Call to Volunteers
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Winter Blahs? Volunteer & Feel The Cheer!
Gallery Take Down, February 1 -- Assist our current guest artists as they take down and pack up their art. Some ladder work may be needed to remove art work.
Gallery Set Up, February 2 -- Assist our guest artist with set up for our next First Friday opening. Some ladder work may be needed to hang art work.
First Friday Reception Helpers, February 4 -- Help out at our first artist's reception of 2011. Greet guests, help with light refreshments, enjoy the show.
Marketing and Graphic Design Volunteers -- If either of these are your talents, we need your help on some special projects.
For details about current volunteer opportunities, please contact
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Donation wish list
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-Three nice serving spoons
-One Cake server/platter
-Ground coffee
-Cooler/Ice Chest
Office/Technology
-Plain white printer paper
-Large Foam core sheets
-Windows PC Desktop computers. [Windows XP or Vista.]
-Rolling Computer Rack
If you have donations that we can use in our kitchen and offices, please call or email Philip at 503.234.7264 or philipa@visitahc.org.
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Internship Opportunities
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We have an ongoing program and offer internships each term. Applications are always accepted via the submission of cover letters and resumes to the appropriate hiring manager. Winter Intern Opportunities:
- Marketing
- Graphic Design
- Website Maintainence
For details of all positions offered each term, see the on our website.
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Rent the AHC for your next meeting or event!
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Let us help make your next event even more memorable. Besides our beautiful, historic building, we offer affordable rates, a relaxed staff, kitchen facilities, equipment, and more. For information about our building rentals, check out the rental page on our website or contact Ita Lindquist at 503.231.7264.
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AHC Monthly Art Exhibits are open to Portland artists .
| AHC Art exhibits are open to artists in the community. We give priority to our business members, their employees, and our general membership, but we are accepting applications from artists who are not members.
Our beautiful building offers an ideal location for presentation of 2 dimensional art and is a great place to invite your clients, family, and friends for an opening reception.
We are currently booking shows for 2012 and invite our artist community to apply for a show.
Corporate members: please pass this invitation along to painters, photographers and other 2d artists within your organization so everyone can enjoy the benefits of your membership.
To receive an information package and application, send an email to barbarap@visitahc.org.
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Help the AHC be more environmentally sustainable by renewing your membership promptly! Timely responses make your membership contributions go farther because they save paper, postage, and volunteer and staff time. You can even send in your dues or renew on-line prior to receiving a mailed notice by checking the renewal date noted on your newsletter mailing label. If you have any questions or feedback regarding your membership, email Holly Chamberlain at hollyc@VisitAHC.org. Thank you so much for your contributions and participation. Every membership matters! |
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About the AHC... |
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The Architectural Heritage Center is a non-profit resource center for historic preservation in the Portland area. Owned and operated by the Bosco-Milligan Foundation, we offer a range of education programs to help people appreciate, restore, and maintain vintage properties. Over 40,000 people have participated in our talks, home tours, workshops, and gallery exhibits. 701 SE Grand Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97214
Open Wed - Sat
10:00AM - 4:30PM
503 231-7264
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Thank you to everyone who has written in to let us know how much you enjoy the weekly enews. We like hearing from you! Many of you use this newsletter as a reminder for program registrations, to check out volunteer opportunities, and to find resources for your home projects. Thank you.
Do you have feedback or suggestions you would like to share? If so, please send them to marketing@visitahc.org. We will do our best to listen to all ideas.
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Save the date for these popular events!
- Kitchen Revival Tour, Saturday April 16th
- Heritage Home Tour, Saturday July 30th
- Heritage Auction, Saturday October 15th
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The Quietude of Winter
By CJ Hurley
On display at the AHC through 1/31
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Winter Education Programs start this week!
 Craftsman Style and the Big Boom:
Building Portland's Classic Arts and Crafts Neighborhoods in the Early 20th Century Saturday, January 22
10:00 am - 11:30 am Members: $13
General Public: $18
Portland's population and wealth exploded in the years immediately after the Lewis and Clark Exposition of 1905, and style-conscious citizens turned to local architects to bring "modern" ideas to life in the new streetcar neighborhoods sprawling out from downtown. Some, like Emil Schacht and Joseph Jacobberger, quickly turned from their established Portland Victorian roots to Craftsman and Arts and Crafts styles. But they were quickly joined by newcomers familiar with eastern architectural trends, like Ellis Lawrence from Boston, Alfred Faber from Philadelphia, and John Bennes from Chicago.
For more information and to purchase tickets, Click here
Sponsored by: Willco Painting and Construction Inc. Pre-registration is Strongly Suggested
"Aging In Place" - You & Your House are Getting Older! Saturday, January 29, 2011 10:00 am - Noon Members: $13 General Public: $18
We all love our vintage homes and their charming features such as porches, stair step approaches, multiple stories, and staircases to the upper floors and basements. But as our houses age, so do we...think of your house and you as "appreciating in value." As anyone who has had a mobility-limiting accident, such as a broken leg knows, however, we quickly find how challenging it is to navigate into and around our houses.
