Monuments undergoing repairs at the cemetery workshop.

This subsection focuses on past and upcoming monument repair training programs and tours.

UPCOMING WORKSHOPS

November 18th & 19th, 2008

Woodlawn is hosting an Essential Skills for Historic Monument Repair workshop.  The two-day workshop will introduce participants to a wide variety of conservation repair techniques and 'best practices'. Training ranged from the philosophy of conservation to hands-on practical work: participants will each complete the necessary repairs for a broken marble slab-style monument, under the supervision of the three instructors:
Per Neumeyer, master stonemason specializing in conservation of cemeteries,
Tamara Anson-Cartwright, advising conservator regarding cemeteries at the Ontario Ministry of Culture, Heritage and Museums branch, and
Sach Killam, cemetery worker with practical experience in applying the workshop training in Woodlawn.
The workshop is administered by the Ontario Association of Cemeteries and Funeral Professionals and is open to non-members.

Preserving our heritage is responsibility that we all share together.
See also the OACFP (the Ontario Association of Cemetery and Funeral Professionals for further information.

PAST WORKSHOPS 

APRIL 2007

Woodlawn hosted a highly successful monument repair workshop: "Essential Skills for Historic Monument Repair" . The two-day workshop introduced participants to a wide variety of conservation repair techniques and 'best practices'. Training ranged from the philosophy of conservation to hands-on practical work: participants each completed the necessary repairs for a broken marble slab-style monument, under the supervision of the three instructors:
Per Neumeyer, master stonemason specializing in conservation of cemeteries,
Tamara Anson-Cartwright, advising conservator regarding cemeteries at the Ontario Ministry of Culture, Heritage and Museums branch, and
Sach Killam, cemetery worker with practical experience in applying the workshop training in Woodlawn.
The workshop was administered by the Ontario Association of Cemeteries and Funeral Professionals and was open to non-members. Participants ranged from public works staff to conservators to monument dealers and, of course, cemetery workers.
Preserving our heritage is responsibility that we all share together.
See also the OACFP (the Ontario Association of Cemetery and Funeral Professionals for further information.


NOVEMBER 2005

On November 8th through 10th, Woodlawn helped present two important workshops: "Essential Skills for Historic Monument Work" and an "Historic Cemetery Stewardship Seminar for cemetery managers, operators, and volunteers".

Photos from the 2005 workshop, and earlier versions, are posted on this site in the photo gallery section.

These November sessions took place in Chatham Ontario, hosted by Susan Arnold, Supervisor Cemetery Operations for the Municipality of Chatham-Kent.

Information for the "Historic Cemetery Stewardship Seminar for cemetery managers and operators" one-day session may still be available through Chatham Kent (click here) and through the Ontario Association of Cemeteries and Funeral Professionals.

The two-day workshop "Essential Skills for Historic Monument Work" followed the itinerary of the March 2005 Workshop hosted by Woodlawn Cemetery (see below).


MARCH 2005

The 2005 monument repair workshop "Essential Skills for Historic Monument Repair" was a great success. Hosted at Woodlawn in late March, the two-day workshop introduced participants to a wide variety of conservation repair techniques and 'best practices'. Training ranged from the philosophy of conservation to hands-on practical work: participants brought a broken marble monument to the workshop... and then completed the necessary repairs under the supervision of the three instructors:
Per Neumeyer, master stonemason specializing in conservation of cemeteries,
Tamara Anson-Cartwright, advising conservator regarding cemeteries at the Ontario Ministry of Culture, Heritage and Museums branch, and
Sach Killam, cemetery worker with practical experience in applying the workshop training in situ.

Photos from the 2005 workshop, and earlier versions, are posted on this site in the photo gallery section.

Supplier links are provided at the end of the Historic Monument Care: Conservation Links webpage.

Sach Killam's presentation for the March 2005 Workshop is posted and available with the downloads section of this website.


FEBRUARY 2003

Woodlawn hosted and participated in an "Essential Skills for Historic Monument Repair" workshop. Woodlawn's Monument Care Co-ordinator made the transition from workshop participant to an assistant to Per Neumeyer.


SEPTEMBER 2002

Woodlawn participated in the APTi (Association of Preservation Technologists International) conference: EXTREME IMPACTS / measured response-- Workshop 2: Conserving Stone Monuments and Tombstones. Sach Killam assisted Per Neumeyer in demonstrating conservation repair techniques.