ARTISTS RESOURCE

With the retrieval of art from our damaged gallery Tuesday September 30, many pieces in various stages of water exposure were released.

We are working with local art conservators and cultural heritage emergency response teams to evaluate the condition of work which was not picked up, but we wanted to offer some tips on how to mitigate different types of damage to art for the artists that took their pieces home.

PLEASE BE AWARE, although this is advice provided by conservation professionals, each case is different and as an artist you should research the best course of action for your situation.

The following PDF resources developed by nationally and internationally recognized art conservation and cultural heritage emergency and disaster response organizations specifically to help in situations just like this one, cover a range of topics. The links below the PDFs were gathered from variety of sources:

DEALING WITH WATER DAMAGE

• Drying Wet Collections

• Mold Prevention

• Mold in Collections

• Mold in Books

• Wet Photographs

• Wet Photographs 2

• Water Damaged Heirlooms

• Water Damaged Textiles

OTHER ISSUES

• Air Filtration

• Removing Large Work from Flat Files

• Smoke and Ash Recovery

AGENCY AND GOVERNMENT HELP

• Rapid Impact Adjustment

• CERF+

• American Institute for Conservation

As we receive more information we believe will be helpful, it will be added here.