As we get older and deal with mobility limitations, sometimes we think we need to move from our wonderful vintage houses, and that's not necessarily the case. "Aging in place" is a growing field of house modifications that can be made to let us comfortably remain in our houses. The focus of our program is to learn about what modifications are available, and how we might plan them without damaging the historic features of our houses.
For more information and to purchase tickets, click here
Pre-registration is Strongly Suggested This program is assisted by a Partners in the Field challenge grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. With support from: Oregon Cultural Trust and Multnomah County Cultural Coalition |
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Save the Date--new solo artist exhibit in February
Photographer Doug Richardson
Opening Reception Friday, Feb. 4th
6pm-8pm
Free and open to the public
Work will be for sale with sales benefitting the artist and the AHC
I have been photographing the world around me for over thirty-five years. The last few years I have been exploring Portland's iconic places at night using film and long shutter speeds to capture familiar scenes in a different light. For me this creates an emotional experience that differs dramatically from daylight shots.
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Volunteer Spotlight
Accomplishments at the AHC are often all about great people working hard towards a common goal. This week's spotlight is on...
 Jim Paynter has been volunteering at the Architectural Heritage Center since he retired a year and a half ago from a long career in social services. In addition to manning the front desk and helping at the office, Jim's been involved in our kitchen and home tours, the Heritage Auction, and as an impromptu emcee for some of our Saturday education programs. Jim got involved with the AHC after attending a couple of our educational programs and coming to one of our volunteer orientations. "I've always been drawn to the aesthetic side of architecture" he says. "I was looking for opportunities to volunteer, broaden my horizons, learn new things... the AHC's been great." Growing up on the east coast, Jim had his interest in historic preservation fired by family trips to Colonial Williamsburg. "I was fascinated by Williamsburg... that's really where it all started for me," he says. He also had a front row seat for the city of Baltimore's efforts to restore and preserve neighborhood rowhouses, and in the late 1990s traveled to Havana, Cuba to document the restoration of the eclectic historic buildings the make up 'Old Havana.' When he's not at the AHC, Jim volunteers his time as a classroom assistant and reading tutor at the Portland Jewish Academy, where his wife teaches. He and his wife bought a historic Portland home 28 years ago and have been doing restoration projects (big and small) on it ever since. Thank you Jim for all of your contributions to the AHC!
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Our Members & Staff in the News!
Sam Hagerman of Hammer and Hand has been elected President of Passive House Alliance! Sam will help the new organization promulgate the Passive House building standard across the U.S.
"The Alliance represents the next logical step for the expansion of the most rigorous, building-science-based sustainable building standard in the country," says Sam. "And we're excited to be part of it!" For more information, click here.
If you are an active member or business member of the AHC, we want to hear about it when you win a preservation related award, have your work honored in an exhibit, have your restored home featured in a magazine. Share your news with us at marketing@visitahc.org.
In the body of your email, please provide the following information:- a brief summary of the project, article, award, etc.
- full website address of any links you wish to share regarding your recognition
- Business members only - a link to your website and an attached logo (72dpi, 1"max)
We will do our best to recognize everyone, but we do edit content in our newsletter as necessary.
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Memories of our Founders
"I knew both of them as we used to vie for the spoils on the demolition sites. They always got there first! I met Jerry first, when I had a house with exceptional Povey stained glass windows. Jerry had to repair some broken glass - and he had fill-ins - just what the doctor ordered."
-- Bill Failing
Do you have a recollection of Jerry or Ben that you would like to share for publication or for our archives? Please contact Holly Chamberlain at hollyc@VisitAHC.org or 503-231-7264. Many thanks to those who have already sent in the reminiscences that help round out our organizational history.
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QUOTES & FACTS
"...it is again no question of expediency or feeling whether we shall preserve the buildings of past times or not. We have no right whatever to touch them. They are not ours. They belong partly to those who built them, and partly to all the generations of mankind who are to follow us."
-John Ruskin
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Portland Preservation Blog
Keep up with our advocacy efforts and stay informed of preservation issues in Portland. This is also a great way to learn more about the technical assistance we are providing in the community.
http://portlandpreservation.wordpress.com/
Recent Posts:
- Bosco-Milligan Foundation/Architectural Heritage Center's Position on the Proposed Galaxy Restaurant Redevelopment
- Wondering How to Comment on Historic Preservation or Other Land Use Issues in Portland? Read On!
- Is Portland's First Denny's Worthy of Preservation?
- 2010 Review: A Year of Portland Preservation
- New Development Proposals Would Mean Loss of More Historic Urban Fabric
- LUBA Ruling Re-Affirms Historic Design Review Process
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Making a Future for the Past
Would you like to see your commitment to the Architectural Heritage Center continue into the future? Consider including the organization in your estate planning. For more information on how you can leave a legacy to the Bosco-Milligan Foundation, please contact Holly Chamberlain, Deputy Director, at 503-231-7264 or hollyc@VisitAHC.org.
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