2020 November Preservation ePost |
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Included in This Issue:
Culture x Climate 2020
Community Resilience Grants
Preservation Needs Assessments
SHRC Meeting November 6
And more....
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The Climate Heritage Network has mobilized a virtual global forum for arts, culture and heritage-based climate action designed to advance climate emergency ambitions.
Climate Heritage Week runs from November 16 through 22 and is nested within Culture x Climate 2020 which runs now through November 27 offering an array of visionary panel sessions, a series of informative webinars, and action-oriented forums, including three programs in the United Nations November Dialogues: Race to Zero series. The Office of Historic Preservation is a founding member of the Climate Heritage Network, with SHPO Julianne Polanco serving as a Co-Chair.
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Community Resilience Grants Available from the NLC
Since 2017, 33 cities have participated in the program. Each city selected will receive $10,000 in financial support, and customized support from both the NLC and the Resilient Cities Network.
Deadline for applying is December 23, 2020.
Image courtesy of Freddie Collins/Unsplash.
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Free Preservation Needs Assessments
The California State Library is offering free preservation needs assessments to organizations and institutions responsible for maintaining cultural and historical collections. Assessments are available for collections in the following counties: Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Fresno, Kern, Los Angeles, Marin, Mariposa, Nevada, Orange, Placer, San Francisco, San Mateo, Tulare, Tuolumne, and Yuba. Tribal heritage organizations throughout the state are also invited to apply.
Interested applicants must complete an initial survey by November 15, 2020.
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Participate in Statewide Cultural Collections Survey
California is home to one of the most diverse and expansive cultural collections in the world, spread across thousands of institutions who are primary keepers of local and tribal history and art, and serve as the state’s collective memory. The survey will serve as an instrument to educate decision-makers about the value of investing in and protecting the state’s arts and cultural heritage.
Image courtesy of the California State Library.
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NTHP Releases New Report
As noted by the NTHP, “At the heart of this project is the central question: How can preservation be a force for advancing equitable development and social justice in African American neighborhoods and other communities of color?” The report looks at past and current progress, and advocates for “expanding the role that cultural heritage and its preservation can and should play in the equitable growth of our communities.”
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The State Historical Resources Commission (SHRC) holds their final quarterly meeting of 2020 on November 6 beginning at 9:00 a.m. The meeting is open to the public virtually through Zoom and live-streamed on the Cal-Span network (see link information in the column at right).
Commission actions will include voting on fourteen nominated properties, some of which have been prepared under the cover of the Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in California and Latinos in Twentieth Century California Multiple Property Documents. Deliberations also will include properties such as the North Beach Historic District (featured here) located at the northern entrance to San Clemente on El Camino Real. The district includes four contributing buildings–Aquarium Café (later OC Fresca), Casino San Clemente, San Clemente Theatre (later Miramar Theatre), and San Clemente Bowling Alley–and the previously listed San Clemente Beach Club (later Ole Hanson Beach Club). Built in the Spanish Colonial Revival style, the buildings reflect city founder Ole Hanson’s intent to develop a beachside community promoting social welfare through unique public amenities such as generously sized open spaces and a variety of recreational facilities, aesthetically modeled on a romanticized version of California history.
Visit our Pending Nominations page to read more about all of the nominated properties, and then join us on November 6 to see the State Historical Resources Commission in action!
Image courtesy of Audrey von Aherns.
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State Historical Resources Commission (SHRC) Meetings
2021 meetings - TBA
The SHRC meets quarterly each year. Commission meetings are open to the public and are live-streamed via the Cal-Span network and Zoom.
Learn more about the role and responsibilities of the SHRC.
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CAMSA Conference Goes Virtual, November 12-13 |
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Historic Preservation Degree Program Accepting Applications |
Application priority deadline is January 31, 2021.
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Items posted in the ePost are presented as an informational courtesy and do not constitute an endorsement by the Office of Historic Preservation. |
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