Student, Intern, or Fellow Non-Members:
(includes 2024 individual membership*)
$142.00
Single Day Registration:
Member or Non-Member:
$85.00
*New Members join for the 2024 membership year, i.e. January to December 2024 and
will receive all back issues of the WAAC Newsletter for 2024.
Lunches Monday and Tuesday
Although there are several restaurant options within walking distance of the museum,
it is highly recommended to purchase a boxed lunch sandwich option. Fanny’s,
the Academy Museum restaurant, is closed on Tuesdays. Please email
shunter@oscars.org
if you have any dietary restrictions not mentioned in the
drop-down menu. The meat option will include a variety of chicken or beef
sandwiches to choose from on the day of the conference.
Evening Reception / WAAC Anniversary Party
Tuesday, 8 October. 6pm - 9pm
We celebrate the 50th anniversary of the WAAC Annual Meeting with an evening cocktail
reception on the
Dolby Terrace. The Dolby Terrace is located at the Academy Museum on top of the David
Geffen Theater.
It sits beneath a glass dome and provides one of the most stunning vistas in Los
Angeles!
Come enjoy music, an open beer/wine bar, and appetizers as we socialize and celebrate 50
years of WAAC!
@ $35.00
Events:
Sunday, 6 October
FINISHING TOUCHES Workshop - 50 Years of Inpainting Discoveries
9am - 5pm
Join James Bernstein for a full day workshop on mastering the art of inpainting.
Bernstein,
a long-time WAAC member, is offering a condensed version of his highly appraised
5-day workshop,
presented 44 times! This workshop will be comprised of intensive lectures,
encompassing preparation,
filling, color, pigments, media, diluents, technique, and philosophical approaches.
Please note there will be no hands-on component. This is for conservators of all
specialties desiring to
improve their inpainting knowledge and skills!
Please note that participation is limited to 45.
@ $95.00
Pre-Conference Social
6 - 10pm
WAAC is excited to host a pre-conference social event with the Conservation Association
of Los Angeles (CALA),
the city’s very own regional conservation network!! We will be gathering at All Season
Brewing Co.
(just a 5-minute drive from the Academy Museum) to say hello, drink, eat and socialize.
All Season Brewing offers
a wide selection of local craft beers, ciders, a full bar, and a taco food truck with
vegan options. All CALA and
WAAC members are welcome!!
(All Season Brewing Co. 800 S La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036)
@ $0.00
Wednesday, 9 October
Tours:
Tour of Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation
1:30 - 3:00pm
Join a guided tour of the spectacular collection of 20th century art collected by
Frederick R. Weisman
and his wife, Billie Milam Weisman, who is an art conservator! The collection includes
over 400 works
by European modernists, surrealists, abstract expressionists, contemporary California
works and more,
exhibited in both interior galleries and sculpture gardens.
Carpooling recommended.
@ $20.00
Tour of Academy Museum Debbie Reynold’s Conservation Studio and Collections Department
3:00 - 4:30pm
Enjoy a behind the scenes tour of the objects conservation and photography studio, the
collections department,
and costume dressing program at the Academy Museum! Some of the gems of the collection
will be on display,
as well as current treatments focused on the conservation of foam and plastics.
Please note that participation is limited to 40.
@ $0.00
Tour of Academy Margaret Herrick Library
3:00 - 4:30pm
Conservator Dawn Jaros, will host a tour of the Margaret Herrick Library paper
conservation studio
and collections. The Margaret Herrick Library, located in a beautiful Spanish colonial
building
in Beverly Hills, just a 5 minute drive from the Academy Museum, is one of the world’s
foremost
research facilities dedicated to the artform and industry of motion pictures. Its
holdings amassed
since 1928 include books, photographs, scripts, production records, posters, and much
more. The Library
will open its doors and collections to you all, as well as a tour stop in the
conservation studio,
where Dawn will discuss the library’s conservation program, and show some of the gems of
the
collection that are currently being treated.
Please note that participation is limited to 40.
@ $0.00
Tours of Academy Film Archive and Museum Storage
3:00 - 4:30pm
The Academy Film Archive, founded in 1927, is home to one of the most diverse and
extensive
motion picture collections in the world. The director of the archive will lead a tour of
the
large cold storage vaults where over 250,000 items are held. Afterwards, attendees will
get a
behind-the-scenes view of the Academy Museum’s permanent collection. The archive is
located at the
Pickford Center of Motion Picture Study in Hollywood, a 15 minute drive from the Museum.
Carpooling recommended.
Please note that participation is limited to 20.
@ $0.00
Thursday, 10 October
Tour of Baron Hats
10:00 - 11:30am
Baron hats is a historic hat making and
restoration studio in
downtown Los Angeles. It was founded by master hat-maker Eddie Baron in 1989, after he
had worked for
two decades at Western Costume, the premiere costume house at the time. Baron Hats has a
long history
making hats for Hollywood stars, from John Wayne to Denzel Washington. And it is located
above Black &
Sons Fabrics, another historic shop that has offered a large selection of fine wool
fabrics since 1922,
and is worth a stop after the tour. Come see some beautiful hats and learn about the hat
making and
restoration process.
Please note that participation is limited to 15.
@ $15.00
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