Posts in Exhibitions
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.”

Photograph by iBec Creative

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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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PBS News Hour: Artist takes ancient tradition of basket weaving in new directions

"Artist takes ancient tradition of basket weaving in new directions"—PBS News

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The Art Fuse: Visual Arts Review: Baskets of Wonder – Jeremy Frey at the Portland Museum

"Beyond rich allusions to the past, Jeremy Frey and his generation of basket-makers are also creating objects that will leave your eyes spinning."—The Art Fuse

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Portland Press Herald: See the world from artist Peggy Bacon’s satirical view at 2 shows in Maine

"The 20th-century caricature artist, whose work appeared in The New Yorker and Vanity Fair, spent the end of her life in southern Maine."—The Portland Press Herald

Image credit: Peggy Bacon (United States, 1895 - 1987), Peggy Bacon from Off with their Heads!, 1934, clothbound hardcover book with 39 offset lithograph illustrations on paper, 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 1/2 inches. Museum purchase with support from the Barbara Cash Collection, 2023.31. Image courtesy Petegorsky/Gipe Photo

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Rachel Gloria Adams

Rachel Gloria Adams is a multidisciplinary artist living in Portland. Adams has developed a vibrant, graphic pattern–based visual language filled with references to the natural world that possess an heirloom quality.

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Elana Adler

Elana Adler is a multidisciplinary artist born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and currently based in Portland. She received a BFA in textiles from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2008 and an MFA in fibers and material studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2017

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Maya Tihtiyas Attean

Maya Tihtiyas Attean is a Wabanaki artist living and working in Portland. She grew up on Alnabe Menahan, the Penobscot Nation Reservation. Her work has evolved into using photography to create art reflecting her ancestry, resiliency, and culture.

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Oscar Chacon

Oscar Chacon is a Texas-based artist whose creative practices and processes focus on producing mixed-media, paper-based drawings. His art draws inspiration from photography, performance, film, video, and nature.

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James Parker Foley

James Parker Foley grew up in New Hampshire playing in the woods, scrambling on rocks, and falling into frog ponds. He earned his BA in environmental humanities at Sterling College in Vermont in 2015 and his MFA at the Maine College of Art in 2020.

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Meg Hahn

Meg Hahn is an artist and arts organizer based in Portland. Her work has been included in exhibitions at the University of New England, Dunes, Zero Station, SOIL, Perimeter Gallery, and the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, among others.

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Dylan Hausthor

Dylan Hausthor is an artist based on an island off the coast of Maine. They received their BFA from the Maine College of Art and MFA from the Yale School of Art. They work teaching ghost hunting, ritual, photography, and mushroom foraging.

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Jenny Ibsen

Jenny Ibsen is an artist, restaurant worker, and organizer based in Portland. She has shown works in a number of group shows across Maine, including at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, New Systems Exhibitions, Lights Out, Fort Hall Gallery, and BUOY Gallery, as well as Wing On Wo & Co. in Manhattan.

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Hector Nevarez Magaña

Hector Nevarez Magaña is a Mexican American photographer living and working in Portland. Originally from East Palo Alto, California, Hector attended Bowdoin College, where he received his BA in visual arts in 2016.

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Tessa Greene O’Brien

A Maine native, Tessa Greene O’Brien is an artist and curator based in South Portland. She received a BS degree in fine art from Skidmore College and an MFA from the Maine College of Art and Design.

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Brian Smith

Brian Smith is a Portland-based artist who works in sculpture, painting, and drawing. He is inspired by queer ecological theory and what it offers in the context of climate change.

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Jay Stern

Jay Stern received a BFA in painting from the University of Cincinnati and an MFA in arts leadership from Seattle University. This year Stern will exhibit two solo presentations in Portland, Maine, and Los Angeles and show new work in a group exhibition at UTA Artist Space in Atlanta.

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Anna Valenti

Anna Valenti was born in Lake George, New York, and trained in ceramics. Her artistic practice brings together fiber clay, hemp, and lime and builds upon weaving structures and gathering spaces to explore connectivity.

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Holden Willard

Holden Willard is a painter based in Portland. He graduated from Montserrat College of Art in May 2021 with a BFA in painting, but his interests encompass multiple mediums, including printmaking, performance, collage, and woodworking.

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