The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission is partnering with Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology, the Preservation Trades Network Inc. and other organizations to bring one of the largest gatherings of preservation and traditional trades people and enthusiasts in the world to Lancaster, Pa.
The 15th annual International Preservation Trades Workshop (IPTW) will be held Aug. 2-6, 2011, on the campus of Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology, 750 E. King Str. in Lancaster, Pa. IPTW 2011 will unite hundreds of the best preservation and traditional trades crafts people, as well as preservation architects, preservation consultants, building trades contractors, students and others from the U.S., Canada, Europe and beyond, who are interested in learning more about preservation and traditional trades techniques, tools, materials and practices. For those who work in the preservation and traditional building trades, this is a gathering of their "tribe." For others, it offers a unique opportunity to see some of the finest crafts people at work and learn more about how historic building preservation is accomplished in construction and how knowledge about historical methods of construction is being passed along to future generations.
With the theme "Hands on Heritage: Trades, Knowledge, Community," IPTW 2011 will include a keynote address by Donovan Rypkema, an internationally known preservation consultant, writer and lecturer who will address the important contribution to a local economy provided by the preservation trades, and also the role of historic preservation in comprehensive sustainable development.
More than 50 presentations and in-depth, hands-on demonstrations will showcase the talents of some of the world's best preservation and traditional crafts people. There will also be two-day in-depth pre-conference workshops in Preservation and Repair of Porches and Painting Historic Buildings, and a one-day Lead Safety for Renovation, Repair and Painting EPA certification course. Special pre-conference tours will include a trip to the Mercer Museum, Fonthill and the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works. Another tour will include a demonstration of a water powered vertical saw mill at Daniel Boone Homestead, a behind the scene tour of the Ball and Ball Hardware workshops and a tour of the Wharton Escherick home and studio.
Conference and workshop sessions are eligible for American Institute of Architects continuing education units.
Opportunities currently exist for demonstrator proposals, event sponsorships, product and service exhibitors, and student scholarships.
Visit www.iptw.org for more information and registration, or email info@ptn.org with your questions.
Barry A. Loveland is Chief, Division of Architecture and Preservation, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Commonwealth Keystone Building
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