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NCPTT 2013 Interns: Advancing the Center's Mission

The 2013 NCPTT interns will share their knowledge and gain new skills during the ten-week internship program.  They will undertake laboratory research, record podcasts for our website, assist in curriculum […] More

ICCROM Heritage Conservation course in Rome

  ICCROM – the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property – is now offering a course on Conservation of Built Heritage. The course […] More

"A Manual for the Environmental & Climatic Responsive Restoration & Renovation of Older Houses in Louisiana" available for download as a free PDF

Architect Edward Jon Cazayoux begins “A Manual for the Environmental & Climatic Responsive Restoration & Renovation of Older Houses in Louisiana” with a simple idea from Henry David Thoreau: “What’s […] More

"Louisiana Coastal Hazard Mitigation Guidebook" available online

  The ”Louisiana Coastal Hazard Mitigation Guidebook” is available for a free PDF download from Louisiana State University’s Sea Grant Law & Policy Program. A print copy is available for $5 as […] More

Summer Intern Adventures: Melrose Plantation

This summer, the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training has four interns spending 10 weeks in Natchitoches, Louisiana. The four of us are from each from different areas – […] More
 
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Magical Mosaics: Preserving Isaiah Zagar’s Philadelphia Art Environment

On March 29, 2012 By Jason Church
Philadelphia's Magic Gardens

This lecture was part of the Divine Disorder Conference on the Conservation of Outsider Folk art that was organized and hosted by NCPTT. The conference was held February 15-16, 2012 on the campus of Northwestern University in Natchitoches, Louisiana.

Magical Mosaics: Preserving Isaiah Zagar’s Philadelphia Art Environment

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One of the nation’s most amazing, yet [...]

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Discriminating Palettes: The Painting Materials of Clementine Hunter and Her Imitator

On March 29, 2012 By Jason Church
Barabe studies one of the Toye forgeries

This lecture was part of the Divine Disorder Conference on the Conservation of Outsider Folk art that was organized and hosted by NCPTT. The conference was held February 15-16, 2012 on the campus of Northwestern University in Natchitoches, Louisiana.

Discriminating Palettes:   The Painting Materials of Clementine Hunter and Her Imitator

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The paintings of Clementine [...]

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FBI Investigation of Clementine Hunter Forgeries by William Toye

On March 28, 2012 By Jason Church
Randy Deaton takes a close look at a Toye forgery at the Gallery 2 show
United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that Robert E. Lucky, Jr, 64, of New Orleans, was sentenced today to 25 months in federal prison and was ordered to pay $326,893 in restitution for mail fraud in connection with selling fake paintings attributed to Louisiana artist Clementine Hunter. Lucky was also sentenced to three years’ supervised release following his prison term and 200 hours of community service.
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Window Preservation Workshops to be held June and July 2012, Pine Mountain, Kentucky

On March 23, 2012 By Ed FitzGerald
Participants pause for a group photo during a 2011 log building preservation workshop at the Pine Mountain Settlement School.

The Pine Mountain Settlement School will offer two one-week workshops on preserving historic windows at its campus located in rural Pine Mountain, KY. The workshops are geared toward people of all skills levels and could be beneficial for homeowners, contractors, and managers of historic properties.

Steel Windows

Jim Turner, owner of Turner Restoration (Detroit, MI), will instruct [...]

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Professional Development For Teachers

On March 21, 2012 By Kris Vidos
preservation arts and technology
Training will include professional development by the curriculum specialists at the New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Center for Architecture and Building Science Research. Teachers, educational administrators and local preservationists will learn how the curriculum was constructed to allow students to view traditional academic subjects through the lens of historic preservation. The curriculum does this by focusing on a specific historic structure or artifact through which to study the elements of its creation, preservation, and interpretation. Using this model, teachers can work together using a common architectural theme as an expression of the period under study through which they can integrate their respective academic disciplines.
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John Pojman, LSU Polymer Expert, Visits NCPTT

On March 21, 2012 By Mary Striegel
John Pojman explains frontal polymerization to students and staff at NCPTT.
Monday’s meeting with Dr. John Pojman, an LSU professor specializing in polymers, was a great exchange of ideas.  Pojman is a prototypical eccentric professor, who defines himself as a chemist, amateur herpetologist, and self-proclaimed owner of the world’s largest pocket protector collection.  His is a gregarious researcher who can quickly go from a light-hearted story to insightful scientific findings in a flash.  He visited NCPTT in hopes of learning more about historic preservation and offering possible solutions with chemically-engineered polymers.
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Clementine Hunter; History of Forgery

On March 20, 2012 By Jason Church
Clementine Hunter painting
The talk presents a biographical sketch of the folk artist, Clementine Hunter, born in southern Natchitoches Parish in late 1887 and died January 1, 1988. Around 2000 a group of paintings appeared on the market supposedly by Hunter but later found to be painted by Beryl and William Toye.

The lecture will include details of the fraud and how eventually law enforcement took what became an extraordinary criminal case and prosecution. The subsequent investigation and legal proceedings resulted in a case study of an art fraud that spanned over 35 years.  Extensive work by the FBI and leading scientific and analytical experts exposed a great range of forgeries by the Toyes, including modern masters such as Matisse and Degas.
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An Axe to Grind – Part 1

On March 16, 2012 By Kris Vidos
An Axe to Grind

Hi, I’m Bernie Weisgerber, and I’ve got an axe to grind. Today, we’re going to look at axes, but first I want to show you around the ranger station. We’re here at the entrance to the historic Nine Mile Ranger Station. Now the US Forest Service still uses this facility as a working ranger station. [...]

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NPS Requests Government-to-Government Consultation with Federally Recognized Tribes on Traditional Cultural Properties and Native American Landscapes

On March 13, 2012 By Paul Loether
NPS Arrowhead Logo
The National Register of Historic Places/National Historic Landmarks Program of the National Park Service invites Tribal Officials and/or their tribe’s authorized representative(s) to attend one or both of two government-to-government telephonic consultation meetings that will be held to obtain initial planning-stage recommendations from Indian tribes.
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Reflectance Transformation Imaging Workshop, July 16-19, 2012

On March 8, 2012 By Mary Striegel
A demonstration of the equipment needed for RTI documentation.
Cultural Heritage Imaging (C-H-I) is offering a four-day workshop on the use of reflectance transformation imaging (RTI) to document cultural heritage.  The workshop will be held July 16-19, 2012 at the C-H-I offices in San Francisco, California.  The new technique helps create digital representations of artifacts and sites.  The workshop is a combination of lectures, demonstrations and hands-on opportunties in small groups.
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