The Maine Art Museum Trail 2021 Digital Program Series

 
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The PMA is a proud member of the Maine Art Museum Trail and participant in this important series. Museums are at a moment of reckoning. Immense social, political, and financial pressure is testing the foundations of institutions, prompting examination of history, the need for change, and the process to acknowledge, repair, and heal. 

  This spring, The Maine Art Museum Trail presents a digital program series that explores the notion of “making a home” and what that means for institutions and the communities they exist within, bringing to light the stories that have not been told and reflect on the changing museum field. 

Conversations and lectures will be hosted on Zoom and are FREE of charge.

Watch the recording From Tuesday, March 23

A Conversation with The Maine Art Museum Trail Directors

  • Christopher Newell | Abbe Museum 

  • Amanda Lahikainen | Ogunquit Museum of American Art 

  • Jennifer Pye | Monhegan Museum of Art & History 

  • Anne Collins Goodyear and Frank H. Goodyear | Bowdoin College Museum of Art

Join four of the nine Directors of The Maine Art Museum Trail members in conversation about the past, present, and future of their own institutions as well as the entirety of the landscape of art, museums, and cultural communities in Maine and beyond.

Moderated by Mark Bessire, Judy and Leonard Lauder Director, Portland Museum of Art 

6 p.m. Tuesday, April 20

Lecture with Zoe Sahloul and Philippa Hughes

Zoe Sahloul is the Founder and Executive Director of the New England Arab American Organization (NEAAO). Zoe Sahloul, is an immigrant and a prominent and active member of the Arab Americans community, she has recognized the growing need in our community for a variety of services.

Philippa Hughes is a Social Sculptor and Creative Strategist who produces art-fueled projects that spark humanizing and compassionate conversations between people who might not normally meet. She leads CuriosityConnects.us, a partner in Looking For America, which is a national series inviting politically diverse guests to break bread and talk to each other face-to-face using art as a starting point for relationship-building conversations that can transform society.

6 p.m. Tuesday, May 4

Lecture with Maulian Dana

Maulian Dana is the first individual to hold the position of the Penobscot Nation Tribal Ambassador. Through her role of an Ambassador, Dana presents issues important to both the Penobscot Nation and to ever wider Native and non-Native audiences. These issues range from land use, water use and tribal sovereignty, to violence against Native American women, the eradication of the use of Native American mascots, and replacing Columbus Day with a holiday that honors the Indigenous communities present thousands of years before European contact. 

Maulian Dana will be introduced by Chris Newell, Executive Director of the Abbe Museum & Senior Partner to Wabanaki Nations.

Watch the Recording from Tuesday, May 25

A Conversation with The Maine Art Museum Trail Directors

  • George Kinghorn | Zillman Art Museum, University of Maine 

  • Christopher J. Brownawell | Farnsworth Art Museum 

  • Jacqueline Terrassa | Colby Museum of Art 

  • Daniel T. Mills | Bates College Museum of Art

Join four of the nine Directors of The Maine Art Museum Trail members in conversation about the past, present, and future of their own institutions as well as the entirety of the landscape of art, museums, and cultural communities in Maine and beyond.

Moderated by Mark Bessire, Judy and Leonard Lauder Director | Portland Museum of Art 

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