Pacific Northwest Preservation Field School
The Pacific Northwest Preservation Field School will be coming full circle as it returns to sites close to where it all began 18 years ago in Southeastern Oregon. The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department along with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge will both host the summer 2012 Field School. The Frenchglen Hotel, owned by Oregon Parks and Recreation Department and the Sod House Ranch on the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge will split the four, one week sessions. These two venues will provide participants with a wide range of learning opportunities while enjoying many amazing sites in the rural landscape of Southeastern Oregon. We are still building our program for the summer of 2012 at this time, please visit our website again as additional information is being prepared. We hope you will join us for another amazing summer!
The Pacific Northwest Preservation Field School curriculum is designed to attract participants from all walks of life from those with no experience in preservation, practicing cultural resource professionals, and undergraduate and graduate students. to novices with little background in the field but who possess a love for heritage and a desire to learn. The University of Oregon's Historic Preservation Program developed this Field School to provide participants with the opportunity to experience preservation firsthand. Incoming graduate students are required to enroll for at least one session as part of their graduation requirements.
The field school is intended for anyone interested in working in a hands-on environment, to learn about preservation by doing it, and interested in seeing a spectacular part of the United States. The typical class varies in age, skill-background, and interest, but the common thread is always fun and learning. Many participants have used the field school to launch into historic preservation, and many graduates of the University of Oregon's program got their start at the Pacific Northwest Field School.
Cost & Academic Credit
Field School participants can earn two (2) graduate or undergraduate level credits from the University of Oregon for each repeatable one-week session, grading is on a pass/no pass basis; it is also able to provide up to fifteen (15) Continuing Education credits for Architects. Tuition costs are all inclusive; providing meals, transportation and lodging from Sunday night through Friday night.
Non-credit: $900
Undergraduate Credit (2): $1100
Graduate Credit and A.I.A. Continuing Education Credit: $1250
Additional Credit: $200 (per director's approval)
Dates
The following is a list of sessions during which Field School will take place.
Frenchglen Hotel
Session 1: August 19-24, 2012 Sustainability
Session 2: August 26-31, 2012 Preservation Technology
Sod House Ranch
Session 3: September 9-14, 2012 Archeology
Session 4: September 16-21, 2012 Cultural Landscapes
Field School Scholarships
Financial assistance is available through scholarships. Scholarship funds will only be disbursed to those participants who are taking the session(s) for academic credit.
The Director's Student Scholarship is available, but not limited to, individuals planning a career in the preservation field, who without this funding assistance may not be able to attend the Field School. The recipient must be taking the Field School session(s) for academic credit. The award covers tuition for one field school week and additional travel expenses.
If you have any inquires regarding the scholarships please contact Holly Borth, the Field School GAF.
Application
Please find the 2012 Pacific Northwest Preservation Field School application linked below.
Space is limited so priority will be given to applications received before May .
Please send a completed application and statement of interest to:
Pacific Northwest Field School
Historic Preservation Program
School of Architecture & Allied Arts
5233 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-5233
Field School Faculty
Sessions will be led by one or more professionals specializing in the techniques and materials involved. Faculty come from across the Northwest and participate, as well as teach, in the Field School. Past faculty at The Pacific Northwest Field School have come from the U.S. National Park Service, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Oregon State Department of Parks & Recreation, Oregon State University, the University of Oregon, Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission, Washington State Office of Archaeology & Historic Preservation, and the professional community.
The following is a preliminary list of the primary instructors for the Field School:
Shannon Bell is a Director of the Pacific Northwest Preservation Field School, an adjunct Historic Preservation professor at the University of Oregon, and a consultant in historic architecture. She maintains a consulting practice that focuses on historic architecture with research interests that include preservation technologies and box construction in the Pacific Northwest. Shannon, a graduate from both the University of Oregon's Architecture and Historic Preservation program, currently teaches a field recordation, condition assessment, HABS/HAER, and Preservation Technology for the University of Oregon’s historic preservation program.
