Constant continuing education is an important pillar of our quality
We place great emphasis on the regular attendance of continuing-education courses and colloquia.
| 2009 | ""The Art of Collaboration: Stained-Glass Conservation in the Twenty-First Century"" in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, hosted by the ""American Corpus Vitrearum"" and the ""International Committee of the Corpus Vitrearum for the Conservation of Stained Glass"". With an expert presentation given by Anne Kaiser, Graduate Conservator, on ""Protection of conservation materials from photo-chemical aging"". |
| ""Glass and Monument Conservation"": a conference of experts hosted by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Conservation, in co-operation with Glashütte Lamberts in Waldsassen, with presentation given by Matthias Rothkegel on the UV-protective glazing on the choir loft's main window at the new minster in Würzburg, made as a leaded glass. | |
| 2007 | The windows of the St. Marienkirche in Frankfurt an der Oder, concluding talk for the re-dedication of the conserved 111 medieval fields of the three choir-loft windows of the St. Marienkirche in Frankfurt |
| Light-induced damage, Prof. Dr. Hannelore Römich in the orangery at the Bronnbach monastery | |
| Stained glass window techniques in the 19th century". Forum for the Conservation and Restoration of Stained glass Windows Namur, Belgium. The Comite Wallon pour le Vitrail (Wallon Stained glass Window Committee) in association with the Corpus Vitrearum of Belgium; the International Committee of the Corpus Vitrearum for the Conservation of Stained glass Windows; the Institut du Patrimoine Wallon (Wallon Heritage Institute). | |
| 2006 | UV- and IR-protective glazings for the protection of spatial frames, furnishings and historic glass paintings, presentation by the graduate engineer Mr. Rolf Sandner and Dr. Udo Dieckmann in the context of a small-scale colloquium for the studio meeting for the conservation of the windows NII and SII from St. Jakob (Straubing) at our premises in Würzburg |
| 2004 | Study Day for Preservation and Conservation - preservation of glass windows and glass paintings, at the Fachhochschule Erfurt |
| XII International colloquium hosted by the CVMA in Nuremberg and Regensburg | |
| Concluding colloquium for the DBU glass painting project St. Sebald Nuremberg | |
| Concluding colloquium for the Conservation of the Tiefgruben and Jakob window at the Erfurt cathedral, funded by the DBU | |
| 2003 | Historic window lead – Event hosted by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Conservation, the Construction Archive Thierhaupten and the Academy for Continuing Trade Education (a registered association) in monument conservation for the district of Schwaben |
| 2002 | Quality assurance in Conservation – Possibilities and Limits, conducted by the Monument Consservation Office Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart |
| Historic glass-painting techniques. A practical and theoretical programme for conservators, monument conservators and glass painters. Training in painting techniques from the 16th century and the period between 1830 and 1880. | |
| 2001 | 4th international forum on conservation and techniques for historic glass. Le vitrail comme un tout, Histoire, techniques, déontologie des restitutions et compléments / glass paintings as a whole: history, technique and methods of reconstruction and supplementation. Troyes, France |
| Interim report on the DBU project "treatment of brown discolouration with hydarzine" on heavily-browned medieval glass paintings in the German Federal Agency for Material Research and Testing, Berlin. | |
| VII. Studio Dialogue in Potsdam, the computer & and digital photography in conservation. The cleaning of medieval glass paintings in the fine-stream process ("Air Brasive") – a method for conservation practise? On the problem of condensation-water collectors. The project of brief inventory on glass painting of the 19th century in Saxony-Anhalt - an interim report. | |
| 2000 | Development and application of model methods for the protection of nationally-valuable glass paintings in Saxony and Poland – primarily from the 19th century – from negative environmental influences. Concluding event hosted by the German Foundation for the Environment, under direction of the working group for glass-painting research at the CVMA, Potsdam; in co-operation with the German in co-operation with the German Federal Agency for Material Research and the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research. |
| XX International Conference, Corpus Vitrearum, Secular Patronage and Piety in the Later Middle Ages, Bristol - UK | |
| Model removal of environmentally-induced damage to the nationally-valuable inventory of historic glass windows in the Gothic building Haus Wörlitz. | |
| Art, Technique and Science, The Creation of Stained glass between 1830 an 1930. Comité Wallon pour le Vitrail Associé au Corpus Vitrearum, Liège - Belgien | |
| The partially-reconstructed glass paintings in the Salvatorkirche (Munich) prior to their re-installation; a colloquium hosted by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Conservation in the exhibition hall at the Mayer`schen Hofkunstanstalt. | |
| IV. studio dialogue in Potzdam, the project by the German Foundation fort he Environment;St. Gotthard-Kirche, Brandenburg, Window NIII and sIII. Analyses and effects of second firings on glass paintings of the 19th century. Problems and solutions in the installation of the protective glazing. Inventarisation of glass paintings of the 19th and early 20th centuries in the churches of Mecklenburg-Lower Pomerania. | |
| 1999 | Laser cleaning of historic glass paintings – Interim results o a research project conducted by the University of Applied Sciences at Münster, the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen, the Cathedral Construction Administration in Cologne and the Cathedral Construction Office in Erfurt. Funded by the German Foundation for the Environment, at the Bronnbach monastery. |
