Training in the Conservation of Paintings - Calouste Gulbenkian ...

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general course; and some studio experience of painting and drawing.
The average age of entry is 22/23.
Trainee Finance
9. The trainee receives a stipend of $6,500 per annum from the
Ford Foundation, which is expected to cover all living expenses,
tuition fees to Oberlin College, certain domestic and foreign travel,
and some personal equipment.
X. ART RESTORATION CENTRE, STATE
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE AT ONEONTA,
COOPERSTOWN, NEW YORK STATE
1. The Art Restoration Centre at Cooperstown was set up in 1970
to provide a training course as part of the Graduate Programme of
the State University College at Oneonta. The first set of students
entered in the autumn of 1970.
2. The Centre is purpose built, providing conservation studios, a
laboratory and photographic studios. The staff and students have
access to the main library on the Cooperstown campus and funds
are available to establish a small conservation library in the Centre.
Staff
3. There is a permanent staff of two conservators (both with the
status of professor), a science lecturer and a secretary. Visiting
specialists are invited to teach on a temporary basis.
Training Course
4. The three-year course in the conservation of historic and artistic
works, mainly of American provenance, will consist of two years at
Cooperstown followed by a year's internship in some other conservation
studio. During the first two years of the course the student
attends classes, and does conservation under supervision. Among
the subjects taught are:
Technology and Structure of Artifacts
Properties and Behaviour of the Materials of Art
Methods and Techniques of Examination
Introduction to the Principles of Conservation
Procedures in Preservation and Restoration
Applications of Science to the Examination of Artifacts
There is a high proportion of practical work.
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