Public Lecture | The Preservation of Cultural and Artistic Heritage: Current Challenges in the field of Conservation and Restoration
Public Lecture | The Preservation of Cultural and Artistic Heritage: Current Challenges in the field of Conservation and Restoration
22
Oct
The Public Lecture “The Preservation of Cultural and Artistic Heritage: Current Challenges in the field of Conservation and Restoration” organised by the Department of History and Heritage – Faculty of Arts and Humanities will take place on October 22 in the Conference Room of Seminary Campus.
About the Talk:
The aim is to explain what it’s really all about when it comes to preserving historical and artistic heritage, introducing one of the main agents with this responsibility: the conservator-restorer. Who is this person? What are their roles and responsibilities? What is their training? How do they act and how is their thinking process when it comes to making decisions about the intervention methodology needed to recover an object or care for a collection?
Through a brief historical analysis of what the field of conservation and restoration has been and how it has evolved over time, we can reflect on the current state of affairs and the biggest challenges for the near future.
About the Speaker:
Carla Felizardo
Conservator-restorer, graduated from the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar where, between 1998 and 2005, she taught Conservation and Restoration of easel painting and polychrome wood sculpture. Since 2005, she has coordinated the activities of the Conservation and Restoration Center of the School of Arts of the Portuguese Catholic University – Porto Regional Center, of which she became director in 2013, a position she has held simultaneously with the Executive Coordination of the Degree in Art, Conservation and Restoration and the Post-Graduation in Art Markets and Collections at EA – UCP since 2018. She also teaches the curricular units Preservation and Conservation Techniques III and Preservation and Conservation Techniques IV , that focus on the conservation and restoration of polychrome wood sculpture and gilded wood carving, in the Degree in Art, Conservation and Restoration.
Details:
Date: Tuesday, October 22 2024
Time: 18:30 – 20:00 (GMT+8)
Location: Conference Room, University of Saint Joseph – Seminary Campus
Language: English
Organised by Department of History and Heritage – Faculty of Arts and Humanities
*This is a free event and open to the general public