]

This is a humorous guide to the "do's and don'ts" of collections handling, and was written by Nancy Odegaard and illustrated by Grace Katterman. It is soft bound, and runs to 41 pages.

Out of Print Publications

A compilation of the talks comprising the Loss Compensation panel from the 1993 meeting at the Marconi Conference Center, enhanced by a detailed introduction into the history of loss compensation theory written by Patricia Leavengood.[12]

CONTENTS[13]

Annual Meeting

WAAC holds an annual meeting, also referred to as a conference.[14] Information about past meetings can be found on the WAAC website.[15]

In 2009 rain water entered the Alaska State Archives building, when a storm ripped the roof from the building, WAAC members who "serendipitously happen to be in Juneau for the Western Association for Art Conservation conference"[16] assist with the rescue efforts. The conference went ahead, and included a public lecture by Yosi Pozeilov about pinhole cameras.[17]

References

  1. "WAAC Bylaws. Revised 6/29/87, 10/8/96 and 11/15/99". Cool.conservation-us.org. 2008-12-02. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
  2. Greaves, James L. (January 1991). "A Remembrance: Benjamin Bishop Johnson". WAAC Newsletter. Cool.conservation-us.org. p. 10.
  3. "WAAC Board 2009-10". Cool.conservation-us.org. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
  4. "RUG Links. Find e-Journal. Search: ISSN 1052-0066" Check |url= value (help). Sfx.ub.rug.nl:9003. 2004-05-30. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
  5. "Traditional Fine Arts Organization, Inc. Online Resources for Collectors". Tfaoi.com. 2011.
  6. "WAAC Newsletter". Cool.conservation-us.org. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
  7. "WAAC Newsletter, Special Issue: Salvage and Emergency response" (PDF). Cool.conservation-us.org. September 2005.
  8. Walsh, Betty. "Salvage at a Glance chart. © Province of British Columbia 1997. Published as an insert to the WAAC Newsletter, Vol. 19, No. 2 (May 1997)" (PDF). Cool.conservation-us.org.
  9. "A guide to handling anthropological museum collections: Nancy Odegaard: Books". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
  10. http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/research/rebuilding_iraq_culture.shtml
  11. Leavengood, Patricia. Loss Compensation Symposium Postprints: Western Association for Art Conservation Annual Meeting, 1993. Western Association for Art Conservation. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
  12. "WAAC Newsletter" (PDF). Cool.conservation-us.org. January 2008.
  13. "Bcin Document Display". Bcin.ca. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
  14. Cull, D. (2010). "Review of Western Association for Art Conservation (WAAC) Annual Meeting". E-conservation magazine, No. 16. p. 13-16.
  15. "Index of /waac/historical/pastmeetings". Cool.conservation-us.org. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
  16. Hsieh, Jeremy (August 18, 2009). "Rain soaks state archives: Hundreds of boxes of historical documents affected by roof mishap". Juneauempire.com.
  17. "Yosi Pozeilov to give pinhole photography presentation". Juneauempire.com. August 16, 2009.

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