“SKETCHING EINSTEIN”: Drawings of Albert Einstein from the Historical Society of Princeton’s Gillett Griffin Collection of Albert Einstein Ephemera will be discussed at a virtual program, also hosted by the Arts Council of Princeton, in celebration of Pi Day and Albert Einstein’s birthday.

In conjunction with Pi Day and Albert EInstein’s birthday, the Historical Society of Princeton and the Arts Council of Princeton will present a new virtual program, Sketching Einstein, on Tuesday, March 15 at 7 p.m.

Gillett G. Griffin was an art curator, collector, writer, artist and teacher, who for more than a half a century lived and worked in Princeton; he was also a personal friend of physicist Albert Einstein. Prior to his death in 2016, Griffin, curator emeritus of Pre-Columbian and Native American art at the Princeton University Art Museum, made a significant gift to the Historical Society of Princeton of more than 50 pieces of material related to Einstein.

Stephanie Schwartz, curator of collections and research, will give an introduction to the Historical Society’s Gillett Griffin Collection of Albert Einstein Ephemera, sharing several drawings of Einstein sketched by Griffin himself. The artwork will provide the inspiration for a live portrait drawing session, led by teaching artist Barbara DiLorenzo.

Tickets are priced as “pay what you can.” The program will be presented via Zoom; access link will be sent to the e-mail provided within two days of registration. Go to princetonhistory.org/events/sketching-einstein-virtual for more information.