Whose Memory Do You Carry?

Jeffrey Richmond-Moll, the George Putnam Curator of American Art, joined PEM in 2023 and now oversees an expansive collection that encompasses over four centuries of American art, culture and creative expression. Most recently serving as curator of American art at the Georgia Museum of Art, on the campus of the University of Georgia, Richmond-Moll has a wide range of expertise in American art from the colonial era to the late 20th century. He pursues interdisciplinary, experimental curatorial strategies to tell compelling, inclusive stories about our nation’s past, present and future. His highly collaborative practice seeks to forge connections across media and time periods and unlock new ideas about American art and identity. Richmond-Moll received his Ph.D. and M.A. in art history from the University of Delaware and a B.A. in art and archaeology from Princeton University. He is the former co-chair of the Association of Historians of American Art.

Gisela Torres is a New York-born, London-based artist of Cuban heritage working across traditional and digital media. She is the creator of Looking for Edmonia, a Roman Ghost Story in Paper Sculptures. Trained as a photographer and filmmaker, her practice focuses on presenting the dynamic interplay between traditional and emerging art forms to depict narratives of a personal nature where the familiar, mysterious and otherwordly co-exist. Through still and moving images, self-portraiture, performance, printmaking, sculpture and new technologies, she hopes to engage the viewer into a contemplative and reflective landscape with atmospheric and playful intention. As a freelance arts educator, she delivers talks and workshops on exhibitions, visual literacy and photography to young people, adults and outreach communities.