Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
The following are workshops and activities I designed to coincide with exhibits at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.
Polly Thayer Starr Visiting Artist Series (2023)
The Polly Thayer Starr Visiting Artist Series invites local artists to design creative programming in response to the Museum’s vast collection and rotating exhibits. The program aims to uphold the values of education and community shared by both Isabella Stewart Gardner and her fellow artist friend Polly Thayer Starr. As the 2023 visiting artist, I organized Book of Wanders, a drop-in book making and drawing workshop in response to the special exhibits Betye Saar: Heart of a Wanderer and Fellow Wanderer: Isabella’s Travel Albums. Each person put together their own accordion "travel" album which they filled with photos, drawings, and collages of works from the Gardner Museum.
Special thank you to Gabriella Melchiorri and her interns Heather and Brittany for their support, kindness, and creativity!
First Thursday Event
Workshop participant's finished book!
Saturday morning workshop
Workshop participant's finished book!
Bunker Hill College Ambassador Alumni Event (2023)
During my time as a visiting artist, I designed a one-time character-design workshop for the Gardner Museum's Ambassador Alumni event which invited and celebrated past museum ambassadors (student interns). We used drawing and cut paper to build shape-based people.
Photos by Carlie Febo
Photo by Carlie Febo
Photo by Carlie Febo
Photo by Carlie Febo
Photo by Carlie Febo
Drop-in Draw: Ming Fay Edge of the Garden (2025)
For the inaugural "Drop-in Draw" event, I designed two prompt cards inviting visitors to create imaginary dishes and soups inspired by artwork by Ming Fay. I felt inspired by Fay's quirky and visceral depictions of larger-than-life fruit, vegetable, seeds, and roots. Food and cultural connection meant a lot to Fay and I wanted visitors to ruminate on food as a way to connect to emotions and as a way to build something healing.
Selected drawings from the Drop-in Draw events
