>Thought this might be of interest... May 15 in >Little Rock at the Historic Arkansas Museum >(formerly the Ark Territorial Restoration) - > >For more information on historic preservation in >Arkansas , or to subscribe to the e-newsletter, >visit the AHPP web site at ><http://www.arkansaspreservation.org/>www.arkansaspreservation.org >. > >IN THIS ISSUE: > >AHPP OFFERS CEMETERY MONUMENT CONSERVATION WORKSHOP > >LITTLE ROCKThe Arkansas Historic Preservation >Program, in cooperation with the Historic >Arkansas Museum and the National Center for >Preservation Training and Technology (NCPTT), >will offer a free one-day workshop on methods >for preserving historic cemetery monuments on >Saturday, May 15, AHPP Director Ken Grunewald >announced today. > >The free workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 >p.m. at the Ottenheimer Theater at the Historic >Arkansas Museum , which is located at 200 East >Third St. in Little Rock . > >We are receiving increasing numbers of calls >seeking technical assistance on cemetery >preservation issues, in addition to a rising >interest in listing cemeteries on the National >Register of Historic Places, Grunewald said. >This workshop will give the caretakers of >historic cemeteries information on how to plan >for the continued preservation of their burial >grounds and how to best conserve the historic >monuments within them. > >Sessions will include information on the history >of cemetery conservation, recognizing types of >monument deterioration and how to treat them, >conducting deterioration surveys, using computer >technology to map historic cemeteries, >fundraising ideas and awareness and education. >Speakers will include Elizabeth Bede Guin and >Mary Striegel of the NCPTT at Natchitoches , La. >; Liz Norton of Norton Arts at Marshall , Ark. ; >Tammie Dillon, a cemetery consultant and board >member at Little Rock s Mount Holly Cemetery ; >and Sarah Jampole and Tony Feaster of the AHPP >staff. > >Attendance at the workshop is free, but limited >to the first 120 people to register. > >For more information on the cemetery >conservation workshop, write the AHPP at 1500 >Tower Building , 323 Center St. , Little Rock, >AR 72201, call Holly Hope at (501) 324-9880 [TDD >501-324-9811], or send e-mail to ><mailto:holly@arkansasheritage.org>holly@arkansasheritage.org >. > >The AHPP is the Department of Arkansas Heritage >agency responsible for identifying, evaluating, >registering and preserving the states cultural >resources. Other agencies are the Arkansas Arts >Council, the Delta Cultural Center in Helena , >the Old State House Museum , the Arkansas >Natural Heritage Commission, the Mosaic Templars >Cultural Center and the Historic Arkansas Museum >. >