Articles on the topic of accessibility, diversity, and inclusion in art conservation.
I recently quit my job to move to Canada from Peru. How do I get a job in conservation if I'm a recent immigrant and know nobody there?
Conservation has a number of barriers for entry. Based on our personal experiences and current capabilities, what can we do to improve this? Musings on training accessibility. Read more here.
I joined Reddit to see if I can be a spokesperson for conservation there. I found a lot of frustration (not mine) and interest (possibly the wrong kind) in conservation. Reflections on the conservation response and what I can do to improve.
Do you remember the Cheers song? "Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name..." If your name was "Conservator" there'd be very few places you could go and "everybody" would not be a lot of people. Read on if you want to know what happens when your job title explains nothing.
This is My Friend, The Conservator, a newsletter about Art conservation, museums and the heritage world.
