Utah Heritage Foundation

The world is becoming more diverse each passing day, changing the professional atmosphere and shifting the focus of many organizations.

This movement is what led to the creation of the National Trust's Diversity Scholarship Program (DSP).

Since 1992, the DSP has focused on providing financial and educational assistance to approximately 60 individuals each year from diverse racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds across the nation.

The National Preservation Institute, a nonprofit organization founded in 1980, educates those involved in the management, preservation, and stewardship of our cultural heritage. The 2010 National Preservation Institute seminar schedule is available online at www.npi.org. The 2010 NPI News Release includes the calendar and seminar descriptions www.npi.org/NewsRelease2010.pdf.

 Advance registration rate available through March 17, 2010

 Landscape Preservation: An Introduction

Free Photography Workshop

Utah Heritage Foundation will hold a workshop teaching the basics of architectural photography in preparation for our For the Love of MOD Mid-Century Modern Photography Contest.  Taking place in Memorial House in Memory Grove Park (485 North Canyon Road, Salt Lake City) on Saturday, February 6 at 10:00 AM, this workshop will be taught by retired University of Utah College of Architecture + Planning Professor Peter Goss.  The workshop is free and is open to the public.

The National Trust is featuring a weatherization guide for historic homes on Preservation Nation for those of us that are thinking every day about how we can be more energy conscious in order to be better stewards at home and in the community, thinking globally acting locally.

The Trust website includes sections on how to conduct a home audit, why historic windows matter, mechanical systems, insulation, and roofing.  Many of these helpful, visual, and interactive tips and exhibits will help you as the building owner better understand how your historic building is already green and sustainable, and be better able to utilize the historic features during rehabilitation to make it more efficient for the future.

 Go to the Weatherization Guide

Utah barn owners and barn enthusiasts are invited to attend a meeting to discuss the formation of a Utah Barn Alliance. Utah Heritage Foundation and the Bear River Heritage Area are hosting an initial meeting to discuss forming an alliance to preserve and rehabilitate Utah's great historic barns. Topics to be introduced for discussion are: the need for an organization that will work toward the documentation and stabilization of Utah's historic barns, models of other barn alliances in the United States, how the alliance would be set up, and what role the National Barn Alliance could play. The alliance is a community effort, so anyone interested in preservation and rehabilitation of historic barns is welcome.

The meeting will take place on Tuesday, September 15 at 10:00 a.m. at Memorial House in Memory Grove Park, 485 North Canyon Road (120 East), Salt Lake City. Directions can be found at www.memorialhouse-utah.com.  At the gate to Memory Grove Park, use the call box on the west side to receive driver's entry into the park.

To RSVP or for more information contact Kirk Huffaker, Executive Director of Utah Heritage Foundation at 801-533-0858 x 105, e-mail kirk@utahheritagefoundation.org or Lisa Duskin-Goede, Coordinator, Bear River Heritage Area, at 435-713-1426, e-mail to lisad@brag.utah.gov.

Gravestone Restoration at Traditional Building Skills Institute (TBSI) at Snow College, Ephraim

Date: August 20-22, 2009

Participants in this workshop will learn many of the various aspects of gravestone and cemetery preservation. Participants are encouraged to bring photographs of historic masonry, sculptures, or gravestones that they have concerns or questions about.