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Thursday, July 17, 2008

Early Bird Tour of Barre Granite Workshops
For those arriving early a special tour of some of Barre's world famous granite related businesses and studios will be offered from 1:30-4:00pm on Thursday, July 17th.  The tour will depart from the Vermont Granite Museum at 7 Jones Brothers Way in Barre and includes:

Granite Importers, was founded in 1971 by Jake Colgan, to import granite for the Barre monument industry. Granite Importers has evolved into an architectural stone fabricator specializing in cubic work, special moldings, columns, steps, coping, paving and veneer.
Barre Sculpture Studios was established in 1985 as a sculptural service to the monument industry. Barre Sculpture Studios specializes in figurative works for monument retailers, churches and civic organizations throughout the Northeast US.
Trow & Holden has been manufacturing stone cutting tools for both the industrial and art markets for well over 110 years. The first hand-held pneumatic carving tool was invented by Trow and Holden.

Sign up at the IPTW 2008 registration area. The tour is limited to 20 participants, and there is no extra charge for the tour for registered IPTW 2008 participants.

4:00-7:00pm – Early Registration at Stonecutters Brewhouse, 14 North Main Street Barre.

7:30am – Registration opens at the Vermont Granite Museum and Stone Arts School

8:30-10:00am – Session 1: Opening Plenary Session
Welcome from the City of Barre – Samantha “Sam” Mathews, Executive Vice President of the Central Vermont Economic Development Board
Vermont Granite Museum and Stone Arts School
Preservation Education Institute/Historic Windsor, Inc.
Preservation Trades Network

Keynote Speech:  Jan Lewandoski – “Wood, Stone and Iron”

10:00-10:30am – Break

10:30-12:00pm – Session 2
Eryn Brennan “Falmouth Heritage Renewal; Building Community Through Preservation”
Richard O. Bryne “Restoration Team Structures in Scandinavia”
John Leeke “Letter Carving; Sharp Steely Edges, Fine Wooden Curves”
Andy deGruchy “How to Make Traditional Log Daubing & Burnt Sand Mastic to Fix Masonry”
Duffy Hoffman/Rory Brennan “Function of a Structure; Painter & Plasterer”
Neil Rippingale “If it’s Rock, Let’s Talk”

12:00-1:00pm – Lunch

1:00-2:30pm – Session 3
Paul Wood “Architecture of Barre’s Granite Sheds”
Robert Ogle “The Forgotten Art of 19th Century Woodworking Machines; What the Heck is a Louver Groover?”
Jane M. Wooley “Spanning the Gap; Training Program Revives Ancient Craft & Restores Dry Stone Walls & Bridges”
Jonathan Appell “Grave Stone Matters; Conservation Mock-ups”
Jade Mortimer “Smooth Operator; the Ups & Downs of Windows”
Christian & Son, Inc. “From Log to Timber Frame - Historic Conversion, Layout & Cutting Techniques”
Jim Houston “Side Lap Shingles; Making Sense of the Counterintuitive”
Sarah Vukovich “Fugitive Color; The Quest for Cromachronology”
Michael Glickman “Traditional Venetian Plaster – No Secrets Anymore!”
Paul Marlowe “Defeat Decay, Restore Rot with Flexible Epoxy”

2:30-3:00pm – Break

3:00-4:30pm – Session 4
Rob Cagnetta “Kermit Was Wrong! It IS Easy Being Green”
Eric Hammarberg “Teamwork, Tools, Testing & Intuition”
Patrick Kennedy “Kentucky; A Place for Traditional Trades Training”
John Wastrom & Jamie Duggan “You Can Go a Long Way With a Short-Stroke . . . Removing Mortar Barre-Style”
Andy Roeper “A Plentiful Propensity for Painless Panes”
Christian & Son, Inc. “From Log to Timber Frame - Historic Conversion, Layout & Cutting Techniques”
James Warden “Down to the Basics; Slate Roof Installation & Repair”
Deborah Mills “Traditional Woodcarving; Carving Architectural Elements by Hand”
Sarah Vukovich “Fugitive Color; The Quest for Cromachronology”
Duffy Hoffman “Paint Practices for Historic Structures”
Bruce Midkiff “The Fabulous Traveling Limeburning Show” (Ongoing)

Steven Schuyler Bookseller (ongoing) 

Walking Tour of Historic Barre
5:30pm – Meet at the Old Labor Hall, 46 Granite Street, Barre

IPTW 2008 participants are invited to join Joelen Mulvaney for a stroll down the memory lane that speaks of the political and social lives of Italian and other immigrants, as well as explore the richly detailed buildings that make up the core of Barre’s historic downtown. Joelen is the Vice President of the Barre Historical Society, former curator of the Barre Museum and Archives located at the Aldrich Public Library, and has been giving tours of historic Barre for 25 years.

