May 2026
Take on a creative persona as you enjoy art, music, and an artist-led conversation for May’s Free First Thursday.
An Intimate and Universal Community Conversation
What is a mother? Join us for an interactive conversation with exhibiting artist Jamie Diamond as we attempt to find an answer to a question that gives birth to endless complicated emotions.
Persona: Photography and the Re-Imagined Self, Picturing Isabella, Jamie Diamond: Monstra Te Esse Matrem, 2026
Member Exhibitions Insight Tour
Free with Museum Admission
Polly Thayer Starr Visiting Studio Artist Ally Schmaling invites you to explore cyanotypes, one of the earliest photographic techniques, as you create images of small collections that might tell a puzzle of a story about you.
The stellar pianist member of the great English Kanneh-Mason family of musicians, Isata takes a moment off the concerto stage to bring this program to Calderwood Hall.
Join us on this special evening as we say thank you to our members with some additional perks!
For Patrons at the Curators’ Circle level and above
Friends of Fenway Court Patrons at the Curators’ Circle level and above are invited to join Curatorial Associate Sylvia Hickman for an intimate guided tour through Picturing Isabella and items from the Museum archives.
Free with Museum Admission
Polly Thayer Starr Visiting Studio Artist Ally Schmaling invites you to explore cyanotypes, one of the earliest photographic techniques, as you create images of small collections that might tell a puzzle of a story about you.
We are thrilled and lucky to be able to present these four terrific musicians, who find time in their busy touring lives to perform together as a quartet.
Once, purchasing a copy of a famous painting could have been considered a coup, but in our modern consciousness, that’s no longer the case. How can conservators help us understand the intrigue of a copy during the Renaissance? Join Maryan Ainsworth, Curator Emerita at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, in an exploration of how we define the value of art.