Pat Hoerth Batchelder, author of the new book Evelyn Beatrice Longman, The Woman Who Sculpted Golden Boy, Thomas Edison, and Other Monuments, has mined long-forgotten archives to explore how Longman arose from Midwestern poverty to portray luminaries and allegorical figures in stone and bronze for public and private spaces nationwide. Longman navigated an art world where hardly any other women hammered at marble blocks and created works that topped skyscrapers. Hoerth will be in conversation with Dana Pilson, Curatorial Researcher & Collections Coordinator, Chesterwood National Historic Trust Site and Museum, and the panel will be moderated by Eve Kahn, journalist, independent scholar, and New York Times contributor. Hoerth’s book will be available for sale and signing at the event.

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Top photograph: Sculptor Evelyn Beatrice Longman, 1921, Arts & Decoration, November 1921; Credit: Keystone View Co.

Memorial plaque for John Ansley Storey, sculpted by Evelyn B. Longman, 1905, located in the Lowell Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts; Credit: Marty Aligata via CC 4.0

Spanish-American War Memorial titled “Spirit of Victory” by Evelyn B. Longman, 1926, located in Bushnell Park, Hartford, Connecticut; Credit: Marty Aligata via CC 4.0