Celebrating Historic Preservation In and Out of the Classroom This May
The opening reception of the lecture series, held at the newly restored Kennedy Pharmacy.
Credit: Student Preservation Association at the Savannah College of Art & Design
This year, the National Trust for Historic Preservation is working with students and teachers to bring Preservation Month into the classroom. At the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), preservation is a central part of the curriculum and campus life. The Student Preservation Association at SCAD celebrated National Preservation Month with its annual lecture series.
The lecture series, sponsored in part by a grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, hosted over 500 people throughout the week of May 4th and opened with a reception at the newly restored Kennedy Pharmacy – a historic building renovated by the preservation students at SCAD for reuse as a public space for community exhibitions, lectures, and events.
Preservation students and professionals interacting after the opening reception.
Credit: Student Preservation Association at the Savannah College of Art & Design
Renowned speakers from around the world met in Savannah to discuss pertinent issues including sustainability, urbanism, and the diversity of our shared heritage. Executive director of the Heritage Canada Foundation Natalie Bull's lecture Landmarks, Not Landfill was particularly poignant and focused on conserving our built heritage – a topic that the National Trust for Historic Preservation has championed for several decades and is now bringing to the forefront with our Sustainability initiative and the opening of the Preservation Green Lab in Seattle, Washington.
This lecture series was a great opportunity for SCAD students to partner with local and national preservation organizations to raise awareness about their work. This Preservation Month, we are able to highlight the successes of student groups, schools, and universities providing education and resources to our future leaders in the field.
