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Portland Museum of Art Magazine
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PMA Films Specialist Chris Gray dives into our upcoming screenings for March 14-24 Subscribe to our films email and keep up to date on screenings, trailers, streaming recommendations, news, and more! Screening Times & Tickets:
Thursday, March 14 at 6 p.m.
Jules au pays d’Asha/Adventures in the Land of Asha (Free screening presented by Alliance Française du Maine)
This Thursday evening, we’ll be open for a rare (and free!) weeknight film selected by our friends at Alliance Française du Maine, which will be followed by a brief discussion about the film. This family-friendly adv ..read more
Portland Museum of Art Magazine
1w ago
WGME Staff
March 19, 2024
This story appeared on WGME-13.
It's no secret that spring starts on Tuesday. One place where you can celebrate in a big way is the Portland Museum of Art.
Starting on Wednesday and going all the way through Sunday, you can check out one of the biggest and must-see events at PMA. It's “Art in Bloom.”
Whether you're an art enthusiast, love flowers and or just excited about spring, “Art in Bloom” has something for everybody.
It features floral work by designers, artists, farmers, and florists from all across southern Maine ..read more
Portland Museum of Art Magazine
1w ago
The exhibit is comprised of works the museum acquired in the past decade as it made a concerted effort to expand the stories it could tell through art.
March 6, 2024
Rob Caldwell
This article appears in News Center Maine.
PORTLAND, Maine — If you spend a leisurely afternoon at the Portland Museum of Art and walk through every gallery that’s open to the public, you can look at hundreds of works—prints, paintings, sculptures, photos, decorative pieces, and more.
By the time you depart, you probably won’t be thinking about what you’ve missed in the museum’s collection. Turns out, it’s a lot.
The ..read more
Portland Museum of Art Magazine
1w ago
We are making the switch to digital membership cards.
The PMA has recently moved to a new platform to host digital membership cards and in the coming week you’ll receive an email to download your new digital card to your phone’s wallet app.
As part of this change, all members will receive a digital membership card in addition to the plastic card. Those who have opted into a “green membership” will only receive the digital card. By adding a digital card option, the PMA has already eliminated the need for over 50 pounds of plastic and 300 pounds of paper annually.
The email yo ..read more
Portland Museum of Art Magazine
2w ago
The museum has a collection of 19,000 objects and counting, and only a fraction are on display at any given time. We look at how these pieces get to the museum and where they go when they're not on display.
March 10, 2024
By Megan Gray
This article appears in the Portland Press Herald.
In 2023, the Portland Museum of Art added more than 200 pieces to its collection, mostly through donations. It was a new peak in a trend of increasing acquisitions in recent years.
Now, some are on display for the first time, as a new exhibition spotlights objects added since 2020. The works on view in “+ collec ..read more
Portland Museum of Art Magazine
2w ago
PMA Films Specialist Chris Gray dives into our upcoming screenings for March 1-10 Subscribe to our films email and keep up to date on screenings, trailers, streaming recommendations, news, and more! Screening Times & Tickets:
Friday, March 1 at 2 p.m.
Friday, March 1 at 5:45 p.m.
Saturday, March 2 at 12 p.m.
Saturday, March 2 at 3 p.m.
Sunday, March 3 at 12 p.m.
Sunday, March 3 at 3 p.m.
2024 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Live Action
Wrapping up our (very popular so far!) Oscar shorts screenings for this year is the narrative, live action program. Regular attendees will ..read more
Portland Museum of Art Magazine
3w ago
Each year, thousands of people come to the museum to experience breathtaking floral designs—all inspired by artworks in the PMA collection, btw—and take part in a wide array of special, springtime programming. Be sure to visit Wednesday, March 20 through Sunday, March 24, and don’t miss some of these highlights!
PMA Picks Collection Stories, with Sayantan Mukhopadhyay
Friday, March 29, 2024 | 6:00 PM
Get an insider’s look into the PMA collection and special exhibition +collection, as Mukhopadhyay, Assistant Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art, tours the galleries in this special recurri ..read more
Portland Museum of Art Magazine
1M ago
PMA Films Specialist Chris Gray dives into our upcoming screenings for FEBRUARY 16-25 Subscribe to our films email and keep up to date on screenings, trailers, streaming recommendations, news, and more! Screening Times & Tickets:
Friday, February 16 at 2 p.m.
Friday, February 16 at 6 p.m.
Saturday, February 17 at 12 p.m.
Saturday, February 17 at 3 p.m.
Sunday, February 18 at 12 p.m.
Sunday, February 18 at 3 p.m.
Wednesday, February 21 at 1 p.m.
Thursday, February 22 at 1 p.m.
2024 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Animation
Oscar season begins at PMA Films with our annua ..read more
Portland Museum of Art Magazine
1M ago
We strive to serve you through dynamic, inclusive, and engaging art experiences that bring us together and foster community. And as one of Maine’s oldest nonprofits, we take this responsibility seriously. The PMA will forever be in the public trust, and it is in that trust that we openly share a few present challenges for the museum, and the difficult decisions we’re making today to build a more sustainable tomorrow.
Like many museums, municipal, and cultural organizations, we continue to be adversely impacted by the instability of the COVID-19 pandemic. The museum was fortunate to receive ERC ..read more
Portland Museum of Art Magazine
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PMA Films Specialist Chris Gray OFFERS A (HIGHLY SUBJECTIVE) TAKE ON THE YEAR IN FILM Subscribe to our films email and keep up to date on screenings, trailers, streaming recommendations, news, and more!
In our biweekly PMA Films newsletter (link to subscribe above!), I offer some streaming recommendations that allow me to evangelize for some of the best films we’ve shown here, as well as others that head to other local theaters or straight to streaming. I also publish an annual Best of the Year list, which you can read below. While list-making season has long past, I was only able to ..read more