Pamela Whitney Hawkes AIA
Pamela W. Hawkes AIA is a Principal of Ann Beha Architects, a Boston-based architectural firm specializing in projects throughout the United States which support culture and community. She has directed a wide variety of award-winning preservation and design projects, including: restoration of the Roycroft Inn in East Aurora, New York, winner of a National Trust for Historic Preservation Honor Award; restoration of the Church of the Covenant in Boston, recognized by the Interfaith Forum on Art & Architecture; and renovation and expansion of the Nantucket Atheneum, honored by the Massachusetts Historical Commission. In addition to the work at the Portland Museum of Art, her current projects include a master plan for Boston’s Symphony Hall, creation of a new gallery for the University of Maine Art Museum, ongoing consulting at the Victoria Mansion in Portland, renovations to eight public libraries in Providence and re-use of the Charles Street Jail in Boston.
Ms. Hawkes holds a M.S. in Historic Preservation from Columbia University and a Master of Architecture from the University of California at Berkeley. She was a 1997-98 Loeb Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and has taught professional development courses on Preservation and Adaptive Re-Use there since 1996. She currently serves on the Boston Landmarks Commission and the board of the U.S. Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites, and was previously a member of the Massachusetts Historical Commission and Commissioner of Design for the Boston Society of Architects. She has lectured widely on preservation and design issues, and acted as a resource professional for several sessions of the national Mayor?s Institute on City Design. She has participated as a juror on a variety of national awards panels, as well as grant review for the Getty Conservation Institute.
Museum Information
The Portland Museum of Art, Maine’s largest art museum, showcases fine and decorative arts from the 18th century to the present. From Winslow Homer and Andrew Wyeth to Pablo Picasso and Claude Monet, the Museum features three centuries of art and architecture. The Museum is located at Seven Congress Square in downtown Portland. The Museum is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday, and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday. Memorial Day through Columbus Day, the Museum is open on Monday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Museum admission is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and students with I.D., $6 for youth ages 13 to 17, and children 12 and under are free. The Museum is free on Friday evenings from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., made possible through the generous support of L.L.Bean and Patricia and Cyrus Hagge. No admission is required to visit the Museum Café and Store. For more information, call (207) 775-6148. Web site: portlandmuseum.org.