Contemporaries Council

Want to stay up to date on global trends in art, fashion, design, and cuisine, as well as keep current on what’s going on in their community?

Contemporaries Council members choose to live in and around Portland because of the city’s potential as an incubator for creative and entrepreneurial endeavors, and for the close-knit community that enables connections and inspires support.

Together with the PMA, the Contemporaries Council actively explores ways to enhance the local creative economy, with meetups beyond the PMA and out in the community, lifting the tide for all. Through their philanthropic support of the PMA, the Council reduces barriers and degrees of separation within Maine’s entire cultural community and brings people together.

Choose from 3 monthly payment options

$1,000/year

$1,500/year

$2,500/year

Free admission at the PMA and more than 1,000 art museums around the country through MARP (Museum Alliance Reciprocal Program), NARM (North American Reciprocal Museum), and ROAM (Reciprocal Organization of Associated Museums)

Invitations to Art After Hours and exclusive curator-led tours
Invitation to the annual Sunset Soiree at the Winslow Homer Studio (only open to Council members)
Invitations to Evening Previews and Opening Receptions with the Judy and Leonard Lauder Director celebrating major exhibitions
Invitations to the Winter Bash, Summer Party, and Holiday Open House
Complimentary admission to Sunday matinee PMA Films (maximum two tickets per visit)
Subscription to PMA Magazine
Two membership cards
- OR receive a digital membership card to replace a traditional hard plastic card
Unlimited admission for two adults and all children under 18 when accompanied by a member
Invitations for two individuals to members-only special exhibition preview days
Priority notification and invitations to attend annual lectures; Barnet Scholar’s Weekend, Photography Fund Lecture, Bernard Osher Lecture, and Nelson Social Justice Fund Lecture
10% discount in the PMA Store and the PMA Café by The Black Tie Company
Personalized membership cards
Subscription to members-only emails with PMA news and special opportunities
Access to select members-only PMA Films and PMA Collection tours
Monthly members-only email on current and upcoming exhibitions
Monthly personalized members-only email on PMA programs and events
Ability to purchase discounted PMA Films tickets
Ability to purchase discounted guest passes ($5 off)
Ability to purchase discounted tickets to museum events and programs
Ability to purchase discounted tickets to Winslow Homer Studio Tours

Contact Ashleigh McKown, Director of Philanthropy, at (207) 494-5346 or amckown@portlandmuseum.org for more information about the Contemporaries Council.