Volunteer organization strengthening disaster mitigation & response within the NYC art community through training opportunities, planning efforts & partnerships
The American Institute for Conservation Emergency Committee is seeking new volunteer members. AIC-EC supports emergency preparedness and response activities affecting the cultural heritage community. Applications are open until April 16, 2021. https://t.co/xB6O7IO7Xq
For her master's thesis, UPENN graduate student in Historic Preservation, Meris Westberg, is seeking survey responses from site and collections stewards to gauge the current state of flood risk awareness and preparedness at heritages sites in the U.S.
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.@FineArtConnoiss explores how our National Heritage Responders use their preservation expertise to help cultural heritage institutions respond to & recover from emergencies, including wildfires, hurricanes, flooding, & other disasters: https://t.co/aXNOso8xTJ
The REALM Project is offering a webinar entitled 'Museums and COVID: How to use the latest research to your advantage' on December 15. Registration details are linked. https://t.co/aF4shjzTOW
AIC is offering a free webinar entitled Health & Safety in Disasters 12/9/20 at 2:00pm EST. Full description and registration info in the link
https://t.co/1M0Kd8T7pc
As of Oct 7, 2020, there have been 16 weather/climate disaster events with losses exceeding $1 billion each to affect the United States in 2020. The 1980–2019 annual average is 6.6 events (CPI-adjusted). https://t.co/E9s0DnKGPH
FREE Social Justice and Conservation webinar series hosted by the Equity & Inclusion Committee and ECPN - sign up now! Contested Monuments Panel is up first on 10/26. Huge thanks to @conservators for generous funding so we can pay all speakers and moderators. #conservation
#REALMProject webinar recording now available. Go to https://t.co/UbR0CWHAg3. NEDCC recommends understanding how collection materials are used / handled & to review research results for data that can guide decisions about quarantine. This chart helps - the webinar very helpful!
#REALMProject webinar recording now available. Go to https://t.co/UbR0CWHAg3. NEDCC recommends understanding how collection materials are used / handled & to review research results for data that can guide decisions about quarantine. This chart helps - the webinar very helpful!
My report for #GA75 about #ClimateChange#culture & #CulturalRights is OUT https://t.co/7M3ej4G6cj; I present it 2 the GeneralAssembly 10/22; will tweet KeyMessages over the next 2weeks
Pls share & URGE governments 2support the report
Cultures will be wiped out if we do not ACT
MOCA has been awarded a $3m grant from Ford Foundation after being named one of “America’s Cultural Treasures”. Thank you @fordfoundation for supporting MOCA and your leadership in tackling inequity in arts and cultural funding. #americanhistory#arts#chineseamerican#chinatown
Hurricane #Delta Advisory 16A: Delta Moving Northwestward Across the Western Gulf of Mexico. Hurricane Conditions and Life-Threatening Storm Surge Expected To Begin Along Portions of the Northern Gulf Coast On Friday. https://t.co/VqHn0u1vgc
Blue Shield Statement on fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh, supported by @IcomOfficiel, @ICOMOS, @IFLA and @ICArchiv.
"Damage to cultural property belonging to any people whatsoever means damage to the cultural heritage of all humankind". (1954 HC Preamble)
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The National Humanities Conference is just around the corner and this year there are a number of sessions that focus on addressing issues of social and racial injustice. Below, we highlight just a couple of them. #NAHM20#VirtualNHC