Jamison Art Conservation

Jamison Art Conservation has added a land acknowledgement to our home page. The text on the home page contains links to learn more about the Nations named in the statement.
https://jamisonartconservation.com/

Jamison Art Conservation would like to recognize the rich history of Native People in this country who were often forcibly removed from their traditional lands. We respectfully acknowledge that Cleveland, Ohio resides on the ancestral homelands of the Erie, Miami, Ottawa, Potawatomi, Shawnee, Wyandot and The Haudenosaunee Confederacy among other Great Lakes tribes. We pay our respects to their elders past, present and future and encourage all to learn more about the Native People in their own communities who have continued to steward these lands throughout generations. If you would like to show your support for Indigenous communities, please consider giving to the First Nations Development Institute whose grants and programs serve to strengthen Native communities.

Do you truly want to participate in Black History Month?
The Library of Congress is heading into the final stretch of a push to transcribe the papers of Mary Church Terrell, one of the founders of the NAACP and tireless advocate for the equality of women of all races.
These are materials that cannot be read by OCR and require humans with keyboards to make them searchable and available for research more easily.
Are you a human with a keyboard and a little extra time on your hands?
You can help!

By the People Mary Church Terrell: Advocate for African Americans and Women Join us February 12-14, 2021 for a Douglass Day transcribe-a-thon! We'll aim to complete the final section of the Mary Church Terrell Papers in honor of her close friend Frederick Douglass. The weekend will also feature virtual events including a discussion among Mary Church Terrell experts. More in...

The conservation field needs more Black conservators. Here is a good example of why.

Art of history: Preserving African American dioramas Conservators, including African American students, are restoring a series of dioramas created for the 1940 American Negro Exposition in Chicago, bringing their magical artistry, and stories, back to life

Insight into how ephemera, artwork and stories from the protests will be preserved at the Smithsonian.

Smithsonian Curators Are Beginning The Process Of Collecting Signs, Art, And Stories From D.C. Protests | DCist "We thought it was most important for us to come down here to make sure that 50, 100, 200 years from now, this moment is not forgotten."

Tengujo! It's fun to see esoteric paper things get some love.

The Thinnest Paper in the World The process of making tengujo is fairly simple, but the nearly transparent product that results is almost magical.

New blog post!
JAC is currently closed for in person consultations. We are available via email or phone. If you have an emergency such as a fire or flood, we can assess the situation virtually and help you determine how to proceed.

Stay Home! And organize your print collection. Do you have a burgeoning collection of works on paper? A flat file full of prints you love but not enough wall space? Looking for another project to fill your quarantine time? If you answered yes t…

Big news!!!

Jamison Elected AIC Fellow Jamye was proud to learn that she has recently been elected as a Fellow of the American Institute for Conservation (AIC). Only conservators who have been Professional Members of AIC for two years, …

1-3 PM, Saturday, October 12th
Bring your historic photos, documents and other family heirlooms to CPL's main branch where you can get advice on caring for your collections and learn how to use the incredible scanning facilities at the Cleveland Digital Public Library.
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Caring for Your Collections Come meet local conservation professionals and ask questions about how to take care of your family scrapbook, photos, and heritage items.

Jamye is headed to Loganberry Books on July 25th to give a talk for the Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society (NOBS). Learn all the details below!

NOBS Events | Loganberry Books Loganberry hosts Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society (NOBS) forums in the LitArts Room every 3rd Thursday at 7pm. Visit our site for more info.

New Blog Post!

Pictures of You: Kenyon College Rehousing Project In 2018, Kenyon College came to Jamison Art Conservation with an interesting challenge. They hold a study collection of more than forty historic photographic images, mainly daguerreotypes in leathe…