Broken Stuff and Fried Fish Lunch

It's time we got together to eat some catfish and talked about broken stuff!

NTAAC is also looking for new Board Members! So if you would like to help build the NTAAC community drop by and raise your hand.

NTAAC Lunch

Thursday, April 28th 12:noon

Big Shucks

6232 E Mockingbird ln

Dallas TX 

See you there,

Brad

NTAAC Golden Fried Fish Lunch

It's time we all got together and talked about broken stuff!

It's also time to bring on some new NTAAC Board Members! So if you would like to help build the NTAAC community drop by and raise your hand.

NTAAC Lunch
Thursday, April 28th
Big Shucks
6232 E Mockingbird ln
Dallas TX

See you there,
Brad

October 5th NTAAC Event - Discussion and Lunch

Do you know which conservation glass or plexiglas to choose for your next framing project? Join NTAAC and Jerry Cornelius of Canyon Creek Art, where he will discuss these conservation materials, how to decide which you should be using and what are the new products on the market. Jerry and staff have goodies and free items that they are going to be giving away. Who doesn't like free conservation items?

After our visit at Canyon Creek Art we will go across the street to Chiloso Mexican Bistro for lunch.


Monday October 5th, 12:30 pm
Canyon Creek Art
2051 North Central Expressway
Richardson, Texas 75080
Jerry Cornelius

Lunch to follow (across the street)
Chiloso Mexican Bistro: Fresh, Bold Tacos and Burritos
700 E. Campbell Road Suite 190
Richardson, TX 75081

NTAAC Happy Hour - Drinks Over Broken Stuff

It's time for another NTAAC Happy Hour! Join us Monday, Sept. 21st at the Small Brewpub in Oakcliff.

 

We have all been working very hard this summer, focused on completing projects, writing reports, making quotes... So lets get together and enjoy some hand crafted beer, finely prepared pub grub and catch up on what is and isn't broken. (Small also serves wine, cocktails and Non-alcoholic drinks)

As always, NTAAC events are never limited to just art conservators, anyone who works with or around art, antiques or historic objects is welcome to join in the conversation. 

Monday, Sept 21st 5:30 - 7:30

Small Brewpub 

333 W. Jefferson Blvd

one block west of the Texas Movie Theatre 

Cheers!

Brad

Wednesday Art Conservation Fish Fry

It's time we all got together for a crispy fried fish lunch and talked about all our big projects, road trips and issues with glue.

Wednedsay June 24th 12:noon
Big Shucks
6232 E Mockingbird ln
Dallas TX

If you have been to a conservation event, conference or workshop we would love to hear about it. I just finished a workshop at the West Dean College in the UK and it was fantastic.

See you there,
Brad

Public Art Tour At North Park Mall

Join NTAAC on Wednesday, March 4th for an insightful tour of the artwork at North Park Center. Billy Hines, General Manager will conduct the tour and talk about the art collection and the issues associated with public installations.

Public art is a very hot topic in Dallas right now, so this is a great opportunity to talk about art in public spaces and what impact the public has on the art. 

North Park Center art collection features major works by renowned artists including Andy Warhol, Frank Stella, Joel Shapiro, Jim Dine, Jonathan Borofsky, and James Rosenquist among others. This collection encompasses a wide spectrum of materials such as cast bronze, welded steel, carved stone, mixed media and works on paper just to name a few. The artworks are located indoors and outdoors, tucked into nooks and displayed in high traffic areas. And are seen by thousands of people every week. 

The tour will start at 11:00am and will be followed by lunch at Luna De Noche. You are more than welcome to join us for one or both parts for this tour.

Space is limited to 20 people so RSVP ASAP to NTAAC@yahoo.com. We'll meet under the Mark Di Suvero sculpture, Ad Astra,  also known as the Big Red X.

Wednesday, March 4th @ 11:00am
North Park Center
8687 North Central Expressway
Dallas TX 75225

See you under the Big Red X
Brad

Mark Your Calendar

The February NTAAC fish fry lunch had a great turn out. Lots of golden fillets were consumed and stories told.

In March NTAAC will be taking a tour of the public art at North Park Mall lead by Bill Hines. This will be a great opportunity for an in depth look at issues surrounding art in public places. Lunch will follow the tour. So mark you calendar:

March 4th @ 11:00am
North Park Mall
Dallas TX

Also, its time for the annual NTAAC call for volunteer board members. If you would like to help build the art conservation community in North Texas send us an email NTAAC@yahoo.com.

We are looking for all kinds of skills and talents, big and small. From event organization, to data entry, to media outreach, to lots of other things we haven't even thought about yet. Your evolvement in NTAAC will make a difference to the art and historic community.

Cheers,
Brad

Crispy NTAAC Lunch Feb 4th

It has been a while between NTAAC get togethers so pull yourself away from your work table and join us this Wednesday for some crispy fried fish and lots of conversations about broken art and historic objects.

Wednesday, Feb 4th at 12:00 noon
Big Shucks
6232 e. Mockingbird Ln
Dallas TX

Now for the hard part, gumbo or spicy shrimp cocktail?...
Brad

Sunday Samurai Meet Up At The Kimbell Art Museum

Join NTAAC for a sunday afternoon in the Fort Worth Cultural District.

