MOUNT CARROLL – John Molini, chief of Chicago Art Institute’s packing and shipping department, recently conducted a packing and shipping workshop at the Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies.
Molini’s workshop has been offered annually at The Campbell Center for more than 10 years.
Molini is known in museums worldwide for the custom crates and art-packing techniques he employs.
He trains museum professionals to handle works of art. The class includes topics such as risk assessment, decision-making, and related issues in artifact handling, as well as learning opportunities in crate design and construction.
For information on course listings at the Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies, call 815-244-1173 or visit www.campbellcenter.org.
Students attended a packing and shipping workshop at the Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies, Mount Carroll.
The workshop was presented by John Molini, Chicago Art Institute’s packing and shipping department chief. They are (left to right) Cristina Savu of Walsh University, Canton, Ohio; John Molini; Gretchen Armitage of Milan; Jeffrey Ashe of Des Moines Art Center, Iowa; Alexandra Nicholis of Massillon Museum, Ohio; and Nicholas Schanz of The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis.