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From exhibition openings, guest lectures and gallery tours to family programs, community events and screenings of the world’s most impactful films—the PMA is your place to get together with family, friends, and loved ones.
All programs and events take place in-person at the Portland Museum of Art unless otherwise noted.
PMA Picks
Our favorite upcoming events, programs, and experiences. You might even say they’re curated.
Join Kirk Hoffman, Chief Preparator, for an in-gallery tour about collection care of permanent collection artwork.
Join us on the Third Floor for a guided discussion led in American Sign Language by Meli Stamp!. Closed Voice interpreting also provided.
Together we’ll plant 500 trees in Maine as part of Living Lands & Waters’ national Two Million Trees project. chickadeeds will be distributing trees from the front plaza of the museum!
Join Mark Bessire, Director of the Portland Museum of Art, as he sits down with Portland Press Herald CEO Lisa DeSisto for a conversation about leadership, Portland, and our business and cultural community.
Visit the museum for free all day with an ever-changing monthly party.
Join Erin Damon, Director of Collections and Head Registrar, for an in-gallery tour about collection care of artwork seen in Jeremy Frey: Woven.
Visit the museum for free all day with an ever-changing monthly party.
Visit the museum for free all day with an ever-changing monthly party.
Engage in art-making activities with local artists, explore the galleries, and connect with others.
Visit the museum for free all day with an ever-changing monthly party.
Visit the museum for free all day with an ever-changing monthly party.
Engage in art-making activities with local artists, explore the galleries, and connect with others.
Full Calendar
Access for All on Third Thursdays
Every third Thursday of the month the PMA is free throughout the entire day and during extended hours, making Access for All last from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. with an evening party with musicians, food trucks, artists, and more.
Free Fridays
We’re free each and every Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. with concerts, special events, activities, and more.
PMA Films
Experience Maine’s best selection of indie, foreign, art house, and award-winning cinema you can’t find anywhere else.
98 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Ian Cheney. In English. DCP.
The Arc of Oblivion explores a quirk of humankind: in a universe that erases its tracks, we humans are hellbent on leaving a trace. Director Ian Cheney will be in attendance to discuss the film at our Sunday, April 28 screening.
98 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Ian Cheney. In English. DCP.
The Arc of Oblivion explores a quirk of humankind: in a universe that erases its tracks, we humans are hellbent on leaving a trace. Director Ian Cheney will be in attendance to discuss the film at our Sunday, April 28 screening.
98 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Ian Cheney. In English. DCP.
The Arc of Oblivion explores a quirk of humankind: in a universe that erases its tracks, we humans are hellbent on leaving a trace. Director Ian Cheney will be in attendance to discuss the film at our Sunday, April 28 screening.
173 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Edward Yang. In Mandarin, Taiwanese, Japanese, and English with English subtitles. DCP.
Edward Yang’s final masterpiece follows a middle-class Taipei family over the course of one year. Widely considered one of the best films of the 21st century, Yi Yi placed in the top 100 greatest films of all time in Sight and Sound’s 2022 critics’ poll.
98 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Ian Cheney. In English. DCP.
The Arc of Oblivion explores a quirk of humankind: in a universe that erases its tracks, we humans are hellbent on leaving a trace. Director Ian Cheney will be in attendance to discuss the film at our Sunday, April 28 screening.
164 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Radu Jude. In Romanian and English with English subtitles. DCP.
Director Radu Jude (Aferim!) confirms his status as the Godard of the modern era with this brash, rigorous, and masterful Romanian comedy, which follows an exhausted production assistant through a day of spirit-crushing work and prankish online posting.
164 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Radu Jude. In Romanian and English with English subtitles. DCP.
Director Radu Jude (Aferim!) confirms his status as the Godard of the modern era with this brash, rigorous, and masterful Romanian comedy, which follows an exhausted production assistant through a day of spirit-crushing work and prankish online posting.
164 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Radu Jude. In Romanian and English with English subtitles. DCP.
Director Radu Jude (Aferim!) confirms his status as the Godard of the modern era with this brash, rigorous, and masterful Romanian comedy, which follows an exhausted production assistant through a day of spirit-crushing work and prankish online posting.
113 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Ken Loach. In English and Arabic with English subtitles. DCP.
