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The 2023 Design Awards Event
For 2023, we’re celebrating 16 award winning projects at the historic Fort Mason Center for the Arts & Culture in the Cowell Theatre, preceded by a special social event in the stunning Design Award-winning Pier 2 Atrium.
We’re celebrating four years of the Preservation Design Awards at this special opportunity for winning teams and conference-goers. Wines will be split into six groups, tied to winning projects from all four years. There will be some surprises, a silent auction, and food and drink served.
Santa Barbara African American Historic Context Statement
Project Lead
Ruth Todd – Page & Turnbull
Owner/Client
Nicole Hernandez – City of Santa Barbra
Specialty Sub-Contractor(s)
Krytle Farmer Sieghart – Healing Justice Santa Barbara
Specialty Sub-Contractor(s)
Leticia Forney-Resch – Healing Justice Santa Barbara
Specialty Sub-Contractor(s)
Simone Akila Rskamp – Healing Justice Santa Barbara
Specialty Sub-Contractor(s)
Sojourner Kinkaid Rolle – Healing Justice Santa Barbara
Specialty Sub-Contractor(s)
Jordan Kilbrew – Healing Justice Santa Barbara
Additional Participant(s)
Audrey Gamble – Context Statement Advisory Committee
Additional Participant(s)
Connie Alexander – Context Statement Advisory Committee
Additional Participant(s)
Robert Ooley – Context Statement Advisory Committee
Santa Barbara African American Historic Context Statement
Santa Barbara African American Historic Context Statement is a winner for the 2023 Preservation Design Award for Cultural Resource Studies, Reports. Award recipients are selected by a jury of top professionals in the fields of architecture, engineering, planning, and history, as well as renowned architecture critics and journalists. Tickets and sponsorship options are available at californiapreservation.org/programs/awards/.
About Santa Barbara African American Historic Context Statement
The project demonstrates how the built history of a community plays an important role in helping uplift African American and Black people. It adds the voices and stories of an underserved, and often overlooked, community to Santa Barbara’s rich history.
A unique collaboration of social justice leaders and historic preservation specialists compiled Santa Barbara’s African American/Black history, which had been overlooked for decades. The historic context statement examined the history of Santa Barbara’s African American and Black community and identified historic buildings and sites of importance to the community that can now be designated and protected as historic resources. The document highlights the many contributions of African American and Black people in Santa Barbara, beginning in the Spanish and Mexican periods through the postwar fight for civil rights.
About CPF and the Awards
The California Preservation Awards are a statewide hallmark, showcasing the best in historic preservation. The awards ceremony includes the presentation of the Preservation Design Awards and the President’s Awards, bringing together hundreds of people each year to share and celebrate excellence in preservation.
The California Preservation Foundation (CPF), a 501c3 nonprofit, was incorporated in 1978. We now support a national network of more than 36,000 members and supporters. Click here to learn how you can become a member.