| 1998 | Abbr. title "Continuing education in glass-painting conservation", funded by the German Foundation for the Environment, in co-operation with the Cathedral Builders' Lodge in Erfurt, the Cathedral Builders' Lodge in Cologne and the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research (ISC), Working Group for the Protection of Cultural Possessions, Bronnbach field office. In the context of this seminar, a paper on: "Evaluation of Environmental Conditions in the course of the Storage of Historic Glazings in Glass-Conservation Studios". |
| Interdisciplinary continuing education for mid-sized glass-conservaiton companies, practise-oriented preservation measures for historic glass windows damaged by environmental influences (planned model project). | |
| Foto-/Computer documentation – the possibilities and limits of analogue and digital photo documentation for glass paintings and articic glassworks", German Centre for Craftsmanship and Monument Conservation, Propstei Johannesberg, Fulda e.V. | |
| 1996 | Friedrichsfields Kolloquium des CVMA |
| 1995 | Conservation and preservation of historic glass paintings, results of a joint research projects in Cologne, at the Roman-Germanic Museum |
| Historic glass paintings: the risks of surface treatments - 3. Workshop at the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research, ISC-Bronnbach | |
| Presentation followed by a podium discussion "Coloured glazings in medieval churches: monument conservation between science and practise; by the General Conservator and university lecturer Dr. Ernst Bacher at the Academy of Sciences and Literature, Mainz" [New value] | |
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| Interdiziplinären Fortbildung von mittelständischen Glasrestauratorenbetrieben, praxisgerechte Konservierungsmaßnahmen für durch Umwelteinflüsse geschädigte historische Glasfenster (Modellvorhaben). | |||
| Abschlußkolloquium des Deutsch-Französischen Forschungsprogramms für die Erhaltung von Baudenkmälern in Straßburg | |||
| Foto-/Computerdokumentation - Möglichkeiten und Grenzen analoger und digitaler Fotodokumentation bei Glasmalereien und Kunstglaserarbeiten", Deutsches Zentrum für Handwer und Denkmalpflege, Propstei Johannesberg, Fulda e.V. | |||
| 1996 | 19. Friedrichsfelder Kolloquium der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Arbeitsstelle für Glasmalereiforschung des CVMA, Schloß Friedrichsfelde | ||
| 1995 | Restaurierung und Konservierung historischer Glasmalereien, Ergebnisse eines Forschungsverbundprojektes in Köln im Römisch-Germanischen Museum | ||
| Vermörtelung von Bauanschlußfugen, Fachvortrag von Herrn Achterbach vom Deutschenzentrum für Handwerk und Denkmalpflege Probstei Johannesber Fulda e.V. Denkmalhof Gernewitz | |||
| 18. Friedrichsfelder Kolloquium der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Arbeitsstelle Glasmalereiforschung des Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi im Schloß Friedrichsfelde | |||
| Historische Glasmalereien: Risiken durch Oberflächenbehandlungen - 3. Workshop im Fraunhofer-Institut für Silikatforschung ISC-Bronnbach | |||
| Vortrag mit anschließender Podiumsdiskussion "Farbverglasungen in mittelalterlichen Kirchen, Denkmalpflege zwischen Wissenschaft und Praxis" von Herrn Generalkonservator Univ.-Doz. Dr. Ernst Bacher an der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz | |||
| 1994 | 17. Friedrichsfelder Kolloquium der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Arbeitsstelle Glasmalereiforschung des Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi im Schloß Friedrichsfelde Generalkonservator, Universitäts Dozent Dr. Ernst Bacher, Wien, "Restaurierung, was ist das? Fehlerquellen bei der Restaurierung". Dr. habil. Wolfgang Müller, Diplom-Chemiker an der Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung, Leiter des Laboratoriums 8.22 "Wiederverwendung und Verwertung von Materialien" Untersuchungsprinzip und Ergebnisübersicht zum Problem der Reinigung mittelalterlicher Glasmalerei. Dr. Hannelore Römich vom Frauenhofer Institut für Silikatforschung in Würzburg, "Untersuchung zum Einfluß der Reinigungsmaßnahmen auf Glasoberflächen". Dr. Elisabeth Oberhaidacher, Wien, "Konservatorisches Schicksal einer Verglasung". Dr. Stefan Trümpler, Romont, "Beispiele für eine Restaurierungsarbeit von Bleifeldern aus dem 19. Jahrhundert in der Elisabethenkirche zu Basel" |
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| 1993 | Glasgemälde - Verfall und Rettung, Fachvortrag von Herrn Dipl.-Ing. Eberhard Achenbach in Waldsassen | ||
Excursion in the context of the conference ""The Art of Collaboration: Stained-Glass Conservation in the Twenty-First Century"", here in the Judson Memorial Church on Washington Square in New York (2009).
Experts' discussion in the Cathedral Builders' Lodge Cologne during the 10-week-long DBU continuing-education programme on glass-painting conservation.
The participation confirmations for all participants from our company, at the Study Day hosted by the University of Applied Sciences at Erfurt (2004).
Visit at the conservation studios during the Study Day at the University of Applied Sciences at Erfurt (2004).
Laser cleaning of historic glass paintings – interim results of a research project conducted by the Laser Centre at the University of Applied Sciences at Münster, the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen, the Cathedral Construction Administration in Cologne and the Cathedral Construction Office in Erfurt. Funded by the German Foundation for Environmental Conservation.
Concluding discussion at the re-dedication of the conserved 111 medieval fields of the three choir-loft windows at the St. Marienkirche in Frankfurt (Oder).
Concluding event for the DBU project in Meissen.
Glass paintings as a whole object – history, technique and methods of reconstruction and supplementation. Troyes, France.