Amy Johnson, Associate Educator for Interpretation at the PMA, walks you through how to make a mini-monument.
This video is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Carrie Moyer and Sheila Pepe: Tabernacles for Trying Times.
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PMA staff share their thoughts, memories and reflections on American artist and scholar, David Driskell (1931-2020)
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Jessica May, Deputy Director and Robert and Elizabeth Nanovic Chief Curator, has been working with the High Museum of Art on a Driskell retrospective David Driskell: Icons of Nature and History, opening at the PMA on June 19, 2021. She shares some thoughts, stories, and lessons from years of friendship with David.
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Film Recommendations From Matthew Von Vogt.
Matt is an Ambassador in the Museum Experience and Safety Department. He was raised in Maine and attended Colby College, before completing grad school in the Midwest. He self-identifies as a cinephile, but embraces the popular as well as the avant-garde; currently, his favorite films are Vertigo (1958) and Sans Soleil (1983)
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Businesses are currently closed, but did you know that your own home or backyard can be an art supply store?
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“Through repeated use, pots can create habit and be comforting, creating memory for those using the pots. They are objects of service and conduits between people.” - Ayumi Horie
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There are few things more forlorn than an empty theater, and while PMA Films enjoyed record setting turnout for our 2019 offerings, we’re going dark for the safety of our patrons until further notice. But we’re still busy behind the scenes exploring innovative ways to bring you thought-provoking content, acting as your “Social Distancing Video Store” for the duration of our temporary closure.
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The perfect all-ages activity to relax, have fun, and take your mind off the crisis for a few.
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“As the world grinds to a halt, the staff at the museum are starting to speed up, thinking creatively, planning, scheming, and dreaming to continue to bring the transformative power of art to audiences near and far.”
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“We don’t “do” solitary genius at the PMA. We push each other, we work together. Now we have to find other ways to do that, and so we are going to learn a lot over these next weeks. If we are conscientious, this experience will deepen our connections to one another.”
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Brightly colored and statuesque, PEOPLE LIKE US, the ornate sculpture by artist Jeffrey Gibson, commands our attention—it is thought-provoking, welcoming, meticulous, and theatrical. It recalls the state of Maine’s Indigenous people and their rich histories, and represents the growing diversity of the PMA’s contemporary art collection.
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In light of ongoing developments around the continued spread of the COVID-19 virus, the Portland Museum of Art is closing March 13 to the public, and will remain closed through April 13.
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Diana Greenwold, Curator of American Art, and Amy Johnson, Associate Educator for Interpretation, share the story of building the exhibition Stories of Maine: An Incomplete History
From the Winter 2020 issue of PMA Magazine.
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“In their most ambitious joint project to date, the couple have reimagined the religious tabernacle – in Christianity, a sacred meeting place for worship, in Judaism, a portable tent used as a sanctuary for the Ark of the Covenant – as a communal space where visitors can, explains Moyer, “gain sustenance as a community with naturally occurring differences.”
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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.
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Taking place March 5 through June 4 in conjunction with Carrie Moyer and Sheila Pepe: Tabernacles for Trying Times, artists, scholars, makers, performers, students, and social organizations will delve into a wide variety of topics from crocheting to community organizing.
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The Leonard and Merle Nelson Social Justice Fund honors artists whose commitment to social justice is manifested in their work.
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Do you know the term “biophilia”? It’s the idea that people want to have an engagement with the natural world, and if Art in Bloom—the PMA's annual pairing of art and floral designs—is any indication, it’s having a moment.
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