The Tru Vue Conservation & Exhibition Grant: Information session with Tru Vue and Icon (North America)

Applications for the Tru Vue Conservation & Exhibition Grant Scheme are now open to applicants in North America!

We are looking for projects that will:

Conserve and protect an object or objects already on display.

Or

Enable an object that is not currently on display to be conserved and made accessible to visitors in a safe way.

The grant scheme has two components:

• Materials supplied by Tru Vue (value estimated up to £4,000)
• Funding to cover the materials, supplies and/or support needed to deliver the project

Grantees receive both the cash grant and the Tru Vue materials.

Find out more here.

Dr Jennifer Booth and Erin Anderson will be joining from Tru Vue:

Dr. Jennifer Booth has a background in archaeological science having participated in fieldwork projects in the U.K., Turkey, Iran, and Egypt. Subsequent to a BSc in Archaeology and MA in Principles of Conservation, both at University College London, Jennifer undertook an AHRC sponsored collaborative doctoral award project with The University of Oxford and The British Museum. Jennifer joined Tru Vue in 2013 as the International Museum and Conservation Liaison before moving to Chicago in 2017 to lead the Fine Art & Museums team.

Erin Anderson is the Museum and Conservation Liaison for the Americas, based in New York. She completed her MS in Art Conservation at the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation and her BA in Art History at Boston University. Prior to joining Tru Vue, Erin worked at the Brooklyn Museum as an objects conservator where she treated materials ranging from ancient Egyptian artifacts to contemporary sculpture. She also worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the British Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, as well as in private practice and at an archaeological site in Italy. In addition, Erin has taught conservation at George Washington University, New York University, and Pratt Institute.