As part of Antiquities Action’s year-long focus on local cultural heritage and preservation initiatives, we are proud to present:
"Old San Juan: 500 Years of Historic Architecture"
A Skype Conversation with Andy Rivera, Puerto Rico Historic Buildings Drawings Society
Puerto Rico Historic Buildings Drawings Society exists to promote Puerto Rico's spectacular historic environment and ensure that its past is researched and understood.
Andy Rivera is an architect and architectural historian and the founder and director of the Puerto Rico Historic Buildings Drawing Society, a group of professionals including representatives of different disciplines and diverse fields such as architects, engineers, archaeologists, urban planners, designers, historians and educators whose contributions are focused on the common goal of educating and promoting Puerto Rico's spectacular historic environment, above all, ensuring that its past is researched, understood worldwide and preserved. His talk will focus on the process of creating an organization devoted to architectural preservation and generating popular interest in architectural history during times of political and environmental crisis.
Antiquities Action is a group that aims to educate, raise awareness, and take action on issues related to art crime, cultural heritage management, preservation and destruction of heritage sites, whether as a result of war, climate change, tourism, and development. Antiquities Action looks at questions related to museum ethics and management, the international trade in art and antiquities, and the representation of and uses of the past in popular culture. It sponsors a rotating series of lectures, films, speakers, and events on these issues, and organizes a day-long symposium every year in the spring. Antiquities Action is open to anyone at UT Austin: faculty, staff, and students, as well as to people outside the UT Austin community. All participation is welcome.