Amelia International Conservation Studies
Immerse Yourself in Italy’s Cultural Legacy:
Join our Conservation and Restoration Hands-on Field School
June 10 - July 5, 2024
Amelia International Conservation Studies (AICS) is a summer field school offering comprehensive education and training in the disciplines of historic preservation, restoration and conservation.
The program is structured to provide a unique platform for students to gain exceptional practical and theoretical knowledge through an array of lectures, activities, fieldwork, workshops and field trips.
Students are presented with an opportunity to develop their skills in art restoration and conservation, under the guidance of skilled industry professionals, while working on real conservation projects.
The program caters to both novices and professionals, with courses available at varying skill levels. Additionally, the program offers specialized courses in painting techniques, paper conservation, and stone conservation.
Comprehensive and personalized instruction, coupled with practical experience, ensures an unparalleled training program for anyone seeking to pursue a career in art restoration and conservation.
AICS is based in Central Italy, in the charming town of Amelia.
Our Courses
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This course introduces students to restoration of natural and stones derivatives/artificial stone surfaces in Italian historic monuments. Through lectures and hands-on workshops, it explores traditional materials and techniques used to create monuments and artwork integral to their structure. It also examines the various agents of deterioration that, over time, damage the materials and the different approaches to their restoration and conservation. Furthermore, the course offers opportunities to explore, along with the most common restoration techniques, an advanced technique, such as laser cleaning. MORE
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Students gain hands-on experience the basic skills required for restoration of paper media and original archival materials. Students learn and apply basic conservation and restoration skills on original engravings and, having acquired sufficient skill, restore unique manuscript documents from the Amelia Historic Archive (13th-19th centuries). MORE
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This course gives an in-depth understanding of traditional painting materials and techniques commonly used in Italy during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Since this course is aimed primarily at people planning to study art conservation, the course also explores factors that hasten deterioration of the materials and the different approaches to their restoration. MORE
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Meet some of our people
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Nikolas Vakalis
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Sotiris Kourtesis
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Manuela Belli
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Luciana Festa
Our Mission
Our school, the Art Restoration and Conservation International Field School (ARCIFS), is an institutional member of the American Institute of Conservation .
At our field school, our mission is to provide a comprehensive, immersive, and enriching educational experience in the field of historic preservation, restoration, and conservation.
We believe that cultural heritage is a valuable and irreplaceable asset that should be preserved and celebrated for future generations, and we are committed to promoting sustainable and ethical practices in heritage conservation.
Our goals include providing high-quality education and training, conducting innovative research and discovery, and fostering a global community of scholars and professionals who share our values and principles.
Our program is designed to be inclusive, accessible, and responsive to the needs of students and local communities, and we strive to make a positive impact on the world through our work.
Program A:
Stone Conservation: Science and Ethics in Historic Preservation
Program B:
Paper Conservation for Art and Archives
Program C:
Traditional Painting Materials, Methods and Restoration Issues