This lecture was part of the Divine Disorder Conference on the Conservation of Outsider Folk art that was organized and hosted by NCPTT. The conference was held February 15-16, 2012 on the campus of Northwestern University in Natchitoches, Louisiana.
Paradise Gardens; its Past and its Future
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Speakers Biography
Jordan Poole,Executive Director Paradise Garden Foundation
A Chattanooga County native Jordan Poole is the Executive Director of the Foundation. In this position he oversees the restoration of the Gardens and coordinates all grant writing. Poole’s resume includes a Bachelors degree in Fine Arts in Historic Preservation from the Savannah College of Art and Design and a Masters of Art in Historic Preservation from SCAD. Prior to assuming the role at PGF, Inc, Poole worked for three years as the manager of restoration at George Washington’s Mount Vernon in Virginia and as Manager of Field Services for the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation in Atlanta. He also has completed restoration work at the Unitarian Universalist Church, the historic Highland Park neighborhood, the Mansion on Forsyth and the Isaiah Davenport House Museum.
Poole has also been a lecturer on historic preservation at conferences and colleges and received an award for academic excellence in historic preservation from SCAD.