The Museum Guggenheim-Bilbao is looking for European partners for a project to be submitted under the Culture Programme, Strand 1.2.1 (deadline: 1st October 2009). The project’s main aim is to ensure Modern Outdoor Sculpture long term preservation-conservation, protection and appreciation. For this purpose, the project foresees the establishment of a network of professionals and cultural organisations committed to contemporary sculpture (museums, collectors, artists, patrons, architects, engineers, conservator-restorers, curators, art historians, critics, educators…) This collaborative effort will enhance the promotion of good practices and knowledge exchange between professionals while stimulating a multidisciplinary collaboration.
Free access to scientific information will be strongly endorsed. The project also envisages actions aimed at enhancing audience engagement to increase public’s appreciation of contemporary sculpture and conservation as it being a core issue in long-term preservation.
Potential partners for the project include any organisation, institution or municipality with an interest in and commitment to the field of Modern Sculpture conservation-restoration, preservation and promotion.
Expressions of interest can be sent to agarcia@guggenheim-bilbao.es Tel: + 3 4. 9 4. 4 0 3 9 1 2 6 / Fax: + 3 4. 9 4. 4 3 5 9 0 6 1