This Month At Your Museum: August 2024

July 31, 2024

We’re halfway through the summer, yet there’s still so much in store. From Cig Harvey sharing how Maine influences her work to the Summer Party to a special Jeremy Frey themed Family Day, August at the museum is like an Aperol spritz for your soul.

PMA Picks

Don’t Miss A Special Family Day

PMA Films

Catfest returns early this august with a meow-ton of hiss-terical feline themed videos, and Jeremy Frey handpicks a special selection of films As The Month goes on.


On View

 Isabella Howland (United States, 1895–1974),  Peggy Bacon , undated, charcoal on laid paper, 16 1/2 x 11 9/16 inches. Portland Museum of Art, Maine. Museum purchase with support from Roger and Katherine Woodman, 1988.20. Image courtesy Petegorsky/Gipe Photo
Isabella Howland (United States, 1895–1974), Peggy Bacon , undated, charcoal on laid paper, 16 1/2 x 11 9/16 inches. Portland Museum of Art, Maine. Museum purchase with support from Roger and Katherine Woodman, 1988.20. Image courtesy Petegorsky/Gipe Photo

Exploring the humor and sharp wit of one of the most insightful visual and literary artists of the 20th century, Peggy Bacon: Biting, never Bitter is a timely and noteworthy solo presentation of Peggy Bacon’s wry observations of her social, professional, and artistic networks during the 1920s and 1930s.

 Jeremy Frey (Passamaquoddy, born 1978),  Dawnland , 2022, ash, sweetgrass, and dye, 17 1/2 x 11 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches. Collection of Jim and Sara TenBroek. © Jeremy Frey. Image courtesy Paul-David Young
Jeremy Frey (Passamaquoddy, born 1978), Dawnland , 2022, ash, sweetgrass, and dye, 17 1/2 x 11 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches. Collection of Jim and Sara TenBroek. © Jeremy Frey. Image courtesy Paul-David Young

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.

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