“In the future I hope to pass on the skills I’ve gained with this course by training a new generation of conservators within the Superintendency of Shahat, Libya.” Abdalsalam Sadoun, from Shahat, works as a mosaic restorer for the Department of Antiquities, Superintendency of Cyrene. In 2012-2013 he attended a one-year mosaic conservation course in […]
MCC Mosaic Conservation Course is part of MOSAIKON, a wide-ranging, ambitious initiative aiming to promote best practice in mosaics preservation in the Mediterranean region. MOSAIKON is supported by some of the world’s major cultural heritage institutions; partners of the project are the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI), the Getty Foundation, the International Centre for the Study […]
The second module of MCC Libya 2014 is currently underway at CCA’s headquarters near Rome. It is the first in a series of training courses run by CCA over the next two years. The start of the 2014-2016 edition of MCC marks the beginning of the second phase of MOSAIKON, an international initiative aiming to build capacity in mosaic conservation in the Mediterranean region.
This blog is an initiative within MCC - Mosaic Coservation Course, which aims to train cultural heritage professionals from the Mediterranean region. It is part of the MOSAIKON programme, a partnership of the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI), the Getty Foundation, the International Centre for the Study and Preservation of Cultural Property (ICCROM) and the International Committee for the Conservation of Mosaics (ICCM).
Greeting messages from ICCM President D.Michaelides & CCA Director Roberto Nardi