The College of Environment and Design’s Graduate Historic Preservation program will celebrate April as National Historic Preservation Month with campus activities including exhibitions, a barbeque, lectures and a historic landscape tour. The events will involve faculty, students, staff, the Student Historic Preservation Organization and the Honor Society of Sigma Pi Kappa.
The observance aims to raise awareness of preservation within the larger university community and the Athens-Clarke County area and recognize the significance of the historic resources located both on and off campus. The entire university community and the greater Athens community are invited to participate in the different events.
The exhibition Sustainable Preservation and Historic Landscapes will be on display in the lobby of the main library until April 30. Two exhibitions will be on display in Caldwell Hall until April 30. If Walls Could Talk: Then and Now at UGA, will be at the Owens Library and Orr2: Interpreting the Legacy, an artistic interpretation of Fred J. Orr’s architecture by René Shoemaker, will be at Circle Gallery located in G14 Caldwell Hall.
Suzanne Turner will present a lecture entitled “The Value of Historic Landscapes” April 17 at 2:30 p.m. in the Chapel. The event is free and open to the public.
While the national observance of Historic Preservation began in 1971, under the sponsorship of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, UGA’s participation in this annual observance began in 1983 with 2009 being the 26th year of participation.
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In conjunction with the college’s annual alumni meeting, April 17–18, National Historic Preservation Month activities on April 17 include: |
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