HELP WANTED

STONEMASONRY CONSERVATORS SOUGHT
PCL Constructors Canada Inc. is building a Masonry Conservator Team to complete the masonry conservation work on the West Block Building on Parliament Hill, Ottawa, ON, Canada. Interested proponents are to contact PCL at 1-613-225-6130 for more information regarding this Request for Proposal.

2012

MARCH

STONE CUTTING WORKSHOP
(Process, Cut & Dress Stone for Drystone Masonry)
Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Kentucky
March 3 ‐ 4

By: The Dry Stone Conservancy
Info: www.drystone.org

APRIL

MHA (Masonry Heater Association) ANNUAL MEETING
Little Switzerland, North Carolina
April 12 ‐ 22

Info: www.mha-net.org
Phone: (520) 883.0191
Email: execdir@mha-net.org

INCREDIBILI EQUILIBRI INSTABILI
FIRST INTERNATIONAL STONE BALANCING EVENT
Portonovo(Ancona) - Italy
April 14 ‐ 15

Info: Carlo Pietrarossi
Cell phone: 34.7.2447749.
Email: actitude@tiscali.it

10th ANNUAL CALIFORNIA SCULPTORS SYMPOSIUM
Camp Ocean Pines in Cambria California
April 22 ‐ 28

Phone: Camp Ocean Pines, (805) 927.0254
Info: www.californiasculptorssymposium.org

DRY STONE WALLING WORKSHOP (introductory)
Fayette County, Kentucky
April 28 ‐ 29

By: The Drystone Conservancy
Info: www.drystone.org

MAY

DRY STONE WALLING WORKSHOP
Kentucky, various locales
May 11 ‐ 12 (introductory)
May 19 (to be announced)
May 26 ‐ 27 (advanced)

By: The Drystone Conservancy
Info: www.drystone.org

JUNE

STONEMASONRY WORKSHOP
Hokoji Zen Center, Taos, New Mexico
June 12 - 15

Instructor: Tomas Lipps
For info: Terry Davis
Email: davisholthouse@taosnet.com

12th ANNUAL SAX STONECARVING WORKSHOPS, Session 1
TRADITIONAL and CONTEMPORARY STONECARVING
June 11 - 17

Instructors Nicholas Fairplay and Mark Saxe
Email: vwww.southweststoneworks@yahoo.com
Or contact Mark Saxe at 505.579.9179

AEGEAN STONE SCULPTURE ACADEMY WORKSHOP
Denizli, Turkey
June 18 - 30

Instructors: Pasquale Martini (Italy) and Edward Fleming (United States)
For Info: www.heykelakademisi.com

JULY

EUROPEAN STONE FESTIVAL 2012
TRONDHEIM, NORWAY
June 30 ‐ July 1

The European Stone Festival, a meeting place for stone masons and stone carvers from all over Europe, is held each year in a different European country where it is managed by a national organising team.

For info:www.stein-festival.de
Email:contact@stonefestival.no

AUGUST

3RD ANNUAL CANADIAN STONE CARVING FESTIVAL
OTTAWA, CANADA
August 3 - 12

For info:www.rideaucanalfestival.ca
Email:hbarber9@sympatico.ca

SEPTEMBER

STONEWORK SYMPOSIUM 2012
and the LITHIC OLYMPICS
Asheville, North Carolina
September 5 - 8

The annual gathering of the international stone 'tribe'
organized by the Stone Foundation
For info:stonefoundation.org/2012symposium
Email:tomas@stonefoundation.org to receive information as it becomes available.

STONEFEST 2012
Marenakos Rock Center
Preston (Issaquah). WA
September 10 - 14

For info: www.stonefest.org
Email:info@stonefest.org
Phone: (360) 579.2591

DRY STONE WALLING WORKSHOP
Féile na gCloch, Inis Oírr Aran Isles, Ireland
September 12 - 23

Instructors: Pat Mcafee and others
Email: mmannion@galwaycoco.ie

13TH INTERNATIONAL DRY STONE CONGRESS
Ogliastra, Sardinia
September 21 - 23

For Info: www.pietreasecco-samedera.org

OCTOBER

23RD INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE CONFERENCE
Chicago, Illinois
October 4 - 6

For info http://www.sculpture.org/chicago2012/

MORE EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS IN STONE CARVING, SCULPTURE, DRY STONE WALLING AND STONE MASONRY ARE BEING OFFERED BY THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS. Click on the links for information

THE CARVING STUDIO AND SCULPTURE CENTER
WEST RUTLAND, VERMONT
http://www.carvingstudio.org/home/

DRY STONE CONSERVANCY
LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY
http://www.drystone.org/

THE DRY STONE WALLING ACROSS CANADA
ONTARIO CANADA
http://www.dswa.ca/

DRY STONE WALLING ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN
http://www.dswa.org.uk/

THE U.S. HERITAGE GROUP
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
http://www.usheritage.com/

SUBMIT ANNOUNCEMENTS OF STONE-RELATED EVENTS TO:
tomas@stonefoundation.org

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