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FREE Webinars @ CPF
As part of our commitment to the preservation community, the California Preservation Foundation is offering a suite of our recorded programs as free webinars. Please feel free to watch these programs – and we hope you’ll consider joining in order to support our education throughout the year.
Free Recorded Webinars
2025
Preservation Advocacy Day - Meet with Your Legislators in Sacramento – May 06, 2025
Wildfire Ready: First Steps to Protect Your Home – Apr 24, 2025
Bridging History and Preservation for Future Generations through the UCLA History-Geography Project – Apr 08, 2025
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: A Home-Inspector’s Guide to Older Homes – Apr 03, 2025
Bringing Historic New York to Life: Designing Iconic Cityscapes for Popular Gaming Environments – Mar 20, 2025
My Path to Preservation: Insights from a Structural Engineer – Mar 18, 2025
Forgotten San Diego: A Journey Through the Past – Feb 20, 2025
Public Landscapes and the Preservation of Brick and Concrete: Exposition Park & MacArthur Park – Jan 16, 2025
2024
Like No Other Place: Wild West, Hidden Waters, Retail Wonders – Dec 03, 2024 - Dec 17, 2024
Emerging Professional Mentorship Series – Conservator – Oct 22, 2024
Documenting & Disassembling an NHL: Hazard Response for the Wayfarers Chapel – Oct 10, 2024
Oakland's 16th Street Station: The Depot that Fueled a Population Boom – Aug 08, 2024
Emerging Professional Mentorship Series – Architect, Public Historian and Cultural Resources Manager – Aug 06, 2024
Architect Plan Books and The Small House Movement: Preserving Small Houses of the 1920s – Jul 25, 2024
Emerging Professional Mentorship Series - Historic Resources Manager – Jun 04, 2024
Emerging Professional Mentorship Series - Scholar & Advocate – Apr 30, 2024
Architectural Bronze in Construction: U. S. Manufacturing of Monumental Bronze Doors - 19th and 20th Centuries – Apr 25, 2024
Creating And Restoring Stained Glass For The 21st Century: Using the Past to Define the Future – Apr 18, 2024
Tile will Tell: Progressive Methods of Conservation Meet Arts and Crafts Heritage – Mar 28, 2024
Effective Community Engagement: A Case Study in San Francisco – Mar 14, 2024
Emerging Professional Mentorship Series - Architectural Historian – Feb 22, 2024
Get Involved: Save the Capitol's West Side - A "Doorway to Democracy" – Feb 20, 2024
Saving Local Treasures: Community Activism and Mural Preservation – Jan 18, 2024
2023
Eat | Drink | Be Merry - A Sensational Series on the Heritage of Food, Drink, Fun – Nov 28, 2023 - Dec 12, 2023
Pleasure Gardens, Movies, and Malls: How Florence Yoch and Ruth Shellhorn Reimagined the California Landscape – Nov 14, 2023
"Playing" with Place: Cultural Heritage and Video Game Design + CPF Annual Meeting and Election – Jun 30, 2023
Expanding the Focus: Community-Informed Preservation and Interpretation – Jun 13, 2023
Under the Oakland Estuary: History and Virtual Tour of the Posey Tube – May 25, 2023
The California and Federal Historic Tax Credits: Historic Tax Credit Equity as a Financing Tool – Apr 21, 2023
‘Winning’ Wine Pairings for Exemplary Design – Apr 12, 2023
Edla Muir: Leading Modernist of Light, Views, and the Suburban Pool – Mar 14, 2023
Engaging the Next Generation of Preservationists – Feb 21, 2023
The Architecture of Suspense: Special San Francisco Edition – Jan 24, 2023
2022
EnLIGHTenment, Illusion, and Inspiration: A Three-part CPF Holiday Series on Renewal – Dec 06, 2022 - Dec 15, 2022
Multifamily Housing in Los Angeles: Discussing our 'Common Ground' with Frances Anderton – Nov 01, 2022
Historic Sites and Revitalization: A Toolkit – Sep 27, 2022 - Sep 29, 2022
