Dream Action Factory

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Dream Action Factory is a series of online happenings in conjunction with the PMA exhibition Carrie Moyer and Sheila Pepe: Tabernacles for Trying Times. In this series, artists, scholars, and social organizations delve into a wide variety of topics, challenging us to come together with renewed urgency, make time and space for dialogue, and to rediscover, amongst our many threads of identity, our common social fabric.

Upcoming Events

Resources

PMA Magazine
Dream Action Factory presents: People. Not Prisons.
Dream Action Factory presents: People. Not Prisons.

The convergence of COVID-19 with the nationwide movement to end police brutality brings renewed urgency to the work of dismantling prisons and demanding racial justice. We partnered with the ACLU of Maine and Maine Inside Out in imagining a state that prioritizes community over incarceration.

Dream Action Factory presents: What’s in Your Tabernacle?
Dream Action Factory presents: What’s in Your Tabernacle?

How has the word “tabernacle” been used, interpreted, and reclaimed by different people? In this new video series created for Dream Action Factory, Cynthia Baker, Professor of Religious Studies at Bates College, explores the history of this poignant word.

Nelson Social Justice Lecture
Nelson Social Justice Lecture

The Leonard and Merle Nelson Social Justice Fund honors artists whose commitment to social justice is manifested in their work.

Past Events

Upcoming Events
People. Not Prisons: Incarceration during COVID-19 & Beyond with ACLU of Maine and Maine Inside Out
Jun 25
People. Not Prisons: Incarceration during COVID-19 & Beyond with ACLU of Maine and Maine Inside Out

Register today for "People. Not Prisons", a collaborative digital initiative with the ACLU of Maine, Maine Inside Out, and The Portland Museum of Art. On June 25 at 6 p.m., you'll receive access to a special webpage with educational resources from the ACLU of Maine, stories from advocates with lived experience of incarceration and structural racism, and projects from Maine Inside Out, a community of artists who have a vision for Maine.

A Conversation with Nancy Princenthal and Jaime DeSimone: "Unspeakable Acts: Women, Art, and Sexual Violence in the 1970s"
Jun 11
A Conversation with Nancy Princenthal and Jaime DeSimone: "Unspeakable Acts: Women, Art, and Sexual Violence in the 1970s"

Join Nancy Princenthal, author of Unspeakable Acts: Women, Art, and Sexual Violence in the 1970s, for a lecture and conversation with Associate Curator of Contemporary Art, Jaime DeSimone.

Dream Action Factory: Cultivating Empathy
Jun 4
Dream Action Factory: Cultivating Empathy

#dreamactionfactory was always intended to challenge us to come together with renewed urgency and create space for dialogue, but at the end of an equally tumultuous and inspiring week, an empathetic connection to each other is especially needed. 

Lessons from the Feminist Movement: A Community Conversation About Where We Go from Here
May 21
Lessons from the Feminist Movement: A Community Conversation About Where We Go from Here

Join Maine Women’s Lobby Education Fund for a Zoom conversation in this week’s edition of Dream Action Factory.

More info to come.

Nelson Social Justice Lecture: In Conversation with Carrie Moyer and Sheila Pepe
May 14
Nelson Social Justice Lecture: In Conversation with Carrie Moyer and Sheila Pepe

In this discussion supported by the The Leonard and Merle Nelson Social Justice Fund, join artists Carrie Moyer and Sheila Pepe for a discussion in conjunction with the exhibition Carrie Moyer and Sheila Pepe: Tabernacles for Trying Times.

FREE, registration required.

TICKETS

Drop-In knit & crochet workshop
Mar 12
Drop-In knit & crochet workshop

In this week’s edition of Dream Action Factory, join us for a drop-In crochet workshop.

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Mar 7
Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon with The Chart (Dream Action Factory)

In this week’s edition of Dream Action Factory, join Jenna Crowder of The Chart for a Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon Training.

Panel Discussion, hosted by The Chart (Dream Action Factory)
Mar 5
Panel Discussion, hosted by The Chart (Dream Action Factory)

In this week’s edition of Dream Action Factory, join Jenna Crowder (The Chart), Julien Langevin (artist), Lareese Hall (Director of the Colby College Libraries), and Marcia Minter (Indigo Arts Alliance) for a discussion about how Wikipedia intersects with research and representation.

Dream Action Factory Kickoff Party hosted by Candy’s
Mar 4
Dream Action Factory Kickoff Party hosted by Candy’s

The PMA is kicking off Dream Action Factory with a party at Candy’s!

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