We'll be meeting up at the Kimbell Art Museum Cafe at 12 noon for coffee, snacks and conversations about working with art and historical objects. This is a great opportunity to catch up with old comrades and introduce yourself to new people. Feel free to bring friends and pass this invite to your colleagues.

We'll mosey over to the Samurai Armor exhibit at new Renzo Piano Pavilion. With the wide variety of materials and technics used in the making of Samurai armor this exhibit should stimulate some really good discussions.

After the Samurai Armor exhibit there is the rest of the FW Culture District to explore at your leisure.

Sunday, Aug 24th at 12 Noon
Kimbell Art Museum Cafe
3333 Camp Bowie Bld
Fort Worth TX

I'll have quiche,
Brad

NTAAC Movie Night Monuments Men

It's all about drama and broken things.

This is the last week to see Monuments Men on the big screen, So NTAAC is squeezing in a quick call to meet up this Wednesday, March 19th to see the 7:15 screening at the Magnolia Theatre.

Afterwards we'll head over to the Magnolia Lounge for a recap and nightcap.

Wednesday, March 19th @ 7:15pm
Magnolia Theatre
3699 MeKinney Ave
Dallas TX

January NTAAC Lunch And Calendar Review

NTAAC is have our first get together on Thursday, Jan. 9th. Besides grazing on the tasty buffet at Ali Baba's, we'll be talking about the NTAAC events for 2014.

That is where you come in! There will be the classic NTAAC casual lunches and happy hours, but what about events, presentations, lectures, tours, studio visits, workshops, equipment and/or technical reviews... Would you like to share? Have lunch with us and lets hear about it.

And don't forget. NTAAC is all about art/artifact centric people and events. So if you know of any workshops, conferences, lectures, movies, road trips... that would be of interest, bring that information with you as well.

NTAAC has access to several locations to host presentations, so if you would like to do a lecture, we have a place to host it. Also, if you are an organization that would be interested in hosting an event or lecture, we would love to hear from you!

Here is a link to a review of 2013 NTAAC events just to help stimulate some ideas.

Thursday, Jan 9th, 12:00noon
Ali Baba Mediterranean Grill
1901 Abrams rd.
Dallas TX 75214

Cheers,
Brad

NTAAC Hosts Presentation at the TAM Meeting

For the second year in a row, NTAAC is hosting a presentation at the annual Texas Association of Museums conference. This year Brad Ford Smith and Melanie Sanford will be Co-Chairing the presentation titled Non-renewable Resourses: Collection Care of Natural History, Archeological, and Ethnographic objects.

Our  three panelists have spent the cold winter months researching the best practice for materials associated with natural history, archeology, and ethnographic objects, with a focus on the caring, storing, and handling of these materials.

Our panelists:
Dr. Deborah Cowman from the Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History will be addressing the care of taxidermy animals.
Jenni Opalinski from the Museum of the Southwest will tap into her knowledge of ethnographic objects to address basketry, pottery and textiles.
Amanda Vance from the Galveston Railroad Museum and independent object conservator will be talking about the things archaeologists dig up.

Bring your note pads and a sharp pencil, you'll be taking lots of notes.

A Day At The Library

NTAAC had a unique chance to go behind the doors at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library and discovered a world of local history stuffed into shelves, boxes and microfiche.

It was a tight squeeze for this well attended tour.

Here, Brian discribes some of the items in the photographic collection.

One of my favorites from the rare book collection was this copy of Ulysses, illustrated by Henri Matisse. It includes two preliminary charcoal drawings by the artist. Here is a link to their online digital collection.

A Few Cold Ones At The NTAAC Happy Hour

Mark your calendars, Wednesday, June 20th at 6:00ish, for the second annual NTAAC Happy Hour at the Bryan Street Tavern.

We'll be trading stories about heroic feats of art conservation, dazzling tails of art handling, and stimulating recounts of document organization... All while enjoying a few cold ones on the back patio at the Bryan Street Tavern.

This Happy Hour is for all you art centric people who work hard all day and need a chance to relax with people that understand things like glue, digital photography and simply picking things up can be a real challenge.

Bryan Street Tavern
4315 Bryan Street
Dallas TX 75204


As with all NTAAC events, you and your colleagues are encouraged to join in the conversation.

Stay tuned for these other NTAAC events
July 18th- a site visit to Unified Fine Arts Services
August 28th - Casual mixer with the North Texas Appraisers at Meddlesome Moth.

Local and National Disaster with Lunch

Museum Disasters: Who Are You Going To Call?!

Join NTAAC at the DMA for Ms. Gina Minks' lecture on local and national disaster assistance organizations 

Ms Minks is the Imaging and Preservation Service Manager at Amigos Library Services Inc., one of the largest library service networks in the nation. Her experience in distater recovery includes being deployed to Galveston, Texas after Hurricane Ike.

Still hungry for disastrous and broken conversation? 

Join NTAAC for the after lecture NTAAC lunch at the historic downtown El Fenix. 1601 McKinney Ave, just two blocks from the DMA.

