That's a wrap for Art in Bloom 2023!

Art in Bloom arrived at the PMA just at the right time to get us out of the winter doldrums and feel the spring vibes

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This year marked the largest Art in Bloom in recent history, with 21 floral designers creating art-inspired arrangements in the galleries. The designers brought their artwork inspirations to life with floral arrangements, and we were lucky enough to catch some of them in the galleries making their final touches!

The galleries bloomed with visitors all week to experience these arrangements. (Yes, the flowers smelled as good as they looked.) Audiences also enjoyed special floral programming including a centerpiece workshop with Katie Lovins of Clo Floral, auditorium programs with Wild Seed Project and Backyard Blooms, musical performances by Portland Symphony Orchestra and Katie Oberholtzer Quartet, and more.

Thank you to the over 5,000 visitors who explored the galleries and made this year’s Art in Bloom an event to remember! The energy and excitement continues with upcoming programs like Slow Art Day, Third Thursdays, Family Day, and more, so save the dates and register today.

Programs & Events
Gentle Yoga in the Galleries
Jan 9
Gentle Yoga in the Galleries

Start your morning surrounded by art. Join Gretchen Campos from Greener Postures Yoga. Enjoy a yoga session designed for all levels, blending mindful movement with the peaceful atmosphere of the museum’s galleries. Chairs will be available for an adapted practice.

Artmaking for Wellness: Artist facilitated Paper Mandalas drop-in session
Jan 9
Artmaking for Wellness: Artist facilitated Paper Mandalas drop-in session

Tap into a mindful art-making exercise in the galleries led by artist Cat LaBarre. This is a drop-in session, open to all.

Art & Medicine: Slow Art Gallery Session
Jan 9
Art & Medicine: Slow Art Gallery Session

Join us for a focused Slow Art experience that connects close looking with restorative attention. Together, we’ll spend time with a single artwork, exploring how sustained observation can support reflection, presence, and well-being. Led by Dr. Sam Woodworth, Hospitalist at Maine Medical Center.

PMA Films: "Reflections": 24 Frames (2017)
Jan 10
PMA Films: "Reflections": 24 Frames (2017)

114 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Abbas Kiarostami. No dialogue. DCP.

A sustained meditation on the process of image making, 24 Frames is a graceful and elegiac farewell from one of the giants of world cinema.

New Year Intention Writing Workshop
Jan 15
New Year Intention Writing Workshop

Join us in this writing workshop to reflect on the highs and lows of the past year, finding out what we’ve learned, setting forth goals to transform into intentions, and discovering what we’d like to manifest in the New Year.

PMA Films: "Reflections": 24 Frames (2017)
Jan 15
PMA Films: "Reflections": 24 Frames (2017)

114 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Abbas Kiarostami. No dialogue. DCP.

A sustained meditation on the process of image making, 24 Frames is a graceful and elegiac farewell from one of the giants of world cinema.

Artmaking for Wellness: Artist facilitated drop-in session
Jan 15
Artmaking for Wellness: Artist facilitated drop-in session

Tap into a mindful art-making exercise in the galleries led by artist Cat LaBarre. This is a drop-in session, open to all.

Gentle Yoga in the Galleries
Jan 16
Gentle Yoga in the Galleries

Start your morning surrounded by art. Join Gretchen Campos from Greener Postures Yoga. Enjoy a yoga session designed for all levels, blending mindful movement with the peaceful atmosphere of the museum’s galleries. Chairs will be available for an adapted practice.

Noontime Talk: Embodied Looking with the Alexander Technique
Jan 16
Noontime Talk: Embodied Looking with the Alexander Technique

Unwind your body, quiet habitual tension, and tune into a deeper sense of ease during this 30-minute guided session rooted in the principles of the Alexander Technique. Among the artwork, explore gentle awareness practices to support poise, presence, and slower, more attentive looking.

PMA Films: "Reflections": Memoria (2021)
Jan 17
PMA Films: "Reflections": Memoria (2021)

136 minutes. Rated PG. Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. In English and Spanish with English subtitles. DCP.

One of the great films of the decade, Memoria stars Tilda Swinton as a woman experiencing a mysterious sensory syndrome while traversing the jungles of Colombia.

New Year Intention Writing Workshop
Jan 17
New Year Intention Writing Workshop

Join us in this writing workshop to reflect on the highs and lows of the past year, finding out what we’ve learned, setting forth goals to transform into intentions, and discovering what we’d like to manifest in the New Year.

PMA Films: "Reflections": Memoria (2021)
Jan 22
PMA Films: "Reflections": Memoria (2021)

136 minutes. Rated PG. Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. In English and Spanish with English subtitles. DCP.

One of the great films of the decade, Memoria stars Tilda Swinton as a woman experiencing a mysterious sensory syndrome while traversing the jungles of Colombia.

Gentle Yoga in the Galleries
Jan 23
Gentle Yoga in the Galleries

Start your morning surrounded by art. Join Gretchen Campos from Greener Postures Yoga. Enjoy a yoga session designed for all levels, blending mindful movement with the peaceful atmosphere of the museum’s galleries. Chairs will be available for an adapted practice.

Noontime Talk: Stillness and Abstraction
Jan 23
Noontime Talk: Stillness and Abstraction

Join us for a guided session combining mindfulness and Trompe l’oeil artworks, focusing on perception, presence, and the art of seeing closely.

PMA Films: "Reflections": Wisdom of Happiness
Jan 23
PMA Films: "Reflections": Wisdom of Happiness

90 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Barbara Miller and Philip Delaquis. In English. DCP.

