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PPFA Certification
Earn the framer’s mark of excellence and advance your framing career by taking the
PPFA Certified Picture Framer
(CPF) exam, testing your knowledge in:
- Preservation
- Math
- General Knowledge
- Mounting
- Mechanical
A CPF prep class will help you review your knowledge and skills, whether you’re taking
the CPF exam in Las Vegas or at a later date. Thousands of professional framers worldwide have achieved CPF
status since the program’s inception in 1986.
Maintain your CPF credentials by taking the one-day recertification course, a
requirement for those who earned the CPF designation after 1993.
Framers ready to demonstrate mastery of preservation framing may take the Master Certified Picture Framer
(MCPF) exam. There are also several MCPF advanced sessions at PPFA 2008 that meet the continuing
education requirement for the MCPF designation.
Registration
Pre-registration is recommended for all certification-related opportunities.
CPF Exam, MCPF Exam, Recertification exams are available at additional fees: (All prices in U.S.
dollars.)
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CPF Exam:
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$225 member/$325 non-member
($150 retake member/non-member) |
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CPF Prep Class:
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$95 member/$140 non-member
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Recertification Course:
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$140 member/$200 non-member |
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MCPF Exam:
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$400 member/$565 non-member |
Certification at PPFA 2008
Certified Picture Framer Preparation
Class
Wednesday, January 30 ■ 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
CPF1Certified Picture Framer Preparation Class
Certified Picture Framer Exam
Wednesday, January 30 ■ 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
CPF3 Certified Picture Framer Exam
Certified Picture Framer Exam Retake
Wednesday, January 30 ■ 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
CPF4 Certified Picture Framer Exam Retake
Certified Picture Framer Recertification
Course
Wednesday, January 30 ■ 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
CPF2 Certified Picture Framer Recertification Course
Master Certified Picture Framer Exam
Wednesday, January 30 ■ 8:00
a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
MCPF1Master Certified Picture Framer Exam
Wednesday, January 30 ■
12:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
MCPF2 Master Certified Picture Framer Exam
Wednesday, January 30 ■
5:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
MCPF3 Master Certified Picture Framer Exam
Thursday, January 31 ■
8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
MCPF4 Master Certified Picture Framer® Exam
Thursday, January 31 ■
1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
MCPF5 Master Certified Picture Framer Exam
Master Certified
Picture Framer Sessions
These sessions meet the requirements for MCPF Continuing Education credit.
Thursday, January 31 ■
9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
F11 Mounting With Fine Mesh Fabrics
This lecture will discuss protective, non-invasive, reversible mounting techniques
for textiles, documents and objects using tulle, silk and polyester fine mesh fabrics. Examples will show how
nearly invisible some of these innovative mounts can be! Detailed, illustrated handouts. Speaker:
James Miller, MCPF, GCF, ARTFRAME, Inc.
Thursday, January 31 ■
1:10 p.m. - 4:05 p.m.
F22 Practical Preservation Practices
Become a highly respected consultant to your customers and increase sales and
profits in your framing business! Learn about Practical Preservation Practices and how they meet the Fine Art
Care and Treatment Standards (FACTS) for custom framing. Speaker: Nona Powers,
MCPF, GCF, Nona Powers Framing Design
Thursday, January 31 ■
4:20 p.m. - 6:20
p.m.
F32 Clear Film Mounting with Mylar/Melinex
Learn new and innovative mounting techniques for flat and three-dimensional items,
using Melinex 516 clear polyester film, with samples! Illustrated handout describes step-by-step instructions
for nine unique mounting techniques. Speaker: James Miller, MCPF,
GCF, ARTFRAME, Inc.
Friday, February 1 ■
9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
F41 Hinging Light and Delicate Objects
Long-fibered Kozo (paper mulberry) tissues can make ideal hinges, which provide
gentle steady support for even the most delicate and reactive of papers without any distortion of the sheet.
These hinges rely on only the loose fibers, or feathers, being attached to the art and require new blotters,
which have a synthetic stick-free layer and new paste application technique, for exact placement. Through
demonstration and hands-on practice, attendees will have a firm understanding of the various options for
securing paper-based items with starch paste and properly designed hinges. Speaker: Hugh Phibbs, National Gallery of Art
Friday, February 1 ■
1:10 p.m. - 4:05 p.m.
F51 Object Mounting in Shadow Boxes
Shadow boxes can be very profitable! Framers must understand how to construct a
shadow box and how to attach objects in ways that are reversible and non-damaging. Pricing will be discussed.
Speakers: Nona Powers, MCPF, GCF, Nona Powers
Framing Design; Paul Storch, Storch Conservation
Services
Friday, February 1 ■
4:20 p.m. - 6:20 p.m.
F61 Framing and Mounting Leather and Other Organic Materials
The oddest things show up in frame shops, with specific mounting and framing
requirements! Learn the nature of these materials and the proper ways of preservation framing, and create a
sample mount of a flat leather piece. Speaker: Paul Storch, Storch Conservation Services
Saturday, February 2 ■
9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
F81 Hinging Heavy and Oversized Objects
Vegetable starch paste is an adhesive that can hold formidable loads. Properly
designed hinges, attached with paste, can hold the thickest watercolor paper and even four-ply board. The
hinges may need to be laminated, attached to tissue pads where surfaces are weak, or applied to the perimeter
of some objects, but in every case, they can be adhered with starch paste. Through demonstration and hands-on
practice, attendees will have a firm understanding of the various options for securing paper-based items with
starch paste and properly designed hinges. Speaker: Hugh Phibbs, National Gallery of Art
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