PMA Films: Tributes to David Lynch and Gene Hackman, encores of Oscar winner No Other Land, and much more!

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Coming to PMA Films in April: "L.A. in Film: Wildfire Relief Series"

A special film series highlighting some of the great films set in Los Angeles, with proceeds benefiting wildfire relief.

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Coming to PMA Films in March: "David Lynch: Only in Dreams"

PMA Films is honored to pay tribute to one of the few filmmakers who have warranted their own adjective - “Lynchian” - with a series of films from this singular artist.

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Portland Press Herald: Penobscot basket maker Theresa Secord wins $100,000 award

Secord was the founding director of the Maine Indian Basket Makers Alliance for 21 years, and her work is in private collections and museums across the country.

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Hyperallergic: The Legendary Weavers of Black Mountain College

As a new book shows, the school’s teachings continue to influence creative practices.

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Boston Globe: For 93-year-old painter and sculptor Jo Sandman, living the life of an artist ‘my destiny’

Artist Jo Sandman, 93, right, works with curator Katherine French to archive and place decades' worth of her art in museum collections. Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff

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PMA Films: Oscar nominees The Seed of the Sacred Fig and No Other Land mix the personal and the urgently political

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PMA Films: A documentary and panel about arts criticism, plus Eno returns, Richard Gere in Oh, Canada, and an Oscar-shortlisted period drama

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Press Release: "Painting Energy" Opening at the Portland Museum of Art May 2025

“There is no place, even in New York City, where one can currently see a representative selection of the exciting and important paintings that have been done from the 1980s to the present. By helping to create a collection of these works at the Portland Museum of Art, the Alex Katz Foundation hopes to contribute to rectifying this situation.”—Alex Katz

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WGME: Art for all: Portland Museum of Art aims to inspire with accessible art

"Art for all.” That's the message of the Portland Museum of Art with the aim of making art accessible and open to everyone.

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News Center Maine: 'As We Are': New exhibit now open at Portland Museum of Art

“The exhibit features painting, photography, and sculpture from 14 artists with deep connections to Maine.”

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Portland Press Herald: Meet the 14 emerging Maine artists in the Portland Museum of Art’s ‘As We Are’

“None have shown their work at the PMA before.”

Photography by iBec Creative

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Portland Press Herald: How these up-and-coming Maine artists helped a curator learn about his new home

“Sayantan Mukhopadhyay, who moved to Maine last year to take a job at the Portland Museum of Art, got to know the state through the process of curating 'As We Are,' on view all winter.”

Photograph by iBec Creative

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Art in Bloom

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.

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News Center Maine: Portland Museum of Art continues efforts to broaden historical perspectives

The Portland Museum of Art is on a mission to re-examine its inventory through a different lens—all in the public eye. 

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Braiding the Land (2024)

Braiding the Land is an installation combining photography, sculpture, and text to recreate a narrative from a land-based performance. The original performance, titled Becomes Body of Water, took place on Wabanaki Territory at the Gilsland Farm Audubon Center in June of 2022.

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Portland Press Herald: Letter: Bring on the PMA’s expansion

And, while there is something to be said for routine, I am personally looking forward to the expansion into the neighboring property at 142 Free St.

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Bangor Daily News: The Portland Museum of Art makes ‘Art for All’ a reality

Art gives us the chance to see the world through the eyes of someone else, providing a glimpse into their lives, history and experiences, which can be profoundly different than our own. 

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