Families

This February school vacation week, the PMA is here to help you out with your winter doldrums with special open hours and family programming that includes artmaking activities for kids and adults.

We start by breaking our winter hours to open our doors on Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 18 and 19, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., specifically for families looking to fill the week with engaging experiences for their kids.

This February school vacation week, the PMA is here to help you out with your winter doldrums with special open hours and family programming that includes artmaking activities for kids and adults.

We start by breaking our winter hours to open our doors on Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 18 and 19, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., specifically for families looking to fill the week with engaging experiences for their kids.

This February school vacation week, the PMA is here to help you out with your winter doldrums with special open hours and family programming that includes artmaking activities for kids and adults.

We start by breaking our winter hours to open our doors on Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 18 and 19, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., specifically for families looking to fill the week with engaging experiences for their kids.

This February school vacation week, the PMA is here to help you out with your winter doldrums with special open hours and family programming that includes artmaking activities for kids and adults.

We start by breaking our winter hours to open our doors on Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 18 and 19, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., specifically for families looking to fill the week with engaging experiences for their kids.

This month we are inspired by the striking portraits of American photographer Richard Avedon in Richard Avedon: Portraits, 1952-1970, on view through February 17, 2019. While Avedon’s iconic portraits focus on the sitter’s face and clothing, he also sought to capture their personality. Come explore how to assemble a mixed-media portrait that shows a person’s character without depicting their face! What colors, symbols, or patterns will you use?

The PMA is opening its doors to young adults ages 13-19 for an all-access event. There will be free tickets to the Rolling Tapes Film Festival for you and your friends, as well as free food, a raffle, and giveaways. Also, enjoy drop-in pin making projects, gallery talks designed and run by our Homer High School Fellows, and check out the Richard Avedon show, featuring label text written by teens.

During Winter Break, the Portland Museum of Art is celebrating the work of LAIKA, the innovative stop-motion animation studio with screenings of all of their feature-length films, CORALINE (December 27th), PARANORMAN (December 28th), THE BOXTROLLS (December 29th), and KUBO & THE TWO STRINGS (December 30th). All screenings are FREE for ages 16 and under. 

Click the links below to learn more and buy tickets to each film

Come in from the cold and join us for this family day with special guest teaching artist Devon Kelley-Yurdin. Explore the wintry landscape with this fun paper-cutting activity and see what seasonal and festive creations you can make.

11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, December 29

Foundation Support:

Come embrace Isamu Noguchi's passion for play on the anniversary of his birthday with the PMA. During this Family Day, try out our exercises and use LEGO bricks to create your own playscapes, discover what you come up with, and explore Noguchi's vision of play as a powerful tool to build communities and nurture creativity in the everyday.

Ashley Bryan’s vibrant collage art has delighted children, readers, and art-lovers of all ages for generations. Visit the exhibition Painter and Poet: The Art of Ashley Bryan, on view through November 25, see the Theatre Ensemble of Color perform an adaptation of his beloved book Beautiful Blackbird, and make your own artworks in a similar style to the book’s incredible illustrations to accompany his words.