With disarming clarity and deep humanity, the Dalai Lama invites us to imagine — and help create — a world where compassion is activated as our strongest force for change, and happiness is within reach for everyone.

In Conversation: Medicine Through the Arts | Lecture
Jan 24
In Conversation: Medicine Through the Arts | Lecture

Explore a groundbreaking collaboration between the Portland Museum of Art and Maine Medical Center—where art is reshaping how clinicians see, listen, and care. This Mindful Museum Month program highlights a decade of partnership that brings medical practitioners into the galleries to sharpen perception, deepen empathy, and cultivate more attentive, human-centered practice.

PMA Films: "Reflections": Wisdom of Happiness
Jan 24
PMA Films: "Reflections": Wisdom of Happiness

90 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Barbara Miller and Philip Delaquis. In English. DCP.

With disarming clarity and deep humanity, the Dalai Lama invites us to imagine — and help create — a world where compassion is activated as our strongest force for change, and happiness is within reach for everyone.

PMA Films: Unless Something Goes Terribly Wrong (Encore Screening)
Jan 25
PMA Films: Unless Something Goes Terribly Wrong (Encore Screening)

73 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Kaitlyn Schwalje and Alex Wolf Lewis. In English. DCP.

As America’s aging wastewater systems begin to fail, one plant and its motley crew of unlikely heroes do all they can to stay afloat.

PMA Films: "Reflections": Wisdom of Happiness
Jan 29
PMA Films: "Reflections": Wisdom of Happiness

90 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Barbara Miller and Philip Delaquis. In English. DCP.

With disarming clarity and deep humanity, the Dalai Lama invites us to imagine — and help create — a world where compassion is activated as our strongest force for change, and happiness is within reach for everyone.

Noontime Talk | Collection Spotlight: Slow Art
Jan 30
Noontime Talk | Collection Spotlight: Slow Art

Quiet your mind, relieve stress, and get into a contemplative mood with this 30-minute guided mindfulness session, held in the heart of the galleries. Take a pause in your day to reconnect through breath and stillness in a setting that invites presence and slow looking.

Ben Cosgrove "Topograph" Album Release
Jan 30
Ben Cosgrove "Topograph" Album Release

The PMA is pleased to welcome traveling composer-performer Ben Cosgrove for a special performance in celebration of his forthcoming album, Topograph. Available on vinyl, CD, and digital formats on January 30th, 2026.

Daisy Desrosiers and Ming Smith in Conversation | Lecture
Feb 4
Daisy Desrosiers and Ming Smith in Conversation | Lecture

Directors Circle and Contemporaries Council members are invited to an opening reception celebrating Ming Smith: Jazz Requiem—Notations in Blue featuring a special conversation between artist Ming Smith and Daisy Desrosiers, The David and Francie Horvitz Family Foundation Director and Chief Curator at The Gund at Kenyon College.

Members Preview Day and Reception: "Ming Smith: Jazz Requiem—Notations in Blue"
Feb 5
Members Preview Day and Reception: "Ming Smith: Jazz Requiem—Notations in Blue"

Members of the Portland Museum of Art are invited to join us for an exclusive preview day of Ming Smith: Jazz Requiem—Notations in Blue before it opens to the public. Following in the evening, a reception will feature a cash bar, light refreshments, and 20% off in the PMA store.

Noontime Talk: Glass Sugar Bowls and Portland’s Sugar Economy 
Feb 6
Noontime Talk: Glass Sugar Bowls and Portland’s Sugar Economy 

 Join Seth Goldstein, Director of the Cushing’s Point Museum, for a conversation about 19th-century glass sugar bowls and their ties to Portland’s role in the global sugar trade. This spotlight from Passages explores how everyday heirlooms reveal the city’s entanglement with histories of slavery, commerce, and refinement. 

Mornings at the Museum: "Ming Smith: Jazz Requiem—Notations in Blue"
Feb 11
Mornings at the Museum: "Ming Smith: Jazz Requiem—Notations in Blue"

A breakfast networking event with exclusive access to curator-led tours of the new exhibition Ming Smith: Jazz Requiem—Notations in Blue.

Members Lecture: "Ming Smith: Jazz Requiem—Notations in Blue"
Feb 26
Members Lecture: "Ming Smith: Jazz Requiem—Notations in Blue"

Members of the Portland Museum of Art are invited to join us for a lecture about Ming Smith: Jazz Requiem—Notations in Blue with Anjuli Lebowitz, PhD, Judy Glickman Lauder Curator of Photography.

Winter Bash 2026
Mar 7
Winter Bash 2026

The Winter Bash is the PMA’s biggest art party of the year, where the chill of winter meets the warmth of artistic expression.

Director's Circle Tour: "Ming Smith: Jazz Requiem—Notations in Blue"
Mar 11
Director's Circle Tour: "Ming Smith: Jazz Requiem—Notations in Blue"

Director's Circle members are invited to meet at the Cumberland Club for snacks and drinks, and then participate in a tour of Ming Smith: Jazz Requiem—Notations in Blue with Anjuli Lebowitz, PhD, Judy Glickman Lauder Curator of Photography

Contemporaries Tour: "Ming Smith: Jazz Requiem—Notations in Blue"
Apr 30
Contemporaries Tour: "Ming Smith: Jazz Requiem—Notations in Blue"

Join us for a private tour of Ming Smith: Jazz Requiem—Notations in Bluewith Anjuli Lebowitz, Judy Glickman Lauder Curator of Photography

 
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