POSITION SUMMARY

Assists the Irrigation System and Infrastructure Manager performing maintenance and repair of the irrigation system, drainage system, roads, and paths throughout the Cemetery.

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Position Summary

 As a Preservation Craftsperson Intern, you will gain valuable hands-on experience working with Mount Auburns preservation staff repairing monuments and headstones using a combination of traditional and modern methods and materials. Projects include repointing of various buildings and structures, adhesive repairs of broken marble, slate, sandstone and granite monuments and the repair and resetting of loose or leaning headstones. Learn to properly mix, lay-up and cure a variety of mortar mixes formulated for use with different types of stone as well as the proper preparation and execution of high-quality patches using a range of patching materials. Learn cleaning methods for a variety of stone types utilizing detergents, steam and chemicals.   Learn how to survey and prioritize preservation project utilizing mobile, cloud-based software in real time.

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Classroom Trainings 2024

Nature Curious?

If you are interested in nature and would like to learn more about our local flora and fauna, please continue reading this message!

If you like to be outdoors and are interested in meeting people that care about the earth as much as you do, please continue reading this message!

If you are concerned about the potential impacts facing wildlife and wildlife habitat due to our warming climate, please read below!

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In 2023, we welcomed seven Artists-in-Residence to create original works inspired by their experiences at Mount Auburn. Meet composer and musician Eden Rayz. [above photo by Artist-in-Residence Billy Hickey]

You are a composer, cellist, and freelance private music teacher with a Master’s degree in music composition and theory from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee. You are also an extreme vocalist, cellist, and lyricist for a death metal band. How would you describe your work as a musician?

Right now, my work is centered around expanding the functionality of listening experiences as individual and community rituals. With the musical death awareness meditation “Nothingness is Impossible,” listeners are invited to meditate on their own relationships with death and dying. With “Aboriginal Sensible Muchness,” there’s another invitation to walk, notice, and question why our judgments exist. I judge this oak tree as beautiful, but this dead bird as ugly. Why is that? With “Lux Aeterna (which translates to eternal light),” the work I’m currently writing, the construct of time and our relationships with it will be examined.

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