The final film by Britain’s bard of the working class, Ken Loach (Kes) is a complex and touching tale of hope and resentment about the arrival of Syrian refugees to an English mining village.
113 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Ken Loach. In English and Arabic with English subtitles. DCP.
The final film by Britain’s bard of the working class, Ken Loach (Kes) is a complex and touching tale of hope and resentment about the arrival of Syrian refugees to an English mining village.
113 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Ken Loach. In English and Arabic with English subtitles. DCP.
The final film by Britain’s bard of the working class, Ken Loach (Kes) is a complex and touching tale of hope and resentment about the arrival of Syrian refugees to an English mining village.
113 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Ken Loach. In English and Arabic with English subtitles. DCP.
The final film by Britain’s bard of the working class, Ken Loach (Kes) is a complex and touching tale of hope and resentment about the arrival of Syrian refugees to an English mining village.
103 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Ethan Hawke. In English. DCP.
Directed and co-written by four-time Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke, WILDCAT invites the audience to weave in and out of celebrated Southern Gothic writer Flannery O’Connor’s mind as she ponders the great questions of her writing.
90 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by David Bickerstaff. In English. DCP.
Through interviews with curators, contemporary fashionistas and style influencers, this documentary examines how John Singer Sargent’s unique practice has influenced modern art, culture, and fashion.
103 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Ethan Hawke. In English. DCP.
Directed and co-written by four-time Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke, WILDCAT invites the audience to weave in and out of celebrated Southern Gothic writer Flannery O’Connor’s mind as she ponders the great questions of her writing.
90 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by David Bickerstaff. In English. DCP.
Through interviews with curators, contemporary fashionistas and style influencers, this documentary examines how John Singer Sargent’s unique practice has influenced modern art, culture, and fashion.
90 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by David Bickerstaff. In English. DCP.
Through interviews with curators, contemporary fashionistas and style influencers, this documentary examines how John Singer Sargent’s unique practice has influenced modern art, culture, and fashion.
103 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Ethan Hawke. In English. DCP.
Directed and co-written by four-time Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke, WILDCAT invites the audience to weave in and out of celebrated Southern Gothic writer Flannery O’Connor’s mind as she ponders the great questions of her writing.
90 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by David Bickerstaff. In English. DCP.
Through interviews with curators, contemporary fashionistas and style influencers, this documentary examines how John Singer Sargent’s unique practice has influenced modern art, culture, and fashion.
90 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by David Bickerstaff. In English. DCP.
Through interviews with curators, contemporary fashionistas and style influencers, this documentary examines how John Singer Sargent’s unique practice has influenced modern art, culture, and fashion.
90 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by David Bickerstaff. In English. DCP.
Through interviews with curators, contemporary fashionistas and style influencers, this documentary examines how John Singer Sargent’s unique practice has influenced modern art, culture, and fashion.
90 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by David Bickerstaff. In English. DCP.
Through interviews with curators, contemporary fashionistas and style influencers, this documentary examines how John Singer Sargent’s unique practice has influenced modern art, culture, and fashion.
90 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by David Bickerstaff. In English. DCP.
Through interviews with curators, contemporary fashionistas and style influencers, this documentary examines how John Singer Sargent’s unique practice has influenced modern art, culture, and fashion.
Marquee PMA Programs
Stay up to date with the tried and true programs that define the PMA.
YAM is an annual exhibition showcasing the incredible talent in Maine’s art education programs.
The Judy Glickman Lecture provides in-depth insight into the people, perspectives, and culture of photography.
The Friends of the Collection creates an opportunity for you to directly support the addition of specific artworks to the PMA’s collection, and this year’s acquisition focus is The Sights and Sounds of Night by Vincent Smith.
Featuring floral work by designers, artists, farmers, and florists from across southern Maine, the museum comes alive with fragrant blooms, extravagant displays, and incredible floral installations of all types—each inspired by an artwork from the museum’s collection.
As one of the PMA’s marquee programs, The Barnet Scholars Lecture is designed to have an established scholar lead conversations with museum colleagues on topics related to 20th-century American art.
The Leonard and Merle Nelson Social Justice Fund honors artists whose commitment to social justice is manifested in their work.
One of the biggest parties of the year and the perfect place to meet like-minded leaders, coming together to champion our region’s unique culture.
The PMA's flagship annual event, welcoming visionary cultural leaders, scholars, and thinkers to Maine.