Bringing Conservation to Younger Audiences: Holly Maxson Conservation Grantees on Outreach

Includes a Live Web Event on 12/12/2025 at 2:00 PM (EST)

Join former and current Holly Maxson Conservation Grant awardees as they discuss their projects, creating relationships, and shaping ideas to reach younger audiences with information about conservation. This will feature a panel discussion where grantees will talk about the outcomes (and future outcomes) of their work and discuss how they're increasing awareness of conservation and preservation careers among students.

Beth Edelstein (Moderator)

Senior Conservator of Objects and Head of the Objects Conservation Lab

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Joanna Hurd (Moderator)

Associate Paper Conservator

Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts

Joanna spent five years exploring the different specialties of conservation before specializing in paper conservation with a minor in photograph conservation in graduate school. She received an MS in Art Conservation from the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation (WUDPAC) and a BA in Art History from Boston University. She has since interned at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Weissman Preservation Center, and the American Philosophical Society. Joanna is currently working as an Associate Paper Conservator at the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts and as an Adjunct Instructor for WUDPAC.

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12/12/2025 at 2:00 PM (EST)  |  60 minutes
12/12/2025 at 2:00 PM (EST)  |  60 minutes Participants will have an opportunity to hear a moderated discussion on how Holly Maxson Conservation Grant awardees developed their projects, created successful relationships in their communities, and increased awareness of conservation and preservation principles and career pathways. This will also include time for attendees to ask grantees and program staff questions.
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