Event Info
Cultivating Sustainable Collections: Regenerative and community driven care practices
Sustainability for collections & conservation professionals, artists, creators +
$15-$30 sliding scale
Event Description
Cultivating Sustainable Collections is a two-day gathering focused on advancing sustainable practices in collection management and preventive conservation. Hosted by Agnes Etherington Art Centre, the initiative brings together professionals, community leaders, researchers, artists, students and collectors to share and exchange innovative, practical and community-rooted solutions for a greener approach to cultural heritage care.
The event addresses the urgent need for systemic change in how art galleries, libraries, archives and museums preserve collections in the face of climate change. It challenges traditional practices, such as strict climate control and the heavy dependency on single-use industrial materials, and highlights the importance of integrating Indigenous, local and community knowledge with scientific approaches to foster regenerative and low-impact care.
The mornings of 12 and 13 September feature public panels on the challenges and solutions in sustainable collections care, while the afternoons offer workshops on practical issues regarding climate control and collecting practices.
Public panels will take place at the Isabel Centre for the Performing Arts (390 King St. W) in the mornings and workshops will take place at Rideau Building (207 Stuart St) in the afternoons.
Partners:
Cultivating Sustainable Collections: Regenerative and Community Driven Care Practices is organized by Agnes Etherington Art Centre in partnership with the Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI); Centre for Sustainable Curating, Western University; and Art History and Art Conservation, Film and Media, Vulnerable Media Lab, and Library, Archives and Special Collections, Queen’s University. Kingston and Area Association of Museums, Art Galleries + Historic Sites, the University and College Art Galleries Association of Canada, and the Ontario Museum Association (OMA) provided invaluable support by sharing the event with its members.
This initiative is funded in part through the support of the Elizabeth L. Gordon Art Program, a program of the Gordon Foundation and administered by the Ontario Arts Foundation. With additional travel support from the Chancellor Dunning Trust Visitorship.
Venue
390 King Street W
Open / Operational
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In-Person Event
Fri. September 12th + Add to Calendar
Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts
