Family Day with Scott NashSaturday, November 19
11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Workshops at 11:30 a.m. (SOLD OUT) and 2 p.m. (SOLD OUT)
Illustrator, author, and designer Scott Nash visits to share drawing tips and tricks. These workshops encourage kids and their grown-ups to experiment with unique sketching techniques—including some that Scott even uses when imagining and illustrating his books such as Shrunken Treasures. After the art-making, visit the exhibition Of Whales in Paint: Rockwell Kent's Moby-Dick to explore how various artists and writers across time have represented the iconic story of Moby-Dick.
11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Sketching tools and Gallery Games available
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Drawing Tricks Workshop with artist Scott Nash (SOLD OUT)
1 p.m.
Songs from the era of Moby-Dick: A sea music concert with David Peloquin
2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Drawing Tricks Workshop with artist Scott Nash (SOLD OUT)
11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Moby-Dick Marathon Reading
Drop in any time to hear Moby-Dick by Herman Melville read aloud
PMA Family Days run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
For more information about PMA Family Days, please contact Louisa Donelson, Associate Educator for Youth Learning.
Image: Rockwell Kent (United States, 1882–1971), Resurrection Bay, 1919, oil on canvas, 28 1/2 x 34 1/2 inches. Gift of the R. F. Haffenreffer IV and Mallory K. Marshall Family in memory of R. F. Haffenreffer III, 1991.55.1.
Winslow Homer1872Partial gift in memory of our mother, Mary Trafton Simonds, who had roots in Maine, by her three devoted children, and Museum purchase with support from an anonymous donor
EventAshley Bryan’s lauded storybook Beautiful Blackbird comes to vivid life when the Portland Museum of Art, the Theater Ensemble of Color, and Portland Ovations Offstage come together to bring his timeless fable to the stage.
