Fort Worden State Park

Laying the Foundation for a Preservation Field School

The Washington Trust for Historic Preservation, Fort Worden Collaborative, the Port Townsend School of Woodworking, and the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission are working to establish an historic preservation field school at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend.

These groups will hold a community workshop focused on potential partnerships and programming for this school on Friday, April 17 from 2:30pm to 5:00pm.  A pre-workshop walking tour of Fort Worden featuring hands-on wood restoration techniques and a discussion of cultural landscape preservation will be offered from 1:00 to 2:15pm.   A reception sponsored by the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation Board of Directors will follow the workshop.  We invite you to participate in all scheduled events.  

1:00 – 2:15 pm      
Fort Worden Walking Tour: Meet in Lobby of Fort Worden Commons
Tim Lawson, Port Townsend School of Woodworking, Thatcher Bailey, Fort Worden Collaborative, and Kate Burke, Washington State Parks & Recreation Commission will lead a walking tour emphasizing the need for skilled wood-workers and craftsmen to engage in rehabilitation of the fine wood-framed structures at Fort Worden and a discussion of cultural landscape preservation.

2:30-5:00 pm
Public Workshop: Fort Worden Commons

2:30 – 2:45 pm 
Jennifer Meisner and Chris Moore, Washington Trust for Historic Preservation will provide an overview of Preservation Field School concept. Tim Lawson, Port Townsend School of Woodworking, will explain his schools current historic preservation curriculum.

2:45 – 3:30pm  
Representatives from the Pacific Northwest Field School will be on hand to discuss their experience in providing hands-on technical training over the years.

3:45 – 4:15pm  
Introduction of National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Sustainability Initiative—Preservation Green Lab .

4:15 – 4:45pm  
Representatives from the newly established Center for Construction Excellence at Renton Technical College will provide a summary of their activities to date and a vision for the future.  

4:45 – 5:00pm  
Jennifer Meisner, Kate Burke, and Thatcher Bailey will lead a conversation about next steps.

5:30 – 7:00pm  
Reception

PTMSC Lecture on Ending the Age of Disposable Plastics

Lecture: Monday, April 6, 7 pm in the NHE
Admission: $5 members; $7 non-members

The man, who in the summer of 2008 sailed from California to Hawaii on a raft made of recycled and “junk” materials, including 15,000 plastic bottles for flotation, is making another type of journey this spring. He and fiancée, Anna Cummins, will pedal from Vancouver, Canada to Tijuana, Mexico, handing out Pacific Ocean gyre samples, giving presentations and talking with legislators. Eriksen and Cummins will visit 15 cities, with Port Townsend being their first US stop.

Eriksen is the Director of Research and Education at Algalita Marine Research Foundation of Long Beach CA, the group that has received international recognition for their on-going research in the NE Pacific gyre started in 1999. Cummins joined the Algalita team in 2007 as education adviser and completed a month long, 4,000 mile research expedition studying plastic debris in the North Pacific Gyre. Algalita’s work inspired the PTMSC to start our plastics education and monitoring program in 2007.

This will be Eriksen’s third trip to Port Townsend and this time Anna will co-present with him.  Please join us in giving them a warm welcome in recognition of the truly amazing and relentless work they are doing to build awareness about the health of our oceans and waterways.  We suggest you check the papers and the PTMSC website as the date approaches since they will be arriving by bike!

Spiritweaves Retreat with Michael Molin-Skelton

Madrona MindBody Institute (Port Townsend, WA) presents:
Dancing on the Edge: Spiritchild of the 5 rhythms ® & soul motion™   April 17, 18 and 19th

Friday Night Spiritweaves Dance (Open to Public) - Michael Molin-Skelton

Friday April 17th  7:00 to 9:30 p.m. (open to public)
$25 to current MMI students (if pre-registered by the 16th) $35 @ door.  Two and one half hours of pure delight as Michael spins his magic with the world of dance.  Madrona MindBody is truly ecstatic to have Michael grace us with his unique and special talents while holding a presence for the Pacific Northwest Dance Community.  Friday night is included as part of workshop tuition.

Dancing at the Edge - Weekend Workshop

The Friday Night Dance is the doorway to the weekend's workshop with Michael - which offers an opportunity to dive deeper into the spirit of the dance, where we commit ourselves to immerse and incubate. No previous dance experience is needed to attend this workshop, only a yearning to explore the dance within.

"Michael inspires us with his passionate love of movement and his amazing capacity for full bodied, soulful articulation. He is a teacher of integrity who teaches with gentleness as he helps us awaken in our senses, our bodies, and in our lives. "
Susan Harper (Continuum)

"Dance is not something I do,
it is simply who I am" 
Michael Molin-Skelton

Learn more about this three-day workshop/retreat at Fort Worden in Port Townsend, Washington.

Register by April 1st (early birdie discount) and save $25 off regular the regular tuition.

Tuition $285 - includes workshop, other MMI weekend classes, SoulFull Sunday and lunch on Saturday.

Onsite accommodations available for you and/or your dance community.  Some partial work-trade scholarships available - please contact Aletia@MadronaMindBody for details.

 Spiritweaves.com

Artillery Hill work parties

The Coast Artillery Museum (CAM) is sponsoring five Artillery Hill work party sessions this spring.

The dates are: 

• February 28th

• March 14th

• March 28th

• April 11th

• April 25th

The work parties will meet at the gate to Artillery Hill on Fort Worden at 9:30AM. In case of rain a work party will be held inside the Coast Artillery Museum or inside one of the other buildings at the fort.  A note will be posted at the Artillery Hill gate directing you to the alternate location.

Join us!  For more details call 360.385.0373 or e-mail