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CONTACT: Lucas Burdick
EMAIL: lburdick@cstones.org
PHONE: 505.982.9521 x 100
Santa Fe, NM, December 20th 2021: Cornerstones Community Partnerships is organizing and managing a scholarship for professionals and students from the 19 Native American pueblos and tribes in New Mexico, tribes and pueblos from Southwestern states, and Northern Mexico to attend the Terra 2022 13th World Congress on Earthen Architectural Heritage.
Terra 2022, the 13th World Congress on Earthen Architectural Heritage, will take place in Santa Fe, New Mexico, June 7-10, 2022 as a hybrid event with both in-person and virtual options. Hundreds of specialists will attend Terra 2022 from many fields, including site management, conservation, anthropology, architecture, and sustainable development. Workshops, presentations, posters, and digital media will illuminate current research and teach best practices in conserving earthen heritage across the world. Up to 600 attendants are expected to participate either in-person or virtually.
The scholarship will substantially help cover attendance, accommodation, and travel costs to Santa Fe, New Mexico to attend Terra 2022 World Congress, a global gathering of experts and practitioners in the field of earthen architecture conservation and preservation.
Getty Foundation and Chamiza Foundation are providing funds for the scholarship, while the Getty Conservation Institute is digitally collecting scholarship applications, and Cornerstones is convening a selection committee, reaching out to communities, and providing travel and logistics coordination.
The scholarship application is open now; it will close on Sunday, January 16th. The full scholarship application and more information is available at: https://www.cstones.org/terra-2022
Background on Terra 2022 World Congress
The four-day conference is organized by Getty Conservation Institute, National Park Service, Vanishing Treasures Program, and the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design, under the aegis of the International Council on Monuments and Sites, International Scientific Committee on the Conservation of the Earthen Architectural Heritage.
More information about the conference as well as all-day workshops taking place before the conference is available at www.terra2022.org.
Information on Scholarship Program
Applications for the scholarship are due Sunday, January 16. They include a letter of intent, a letter of recommendation, and a resume.
The scholarship program will significantly help cover attendance, accommodation, and travel costs to Santa Fe, New Mexico to attend Terra 2022.
The intention of the scholarship is to both make the conference more accessible to communities that work with earthen building preservation and to expand the time and opportunities of people who may otherwise have limited capacity to participate in the conference.
The scholarship application includes an opportunity to apply for funding for three pre-conference workshops: Injection grouting for decorated surfaces on earthen architecture taking place, June 5-6, 2022, in Santa Fe, NM; Lab and field-testing exercises for earthen materials, June 5-6; and a three-day adobe restoration training that will take place on the El Rito Campus of Northern New Mexico College and the village of Abiquiu, NM June 4-6. That last workshop will be organized and hosted by Cornerstones with partners at UNM and the National Parks Service.
Cornerstones was founded to take care of adobe churches and community buildings, including many on tribal lands, and so assisting a scholarship for tribal and native community members to attend a conference on earthen architectural heritage is important to our mission.
This scholarship program is made possible with support from the Getty Foundation.
Quotes
Tracey Enright, Cornerstones’ Executive Director: “The Terra 2022 conference will be an exciting and educational gathering. We are delighted to have the opportunity to include more voices in the conversations about earthen architectural heritage.”
Leslie Rainer, Getty Conservation Institute: “Terra 2022 World Congress on Earthen Architectural Heritage is the 13th meeting of specialists in earthen heritage conservation and preservation organized since 1972. On the 50th anniversary of these meetings, we are excited to celebrate earthen architecture in Santa Fe and in New Mexico where there is a long and rich tradition of earthen construction, and a wealth of significant archaeological, historic, modern and contemporary sites. We are looking forward to bringing professionals, students and community members to the conference to share their experiences in preserving their heritage with participants from around the world.”
Background on Organizations
Cornerstones Community Partnerships collaborates with community members to restore historic structures, preserve cultural landscapes, encourage traditional building practices, and conserve natural resources. Cornerstones has always been dedicated to preserving the architectural heritage and cultural traditions of New Mexico and the greater Southwest, using a hands-on approach to teach and reinforce these methods to both adults and youth. We believe such involvement fosters a community’s pride in their historic buildings and strengthens their cultural values and traditions. Cornerstones works primarily on publicly owned or publicly used structures. We have provided assistance at more than 380 architectural treasures and historic sites.
The Getty Foundation fulfills the philanthropic mission of the Getty Trust by supporting individuals and institutions committed to advancing the greater understanding and preservation of the visual arts in Los Angeles and throughout the world. Through strategic grant initiatives, it strengthens art history as a global discipline, promotes the interdisciplinary practice of conservation, increases access to museum and archival collections, and develops current and future leaders in the visual arts. It carries out its work in collaboration with the other Getty Programs to ensure that they individually and collectively achieve maximum effect.
Getty Conservation Institute describes itself as: “An international leader on issues of cultural heritage conservation. A catalyst for research-driven sustainable conservation work. A force for the development of innovative approaches and model conservation strategies. A trusted source of information and education for the cultural conservation community.” Their mission is to “We work internationally to advance conservation practice in the visual arts—objects, collections, architecture, and sites. The Institute serves the conservation community through scientific research, education and training, field projects, and disseminating information. In all our endeavors, we create and deliver knowledge that contributes to the conservation of the world's cultural heritage.”
The mission of the Chamiza Foundation is to help insure the continuity and “living” preservation of Pueblo Indian culture and traditions. For 31 years, the Chamiza Foundation has continued its commitment to support the continuation of Pueblo culture. The Board of Directors, members of the Phillips family and staff carry out the work of the Foundation and are undeterred in their dedication to the mission. This has ensured the Chamiza Foundation’s continued relevance to Pueblo communities now and for generations to come. They are based in Santa Fe.
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