The tour will begin on Granite Street at the Old Labor Hall, a National Historic Labor Landmark building and former home to the Socialist Labor Party, a building that was central to the Italian American community. Today, this building is home to the Barre Historical Society, mainly due to the efforts of concerned citizens who successfully petitioned the City Council to rescind a demolition permit for the building almost a decade ago.

Participants will proceed to the worker housing on the corner of River Street, then the Aqua Pura bottling company where eleven year-old Lena Galli lost her life during the flood of 1919 when the building exploded. Rounding the corner at Blackwell Street participants will focus on the workers and sculptors who made Barre the “Granite Capital of the World.” Pass by the active studio of Jerry Williams and the monument at Granite City Tool Company that engulfs the studio of Carlo Abate. Walking past the place where the Anarchist library and printing press once stood, burned out by an incendiary device planted by federal agents, tells of the repression of a political movement that threatened the political powers of the day after the assassination of President McKinley.

Evidence of the lives, political leanings, artistry, economics, commercial rivalries and traditions of Barre abound as you explore the city’s rich tapestry of styles from Classical Beaux Arts, Jacobean and Queen Anne Victorian to the Utilitarian Granite Sheds of “the city that rocks”, all while marveling at the distinctive architectural detail found downtown, much of which is uniquely fashioned out of granite.

A tax deductible donation of $15.00/person is requested to benefit the continuing restoration of the Old Labor Hall. Take a closer look at Barre and be part of the renaissance here that celebrates the trades. Tours are limited to 15 people, so sign up early for the tour at the IPTW 2008 registration desk at the Vermont Granite Museum. The tours will last approximately 90 minutes.

Special Video Viewing of “If Stone Could Speak”
7:30pm, at the Old Labor Hall, 46 Granite Street, Barre

The Barre Historical Society will welcome anyone who wishes to attend a viewing of “If Stone Could Speak”, a video documentary by Randy Croce. Thousands of stonecutters emigrated from northern Italy to Barre, Vermont, "Granite Capital of the World". This documentary follows the artisans and their families from quarries, workshops and schools in Italy to granite carving sheds in New England. The show portrays the immigrants’ distinctive community … and their continued ties with their native regions. It chronicles the monuments of these master carvers, as well as their life and death struggle with silicosis. The story advances to the present, as stonecutter families continue to move between the two countries.

The Barre Historical Society will have popcorn and lemonade for sale. Tax deductible donations to the Barre Historical Society will also be gratefully accepted to benefit the continuing restoration of the Old Labor Hall.

7:00-11:00pm – Music Night at the Vermont Granite Museum

The ROGUE BIRDS, Bo Muller-Moore, Duffy Gardner and Carl Witke take the stage along with PTN regulars Duffy Hoffman on drums and Jim Houston on the msuical saw. Special guest appearances by Andy deGruchy, Jamie Duggan, Nataly Duggan, Silas Meriam and Will Beemer.

Saturday, July 19, 2008

8:30-10:00am – Session 1
Eryn Brennan “Falmouth Heritage Renewal; Building Community Through Preservation”
Eric Hammarberg “Teamwork, Tools, Testing & Intuition”
Jack Patchin “Not Just Patchin’ It Up; Products Used to Maintain & Repair Historic Homes”
Duffy Hoffman “Paint Practices for Historic Structures”
Bruce Midkiff “The Fabulous Traveling Limeburning Show” (Ongoing)

