Events
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Museum Playdates
Museum Playdate is a monthly morning for young children and their caregivers to slow down, explore, and make things together. Our educator-led experiences are designed for our youngest visitors and…
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August 20: Third Thursday, Art for All!
Third Thursdays at the PMA is Art for All! On the third Thursday of every month, the PMA offers free admission all day and evening for all. Explore the galleries,…
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The Art of Intaglio Printmaking: Live Demonstrations
Discover the printmaking process behind the exhibition Winslow Homer: Painter, Etcher. Printmaker Winslow Trainum demonstrates the art of intaglio printmaking, inking an etched copper plate, wiping it by hand, and…
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Drop-in Mobile Making with ArtVan
Join ArtVan’s teaching artists for a drop-in mobile-making activity using mixed media and spiral-cutting techniques. This relaxed, hands-on experience encourages presence and experimentation, with each participant creating a mandala mobile…
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Concerts on Congress with Tall Heights
Tall Heights performs a free, all ages outdoor set in the David E. Shaw Sculpture Park Third Thursday. This event is part of Concerts on Congress, presented by The Portland…
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Noontime Talk: Mindfulness in the Galleries with Maine Afro Yoga Project
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…
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Four-Day Course | PICTURING MAINE: The Wyeth Family in Historical Context
An immersive art history course at the Portland Museum of Art and offsite in Midcoast Maine Maine has captivated artists, writers, and promoters for over two centuries as an imagined…
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SOLD OUT | 2026 Judy Glickman Lauder Photography Lecture: Sally Mann
Portland Museum of Art 7 Congress Square, Portland, ME, United States12:00 p.m. (doors open at 11:30 a.m.) Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium Join us for a rare opportunity to hear acclaimed artist and New York Times bestselling author Sally Mann share the challenges and transcendent pleasures of the creative process. Art…
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Museum Playdates
Museum Playdate is a monthly morning for young children and their caregivers to slow down, explore, and make things together. Our educator-led experiences are designed for our youngest visitors and…
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Third Thursday
Third Thursdays at the PMA is Art for All! On the third Thursday of every month, the PMA offers free admission all day and evening for all. Explore the galleries,…
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Lecture: The History That Inspired Homer
Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium 7 Congress Square, Portland, ME, United StatesDelve deeper into Winslow Homer: Painter, Etcher through the maritime traditions and historic events that inspired some of the artist’s most celebrated works. This illustrated lecture explores the perilous North Atlantic fishery,…
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Coastal Imaginings: Artist Panel Discussion with Patricia Brace, Ethan Murrow, and Joshua Reiman
Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium 7 Congress Square, Portland, ME, United StatesJoshua Reiman, Vanished into Plein Air, 2015 Super 8 film still 9:09 min 3‑Channel Super 8 to HD video & Super 16mm video, with voiceover by Lowry Burgess. In Search of the Miraculous — Jumping Ship, Dahlbreen Glacier, 2025…
Free; registration requested. Walk-ins welcome.
