Architecture in Color: Historic Paints and Finishes, Their Investigation and Reproduction - November 11, 2017

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Historic Preservation Workshop
Architecture in Color: Historic Paints and Finishes, Their Investigation and Reproduction
Saturday, November 11, 2017

Historic architecture is known to us in primary source materials through drawings or early black-and-white photography. What’s missing is color and the finishing of a building that makes all the difference in its appearance. Through lectures and hands-on lab work, workshop participants will learn what traditional paints were made of, how they were used, and ways to investigate the finishes history of a building.

Instructor: Janet W. Foster
Date: Saturday, November 11, 2017
Time: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Location: South AB, Campus Center, Rutgers-Camden
Cost: $75
Credits: .6 CEUs; 6 AIA LUs
Janet W. Foster is an architectural historian and historic preservation consultant with over 30 years of experience. She studied at the Columbia University Historic Preservation Program and then founded Acroterion, a preservation consulting firm, in 1983. At Acroterion, she had the opportunity to study hundreds of buildings in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania through preparation of National Register nominations, Historic Structures Reports, historic buildings surveys, paint analysis, and other projects. Ms. Foster is a noted teacher and lecturer on historic architecture, with a particular specialization in historic paint colors and the use of books and magazines to transmit architectural ideas in 19th-century America. She is currently an adjunct professor in the Historic Preservation Program at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation.

For more information or to register, visit https://preservation.rutgers.edu/programs/fall-2017-offerings or contact Gaskell at 856-225-6878 or tamara.gaskell@rutgers.edu.



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