PMG Kent Workshops
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| Date initiated | February 2025 |
| Page Compiler | Luisa Casella |
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Kent Workshops Description[edit | edit source]
The Kent Workshops were a series of gatherings organized by José Orraca at his private conservation studio in Kent, NY.
These were events where a small group of photograph conservators (around 16, selected by application or invitation, but often up to 25) would present their experiences on a specific topic and the group would experiment with different treatment techniques.
Often participants were assigned research topics ahead of the workshop, sometimes as a group, that would be presented and discussed.
Many of these resulted in a binder with bibliography or texts created by participants for the purpose of the workshop. They were informal in nature but fostered important collaborations and areas of research.
Kent Workshops Timeline[edit | edit source]
1993 Unmounting and mounting photographs[edit | edit source]
1994 Crayon Portraits/ Structural Compensation (two different accounts of the title found)[edit | edit source]
1995 Ethics and practice of cosmetic treatments in the conservation of photographs[edit | edit source]
1996 Conservation of cased photographs[edit | edit source]
1997 Hands-on treatment of photographs[edit | edit source]
Led by Gary Albright
1998 Coatings[edit | edit source]
Program:[edit | edit source]
September 24
- Photo-buttons: Presentation and demonstration
- Photo-buttons: Discussion and practice
- Cleaning color photographs: Presentation and demonstration
- Cleaning color photographs: Discussion and practice
- Bench time
September 25
- Hinging and mending moisture-sensitive photographs: Presentation and demonstration
- Hinging and mending moisture-sensitive photographs: Discussion and practice
- Bench time
- Coatings: Presentation and demonstration
- Coatings: Discussion and practice
- Marion Hunter: Drymount tissue
- Bench time
At this workshop, Constance McCabe presented method for using desiccated blotters or mat board during hinging, flattening or locally mending as a method to speed up drying time.
1999 Chemical treatment of photographic materials[edit | edit source]
September 23 to 25. Coordinators: Debbie Hess Norris and Nora Kennedy.
2000 Selected topics in the preservation and conservation of contemporary photography[edit | edit source]
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Included (gelatin flattening, ferrotyping, retouching, flattening, intensification, false-margin mounting)
2003 Kent Workshops past, present and future[edit | edit source]
2004 Mounting and silver mirroring removal[edit | edit source]
2005 Print Mounting and Laminating[edit | edit source]
Program:[edit | edit source]
September 23, AM: Demonstration of laminating techniques (including laminating and face mounting) by guest speaker Jack Merancy. PM: Hands-on experiments with mounting and laminating methods and and removal.
September 24: Discussion of current research on mounting and laminating methods and materials. PM: More hands-on testing and final discussion of observations.
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