Schedule of Events10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Free admission for Youth Art Month participants, their families, and teachers. Please note: galleries will close at 6:30 p.m. Certificate Ceremonies Osher Auditorium on the Lower Ground Floor 3:30 PM Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th graders and their families 4:30 PM 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th graders and their...
Photographs are images frozen in time, and unique stories can be told through them. Inspired by Ming Smith: Jazz Requiem – Notations In Blue, this workshop explores photography as through the lens of words. Within one's own personal collection of photographs that are dear to us, how do we create our own photographic story with...
little house presents its first performance of their three-month PMA residency. little house has developed elements of their current research, including excerpts of ALPHA MARE a new choreographic work exploring practices of mourning in the nonhuman animal world and interspecies connection. These performances will be developed in direct response to the PMA’s architecture and spaces,...
Directed by Rachel Elizabeth Seed. 85 minutes (followed by discussion). Not Rated. In English.This free screening is co-presented with the Rabkin Foundation and SPACE Gallery. A discussion with Rachel Elizabeth Seed, moderated by Mary Louise Schumacher of Rabkin Foundation, will follow the film. A Photographic Memory is an intimate, genre-bending portrait of a daughter’s attempt...
Live Botanical Drawing Demos with Kailleigh Archibald Artists have long turned to botany as a source of inspiration—studying plant forms, structures, and rhythms to better understand growth, pattern, and time. In these live botanical drawing demonstrations, artist Kailleigh Archibald draws directly from plant life, revealing how careful observation informs creative process, line, and composition. Kailleigh...
Live Botanical Drawing Demos with Kailleigh Archibald Artists have long turned to botany as a source of inspiration—studying plant forms, structures, and rhythms to better understand growth, pattern, and time. In these live botanical drawing demonstrations, artist Kailleigh Archibald draws directly from plant life, revealing how careful observation informs creative process, line, and composition. Kailleigh...
A Grower’s Perspective on Flower Farming in Maine with Dr. Ankit K Singh Registration required ($15 Public, $5 Member) Drawing from extensive conversations with flower growers across Maine, this talk offers an inside look at what it takes to grow flowers in a northern climate. From seasonal rhythms and market demand to labor, climate challenges,...
Join us for a unique program with artist, printmaker and designer Katharine Watson to explore how plants, flowers, and horticultural practice shape her print and pattern work. In this presentation, Watson will share how close observation of botanicals, from growing them herself, studying their structures, and understanding their life cycles, becomes the foundation for her...
Join us for a special brunch with jazz and blooms! Drop in for Jazz Brunch in the PMA Café by the Black Tie Company featuring Chris Oberholzer Band and enjoy signature drinks and yummy breakfast treats. No registration required; seating is first-come, first-served.
Botanical Block Printing Workshop with Katharine Watson Sunday, March 29 | 3–6 pm Open Studio, 199 Pleasant Ave Portland $120 for members, $150 for public Explore botanical imagery through the lens of printmaking in this hands-on workshop facilitated by Portland artist Katharine Watson. Participants may draw inspiration from selected works in the Portland Museum of...
Join The Maine Outdoor Film Festival, The Maine Seaweed Council and The Maine Farmed Seafood Coalition and kick off Maine Seaweed Week with an evening of short films followed by a panel discussion. Film synopsis, panelists, and tickets available here: maineoutdoorfilmfestival.com/maines-seaweed-moment/ Short Film Program: SEAWEED FARMING 101 | 1.23 minutes | by World Wildlife Fund...
Join us for a lecture and conversation with artist Chitra Ganesh, alongside Sayantan Mukhopadhyay, PhD, Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Portland Museum of Art (PMA). Across a twenty-year practice, Chitra Ganesh has developed an expansive body of work rooted in drawing and painting, which has evolved to encompass animations, wall drawings,...
The Portland String Quartet's final program of the 57th season promises to be pure, weightless, soaring delight. Blending the luscious sounds of William Walton's String Quartet in A minor, Haydn’s airy Quartet in C Major (Op. 33, No. 3 “the Bird”), and a volitant folk tune composed by the Danish String Quartet, Airborne is bound...