Headstone Preservation Workshop
June 17 @ 9:00 am - June 19 @ 4:00 pm
Join Jason Church with the NCPTT in Salt Lake City, Utah for a 3-day Advanced Headstone Preservation Workshop. Participants will work in the field and the office to get hands-on experience. In this workshop we will focus on:
- Handling previous repairs
- Non-epoxy repairs
- Rebuilding bases
- Injection mortar applications
- Removing concrete
- Consolidation treatments
- Other topics identified by attendee (must do this in the registration process for it to be considered)
Registration is required for all attendees. Workshop fee is $100 for non-Utah residents and will include lunch each day. Participants are responsible for their own lodging, transportation and other meals. The workshop will shift between the Utah SHPO office and the Salt Lake City Cemetery.
Utah residents do not need to pay.
*Registration and Payment must be done separately.
For more information about the Cemetery Program with the Utah State Historic Preservation Office you can visit www.ushpo.utah.gov/cemetery or email program director, Amy Barry ([email protected]).
Jason Church is the Chief, of Technical Services at NCPTT. Church coordinates and works to further develop the Center’s national cemetery training initiative and related research. Before joining NCPTT, he was a conservator and historic metals expert for the City of Savannah, Ga., Department of Cemeteries. He earned his M.F.A. in Historic Preservation from Savannah College of Art and Design and a B.S. in Building Science from Appalachian State University. Jason is a Professional Associate of the American Institute for Conservation.