MCC Jordan Syria Tunisia 2014 has just started at CCA’s headquarters near Rome. It is part of MOSAIKON, an initiative aiming to promote best practice in mosaics preservation in the Mediterranean region. Partners of the project are the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI), the Getty Foundation, the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration […]
Laboratory practice is a crucial aspect of all MCC courses, and fifty percent of didactic activities is spent undertaking practical conservation on mosaics. This is intended to give the trainees the opportunity to put into practice the theory learnt during lectures, and to gain precious first-hand experience. Within the two modules of MCC Libya 2014 […]
“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.