Celebrate Knowing Nature: Stories of the Boreal Forest with a guided tour and workshop! First, go inside the exhibition with Jane Winchell, PEM’s Sarah Fraser Robbins Director of The Dotty Brown Art & Nature Center and Curator of Natural History, and discover the biodiversity and global importance of our northernmost forests. Afterward, join artist Patricia...

Why do museums publish exhibition catalogues? In this special edition of PEM Reads, two curators will break down what goes into a book such as Edmonia Lewis: Said in Stone and how it can serve as a lasting record of a temporary exhibition. An exhibition catalogue typically gathers photos and reproductions of the artworks in...

Celebrate Edmonia Lewis: Said in Stone with an introduction to handbuilding with natural, air-dry clay! First, listen to a virtual presentation from Jeffrey Richmond-Moll, PEM’s George Putnam Curator of American Art, who will offer an exclusive look at the iconic clay and marble sculptures and other works in the exhibition. Afterward, engage in a creative...

Join a panel of museum curators for a "Sculptural Legacies: A Curatorial Roundtable on Emma Stebbins, Edmonia Lewis and John Rhoden," in partnership with the Heckscher Museum in Huntington, New York. This virtual discussion will focus on three recent single-artist exhibitions about three pathbreaking American sculptors: Emma Stebbins (1815–1882), Edmonia Lewis (1844–1907) and John Rhoden...

Bestselling author Randi Minetor presents a lively virtual program based on her recent book The Complete Language of Birds. Discover some of the myriad ways that birds have influenced the culture and stories of people around the world, ranging from the Ancient Egyptians who believed that the Earth began as an egg laid by a...

Be inspired by Andrew Gn: Fashioning the World and let fashion educator Jay Calderin guide you through an inside look at the fashion design process. Engage in a creative workshop led by founder of Boston Fashion week Jay Calderin. His fashion design primer will be equal parts lecture, drawing demonstration and Q&A. Enjoy a professional...