'Preparation of Base Documents for care of Christian Art'

The Museum of Christian Art, Goa in collaboration with the CSMVS Museum Art Conservation Centre, Mumbai is organising a five day Workshop on 'Preparation of Base Documents for care of Christian Art' in Goa. The Workshop will take place at the Gallery Gitanjali, Panjim from 6th - 10th August, 2013. The workshop is open to functionaries of c

A review of houses of worship shows that there is an urgent need to arrest the deterioration and ultimate loss of the objects of ecclesiastical art in collections, homes, and parishes. These objects could well be the ones that are even to this day being used in day to day rituals and prayer, like paintings, manuscripts, vestments, chalices, decorative wood, sculptures, relics etc. This workshop will address these concerns and enable the participants to prepare a framework for a series of base documents for the care of Christian

The workshop is being supported by the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, Museum of Christian Art, Goa and Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangralaya, Mumbai.

The workshop leader is Mr. Anupam Sah, Head of Art Conservation , Research and Training, CSMVS Museum Art Conservation Centre, Mumbai and his team of art conservators as part of the Art Conservation Resurgence Project (Phase I).

The Workshop is free. There are limited seats and the last date to register is 10^th July, 2013.

For further details contact Museum of Christian Art, Goa.

Ph; 0832-2285299