Try this activity inspired by Fernand Léger’s painting, Untitled.
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On March 30, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which provides incentives for charitable giving. Your support now goes further than ever, and allows us to continue our mission in bringing people together through the power of art.
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Diana Greenwold, Curator of American Art, pays tribute to two notable American artists: Wolf Kahn and Duane Paluska.
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We are working every day to bring artworks, activities, and stories that lift you up, spark your imagination, and connect you to the world and your community. And so, we want you, our community, to become a part of our Art at Home messaging!
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Through this beautiful video created by the PMA and local production company P3, we invite you to experience Slow Art Day from home. Relax, center yourself, and revel in the pleasure of art through close looking at works in the PMA exhibition Carrie Moyer and Sheila Pepe: Tabernacles for Trying Times.
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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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