Course on Mosaic Conservation

MCC General Meeting 2014

MCC General Meeting

The MCC General Meeting 2014 took place in Alghero, Sardinia, Faculty of Architecture, on October 24th – 26th, gathering participants from all past MCC courses. In particular, the event saw the participation of former trainees from MCC Syria 2011-2012, MCC Jordan & Tunisia 2012-2013, MCC Libya 2014 and MCC Jordan Syria Tunisia 2014. Each of the participants gave a presentation of his/her work in their own institutions, followed by a discussion on the current situation of mosaics in the Mediterranean region. The event was organized by CCA in the frame of MOSAIKON and was one of the initiatives of Mosaic Conservation Course (MCC) 2014-2016 program.

The meeting was chaired by Aicha Ben Abed, MOSAIKON Regional Coordinator, Komait Abdallah, Director of the Scientific Laboratories of the Directorate General of Antiquities and Museums Syria, Monther Jamhawi, General Director of the Jordanian Department of Antiquities, Demetrios Michaelides, President Emeritus of ICCM, Roberto Nardi, CCA Director and ICCM President, and Jeanne Marie Teutonico, Associate Director of the Getty Conservation Institute.

The meeting was an invaluable occasion for sharing experience and exchanging ideas among professionals from around the Mediterranean. Common themes that arose during the presentations and following discussions were the importance of documentation during and before conservation interventions, research on alternative backing supports and the awareness of damage caused to mosaics by past interventions carried out with inappropriate materials.

Participants that attended the Meeting were:

Mashhour Altfiehat, Nemer Alzouby, Nihad Hendawi, Ziyad Othman, Mohammad Sh’Yyab and Firas Tbayshat from Jordan.

Badr Albireeki, Ashraf Mohammed and Abdalsalam Sadoun from Libya.

Mohammad Moutaz Alshaieb, Borhan Al Zraa, Maher Jbaee and Mohammad Kaeed from Syria.

Taieb Belgacem, Ferhani Chihaoui, Jamel Lazid, Anis Ouslati and Hamadi Sillini from Tunisia.

Following the MCC meeting 2014, all participants attended the 12th Conference of ICCM, which took place in Alghero between the 27th and the 31st of October 2014.