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Debra Adamcik
A veteran of AiP workshops in Mexico, Italy and Albania, Debra says:
AiP is the perfect way to...see what our smile and our own hands can accomplish.
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Upcoming Workshops

COTTAGE INDUSTRY: SAVING SLOVENIA’S ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE
Šmarje pri Jelšah, Slovenia
August 22 – September 4, 2010
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KEEPING TOWER HOUSES FROM TUMBLING
Gjirokastra, Albania
September 12-18, 2010
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RE-DISCOVERING THE SOUL OF SWAHILI TRADITION &
OF SWAHILI TRADITION

Lamu, Kenya
November 14-27, 2010
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GALLETING IN THE GARDEN
The Bronx, New York, USA - August 2008, August 2009
AiP volunteers learned the traditional art of galleting while repairing masonry walkways at the Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum. AiP will return in 2010 to continue restoring the Terrace Garden to its original Delano & Aldrich design.

 

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RESTORATION OF THE FRANCIS MILL
Waynesville, North Carolina, USA - July 2004, July 2005, June 2006
Volunteers and community members brought the Francis Mill from a state of near-collapse back to a working mill over a three-year period.

 

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WORKING WITH WALL PAINTINGS AT THE MONASTERY OF SAN GIOVANNI BATTISTA
Serravalle, VT, Italy - April 2007
Volunteers discovered that what were thought to be frescos were actually wall paintings, completely changing the type of work needed to restore the 17th century building.

 

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