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From exhibition openings, guest lectures and gallery tours to family programs, community events and screenings of the world’s most impactful films—the PMA is your place to get together with family, friends, and loved ones.
All programs and events take place in-person at the Portland Museum of Art unless otherwise noted.
PMA Picks
Our favorite upcoming events, programs, and experiences. You might even say they’re curated.
Dive into Cig Harvey’s world of large-format photography, as she and Anjuli Lebowitz, Judy Glickman Lauder Curator of Photography, explore how Maine influences Harvey’s work and its extraordinary interplay of beauty, color, joy, and ephemerality.
Join Passamaquoddy Artist Jeremy Frey for a live demonstration and insight into his basket weaving process.
A lively panel discussion about Maine artist Marsden Hartley, celebrating the recent gift of four paintings by Hartley from the Alex Katz Foundation.
Visit the museum for free all day with an ever-changing monthly party.
102 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Jazmin Jones. In English. DCP.
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing taught millions globally, but the software’s Haitian-born cover model vanished decades ago. Two DIY detectives search for the model while posing questions about identity and artificial intelligence.
102 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Jazmin Jones. In English. DCP.
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing taught millions globally, but the software’s Haitian-born cover model vanished decades ago. Two DIY detectives search for the model while posing questions about identity and artificial intelligence.
102 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Jazmin Jones. In English. DCP.
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing taught millions globally, but the software’s Haitian-born cover model vanished decades ago. Two DIY detectives search for the model while posing questions about identity and artificial intelligence.
102 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Jazmin Jones. In English. DCP.
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing taught millions globally, but the software’s Haitian-born cover model vanished decades ago. Two DIY detectives search for the model while posing questions about identity and artificial intelligence.
Engage in art-making activities with local artists, explore the galleries, and connect with others.
Join us and fellow Director’s Circle and Contemporaries Council members for a reception and early access to our newest exhibition, As We Are.
As We Are is a dynamic snapshot of contemporary art in America today, presented through the lens of 14 emerging artists connected to Maine. Join us for a preview, just for our members.
Visit the museum for free all day with an ever-changing monthly party.
Full Calendar
Access for All on Third Thursdays
Every third Thursday of the month the PMA is free throughout the entire day and during extended hours, making Access for All last from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. with an evening party with musicians, food trucks, artists, and more.
Free Fridays
We’re free each and every Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. with concerts, special events, activities, and more.
PMA Films
Experience Maine’s best selection of indie, foreign, art house, and award-winning cinema you can’t find anywhere else.
107 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie. In English and Secwepemctsín with English subtitles. DCP.
A stunning tribute to the resilience of Native people and their way of life, the debut feature documentary from Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie is an epic cinematic portrait of a community during a moment of international reckoning.
107 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie. In English and Secwepemctsín with English subtitles. DCP.
A stunning tribute to the resilience of Native people and their way of life, the debut feature documentary from Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie is an epic cinematic portrait of a community during a moment of international reckoning.
107 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie. In English and Secwepemctsín with English subtitles. DCP.
A stunning tribute to the resilience of Native people and their way of life, the debut feature documentary from Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie is an epic cinematic portrait of a community during a moment of international reckoning.
108 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Charles Chrichton. In English.
An American flirts with a crook, a barrister and a mercenary to find diamonds in London in this classic caper, screening as part of “Jeremy Frey Selects.”
107 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie. In English and Secwepemctsín with English subtitles. DCP.
A stunning tribute to the resilience of Native people and their way of life, the debut feature documentary from Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie is an epic cinematic portrait of a community during a moment of international reckoning.
107 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie. In English and Secwepemctsín with English subtitles. DCP.
A stunning tribute to the resilience of Native people and their way of life, the debut feature documentary from Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie is an epic cinematic portrait of a community during a moment of international reckoning.
114 minutes. Rated PG. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. In English. DCP.
One of the great paranoid thrillers, Francis Ford Coppola’s masterpiece screens in a new 4K restoration in commemoration of the film’s 50th anniversary.
114 minutes. Rated PG. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. In English. DCP.
One of the great paranoid thrillers, Francis Ford Coppola’s masterpiece screens in a new 4K restoration in commemoration of the film’s 50th anniversary.
114 minutes. Rated PG. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. In English. DCP.
One of the great paranoid thrillers, Francis Ford Coppola’s masterpiece screens in a new 4K restoration in commemoration of the film’s 50th anniversary.
49 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Harald Prins and Karen Carter. In English.
Showing as a companion to our current exhibit, Jeremy Frey: Woven, Our Lives In Our Hands examines the traditional Native American craft of split ash basketmaking as a means of economic and cultural survival for Aroostook Micmac Indians of northern Maine.
114 minutes. Rated PG. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. In English. DCP.
One of the great paranoid thrillers, Francis Ford Coppola’s masterpiece screens in a new 4K restoration in commemoration of the film’s 50th anniversary.
114 minutes. Rated PG. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. In English. DCP.
One of the great paranoid thrillers, Francis Ford Coppola’s masterpiece screens in a new 4K restoration in commemoration of the film’s 50th anniversary.
