Training, Talks, Workshops and Demonstrations


WE ARE PUTTING TRAININGS AND DEMONSTRATIONS TOGETHER PERIODICALLY THROUGH OUT THE NEXT YEAR. THERE WILL BE ONE IN BOSTON AT THE TRADITIONAL BUILDING EXPO, WITH JOHN SPEWEICK OF US HERITAGE, IN MARCH, ON LONG ISLAND IN APRIL WITH PDCA, ONE IN THE SPRING IN ST LOUIS, AND ONE IN CHICAGO. IT PROMISES TO BE A BUSY YEAR!

Write me at rory@preservationplastering.com and tell me what venue you are closest to, we’d like to fit you in.

2008

Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference, Historic Plaster Repair, Why Repair Plaster? Chicago, IL

Nathan Boone Homestead State Historic Site, Historic Plaster Repair workshop, 9 day course for Missouri Division of State Parks, Ash Grove, MO

Association for Preservation Technology DC, Historic Plaster Repair demonstration and lecture, Washington DC

Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference, Historic Plaster Repair, Boston, MA

Howard Hall Farm, Lime Plaster Repair, Lime Washers and Finishes, Athens, NY

2007

This Old House, PBS TV, Newton 2007, Newton, MA

Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference, Historic Plaster Repair, New Orleans, LA

Antietam National Battlefield, Historic Plaster Repair and Replacement, oneweek course for National Park Service personnel, Sharpsburg, MD

Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference, Historic Plaster Repair, Boston, MA

2006

Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference, Historic Plaster Repair, Chicago, IL

Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference, Historic Plaster Repair, Washington, DC

2005

Hopewell Furnace National Park, Historic Plaster Repair, PA. At the request of the National Park Service this one-week workshop consisted of training NPS personnel in all phases of plaster conservation and repair suitable for all National Landmarks and Historic Places.

2003

Boston Preservation Alliance, Historic Plaster Repair

New Hampshire Preservation Alliance, Historic Plaster Repair

The Preservation Institute, Kent Tavern, East Montpelier, VT, Historic Plaster Repair

2002

Boston Preservation Alliance, Historic Plaster Repair

2001

Restoration & Renovation, Historic Plaster, Conservation, Repair and Reproduction, Washington, DC

Boston Preservation Alliance, Historic Plaster Repair

New Hampshire Preservation Alliance, Historic Plaster Repair

National Forest Service, Historic Plaster Repair and Reproduction, Manti-La Sal National Forest, North Cotton Wood Ranger Station

Smithsonian Institution, Folk Life Festival, Masters of the Building Crafts, The National Mall, Ornamental Plaster, Washington, DC

Norwich University, The Chemistry of Plaster Restoration, Norwich, VT

2000

Boston Preservation Alliance, Historic House Plaster Repair

New York Power Authority, Conventional Plaster Repair, St. Lawrence/FDR

This Old House, PBS TV, Charlestown 2000, Charlestown, MA

The Preservation Institute, Advanced Historic Plaster Repair, Historic Deerfield Village, MA

International Preservation Trades Workshop, Historic Lime Plaster Techniques, Harrisburg, PA

1999

Boston Preservation Alliance, Old House Fair, Historic Plaster Repair

Fairfield County Historical Society, Fairfield, CT, Old House Fair

The Preservation Institute, Historic Deerfield, Historic Plaster Repair, Old Deerfield Village, MA

International Preservation Trades Workshop, Historic Lime Plaster Repair Methods, Gaithersburg, MD

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