Matt Crawford in Slovakia

	Matt Crawford Chicago, Illinois, USA 2003 US/ICOMOS Intern with Academia Istropolitana Nova, Svaty Jur, Slovakia and Regional Office, Slovak Monuments Board Banska Stiavnica, Slovakia

Matt Crawford's internship consisted of two parts. During the first six weeks he was hosted by the Academia Istropolitana Nova in the Built Heritage/Architectural Program, where he attended lectures and a week-long workshop devoted to a preservation plan for an ensemble of vernacular wooden churches in rural northeast Slovakia. During the second half of the internship, he documented the town's Jewish cemetery, which dates from the late 19th through the early 20th century.
	"The ICOMOS internship has been a very enriching experience....In addition to the compact Renaissance and Baroque core of the city, I became enthralled with the Soviet-Style monuments and buildings that dot the quarters outside the historic core, an interest that my Slovak hosts found strange indeed. " Matt Crawford US/ICOMOS Intern 2003
The 2003 US/ICOMOS Internships with Central and Eastern European countries, including Slovakia, were sponsored by the Trust for Mutual Understanding.