General Information
Standards:
Vision Painting Conservation (VPC) provides professional art conservation and upholds the ethical standards set forth by the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC). All work is carefully examined before being treated. Treatments are carried out using museum-standard materials and methods and all treatments are fully documented with photographs and written reports before and after treatment.
Philosophy:
Conservators are individuals with extensive training that has prepared them to responsibly care for cultural holdings. It is understood that an object’s significance may be artistic, historical, scientific, religious, or social, and that its treatment must take these qualities into consideration.
To be worthy of this trust requires a high sense of moral responsibility to the cultural property, to its owners and/or custodians, to the conservation profession, and to society as a whole without reserve or personal prejudice. Because of this it is understood that treatment should only be recommended or undertaken when judged suitable to the preservation of the aesthetic, conceptual, and physical characteristics of the cultural property. When nonintervention best serves to promote the preservation of the object, it may sometimes be appropriate to recommend that no treatment be performed.
Services:
Currently we provide services for the treatment of paintings only.
All work is fully examined before treatment and the treatments are documented before and after with photographs and written reports. All treatments are carried out using approved museum-standard materials and methods.
Available services include:
- Examination of artworks to determine condition
- Treatment of artwork
- On-site surveys of collections including: Cataloging of collections for conservation concerns, such as condition, materials, and conservation priorities
- Consultation and planning on collection maintenance and environmental control, storage, and handling
- Management of analytical work contracted from outside lab
- Lectures, seminars, and workshops on collection care available to collection professionals, museum staff and concerned individuals
Fees:
Clients are received by appointment.
The initial visit is free and provides a rough assessment of reasonable expectation regarding the treatment of the object. If the client is interested in proceeding, a full condition assessment, report, treatment proposal, and estimate are provided at a charge of $50 which is refunded if the work is treated.
In some cases art work may be examined on site. Site visits are billed at $150/hr after which a report is submitted to the client at a charge of $50. If the client proceeds with the treatment the report fee is refunded.
Contact us:
We are located in Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Phone: (215) 844-1643
e-mail: visionpaintingconservation@gmail.com
URL: mnewburger.com/visionpaintingconservation.com/