Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2015 06:57:45 -0400
From: jgibber(a)aol.com
Subject: PLEASE POST–NPI Cemetery Preservation–Sept 28-30–Minneapolis, MN
The
National Preservation Institute, a nonprofit organization founded in 1980,
educates those involved in the management, preservation, and stewardship of
cultural heritage. The NPI seminar schedule is
available at
www.npi.org.
Advance
registration is available through August 18, 2015
These seminars are being held in cooperation with
Chicora
Foundation, Inc. and
the Bureau
of Indian Affairs, Midwest Regional Office
Cemetery
Preservation
Minneapolis, MN — September 28-29, 2015
Learn
how to begin a cemetery preservation or restoration project and how to help
ensure that sound choices are made to avoid harming what you seek to protect.
Discussions focus on current issues in cemetery preservation, such as recording
and documenting cemeteries and graveyards, undertaking preservation efforts,
and exploring conservation techniques and issues. An
agenda is available online at
www.npi.org.
Instructors.
Debi Hacker, conservation administrator of Chicora Foundation, Inc., a
nonprofit heritage preservation organization specializing in research, public
education, conservation, and preservation for museums, archives, and historic
organizations and Michael Trinkley, Ph.D., director of Chicora Foundation,
Inc., a nonprofit heritage preservation organization specializing in research,
public education, conservation, and
Cemetery Landscapes: A Practical Guide to Care and
Maintenance
Minneapolis, MN — September 30, 2015
Learn
how to protect historic cemetery landscapes, preserve integrity of design, and
safeguard tombstones and monuments while pursuing a practical outlook on
maintenance and budget concerns. Explore approaches to caring for softscapes,
or plantings, and hardscapes, including roads, pathways, and benches. Discuss
effective pruning and cutting techniques, and when chemicals and heavy
equipment can be safely and productively used. Review the basics of short- and long-term
preservation plans. An agenda is available online at
www.npi.org.
Instructor.
Debi Hacker
LA
CES. This seminar meets the criteria for programs in the Landscape
Architecture Continuing Education System and participants will receive 6 PDH
HSW each day.
Registration.
A registration form is available online at
www.npi.org/register.html. The
advance registration rate is available through August 19, 2015.
Questions?
Please contact us. Thank you.
Jere Gibber
Executive Director
National Preservation Institute
P.O. Box 1702, Alexandria, VA 22313
703/765-0100; 703/768-9350 fax
info(a)npi.org;
www.npi.org