| PA-51651-06 | Preservation and Access: Preservation/Access Projects | University of Chicago | Contemporary Chinese Photography Conservation | 1/1/2006 - 12/31/2006 | $5,000.00 | Jacqueline | | Terrassa | | | | University of Chicago | Chicago | IL | 60637-5418 | USA | 2005 | Arts, General | Preservation/Access Projects | Preservation and Access | 5000 | 0 | 5000 | 0 | A preservation assessment of a collection of 41 contemporary Chinese photographs acquired by the university's David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, a visual arts repository. A small portion of the grant would subsidize attendance by the society's registrar at a week-long workshop on photographic preservation in Rochester, New York, in August 2006.
In December 2004, the David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago (“the Smart”) acquired a substantial body of large-scale contemporary Chinese photographs, adding significantly to its already impressive collection of experimental photography-based work from contemporary China. This addition to the Smart’s permanent collection follows its recent world-traveling exhibition "Between Past and Future: New Photography from China," whose tour encompasses New York, Chicago, Seattle, London, Santa Barbara, and Berlin. A Preservation Assistance Grant would support two key activities: a general preservation assessment of the photography in the museum’s collection and staff training in photographic preservation. |