Deadline Approaching Swiftly for Nominations for 2011 CAA-Heritage Preservation Joint Award

Deadline August 31, 2010

Do you have a colleague who has contributed to our field’s understanding of art through the application of knowledge and experience in conservation, art history, and art? Nominate him or her for the 2011 Award for Distinction in Scholarship and Conservation, presented annually by Heritage Preservation and the College Art Association.

The 2010 recipient was David Bomford of the Getty Museum for his more than 30 years of scholarship, practical application, and leadership in the field of paintings conservation. Click here to read more about Mr. Bomford and this year’s award.

In 2009, Carol Stringari and Michael Gordon received the award for their work on the Guggenheim Museum’s exhibition Imageless: The Scientific Study and Experimental Treatment of an Ad Reinhardt Black Painting, and for the research project that led to the exhibition. Click here for further information about the 2009 award. The award was given in 2008 to Elizabeth Bolman of Temple University for her work on the conservation of the wall paintings in the Red Monastery, a late-antique basilica near Sohag, Egypt, as well as the neighboring White Monastery.

Nominations for the 2011 Awards must be received by August 31, 2010, at the CAA, 275 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001. Guidelines for nominations can be found by clicking here or by contacting Lauren Stark of CAA at lstark(a)collegeart.org.