ROCKPORT — Animator Sara Stern plans to present “Architecture as Puppet,” showcasing her recent work with architectural themes, which utilize moving image installation, sculpture and photography, during a lecture at 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10.

This lecture is part of the Alumni Lecture Series, a weekly online series offered by Maine Media Workshops + College featuring conversations on topics in photography, filmmaking, book arts and design, and writing, according to a news release from the institution.

Registration is required. To register, visit mainemedia.edu/lectures.

In her work, Stern stages anthropomorphic interactions between objects, highlighting the dynamics between the industrial and the organic. Everyday objects speak to each other and perform scenes about their history as a material while also inventing alternate realities.

Stern’s talk will highlight her current multimedia puppetry project about “Marble Man” and “Glass Girl,” two supervillain characters who emerge from their namesake materials, speaking and questioning the ideologies of their architectural uses.

Stern is a member of the MFA guest faculty at Maine Media Workshops and College.

The series is free and open to the public through the sponsorship of Camden National Bank, WERU Community Radio FM89.9, Eaton Peabody Attorneys at Law, Allen Insurance and Financial, Two Ponds Press, Page Gallery, B&H Photo and Video, and Cedar Crest Inn, as well as through donations from individuals.

Maine Media Workshops + College is a nonprofit degree granting institution offering more than 500 workshops annually in the fields of photography, film, printmaking, creative writing, and book arts, and serves over 2,400 national and international students online and on its campus.