Mar
5
Opportunity: Field School in Italy
March 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment
The Canova Association (Italy) and Willowbank (Canadian) are working in collaboration with a view of developing a Italy field school program outside of Milan. The ultimate aim is the creation of a balanced theory and practicum program with education focused to international approaches to conservation and sustainability. Participants will have a [...]
Jan
31
Unsung Heroes of Preservation
January 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment
David Sarkisyan, the Shchusev State Museum of Architecture in Moscow passed away on January 7 of this year. I confess that I did not know who Mr. Sarkisyan until I read this lovely article by Nicolai Ouroussof in Tuesday’s, New York Times, quoted below:
“No one who visited the office of David Sarkisyan, the outspoken director [...]
Jan
30
The Power of Preservation
January 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment
This article, from Phlistar.com came across my screen on Sunday morning. It seems that a group of international power companies have partnered together to preserve the World Heritage Listed Ifugo Rice terraces in the northern Philippines. Having seen a similar landscape in Sapa, Vietnam, I can personally attest that the beauty of the terraced rice [...]
Jan
29
Heritage is Spendy
January 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Many preservation organizations had financial woes before the economic downturn. The downturn only exacerbated matters. With decreasing memberships, increasing costs and decimated endowments, many organizations are divesting themselves of properties that they own. Some feel that doing so helps organizations streamline, slim-down and as a result more successfully carry out their mission, others feel that [...]
Jan
19
Internship in Singapore. Applications Due, January 29, 2010
January 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Singapore is an amazing country. What better way to experience it than through an internship with the Heritage Conservation Center, which, as described on their Web site, is “the repository and conservation facility for the management and preservation of the museum collection of the National Heritage Board.” For those of you interested in object conservation, [...]
Jan
15
Feel Like A Little International Preservation? Applications are Due!
January 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment
US/ICOMOS is now accepting applications for their international exchange program. If you are interested in international preservation and you meet the qualifications, you should apply.
APPLICATIONS ARE DUE FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 2010
The information from the US/ICOMOS Web site is posted below, to visit the site click here.
“The United States Committee of the International Council on Monuments [...]
Jan
14
Haiti Earthquake
January 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment
The following was send to me from US/ICOMOS:
Please note that our department has let Mr. Araoz know that we are interested in assembling a team of volunteers, so if you are interested, we will be putting together a list of those interested in volunteering and working with ICOMOS so please wait for more information. We [...]
Dec
24
How to spend your summer break
December 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment
It is never to early to start planning your summer break, why not spend it in France working on a medieval property? C.H.A.M. Chantiers Histoire et Architecture Médiévales, as described on their Web site, C.H.A.M is a not-profit organization, created in 1980 and
“Its aim is to protect some of the many historical buildings suffering from [...]
Jun
5
Fines for Defacing Heritage Considered
June 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The practice of fining offenders for defacing heritage is certainly not a new process, indeed as Anthony Tung reports in Preserving the World’s Great Cities (by the way, if you don’t have a copy of this faboulous book buy one), “in 458 Emperor Marjorian decreed that Magistrates who gave permission for [Rome's] Imperial monuments to [...]
Apr
19
Anthony Tung is Coming!
April 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Preservation Week is coming (May 3-7). The Student Preservation Association (SPA) has lined up an action packed week of speakers, you can check out the schedule here. The theme this year is International Preservation. Kicking off the week will be Anthony Tung, author of one of my favorite HP books, Preserving the World’s Great Cities. [...]