Dissemination
 

	Since 2006, the grouts project team has provided informal lectures and laboratory exercises for students of the UCLA/Getty Master's Program in the Conservation of Ethnographic and Archaeological Materials. Photo: Leslie Rainer

The results of the project are being disseminated through papers, articles in scholarly journals, workshops, and a seminar. Workshops were held in May 2009 and November 2009. The next workshop is scheduled for June 2010 (see below).

Web-based papers

• Bibliography (PDF, 21pp., 224KB)
• Literature Review (forthcoming)
• Testing Protocols (forthcoming)

WORKSHOP: June 10–11, 2010
Injection Grouts for the Conservation of Architectural Surfaces

	Participants carry out field test exercise during APT workshop in November 2009. Photo: Elise Yakuboff

The Getty Conservation Institute is hosting a two-day workshop on injection grouts for the conservation of architectural surfaces. The workshop will provide an overview of the characteristics, properties, and uses of injection grouts for the conservation of architectural surfaces, including plasters, wall paintings, and mosaics focusing on desirable properties and parameters for their use in conservation.

Topics to be covered include:

• basic components of grouts
• laboratory testing
• selection of grouts
• practical application of tests in the field

Lectures and laboratory components, including demonstrations and practical exercises, will be led by scientists and conservators associated with the GCI Grouts Research and Evaluation Project: Beril Bicer-Simsir, GCI assistant scientist; David Carson, GCI laboratory manager; and Leslie Rainer, conservator and GCI senior project specialist.

The workshop will be held at the Getty Center in Los Angeles in the Building Materials Laboratory of the Getty Conservation Institute. Due to considerations of space and lab safety the workshop will be limited to twelve participants. The deadline for submittal of the workshop application is Wednesday, April 21, 2010.

The cost of the workshop is $75. This covers course materials, coffee, lunch, and parking for both days. Participants are responsible for their accommodations and ground transportation.

Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. To register, download and complete the workshop application form (2pp., PDF, 68KB) and return it with payment information to Gary Mattison, at gmattison@getty.edu or via fax at (310) 440–7713.

An email confirming registration will be sent to participants once their application and payment have been received and processed.

For further information or assistance on logistics, please contact Gary Mattison, workshop coordinator, at gmattison@getty.edu . For content questions, contact Leslie Rainer at lrainer@getty.edu .