The Gabo Trust will consider grant applications for financial assistance from qualified conservators to attend the following events:
The Getty Center:
Treatment Strategies for Outdoor Painted Sculpture
Treatment Strategies for Outdoor Painted Sculpture
19 – 23 February 2018
This workshop will provide conservators with the practical and theoretical tools to design effective treatment strategies for outdoor painted sculpture. The programme will include a diverse range of professionals who have contributed to the GCI's Outdoor Sculpture project: conservators specialising in these treatments, paint industry professionals, paint applicators and artists' estates and foundations. Application deadline for the workshop: 14 October 2017. Further details are on the website:
IIC 2018 Turin Congress:
Preventive Conservation: The State of the Art
Preventive Conservation: The State of the Art
10 – 14 September 2018
Centro Conservazione Resauro La Veneria Reale
This congress will focus on current issues in preventive conservation, as well as developments and changes in scientific understanding and practice. It will include new, unpublished work. Further details are on the website :
For details on how to make an application to the Gabo Trust, and for guidelines, visit the Gabo Trust website: http://www.gabotrust.org.