Education

Camille Myers Breeze, Director, is an internationally known textile conservation educator and author. A central mission of Museum Textile Services is to educate museum professionals, volunteers, students, and the public on issues related to textiles, conservation, archaeology, and museum studies.

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Upcoming lectures include:

Program Summary of Ancient Peruvian Textiles Workshop, 2004-2010

30th Northeast Conference on Andean Archaeology and Ethnohistory, Peabody Museum, Andover, MA, Oct. 15, 2011.

Camille Breeze will be sharing her experiences as Director of the Ancient Peruvian Textiles Workshop for seven years, with illustrations of many exciting textile conservation projects. This conference is free! To register or to see the complete schedule visit http://caralperu.typepad.com/ncaae/

Conservation of Museum Textiles Using Nylon Net: A Hands-On Workshop

New England Museum Association
Annual Conference
November 16-18, 2011
Hartford, CT

Textiles are among the most common museum artifacts and their fragility can be an obstacle to safe handling and display. Textile conservators often use nylon net to stabilize fabrics and provide preventative conservation. With instruction, collections staff can often do this safely in house. Participants will learn to evaluate objects to determine suitability for netting and when a conservator should be contacted. Participants will then practice netting. Please do not bring your own textiles.

Opening Doors: Conserving the Mead Art Museum’s Thangka Collection

Mead Art Museum, Amherst College
October 19, 2011 at 4:30 p.m.
Amherst, MA

Opening Doors: Conserving the Mead Art Museum’s Thangka Collection will provide a behind-the-scenes look at the process and challenges associated with conserving these 18th century Tibetan thangkas. “We have really enjoyed learning about the thangkas and Tibetan Buddhism,” said Camille. “From a conservation perspective, this project had a lot of exciting challenges. Thangkas consist of two distinct components – the painting and the textile boarder – that are conserved in two very different ways. It allowed our team to draw upon all of our skills as conservators.”

Wheaton College Museum Studies lecture

November 15, 2011, Norton, MA

Camille Breeze will be the guest lecturer in Professor Leah Niederstadt's Museum Studies class. She will speak about art conservation in general, and more specifically tapestry conservation, before visiting the renaissance tapestry on exhibit that Museum Textile Services recently conserved. Camille also gets to spend the night in Wheaton College's Gropius House--bonus!

Special fund-raising lectures can help raise money for your conservation project. We can create a presentation for your Board or the public that places your historic textiles in the spotlight and educates donors on what their support will accomplish. Please contact Camille if you would like her to speak or teach a workshop at your institution.

Click here to learn more about the Ancient Peruvian Textiles Workshop.