Caring For Your Art: Guide for Artists, Collectors, Galleries and Art Institutions.

Caring For Your Art: Guide for Artists, Collectors, Galleries and Art Institutions. CARING FOR YOUR ART: Guide for Artists, Collectors, Galleries andArt Institutions (2001; $19.95 paperback), by Jill Snyder. AllworthPress, 10 E. 23 Street, Suite 510, New York New York, state, United StatesNew York,Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY 10010. Many students do not think very much about the care andpreservation of artworks. After all, their own creative efforts aretacked or taped to a wall and oftentimes of��ten��times? also oft��timesadv.Frequently; repeatedly.Adv. 1. oftentimes - many times at short intervals; "we often met over a cup of coffee"frequently, oft, often, ofttimes discarded dis��card?v. dis��card��ed, dis��card��ing, dis��cardsv.tr.1. To throw away; reject.2. a. To throw out (a playing card) from one's hand.b. after they have beentaken down. Students do not usually think about the work done by museumor gallery professionals. Indeed, it would be of interest to somestudents to learn about career possibilities in working for museums orgalleries. Jill Snyder has written a book that describes processes ofdisplaying, transporting, storing and insuring art objects. Her workwould be of interest and value to secondary-school students. Such topicsas "creating a sale environment," "handling and storingart," "matting works of art on paper," "framingworks of art," "photographing art" and "preparingart for travel" are included. The book concludes with some recorded interviews with experts.Organized by Ann Craddick Albano, this section includes comments on thebest environments for displaying and storing art; advice for making sureworks of art that travel are properly packed; and explanations aboutmore recent developments in art insurance.--J.J.H. For information aboutthis publication, circle No. 399 on the Reader Service Card.