22 - 24 November 2023: Congress 'Casted Plaster: Art or Craft'

For  the congress "Cast Plaster, Art or Craft?", which will take place from 22 to 24 November 2023 at Maastricht Institute of Arts, SRAL will be contributing with the lecture  'Aspergillus , Alternaria and Penicillium Fungal Infestation in a Plaster Casts Collection’ by Ausrine Dambrauskaite and Arnold Truyen.  

This congress will focus on the following topics: cast building ornamentation in plaster for interiors and cast plaster sculptures from educational and museum collections.

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