Contemporary Preservation Practice Schedule of Speakers Set

The Contemporary Preservation Practice class will commence on Friday, February 9th, from 1-4 p.m.

Taught by Ruth L. Pierpont, director of the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation's Field Services Bureau (State Historic Preservation Office), the course will "provide students with a sampling of the variety of opportunities that exist in the private, public and non-profit sectors and the range of interactions of historic preservation with diverse fields such as transportation policy, real estate, economic development, heritage tourism and community renewal. Representatives from all three sectors will share experiences, information on the organization's they represent and how those organizations fit into the overall structure of the preservation field, and their thoughts on contemporary practice and issues. Ample discussion time will be provided to allow students to examine programs and issues through the experiences and case studies provided by speakers."

This semester's speakers will include:

-- February 9: Mary E. Ivey, Director, Environmental Analysis Bureau, NYS Department of Transportation and James Jamieson, Capitol Architect, NYS Office of General Services, Design and Construction.

-- February 23: Jay DiLorenzo, President, Preservation League of New York State and Roberta Lane, Program Officer and Regional Attorney, NE Office, National Trust for Historic Preservation.

-- March 23: Jeff Pfeil, President, Pfeil & Company, Saratoga Springs, and Joe Fama, Executive Director, TAP Inc., Troy, New York.

-- April 27: Anne Van Ingen, Director, Architecture, Planning and Design Program and Capital Projects, NYS Council on the Arts and J. Winthrop Aldrich, Hudson River National Heritage Area.

-- May 4: Martha Frey, Director, Otsego 2000 and Frank E. Sanchis, Director, Municipal Art Society.

Links to many of the organizations these speakers represent are included in the sidebar at right.