SELMA — Barn owners, barn enthusiasts, community leaders, architects, contractors, preservationists and all with an interest in the saving and reuse of Indiana’s historic barns are invited to attend the 2019 Indiana Barn Foundation Forum and Annual Meeting July 19-20 at Oakwood Retreat Center, 3801 S. County Road 575E in Delaware County.
A pre-meeting dinner and workshop titled “Practical Geometry: Framing a Barn with a Compass” will take place from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. July 19. The cost per person is $40 and includes dinner at 5:30 p.m. Space is strictly limited to 15 participants, and pre-registration is required.
The forum and annual meeting will take place from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. July 20. Talks include “Reuse It or Lose It, Reclaiming Barns, A Heretical View (with apologies to the Secretary of the Interior)”; updates on the 2018 Mauri Williamson Barn Preservation Grant recipients and announcement of the 2019 recipients; and “Practical Geometry: Designing and Framing Barns with Geometry Before 1900.” Registration for the full day on Saturday is $40 per person and includes lunch.
Also that Saturday, architect and architectural historian Jane Griswold Radocchia from Bennington, Vermont, will be the keynote speaker and will talk about the practical geometry that built America, including barns. The keynote address is sponsored by the Cornelius O’Brien Lecture Series Concerning Historic Preservation and is free and open to the public. AIA CEU credits are available for architects who attend either event.
Learn more event details and register online at indianabarns.org or by contacting barn foundation board member Danielle Bachant-Bell at [email protected] or 812-336-6141. Find the Indiana Barn Foundation on Facebook at facebook.com/indianabarns.
