Preservation Assessment to Preserve Art Collections

FAIN: PG-51585-12

Woodstock Artists Association, Inc. (Woodstock, NY 12498-1233)
Josephine Bloodgood (Project Director: May 2011 to April 2018)
Janice La Motta (Project Director: April 2018 to October 2013)

Hiring a conservation team to conduct an assessment of storage for a collection of 2,100 works of art associated with the Woodstock Art Colony, founded in 1919. The collection consists of paintings, works on paper, sculpture, decorative arts, and photography that document styles and movements in American art, including Arts and Crafts, Works Progress Administration-era, and Abstract Expressionism, as well as contemporary works up to the present.

Funds received from this grant would support an assessment by qualified conservation consultants of the storage needs, including storage equipment, space, and climate requirements, for approximately 2,100 works of art in the collection of the Woodstock Artists Association, Inc. (a.k.a. Woodstock Artists Association & Museum or WAAM). The WAAM is in critical need of short- and long-term solutions for their collection storage needs. Conservator assessments and reports will provide WAAM a set of recommendations that point out weaknesses in existing storage and will enable improvements and upgrades to the existing storage in the short term. The assessment will also be undertaken in conjunction with similar evaluations being conducted at WAAM’s partner organizations in the Hudson Valley Visual Arts Collection Consortium. The long-term goal of this joint undertaking is the development of a regional collection storage facility and study center to ensure state-of-the-art care.

Media Coverage

WAAM Completes Storage Assessment (Media Coverage)
Publication: WAAM Blog
Date: 9/20/2013
Abstract: Blog entry announcing completion of the collection assessment.
URL: https://waamblog.wordpress.com/2013/09/20/the-woodstock-artists-association-and-museum-completes-collections-storage-assessment/

Constant Contact email (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Josephine Bloodgood
Publication: Constant Contact
Date: 9/20/2013
Abstract: This email announcement was also shared on Facebook and Twitter.
URL: http://http://myemail.constantcontact.com/WAAM-Completes-NEH-Funded-Collection-Assessment.html?soid=1101793785598&aid=FjoMgiS-_x8

Associated Products

AN ASSESSMENT OF COLLECTIONS STORAGE NEEDS FOR THE WOODSTOCK ARTISTS ASSOCIATION & MUSEUM (Report)
Title: AN ASSESSMENT OF COLLECTIONS STORAGE NEEDS FOR THE WOODSTOCK ARTISTS ASSOCIATION & MUSEUM
Author: Conservators of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preserv
Abstract: This report is the result of an assessment of the storage needs at the Woodstock Artists Association & Museum (WAAM), one of the five museums in the Hudson Valley Visual Art Collections Consortium (Collections Consortium) by two conservators from the Natural Heritage Trust/New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation’s Bureau of Historic Sites/Peebles Island Resource Center (OPRHP) in July 2012. The goal of this assessment was to help WAAM improve current storage and further plans for its participation in a shared, regional collections storage facility and study center proposed by the Hudson Valley Visual Art Collections Consortium. This report gives recommendations for WAAM to help plan collections storage space in the proposed facility.
Date: 07/01/2013
Primary URL: http://origin.library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1101793785598-400/WAAM+Storage+Assessment+Report.pdf

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