2nd Annual Adobe Brick-Making Community Days - Cornerstones & Historic Santa Fe Foundation
May 12, 2018 |
Palace of the Governors Courtyard
May 5 • May 12
9:30am – 1pm
San Miguel Chapel
May 19 • May 26
9:30am – 1pm
New Mexico History Museum • Preservation Month Lecture
Is Adobe Relevant Today?
Wednesday, May 16
12pm noon
All events are free and open to the public. To volunteer for one or all events, call Melanie McWhorter at HSFF at 505.983.2567 or Nicole Kliebert at Cornerstones at 505.982.9521or email melanie@historicsantafe.org or nkliebert@cstones.org.
For the first two Saturdays of the month – May 5 and May 12 – Cornerstones and HSFF staff and volunteers will set up the hands-on workshop/demonstration in the courtyard of the Palace of the Governors with the third and fourth Saturdays – May 19 and May 26 – hosted at San Miguel Chapel. All Saturday events will be from 9:30am – 1pm and people of all ages are welcome to visit, ask questions and participate in making traditional adobe bricks. Cornerstones will use each full-size brick to restore buildings in Northern New Mexico and each participant will be mailed a Certificate of Accomplishment with detailed information about the new home of their bricks. Cornerstones Executive Director Jake Barrow will deliver a lecture titled Is Adobe Relevant Today? at the New Mexico History Museum, Meem Room on May 16 at noon. Attendants can bring a brown bag lunch to enjoy during the talk. There is no admission or charge for the brick making events or the lecture.
This event coincides with Heritage Preservation Month and is supported by Hotel St. Francis, a Heritage Hotels & Resorts property, St. Michael’s High School, New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors.
Cornerstones works in partnership with communities to restore historic structures, encourage traditional building practices and affirm cultural values. For more information, call Nicole Kliebert at 505.982.9521, email nkliebert@cstones.org or visit cstones.org.
The Historic Santa Fe Foundation (HSFF) is a private, non-profit membership organization founded in 1961. HSFF is dedicated to the preservation of Santa Fe’s historic buildings and neighborhoods. Our mission is to preserve, protect and promote the historic properties and diverse cultural heritage of the Santa Fe area and to educate the public about Santa Fe’s history and the importance of preservation. Historic Santa Fe Foundation offices in El Zaguán, 545 Canyon Road, Suite 2, Santa Fe, New Mexico. For more information, contact Melanie McWhorter at melanie@historicsantafe.org, call 505.983.2567 or visit historicsantafe.org.
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Palace of the Governors Courtyard |
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Santa Fe, NM |
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melanie@historicsantafe.org |
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