Donald Peting, Emeritus Architecture and HP faculty, is the founder of the Preservation Field Schools. He is occasionally teaching part time in such areas as architectural design, preservation technology, and historic structures. He is an historical architect and maintains a consulting practice that focuses on 19th and early 20th century architecture and his research interests include traditional building technologies, early powered mills, and seismic retro-fitting of historic structures. He has been a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome since 1978. In 2005, the National Council for Preservation Education honored his educational career with their James Marston Fitch lifetime achievement award.
John Platz has been actively involved with the Pacific Northwest Field School since its inception in 1995, initially as the leader of the Heritage Structures Team of the U.S. Forest Service of the Mount Hood National Forest, a preservation team he formed over 20 years ago. His skill at the use of traditional carpentry, particularly in timber framing, log construction, and 19th century building technology, was responsible for the early success of the Field School. Over ten years ago, he established Pilgrims Progress Preservation Services, a highly regarded professional practice doing significant preservation work throughout the west. In addition to teaching in the field school each summer, he has been involved in a number of HP courses during the school year, most recently the construction of a French Canadian trapper’s cabin at Kanaka Village at Fort Vancouver. He is a highly respected teacher, craftsperson and mentor of many of preservationist in the Pacific Northwest.
Amy McCauley is the owner of Oculus Fine Carpentry, Inc., a window and door specialty business. She has been working in construction for the past 13 years in the Portland-Metro area, six of them devoted to developing Oculus. Her emphasis is in working with traditional tools and techniques; some of her notable projects include the Pioneer Courthouse, A.T. Smith House, Delaney-Edwards House, Virgil Crum House and the Gardener’s House at Shore Acres State Park.
Leland Roth is an Architectural History Professor at the University of Oregon. Books authored include: A Concise History of American Architecture, American Architecture: A History, and McKim, Mead & White, Architects. Professor Roth is also the editor of America Builds and co-editor of Architecture in Colonial America.
Fred Walters is an award winning historical architect and architectural conservator in Cambridge, Idaho. He holds architecture licenses in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Nevada. His work includes building condition assessment and evaluation of over 240 buildings, as well as design and construction services for a wide variety of preservation projects. Walters has been an adjunct professor at the University of Oregon, teaching courses in Preservation Technology and Condition Assessments. He has been an active member of the field school since 1999.
Other past faculty at the Field School have come from the U.S. National Park Service, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department, Oregon State University, the University of Oregon, and the professional community.
Historic Preservation Program
School of Architecture & Allied Arts
5233 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-5233
Field School Assistant/GAF
Email: pnwfs@uoregon.edu
Office: 541-346-2089
Fax: 541-346-3626
Field School Director
Shannon M. S. Bell, Adjunct Faculty
Email: shannonb@uoregon.edu
Field School Co-Founder
Don Peting, Professor Emeritus
Email: peting@uoregon.edu
Office 541.346.2993
Mobile: 541.954.9248
For more information:
pnwfs@uoregon.edu
541-346-2089
Sponsors
The Pacific Northwest Preservation Field School would not be possible without the continued support of federal, state, and local agencies. Collaborating sponsors for the 2011 Pacific Northwest Preservation Field School include:
• University of Oregon
• National Park Service
• Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation
• Idaho State Historical Society
• Oregon Parks & Recreation Department
• Oregon State Historic Preservation Office
• Oregon State University
• Washington State Parks & Recreation Commission
• Washington State Department of Archaeology & Historic Preservation
Contact
Historic Preservation Program
School of Architecture & Allied Arts
5233 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-5233
Field School Assistant/GAF
Email: pnwfs@uoregon.edu
Office: 541-346-2089
Fax: 541-346-3626
Field School Director
Shannon M. S. Bell, Adjunct Faculty
Email: shannonb@uoregon.edu