Austrian Association of Restorers

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The Austrian Association of Restorers ( ÖRV ) is the only nationally and internationally recognized association of qualified restorers in Austria.

The professional association was founded in 1985.

Agendas

The association strives for quality assurance and compliance with international standards, with a jury system also for restorers who have unofficial training in special fields, because it is at the University of Applied Arts and the Academy of Fine Arts , the two educational institutions for commercial Restorers, no degree there.
In addition, the association also endeavors to "expand the range of academic courses to include more subject areas" and "improve the training situation" and - like every professional association - to provide further training (courses, seminars), specialist publications , public relations and cooperation with monument protection authorities and other institutions.

It represents today (2012) professional practitioner (through 20 Restauriersparten architectural surface / wall paintings , archaeological finds , book / book covers , Ivory / leg , ethnographic objects / Asian , photographs , combined sculptures , paintings , glass / email / ceramic / porcelain , wood objects / furniture , Handicrafts , leather / fur , metal , modern art , musical instruments , paper / parchment / graphics , stone , stucco , panel paintings , technical cultural assets , textiles , gilding , wax , as well as exhibition setup , advice / support for collections / depots, restoration construction supervision and specialist planning , Examinations / analyzes / findings )

The association is Austria's member of the European Confederation of Conservator Restorers 'Organizations  (ECCO) in Brussels, the umbrella organization of the European restorers' associations.

Publications

Periodicals:

  • ÖRV-Mitteilungen (quarterly) - information about specialist events at home and abroad, job offers, references to specialist publications, new products and working methods, etc. v. a. m.
  • Conservation Restoration , magazine (9 volumes so far) - contributions from the ÖRV conferences

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Who is the Austrian Association of Restorers? , orv.at
  2. ↑ Publications , orv.at