The Friends of the Collection creates an opportunity for you to directly support the addition of specific artworks to the PMA’s collection, and this year’s acquisition focus is The Sights and Sounds of Night by Vincent Smith.
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YAM is an annual exhibition showcasing the incredible talent in Maine’s art education programs.
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The Portland Museum of Art seeks to create an inclusive space that champions open expression and makes art accessible to all. Learn more about our services and policies to plan your next visit.
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The PMA is a proud member of the Maine Art Museum Trail and participant in this important series. Museums are at a moment of reckoning. Immense social, political, and financial pressure is testing the foundations of institutions, prompting examination of history, the need for change, and the process to acknowledge, repair, and heal.
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Take a break in your day to slow down and enjoy the process of looking at art together. Join Christian Adame, Peggy L. Osher Director of Learning and Community Collaboration, for a virtual, guided, 30-minute session that took place in February.
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Evergreen Credit Union’s support of Free Fridays and the Susie Konkel Online Gallery has enabled the museum to offer a range of programs and events under our mission of Art for All, the PMA’s guiding principle and commitment to Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion (DEAI).
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Take a break in your day to slow down and enjoy the process of looking at art together. Join Christian Adame, Peggy L. Osher Director of Learning and Community Collaboration, for a virtual, guided, 30-minute session that took place in January.
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This program designed specifically for educators features PMA staff in conversation with Fiona Hopper and Bridgid Neptune. Tune in to explore the exhibition Stories of Maine: An Incomplete History, learn about PMA Resources, and discuss how to utilize multiple perspectives in the classroom.
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In the fall of 2020, the Portland Museum of Art presented Mythmakers: The Art of Winslow Homer and Frederic Remington, the first exhibition to explore the unexpected resonances between the themes, artistic sensibilities, and technical processes of these two great American artists and exploring the mythologies both artists perpetuated in their work. Co-organized by the PMA, Denver Art Museum, and the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Mythmakers situates Homer and Remington within their historical moment, highlighting moments of convergence in their biographies, their chosen subject matter, and their experimentation across media in an era of profound social change.
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We love hearing from our colleagues about their favorite artworks in the PMA Collection. Here, Ashleigh Hill shares why she loves the haunting image of Florence Leyland by James Abbott McNeill Whistler.
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Winslow Homer and Frederic Remington both depicted Indigenous people in their work in varying capacities. Two Maine experts discuss the layers of meaning and implications behind those depictions.
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Hear from all three curators at the PMA for a conversation about the new exhibition Freedom, A Fable. Together, they touch upon the mission and themes behind the show, and examine how the featured historic and contemporary artworks from the PMA collection inspire complex dialogues around race, representation, and American history.
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In this virtual conversation for the PMA, Barbara Haskell, long-time curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, shares her latest exhibition: Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925–1945,
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Brian Chin, Co-founding Partner and Creative Director at p3, spearheaded the use of innovative technology in our galleries and shared the experience with us.
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For several years, the PMA has commemorated Day Without Art, an international day of action and mourning in response to the AIDS crisis, by shrouding works of art and writing personal reflections that honor the movement and the countless artists whose lives were lost to the crisis. Though we can’t gather in person this year to commemorate Day Without Art, we highlight past PMA staff reflections as a moment of pause, reflection, and solidarity.
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