The Portland Museum of Art believes museums need a paradigm shift that delivers on the promise of Art for All, and has announced an ambitious new vision that enables the PMA to be a leader in New England, a keystone for its communities, and a catalyst for the region's economy.
Read MoreThe Portland Museum of Art is proud to announce the hire of Ramey Mize as the museum’s Assistant Curator of American Art. Mize will begin her role at the PMA in March, and immediately support the museum’s Art for All mission to provide a strong artistic vision that drives conversation, creativity, cultural vitality, and economic impact.
Read MoreDiscover more about our recent acquisition to the PMA collection, "Are You Happy" by Eleanor Kipping.
Read MoreFeaturing both emerging and more established artists living today, the exhibition presents 21st-century art from an unprecedented cross-section of artists living in Maine, the Canadian Maritimes, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Faroe Islands, Finland, Sweden, and Denmark as well as Indigenous Nations throughout the region.
Read MoreLooking at art can help us slow down, focus on the present, and connect. Watch recordings of our Midday Mindfulness programs whenever you need a moment of reflection.
Read MoreThe Portland Museum of Art (PMA) is proud to announce that Judy Glickman Lauder—photographer, collector, humanitarian, advocate, philanthropist, and community builder—has made a monumental gift of more than 600 works of art to the museum through a Promised Gift, immediately transforming and cementing the PMA as an international destination for photography.
Read MoreDiscover more about our recent acquisition to the PMA collection, "The Finishing Line (Au But)" by Alfred Boucher.
Read MoreDiscover more about our recent acquisition to the PMA collection, "This Could All Be Yours," 2020 by Derrick Adams.
Read MoreLearn more about our recent acquisition to the PMA collection, "Study Near Warwick, New York," 1873 by David Johnson.
Read MoreWe love hearing from our colleagues about their favorite artworks in the PMA Collection. Here, Greg Norstrom shares why he loves Patrick Jacobs' "Fly Agaric Mushroom Cluster with Branch and Lichen."
Read MoreLooking at art can help us slow down, reflect, focus on the present, and connect. Using artwork to ground our mindfulness practice cultivates skills such as close looking and empathy, while also helping us to be more self-aware. During this digital session from March, PMA staff led a guided meditation centered on artwork in the PMA’s collection.
Read MoreLooking at art can help us slow down, reflect, focus on the present, and connect. Using artwork to ground our mindfulness practice cultivates skills such as close looking and empathy, while also helping us to be more self-aware. During this digital session from February, PMA staff led a guided meditation centered on artwork in the PMA’s collection.
Read MoreTake a break in your day to slow down and enjoy the process of looking at art together. Join Christian Adame, Peggy L. Osher Director of Learning and Community Collaboration, for a virtual, guided, 30-minute session that took place in February.
Read MoreTake a break in your day to slow down and enjoy the process of looking at art together. Join Christian Adame, Peggy L. Osher Director of Learning and Community Collaboration, for a virtual, guided, 30-minute session that took place in January.
Read MoreThis program designed specifically for educators features PMA staff in conversation with Fiona Hopper and Bridgid Neptune. Tune in to explore the exhibition Stories of Maine: An Incomplete History, learn about PMA Resources, and discuss how to utilize multiple perspectives in the classroom.
Read MoreWe love hearing from our colleagues about their favorite artworks in the PMA Collection. Here, Ashleigh Hill shares why she loves the haunting image of Florence Leyland by James Abbott McNeill Whistler.
Read MoreWinslow Homer and Frederic Remington both depicted Indigenous people in their work in varying capacities. Two Maine experts discuss the layers of meaning and implications behind those depictions.
Read MoreHear from all three curators at the PMA for a conversation about the new exhibition Freedom, A Fable. Together, they touch upon the mission and themes behind the show, and examine how the featured historic and contemporary artworks from the PMA collection inspire complex dialogues around race, representation, and American history.
Read MoreIn this virtual conversation for the PMA, Barbara Haskell, long-time curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, shares her latest exhibition: Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925–1945,
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