On the 7th and 8th of February Cynthia de Giorgio (conservator of the St. John Cathedral) was in Utrecht for an exchange with her colleagues of the Catharijne Convent (at the picture together with Nicolette Bartelink) and the Central Museum. On her first visit to Utrecht Cynthia was shown around by Gertrud van Dam from the municipality's Department for International Affairs.
During the diner on Wednesday evening the first appointments were made with professor Renger de Bruin (conservator of the Centraal Museum) on exchangeable exhibitions on the Carravagists and the Teutonic Order. Apart from the exchanges on exhibitions Cynthia was also very enthousiastic about the newly renovated cellars of the Catharijne Convent; she's planning to advise her board to use the same concept for the restoration of the St. John Cathedral.
Interesting websites about experts who participated in the restauration of the Catharijne Convent are:
Hubert Jan Henket, architecture (http://www.henket.nl/)
Maarten Meevis van Kinkorn, showcases (http://www.kinkorn.com/)
Joost de Beij, lightdesign (http://www.licht-joostdebeij.nl/)
Ad van der Kouwe, grafics (www.manifestarotterdam.nl)
