[Heritage] Oregon Heritage News 2015-12-10

[INFO Heritage * OPRD]

In this issue:
1. UO preservation students rebuild benches
2. UO seeks potential preservation faculty
3. Nominations sought for state's poet laureate
4. Tamástslikt hosts exhibit, documentary about World War I


UO PRESERVATION STUDENTS REBUILD BENCHES

Ninety-year-old park benches have been revived thanks to a project led by a University of Oregon historic preservation student and completed with the remains of a century-old cedar. The project's success came after serendipity, as well as painstaking research. Read more about it<http://aaa.uoregon.edu/news/historic-benches-find-new-life-aaa>.


UO SEEKS POTENTIAL PRESERVATION FACULTY

The Historic Preservation Program in the School of Architecture & Allied Arts at the University of Oregon invites applications for possible temporary, part-time, limited-duration teaching positions in the program.  Areas of expertise include: introduction to historic preservation, survey and inventory, national register nomination, preservation economics, land use ethics, adaptive use studio, building documentation and analysis, cultural resource management/public policies in preservation, preservation technology, and American architectural history.  Teaching experience preferred.  Minimum of a master's degree in a relevant field is required. Application deadline is Dec. 31. For more information, visit the UO's Human Resources website at http://jobs.uoregon.edu/unclassified.php?id=5392


NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR STATE'S POET LAUREATE

Oregon Humanities is seeking nominations for the eighth Oregon Poet Laureate, to begin her or his two-year term on April 22.

Oregon's Poet Laureate is an outstanding poet who must be committed to bringing poetry to a wide range of places and people, have a significant body of publically accessible work, agree to the two-year period of the appointment, and be prepared to undertake a significant cultural project and the public role required of the laureate. The current poet laureate is Peter Sears<http://oregonpoetlaureate.org/>.

Nominations for a new poet laureate are due Jan. 9. For more information, visit the Oregon Humanities website<http://oregonpoetlaureate.org/nominations/>.

The poet laureate program is supported by cooperative funds of the five statewide partners of the Oregon Cultural Trust, including the Oregon Heritage Commission and the State Historic Preservation Office.


TAMASTSLIKT HOSTS EXHIBIT, DOCUMENTARY ABOUT WORLD WAR I

World War I is the focus of a documentary film and exhibit at the Tamástslikt Cultural Institute<http://www.tamastslikt.org/>.

A film about World War I will be shown at 1 p.m. Dec. 12 at the facility located at 47106 Wildhorse Blvd. at the far end of the main driveway of the Wildhorse Resort & Casino, 10 minutes east of Pendleton.

In addition, until Jan. 2, Tamástslikt is hosting an exhibit of World War I posters. This exhibit shows how early 19th century government and private social media efforts impacted those "over there" and at home.  It features 65 original posters from the World War I era, including an original "Uncle Sam" poster, as well as artifacts and ephemera from the time period.

Tamástslikt is a technical assistance partner of the Oregon Heritage Commission.


Oregon Heritage News is a service of Oregon Heritage, a division of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. The news editor can be contacted at heritage.info at oregon.gov<mailto:heritage.info at oregon.gov>

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