Back by Popular Demand: Preservation Alliance to Host Two Photography Walking Tours
Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at 2:19PM
(ST. PAUL, MN – September 13, 2016) Old building and photography enthusiasts have two new opportunities to tour historic neighborhoods while honing artistic skills. The Preservation Alliance of Minnesota (PAM) is excited to host a pair of smartphone photography tours this fall, both of which debuted in the spring of 2016.
Mill District Smartphone Photography Tour
Wednesday, September 28th
5:00pm-8:00pm
A-Mill Artist Lofts
Registration: $25
This evening tour begins at the old/new A Mill Artist Lofts with an introductory drink and presentation by professional photographer Eric Mueller. Mueller goes beyond filters, teaching how to capture the built and natural environment of the neighborhood.
Art history and architecture professor Kristin Anderson will lead us up Main Street to share historical and architectural context of the area. Participants can employ new photography techniques along this tour as we stop at notable buildings. The tour finishes on the Stone Arch Bridge. PAM is bringing back this tour after its sold-out first run in May.
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Stillwater and Lift Bridge Brewery Tour
Thursday, September 29th
5:30pm-8:00pm
Pioneer Park
Registration: $25, includes flight of beer at Lift Bridge Brewing Co.
PAM’s second Stillwater tour of 2016 will start at Pioneer Park overlooking downtown. Instagrammer extraordinaire Emily Falkenberg will share favorite photography techniques, and local history buff Sally Erickson will guide the group through the North Hill neighborhood, stopping at the Warden’s House, Lowell Inn, and Isaac Staples Sawmill.
The group will loop back to Pioneer Park and take a sojourn over to the critically acclaimed Lift Bridge Brewing Co. Here, we will enjoy a flight of beer and take a tour of their beautiful beer lab. Beer is included in registration cost.
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These classes are hosted by the Preservation Alliance of Minnesota (PAM), a statewide nonprofit organization that leads and inspires people to connect to valued places in their communities. Whether it’s an old home or storefront on the corner, a rural community’s old high school, or an urban neighborhood’s long-retired factory, PAM works to preserve and protect the bond felt by community members toward these places, the memories such places represent, and the distinct characteristics they display.
This project has been financed in part with funds provided by the State of Minnesota from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through the Minnesota Historical Society.
