The Williamstown Art Conservation Center (WACC) announces the launching of its new, expanded website, which offers visitors complete information about the Center and useful resources for art professionals and private owners. The site address is www.williamstownart.org.
    "Our old website had long ago outgrown its usefulness," said WACC director Thomas Branchick. “The new site is more comprehensive, easier to use and beautiful to look at."
    The website offers detailed descriptions of WACC’s departments, services, education and public activities, as well as information on the Center’s history and a glossary of terms relevant to art conservation. The site links easily to WACC’s sister facility, the Georgia-based Atlanta Art Conservation Center. Visually, its photograph illustrations amount to a virtual tour of WACC’s new Stone Hill Center facility, designed by world-renowned architect Tadao Ando.
    The website will be launched in two phases. Phase I offers visitors, patrons and others interested in art conservation a complete description of the Center’s facilities and services, as well as instructions for clients wishing to consult with us or arrange for treatments. Phase II, which will come online in early 2009, will include a number of expanded features, including technical bulletins written by WACC professionals, listings of suppliers and resources for art professionals, updated funding opportunities and useful web links.
    The new site is part of WACC’s mission to inform and educate the public in the process of art care and conservation. In 2006, WACC launched Art Conservator, its twice-yearly, full-color magazine of art and conservation. Art Conservator, which circulates to museums, art centers, libraries and universities throughout the US and several foreign countries, is now also available online.
    The site was conceived by WACC Editor Timothy Cahill and designed by Berg Design of Albany, New York.    
    For more information, contact WACC at 413-458-5741.