This Is Maine

From December 8, 2017 to March 11, 2018, This is Maine connected visitors to the 2018 Portland Museum of Art Biennial as well as artwork throughout the galleries.

This is Maine emphasized the impact our sense of place can have on our creative pursuits. 

The PMA is filled with artists’ renderings of this state. Together, these works chronicle more than just the peculiarities of Maine’s geography. They tell you about the experience of being in a specific place, at a specific moment. They hint at the back-and-forth between our environment and our emotions. In this Workshop installation, we’re asking visitors to think of Maine as a map, and contribute points on that map that, to them, evoke a specific feeling. It could be a little coffee shop, a giant pothole, serene blueberry patches, or the crashing waves. The collection of these points will present the ever changing landscape of our state, ripe with meaning and memories.