Nerd out about how paper works as the team at the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts gives you tips and tricks for the care of your most coveted books, comics, and collectables. Hear from conservators and specialists about the particulars of caring for these treasures and bring your questions for a live Q&A with Katie Lowe and Joanna Hurd. Presented in partnership with the Goodreads Sci-Fi & Fantasy Book Club (SFFBC on Goodreads).
About our Speakers:
As Associate Paper Conservator & Associate Photo Conservator, Joanna Hurd assesses condition and treatment needs, documents findings in reports, and treats a wide range of objects, including works of art on paper, photographs, and archival materials.
Joanna spent five years exploring the different fields of conservation before specializing in paper conservation with a minor in photograph conservation in graduate school. She has since interned at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Weissman Preservation Center, and the American Philosophical Society. She is thrilled to continue evolving at the Center after enriching experiences as both an intern and post-graduate fellow. Joanna received an MS in Art Conservation from the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation and a BA in Art History from Boston University.
In her position as Preservation Specialist, Katie Lowe conducts onsite preservation needs and risk assessments and assists with preservation and emergency planning at cultural heritage organizations across the country.
Katie is a public historian with ten years of experience in museums, community programming, non-profit work, and education. She has held positions at The Holocaust Awareness Museum & Education Center, Pennsbury Manor, The Mercer Museum, The Zebulon B. Vance Birthplace, Old Salem Museum & Gardens, and The Mediation Center. She received her B.A. in History and Education from Ursinus College and her M.A. in History and Museum Studies from UNC Greensboro.
As CCAHA's Education Program Manager, Greg Stuart (he/they) is responsible for connecting CCAHA's virtual and in-person audiences to engaging educational programs, tours, and written resources, bringing preservation awareness to cultural heritage professionals in the Mid-Atlantic region, nationwide, and internationally. Greg develops and plans preventive conservation training and teaches workshops on the care and handling of paper artifacts.
Prior to working at the CCAHA, Greg was the Coordinator of Adult Public Programs and Museum Educator at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. They have also worked in education and public programs roles at the Samek Art Museum, a program of Bucknell University, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Portland Art Museum. Greg has taught art history and museum studies courses at Portland State University, Concordia University, Portland, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He holds an MA in Modern and Contemporary Art History, Theory, and Criticism from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and a BA in Art History and English from Loyola University, Chicago.