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Workshops
Lesson One: Do No Harm.
| Workshop Application DeadlineThe MOCA Workshop committee begins planning workshops in early fall for the following year; therefore, MOCA strongly recommends submitting completed applications no later than September 30 for optimum consideration. DonateYour gift to MOCA helps support workshops, documentation projects, archiving, and all MOCA missions. |
Workshop I: CleaningAttendees receive instruction in cleaning gravestones and practice cleaning techniques. Workshop II: LeaningAttendees receive instruction on straightening leaning tablet stones. Attendees practice straightening skills. Note: Only TABLET stones that are leaning more than 15 degrees are worked on, as such stones fit the criteria for needing to be straightened. Cleaning and Leaning Workshops are often combined into one day-long experience. Workshop III: Conservator-Led Beginner's WorkshopThis 4-day, intensive Beginner's Gravestone Preservation Workshop provides professional conservator-led instruction in cleaning, straightening, and repairing gravestones. There is a one-day orientation and 3 days of observation and hands-on practice. Trained MOCA volunteers assist in the instruction. |
Sponsoring a Workshop
If your town has a cemetery that has stones covered with layers of dirt and lichen, leaning stones, and/or broken stones, a MOCA workshop may be the answer. MOCA would like to hear from municipalities, historical societies, or other organizations who are willing to host a workshop and commit to providing future maintenance of the restored gravestones on a regular and continual basis once the workshop is concluded.
Contact the MOCA Education & Workshop Committee for more information about hosting a workshop in your area or complete the application below for a Preservation Workshop.