169 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Victor Erice. In Spanish and Catalan with English subtitles. DCP.
Victor Erice’s (The Spirit of the Beehive) first film in 31 years is an entrancing journey into cinema and memory, about a filmmaker examining an abandoned work in hopes of finding his vanished lead actor.
169 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Victor Erice. In Spanish and Catalan with English subtitles. DCP.
Victor Erice’s (The Spirit of the Beehive) first film in 31 years is an entrancing journey into cinema and memory, about a filmmaker examining an abandoned work in hopes of finding his vanished lead actor.
169 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Victor Erice. In Spanish and Catalan with English subtitles. DCP.
Victor Erice’s (The Spirit of the Beehive) first film in 31 years is an entrancing journey into cinema and memory, about a filmmaker examining an abandoned work in hopes of finding his vanished lead actor.
169 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Victor Erice. In Spanish and Catalan with English subtitles. DCP.
Victor Erice’s (The Spirit of the Beehive) first film in 31 years is an entrancing journey into cinema and memory, about a filmmaker examining an abandoned work in hopes of finding his vanished lead actor.
169 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Victor Erice. In Spanish and Catalan with English subtitles. DCP.
Victor Erice’s (The Spirit of the Beehive) first film in 31 years is an entrancing journey into cinema and memory, about a filmmaker examining an abandoned work in hopes of finding his vanished lead actor.
90 minutes. Rated R. Directed by India Donaldson. In English. DCP.
17-year-old Sam (Lily Collias) is forced to play mediator and peacemaker while on a three-day backpacking trip in the Catskills with her father (James Le Gros) and his oldest friend (Danny McCarthy), whose gently contentious back-and-forth threatens to reach a boiling point as their trek goes along.
90 minutes. Rated R. Directed by India Donaldson. In English. DCP.
17-year-old Sam (Lily Collias) is forced to play mediator and peacemaker while on a three-day backpacking trip in the Catskills with her father (James Le Gros) and his oldest friend (Danny McCarthy), whose gently contentious back-and-forth threatens to reach a boiling point as their trek goes along.
90 minutes. Rated R. Directed by India Donaldson. In English. DCP.
17-year-old Sam (Lily Collias) is forced to play mediator and peacemaker while on a three-day backpacking trip in the Catskills with her father (James Le Gros) and his oldest friend (Danny McCarthy), whose gently contentious back-and-forth threatens to reach a boiling point as their trek goes along.
90 minutes. Rated R. Directed by India Donaldson. In English. DCP.
17-year-old Sam (Lily Collias) is forced to play mediator and peacemaker while on a three-day backpacking trip in the Catskills with her father (James Le Gros) and his oldest friend (Danny McCarthy), whose gently contentious back-and-forth threatens to reach a boiling point as their trek goes along.
90 minutes. Rated R. Directed by India Donaldson. In English. DCP.
17-year-old Sam (Lily Collias) is forced to play mediator and peacemaker while on a three-day backpacking trip in the Catskills with her father (James Le Gros) and his oldest friend (Danny McCarthy), whose gently contentious back-and-forth threatens to reach a boiling point as their trek goes along.
102 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Jazmin Jones. In English. DCP.
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing taught millions globally, but the software’s Haitian-born cover model vanished decades ago. Two DIY detectives search for the model while posing questions about identity and artificial intelligence.
102 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Jazmin Jones. In English. DCP.
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing taught millions globally, but the software’s Haitian-born cover model vanished decades ago. Two DIY detectives search for the model while posing questions about identity and artificial intelligence.
90 minutes. Rated R. Directed by India Donaldson. In English. DCP.
17-year-old Sam (Lily Collias) is forced to play mediator and peacemaker while on a three-day backpacking trip in the Catskills with her father (James Le Gros) and his oldest friend (Danny McCarthy), whose gently contentious back-and-forth threatens to reach a boiling point as their trek goes along.
102 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Jazmin Jones. In English. DCP.
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing taught millions globally, but the software’s Haitian-born cover model vanished decades ago. Two DIY detectives search for the model while posing questions about identity and artificial intelligence.
102 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Jazmin Jones. In English. DCP.
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing taught millions globally, but the software’s Haitian-born cover model vanished decades ago. Two DIY detectives search for the model while posing questions about identity and artificial intelligence.
Marquee PMA Programs
Stay up to date with the tried and true programs that define the PMA.
YAM is an annual exhibition showcasing the incredible talent in Maine’s art education programs.
The Judy Glickman Lecture provides in-depth insight into the people, perspectives, and culture of photography.
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.
As one of the PMA’s marquee programs, The Barnet Scholars Lecture is designed to have an established scholar lead conversations with museum colleagues on topics related to 20th-century American art.
The Leonard and Merle Nelson Social Justice Fund honors artists whose commitment to social justice is manifested in their work.
One of the biggest parties of the year and the perfect place to meet like-minded leaders, coming together to champion our region’s unique culture.
The PMA's flagship annual event, welcoming visionary cultural leaders, scholars, and thinkers to Maine.