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  • PMA Films: The President’s Cake

    Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium 7 Congress Square, Portland, ME, United States

    Directed by Hasan Hadi. 102 minutes. Rated PG-13. In Arabic with English subtitles.  While people across 1990s Iraq struggle to survive the war and food shortages, the President requires each school in the country to prepare a cake to celebrate his birthday. Despite her efforts to avoid getting picked, 9-year-old Lamia is chosen among her...

  • Live Botanical Drawing Demos with Kailleigh Archibald

    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...

  • PMA Films: The President’s Cake

    Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium 7 Congress Square, Portland, ME, United States

    Directed by Hasan Hadi. 102 minutes. Rated PG-13. In Arabic with English subtitles.  While people across 1990s Iraq struggle to survive the war and food shortages, the President requires each school in the country to prepare a cake to celebrate his birthday. Despite her efforts to avoid getting picked, 9-year-old Lamia is chosen among her...

  • Live Botanical Drawing Demos with Kailleigh Archibald

    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...

  • PMA Films: Sirât

    Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium 7 Congress Square, Portland, ME, United States

    Directed by Oliver Laxe. 120 minutes. Rated R. In Spanish, French, English, and Arabic with English subtitles. A father (Sergi López) and his son arrive at a rave deep in the mountains of southern Morocco. They are searching for Mar — daughter and sister — who vanished months ago at one of these endless, sleepless...

  • A Grower’s Perspective on Flower Farming in Maine with Dr. Ankit K Singh

    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,...

  • Art in Bloom: From Garden to Form: Botanicals, Process, and Carving in Practice with Katharine Watson | Lecture and Demo

    Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium 7 Congress Square, Portland, ME, United States

    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...

  • Art in Bloom Jazz Brunch

    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.

  • PMA Films: Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

    Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium 7 Congress Square, Portland, ME, United States

    Directed by Frank Oz. 94 minutes. Rated PG-13. In English. Special Art in Bloom screening! Seymour, an orphan and a nerd who works in a run-down flower shop on Skid Row, spends his time doing menial tasks and dreaming of his co-worker, Audrey. Then, one day, just after an eclipse of the sun, Seymour discovers...

  • Botanical Block Printing Workshop with Katharine Watson

    Open Studio Portland Maine 199 Pleasant Ave, Portland, Maine, United States

    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...

  • PMA Films: Salt Marsh (with artist Mitchell Rasor)

    Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium 7 Congress Square, Portland, ME, United States

    Directed by Tom Bell. 15 minutes (followed by artist talk and discussion with Mitchell Rasor and Tom Bell). Not Rated. In English. With a haunting, original score by Lee Ranaldo, Salt Marsh explores art, climate, and solitude through the reflections of Maine artist and landscape architect Mitchell Rasor.

  • Noontime Artist Talk: Shane Charles discusses Into the Sun

    Join artist Shane Charles as he discusses his recent installation Into the Sun, as part of the PMA’s long-standing exhibition Passages in American Art. Charles’ installation practice intersects performance, sculpture, and mixed-media work within a cartographic and archaeological framework. Born in Bangor, Maine, and raised along the Penobscot River between Old Town and the Penobscot...

  • PMA Films: BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions

    Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium 7 Congress Square, Portland, ME, United States

    110 minutes. Directed by Kahlil Joseph. Rated R. In English. BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions is co-presented with Indigo Arts Alliance and SPACE Gallery. Adapted from Kahlil Joseph's renowned video art installation, BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions is a distinctive cinematic experience that mirrors the sonic textures of a record album, weaving fiction and history in an...

  • PMA Films: BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions

    Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium 7 Congress Square, Portland, ME, United States

    110 minutes. Directed by Kahlil Joseph. Rated R. In English. BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions is co-presented with Indigo Arts Alliance and SPACE Gallery. Adapted from Kahlil Joseph's renowned video art installation, BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions is a distinctive cinematic experience that mirrors the sonic textures of a record album, weaving fiction and history in an...

  • PMA Films: BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions

    Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium 7 Congress Square, Portland, ME, United States

    110 minutes. Directed by Kahlil Joseph. Rated R. In English. BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions is co-presented with Indigo Arts Alliance and SPACE Gallery. Adapted from Kahlil Joseph's renowned video art installation, BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions is a distinctive cinematic experience that mirrors the sonic textures of a record album, weaving fiction and history in an...

  • PMA Films: “Makers at the Movies”: Pride & Prejudice (2005)

    Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium 7 Congress Square, Portland, ME, United States

    127 minutes. Rated PG. Directed by Joe Wright. In English. This screening is part of our “Makers at the Movies” series! Attendees are invited to bring knitting, crochet, fiber arts, or drawing projects to work on during the film. The lights will remain partially on to accommodate making. Presented in partnership with Olde School Fiber...

  • PMA Films: BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions

    Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium 7 Congress Square, Portland, ME, United States

    110 minutes. Directed by Kahlil Joseph. Rated R. In English. BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions is co-presented with Indigo Arts Alliance and SPACE Gallery. Adapted from Kahlil Joseph's renowned video art installation, BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions is a distinctive cinematic experience that mirrors the sonic textures of a record album, weaving fiction and history in an...

  • PMA Films: BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions

    Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium 7 Congress Square, Portland, ME, United States

    110 minutes. Directed by Kahlil Joseph. Rated R. In English. BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions is co-presented with Indigo Arts Alliance and SPACE Gallery. Adapted from Kahlil Joseph's renowned video art installation, BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions is a distinctive cinematic experience that mirrors the sonic textures of a record album, weaving fiction and history in an...

  • PMA Films: BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions

    Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium 7 Congress Square, Portland, ME, United States

    110 minutes. Directed by Kahlil Joseph. Rated R. In English. BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions is co-presented with Indigo Arts Alliance and SPACE Gallery. Adapted from Kahlil Joseph's renowned video art installation, BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions is a distinctive cinematic experience that mirrors the sonic textures of a record album, weaving fiction and history in an...

  • PMA Films: BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions

    Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium 7 Congress Square, Portland, ME, United States

    110 minutes. Directed by Kahlil Joseph. Rated R. In English. BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions is co-presented with Indigo Arts Alliance and SPACE Gallery. Adapted from Kahlil Joseph's renowned video art installation, BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions is a distinctive cinematic experience that mirrors the sonic textures of a record album, weaving fiction and history in an...