Monday, May 21st at 12:00 noon

C3 Theater

Dallas Museum of Art

1717 North Harwood St.

Dallas TX, 75201

This lecture is free and open to the public. Please RSVP if you wish to receive free parking at the DMA. gtruly@DallasMuseumofArt.org

To find out more about the North Texas Association for Art Conservation visit the NTAAC website at http://ntaac.blogspot.com/

NTAAC and the DMA May Lecture

Museum Disasters: Who Are You Going To Call?!

Well, you could call Gina Minks... Better yet, you can join us at the DMA for her lecture on that very subject. This 30 minute lecture will focus on local as well as national assistance offered to museums and their staff, weather that disaster is the results of leaky pipers, fire, or even tornados.

Ms Minks is the Imaging and Preservation Service Manager at Amigos Library Services Inc., one of the largest library service networks in the nation. Her experience in distater recovery includes being deployed to Galveston, Texas after Hurricane Ike.

So grab your note pad and join us:
May 21st at 12:00 noon
C3 Theater
Dallas Museum of Art
1717 North Harwood St.
Dallas TX, 75201

This lecture is free and open to the public, but if you RSVP by May 17th you will receive free parking at the DMA. gtruly@DallasMuseumofArt.org

Still hungry for disastrous conversation? 
Join us for the after lecture NTAAC lunch at the historic downtown El Fenix. 1601 McKinney Ave, just two blocks from the DMA.

NTAAC Conservation Roundtable TAM 2012

The Conservation Roundtable that NTAAC organized for the 2012 TAM conference played to a full house. With the session broken up into 10 minute time slots all the attendees were able to converse with each of the 5 art conservators. And when that final bell rang, few people were ready to leave.

Perhaps NTAAC will organize another session for the 2013 TAM conference in Waco.

Building A Better Emergency Hub

It was great to see such a big turn out for the February NTAAC lunch meeting at the DMA. And a Big Thank You to the DMA and Gabby Truly for hosting this lunch meeting of NTAAC, START and NTART.

The topics of emergency preparedness and the dissemination of information lead to some really good roundtable conversations. These topics were connected to the question of wither the Heritage Preservation Alliance for Response program (START) and/or the North Texas Alliance for Response Taskforce (NTART) should be brought back on line as a hub for up to date information and links to disaster preparedness and recovery? 

Turns out, everyone at the lunch has emergency information they would love to share. We just need to organize it and then find a place to house it all. 

Great News! Gina Minks at Amigos Library Services has donated internet space for NTAAC to start a web site dedicated to Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Recovery in North Texas. (EPDRNT!?)

So All of you that have piles of information, contact numbers, links, photos.... start sending that stuff to Melanie at info@conservingthreads.com

Also, there was interest in bring certified workshops to the Dallas area. We can do that with your help.

Those of you interested in helping to get this project on line please contact Melanie.

Melanie Sanford

Co-Founder NTAAC

info@conservingthreads.com

NTAAC February Lunch At The DMA

This month's NTAAC lunch will be a special convergence of 3 North Texas response groups at the Dallas Museum of Art.

The North Texas Association for Art Conservation (NTAAC) will be meeting with members from the State of Texas Alliance for Response Taskforce (START) and the North Texas Alliance for Response Taskforce (NTART) for an open forum discussion about emergency response in North Texas.

Our host Gabriela Truly Director of Collections Management, has arranged for free parking at the museum, but you must RSVP to be put on the free parking list. Access to the Atrium Cafe' is always free.

As with all NTAAC events, you and your colleagues are encouraged to join in the conversation.

Thursday, February 23 at 12:00noon 

Atrium Cafe at the DMA

Dallas Museum Of Art

1717 North Harwood

Dallas TX 75201

Please RSVP to Gabriela Truly at:  GTruly@DallasMuseumofArt.org  

Remember to sign up for the NTAAC News Blog.

*TO HELL AND BACK!!!

The North Texas Association for Art Conservation is very happy to be teaming up once again with the Nasher Sculpture Center. This time to host a sizzling lecture by Maria Sheets entitled To Hell and Back: Fire Recovery Project at the Museum of Biblical Art.

In 2006 Ms. Sheets was there when the Dallas Fire Department was pouring tons of water on the burning Museum of Biblical Art. And she was there when the museum re-opened their doors in 2010. Between those two dates, she was the art conservator on staff, responsible for the over whelming task of evaluating and treating the museum's badly damaged collection.

At this lecture, Ms. Sheets will be discussing her insights on disaster recovery and touching on topics such as: Prioritizing, Temporary Storage, Public Relations, Conservation in a temporary conservation lab, Museum construction, and  of course developing a new Emergency Disaster Plan.

This event is free and open to the public, so spread the word, bring a friend. Please RSVP to the lecture by emailing events@nashersculpturecenter.org. 

For more info contact NTAAC at NTAAC@yahoo.com or go to www.NTAAC.blogspot.com

Monday, January 30th at 12:00 Noon

Nasher Sculpture Center 

2011 Flora Street

Dallas TX 75228

PS- NTAAC will be meeting for an after lecture lunch at historic downtown El Fenix just down the street. You are welcome to join us.