Book Club: The American Shopping Mall with Alexandra Lange – Sep 20, 2022
Surfacedesign on Modern Landscapes: California and Beyond – Sep 06, 2022
Book Club: Queer Spaces – May 26, 2022
Modern on Market Street: Virtual Tour & Expert Panel – Apr 26, 2022
Julia Morgan's California - An Illustrated Virtual Lunch-time Hour – Apr 19, 2022
The Dr. Is In: Seeking your CEQA Answers... and other Legal Preservation Questions – Apr 14, 2022
Book Club: L.A.'s Legendary Restaurants by George Geary – Apr 07, 2022
Online Architectural Research with George Smart of US Modernist – Mar 22, 2022
Submitting a Successful Design Award Nomination – Mar 15, 2022
Book Club: "Regarding Paul Williams" - Photographs by Janna Ireland – Jan 27, 2022
2021
Young at Heart: A Historic, Holiday Series by the California Preservation Foundation – Nov 30, 2021 - Dec 14, 2021
Book Club: African American Leisure Sites during the Jim Crow Era – Nov 16, 2021
An Introduction to Landscape Photography – Nov 10, 2021
2021 California Preservation Design Awards Series – Oct 05, 2021 - Oct 21, 2021
Out of the Box Preservation: Guerilla Documentation and Tactical Advocacy – Feb 23, 2021
Two Martini Lunchinar: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Palm Springs But Were Afraid to Ask – Feb 09, 2021
Lunchinar: Digital Site Recon--Secrets of Online Mapping Tools – Feb 05, 2021
2020
“A Peoples’ Guide to the Bay Area” – Lunch & Learn with Drs. Rachel Brahinsky and Alexander Tarr – Nov 11, 2020
2020 California Preservation Awards Events – Oct 06, 2020 - Oct 21, 2020
The Doctor Is In: Learning from the Legacy Business Program in San Francisco – Jul 01, 2020
The Doctor is In: The California Rehabilitation Tax Credit - Status, Updates, and Q&A – Jun 16, 2020
Submitting a Successful Design Award Nomination – Jun 09, 2020
Dams & Disasters: An Historic Overview of California Dams and their Risks – May 09, 2020
Preservation Positive L.A., Housing, Density and More! – May 05, 2020
Buildings on Film: Bridging Art and Architecture – Apr 23, 2020
The Doctor Is In: Preservation Marketing in a Crisis – Apr 21, 2020
#stayhomechallenge: Learn from CPF staff about our new online programming – Mar 30, 2020
Learning from Large-scale Adaptive Reuse Projects – Mar 25, 2020
2019
Building a Bullet-proof Case for the Economic Benefits of Historic Preservation – Sep 25, 2019
"Take me on a Trip": The Architectural Styles & History Behind Disney's Attractions – Sep 18, 2019
2018
California and Federal Legislative and Legal Updates for Historic Preservation – Nov 08, 2018
2017
Russian Avant-Garde: Preservation Challenges & Opportunities – Mar 15, 2017
2016
Where Credit is Due: Preparing a Successful Tax Credit Application – Aug 18, 2016
Making it Pay: Incentives for Local Governments – May 12, 2016
Preparing a Successful Section 106 Consultation Package – Feb 25, 2016
Architectural Terra Cotta Production Tour at Gladding McBean – Feb 12, 2016
Tour: Judson Studios - The Art and Craft in Stained Glass – Jan 13, 2016
2015
OHP Webinar - Putting it in Context: Purpose, Importance, Process of Historic Contexts – Nov 12, 2015
Tour the United Artist Theater on Broadway – Sep 17, 2015
Getting to Know the CHRIS: Accessing and Contributing to the CHRIS Inventory – Jul 23, 2015
"I Concur": Consulting with the SHPO Under Section 106 – May 14, 2015
Getting to "Listed": Preparing a Successful National Register Nomination – Feb 19, 2015
Montebello Home Savings Open House – Jan 23, 2015
An Inside Look at the Certified Local Government Program – Jan 06, 2015
2014
A 10,000-foot View of the OHP: Introduction to the Office of Historic Preservation – Nov 13, 2014
Neon Museum: A Mid-Century Case Study – Sep 09, 2014