Portland Museum of Art Magazine
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Portland Museum of Art Magazine
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This month presents some of the most groundbreaking exhibitions and programs in our history, as we celebrate the opening of Jeremy Frey: Woven.
As the first-ever major retrospective of a Wabanaki artist in a fine art museum in the United States, Jeremy Frey: Woven is a groundbreaking exhibition in contemporary and Indigenous art. Featuring more than 50 baskets, made from natural materials like black ash and sweetgrass, Woven presents a comprehensive collection that spans a career of more than two decades.
Woven Opening Events
Be among the first to experience the intricate and ..read more
Portland Museum of Art Magazine
2d ago
PMA Films Specialist Chris Gray dives into our upcoming screenings for March 29-APRIL 7 Subscribe to our films email and keep up to date on screenings, trailers, streaming recommendations, news, and more! Screening Times & Tickets:
Friday, April 12 at 2 p.m.
Friday, April 12 at 5:45 p.m.
Saturday, April 13 at 12 p.m.
Sunday, April 14 at 12 p.m.
Sunday, April 14 at 3 p.m.
La Chimera
One of the most lively and endearing filmmakers on the international scene, Alice Rohrwacher arrives at the PMA with what will likely remain one of my favorite films of the year, La Chimera ..read more
Portland Museum of Art Magazine
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PMA Films Specialist Chris Gray dives into our upcoming screenings for March 29-APRIL 7 Subscribe to our films email and keep up to date on screenings, trailers, streaming recommendations, news, and more! Screening Times & Tickets:
Friday, March 29 at 2 p.m.
Friday, March 29 at 6 p.m.
Saturday, March 30 at 3 p.m.
Sunday, March 31 at 12 p.m.
Sunday, March 31 at 3 p.m.
The Teachers’ Lounge
One of this year’s Oscar nominees for Best International Feature, Ilker Çatak’s The Teachers’ Lounge is a pressure-cooker thriller and – for someone who spent much of last year learni ..read more
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
1M 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