Calling museum workers, gallery personnel and art collectors: the museum will be conducting a Basic Conditioning Reporting for Museum Objects workshop on June 5, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Learn the basics of making proper condition reports—from evaluating and describing t h e condition of an object and noting noticeable damage to taking photographs for documentation purposes. The workshop will be facilitated by collection managers Ricky Francisco and Peter Natividad.
Condition reporting is often a neglected aspect of documenting museum and gallery collections, but it has a very significant contribution to the whole museum and/or art gallery. Condition reports, when written properly, may prevent uncertainty and even lawsuits particularly when borrowing works of art or other objects for an exhibition. The workshop will cover condition reporting for paintings, paper, textile and other objects.
Francisco is an independent museum, gallery and conservation consultant currently working with Lopez Museum and other private institutions in Manila and Singapore. He is an advocate of preventive conservation and has received training from various institutions, such as the ICCROM (Italy), SEAMEOSPAFA (Thailand), the Heritage Conservation Centre of Singapore, the National University of Singapore Conservation Laboratory and the National Museum of the Philippines.
Natividad is the collections management consultant of the Lopez Museum. He also consults for various institutions, such as the Iglesia Ni Cristo Centennial Museum and Gallery and Banco de Oro. He received his diploma in art conservation from the National Research Laboratory for Conservation of Cultural Property in Lucknow, India. He is a founding member of the Philippine Museum Collections Management Group and is on the board of directors of the Angono Artists Association.
Registration fee of P1,750 (P1,575 for students and museum members) covers materials for the workshop as well as lunch and snacks. Participants will also be issued a certificate of participation at the end of the workshop. (Paolo Arago)
