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The Association for the Study and Preservation of Roman Mosaics |
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| Spring 2012: AIEMA Newsletter News from the national branches of AIEMA, details of recent and forthcoming conferences on mosaics, and information about new books. Download the newsletter (pdf file, 3.3 MB)
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| July 2011: Buy a print of the Woodchester Mosaic! David Neal is selling signed, limited edition prints of his painting of the Woodchester mosaic, which took him 18 months to complete (as described in his account of creating the illustrations for the Corpus). Funds raised from the prints will go towards the cost of preserving the archive of paintings and drawings from the Corpus, so that it will be available to researchers in the future. To buy a print, please send a cheque for £12.50, made payable to the Society of Antiquaries, to Dr D.S. Neal, Tylers, Little Brickhill, Milton Keynes MK17 9NP. |
| July 2011: Volume in memory of Fr Michele Piccirillo On 15 August, Archaeopress will publish a volume of essays in memory of Fr Michele Piccirillo, one of the world's leading authorities on the late Roman and Byzantine mosaics of Palestine and Jordan, who died in 2008. The volume contains 12 articles on mosaics in the Middle East, in English, French, Italian and Arabic (with translated summaries), and over 200 illustrations, mostly in colour. See the Table of Contents (pdf file, 12 MB)
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| Spring 2011: AIEMA Newsletter News from the national branches of AIEMA, notices of forthcoming conferences on mosaics, and reviews of new books. Download the newsletter (pdf file, 1.2 MB)
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| February 2011: Petition to save ancient Carthage The site of ancient Carthage (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) and the historic town of Sidi Bou Said are threatened by illegal development. Please support the efforts of Tunisian archaeologists to stop the destruction by signing this petition. Sign the petition
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| December 2010: The Roman Mosaics of Britain Volume 4: Western Britain Stephen Cosh and David Neal's corpus of all the Roman mosaics in Britain is complete at last! The fourth and final volume, covering Wales and the western counties of England, will be published soon. This region is one of the richest in Britain in economic as well as architectural and artistic terms. The volume includes the towns of Cirencester, Gloucester, Caerwent and Wroxeter, and the wealthy villas of the Cotswolds. Like the three previous volumes, the book is extensively illustrated in colour with the authors' own tessera-by-tessera paintings. It can be ordered from Oxbow Books at the special introductory price of £130 until the end of January 2011 (full price £160). Volumes 1–3 are also available at generously discounted prices until the same date. |
| July 2010: Mosaics uncovered at Chedworth Roman Villa Several of the corridor mosaics at Chedworth are being re-excavated and conserved this summer as part of work to construct a new cover building over the west wing of the villa. Read more on the excavation blog and follow the project on the Chedworth Roman Villa blog. |
| June 2010: Please sign the Hinton St Mary petition! ASPROM has launched a petition to ask the British Museum to display whole of the Hinton St Mary mosaic again, preferably on the floor, or to consider loaning it to a suitable museum in Dorset, its county of origin. Since 1997 only the roundel with the head of Christ has been on display, mounted on the wall. We believe that as the mosaic possibly contains the only known representation of Christ in an ancient pavement, it is of unique importance, not just in Britain but in the context of the Roman Empire as a whole, and merits being displayed in its entirety. Read the full text of the petition, and follow the link to add your name to the list. |
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Events |
| Autumn 2012–Spring 2013: A World in Fragments: The Mosaic Art of Robert Field An exhibition of work by long-standing ASPROM member Robert Field, which will include his recreation of the Newton St Loe Orpheus mosaic. The exhibition will visit three museums with important collections of Roman mosaics: Corinium Museum, Cirencester: 8 September–28 October 2012 Dorset County Museum, Dorchester: 3 November 2012–26 January 2013 Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum: 2 February–11 May 2013 |
Exhibition poster (PDF file, 7.2MB) |
| Tuesday 11–Saturday 15 September 2012: 12th International Congress on Ancient Mosaics Venice |
First circular Registration form |
| Saturday 9–Sunday 10 June 2012: ASPROM Summer Symposium Hull |
Programme |
| Saturday 31 March 2012: Workshop on the study of Roman mosaics in Britain Kings College London, Strand Campus |
Further information |
| Saturday 3 December 2011: ASPROM AGM and Symposium Kings College London, Strand Campus |
Programme |
| Monday 24–Thursday 27 October 2011: Eleventh Conference of the International Committee for the Conservation of Mosaics (ICCM): Managing Archaeological Sites with Mosaics: From Real Problems to Practical Solutions Meknes and Volubilis, Morocco |
First circular |
| Saturday 11–Sunday 12 June 2011: ASPROM Summer Symposium St Albans |
Programme |
| Monday 17 January 2011: London Roman Art Seminar Cristina Boschetti (University of Nottingham), An interdisciplinary study of the mosaics from the House of the Faun in Pompeii: technique, materials and provenance 5.30pm in Seminar Room G3, Royal Holloway London Annex, 2 Gower Street (corner of Bedford Square and Montague Place), London WC1 |
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| Saturday 4 December 2010: ASPROM AGM and Symposium Kings College London, Strand Campus |
Programme |
| Saturday 5–Sunday 6 June 2010: ASPROM Summer Symposium Caerleon and Caerwent |
Programme |
| Thursday 27–Saturday 29 May 2010: New Light on Old Glass: Byzantine Glass and Mosaics British Museum A three-day conference on Byzantine glass, covering topics such as glass and mosaics, gold glass, the Lycurgus Cup, techniques of manufacture, and new discoveries in Byzantine glass. One of a series of meetings of an international research network sponsored by the Leverhulme Trust, based at the University of Sussex. Read more about the project. |
Provisional programme (Word file, 43K) |
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