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About the group: The Scotland Group is the only national sub-group of Icon and represents professional conservators throughout all disciplines, conservation scientists and preservation managers and specialists working in Scotland. We also welcome membership from all with an interest in conservation. We work to promote professional standards, training and membership services, raise the profile and understanding of conservation, foster good relations between conservation groups, and uphold the values of Icon. See the Icon Scotland Group Strategic Plan for 2007-2009. Contact: Icon Scotland, The Glasite Meeting House, 33 Barony Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6NX or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it The Scotland Group is very keen that we are well represented in Icon publications, so if you would like to contribute or help source copy, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Please contact the Icon Scotland Group if you have an event or news item you would like put onto the monthly Scottish Update, or the webmaster ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) for additions to the webpage. Icon Scotland Group Committee meetings for 2010 5 October, 6-8pm. Events The Scotland Group aims to provide a varied and interesting events programme with both a professional development and a social focus. We welcome any suggestions for future events, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Resources and Funding Opportunities Icon Scotland Group Accreditation Grant Applying for Accreditation? Icon Scotland Group Awards The Group administers a small grant-aid budget specifically to help Scottish conservators with the costs of the PACR accreditation process (see www.pacr.org.uk). Applicants must be members of Icon, members of Icon Scotland Group and should be living and working in Scotland. A form for application can be downloaded from the Scotland Group page of the Icon website (www.icon.org.uk) or is available by e-mailing This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Completed forms should be sent to: The Chair, Icon Scotland Group c/o The Glasite Meeting House, 33 Barony Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6NX Awards to successful candidates will normally be £100 paid on receipt of confirmation of receiving accredited status. Currently ISG hope to make 4 awards per year; in the event of multiple applicants preference will be given to equal distribution between the disciplines. Applications are reviewed by ISG office bearers and applicants and awards are conditional on achieving ACR status. All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence. Further details are on the Resources page where there is also an application form. (Accessible to members only.) Forthcoming Icon Scotland Group Events VISIT TO IAN HAMILTON FINLAY’S LITTLE SPARTA Sunday 29 August 2010, 2.30pm Set in the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh, Little Sparta is Ian Hamilton Finlay’s greatest work of art. The garden is created from the artistic fusion of poetic and sculptural elements with those of the natural landscape which is shaped and changed to become an inherent part of the concepts realised at Little Sparta. The garden is itself a major artwork encompassing within it both horticultural elements and individual works in such materials as stone, wood and metal. Finlay’s intentions are moral and philosophical as well as poetic. The themes dealt with in the garden are those which underlie the structures of society. The French Revolution, pre-Socratic views of the nature of the world, the Second World War, the sea and its fishing fleets are among the sources of metaphor and image which are realised in the garden’s art works which now number over 275. The garden is half a mile from the car park; wear sturdy footwear. Wind and/or rain-proof clothing may be needed. For more information see www.littlesparta.co.uk Cost: £10 (no concessions) Transport: car-sharing To book a place, find out more and/or offer car sharing contact: Helen Creasy, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it / 0131 331 5875
AN ARCHITECTURAL WALKING TOUR OF EDINBURGH’S ROYAL MILE – PART 2 Tuesday 21 September 2010, 6pm – 7.30 pm Back by popular demand! Architectural historian and investigator, Simon Green will continue last year’s well-attended walking tour of the Royal Mile. This September, Simon will focus on the second half of Edinburgh’s most famous street, revealing facts, histories and anecdotes behind its diverse architecture. Meeting at the Scottish Story Telling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR Cost: Members: free, non members: £5 and students: £2. Maximum number: 30 Please book your place by contacting Tizzy Main at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or by calling 07855 239 510
PUB GROUP MEETING 9 September 2010, 5.30pm The Icon Scotland Group Pub Group is back! Join us at the Wash Bar (on top of the Mound in Edinburgh, http://www.washbar.co.uk) from5:30pm onwards for conversation with friends and colleagues, drinks, and good food. This is an opportunity to get to know one another, members of the committee, and chat about general conservation issues, amongst other things. There is no need to book.
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