10:00-10:30am – Break

10:30-12:00pm – Session 2
Michael Weitzner “Who Cares About Abutments?”
Moss Rudley “To Dutchman or not to Dutchman; Just ask an Irishman”
Jade Mortimer “Smooth Operator; the Ups & Downs of Windows”
Christian & Son, Inc. “From Log to Timber Frame - Historic Conversion, Layout & Cutting Techniques”
Andy deGruchy “How to Make Traditional Log Daubing & Burnt Sand Mastic to Fix Masonry”
Paul Marlowe “Defeat Decay, Restore Rot with Flexible Epoxy”

10:30am – Historic Barre Walking Tour
Sign up at the IPTW 2008 registration area in advance to reserve your place, and meet at the Old Labor Hall, 46 Granite Street, Barre

12:00-1:00pm – Lunch

1:00-2:30pm – Session 3
Paul Wood “Architecture of Barre’s Granite Sheds”
Robert Ogle “The Forgotten Art of 19th Century Woodworking Machines; What the Heck is a Louver Groover?”
Patrick Kennedy “Kentucky; A Place for Traditional Trades Training”
John Wastrom & Jamie Duggan “You Can Go a Long Way With a Short-Stroke . . . Removing Mortar Barre-Style”
Andy Roeper “A Plentiful Propensity for Painless Panes”
Christian & Son, Inc. “From Log to Timber Frame - Historic Conversion, Layout & Cutting Techniques”
Jim Houston “Side Lap Shingles; Making Sense of the Counterintuitive”
John Leeke “Letter Carving; Sharp Steely Edges, Fine Wooden Curves”
Michael Glickman “”Traditional Venetian Plaster; No Secrets Anymore!”
Neil Rippingale “If it’s Rock, Let’s Talk”

2:30-3:00pm – Break

3:00-4:00pm – Session 4
Philip Marshall “Barre Granite Industry; A Monument to the Trades”
Alain Rolland “Compagnons du Devoir" way of training traditional trades with a special focus on "Carpentry and Wood Construction”
Knobb Hill Joinery LLC “ Doing it Better …the Hard Way; Adze Work, Scribing and Riving”
James Warden “Down to the Basics; Slate Roof Installation & Repair”
Deborah Mills “Traditional Woodcarving; Carving Architectural Elements by Hand”
Kerry O. Furlani “Traditional Methods of Carving Slate”
Bruce Midkiff “The Fabulous Traveling Limeburning Show” (Ongoing)

Steven Schuyler Bookseller (ongoing)

6:00-11:00pm – Askins Achievement Award and annual PTN Live Auction at the Vermont Granite Museum and Stone Arts School
Sponsored by Harpoon Brewery

8:30-10:00am – Session 1
Michael Weitzner “Who Cares About Abutments?”
Jonathan Appell “Grave Stone Matters; Conservation Mock-ups”
Knobb Hill Joinery LLC “Doing it Better …the Hard Way; Adze Work, Scribing and Riving”
Duffy Hoffman “Paint Practices for Historic Structures”
Kerry O. Furlani “Traditional Methods of Carving Slate”
Paul Marlowe “Defeat Decay, Restore Rot with Flexible Epoxy”

10:00-10:30am – Break

10:30-12:00am – PTN Annual Membership Meeting

12:00-1:00pm – Lunch

1:00-2:30pm – Session 3
Rob Cagnetta “Kermit Was Wrong! It IS Easy Being Green”
Jane M. Wooley “Spanning the Gap; Training Program Revives Ancient Craft & Restores Dry Stone Walls & Bridges”
Moss Rudley “To Dutchman or not to Dutchman; Just ask an Irishman”
Jack Patchin “Not Just Patchin’ It Up; Products Used to Maintain & Repair Historic Homes”
Knobb Hill Joinery LLC “Doing it Better …the Hard Way; Adze Work, Scribing and Riving”
James Warden “Down to the Basics; Slate Roof Installation & Repair”
Bruce Midkiff “The Fabulous Traveling Limeburning Show” (Ongoing)

2:30-3:00pm – Break

3:00-4:30pm – Session 4
Knobb Hill Joinery LLC “ Doing it Better …the Hard Way; Adze Work, Scribing and Riving”
Jim Houston “Side Lap Shingles; Making Sense of the Counterintuitive”
Deborah Mills “Traditional Woodcarving; Carving Architectural Elements by Hand”
Bruce Midkiff “The Fabulous Traveling Limeburning Show” (Ongoing)

Steven Schuyler Bookseller (ongoing)