In the Bedroom (2001)
Hard Tellin’… is less an attempt to define Maine, or Maine in the movies, than an opportunity to celebrate four great films that accomplish something most art should aspire to: they capture the ineffable in a place and its people at a particular moment in time. They get at something unique and a bit hard to define about us. They feel, for lack of a better word, honest.
The tools of the acclaimed sculptor Gaston Lachaise were beautifully installed at the Portland Museum of Art through a generous loan from the Lachaise Foundation as part of the multiyear Your Museum, Reimagined accessibility and collection reinstallation project, which opened to the public in 2017.
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Read MoreCommunity member and art expert Joan Carpenter Troccoli provides her perspective on Mythmakers: The Art of Winslow Homer and Frederic Remington.
Read MoreIn this virtual program from October, Monson Arts' senior advisor Stuart Kestenbaum and Portland-based artists Tessa O'Brien and Celeste Roberge (both former resident artists in the program) discuss the vision for and the impact of this new arts center.
Read MoreIn the spring of 2018, art conservator Nina Roth-Wells came to the PMA to review a painting that had just come into the collection. Observing the painting under UV light revealed unusually large patches of darkness, indicating that something had been added on top of the varnish.
Read MoreIn the spring and summer of 2020, the PMA presented Carrie Moyer and Sheila Pepe: Tabernacles for Trying Times, an exhibition that reimagines a familiar form of religious furniture—the tabernacle—as a symbolic location for cultural values such as justice, equality, and knowledge. Painter Carrie Moyer and sculptor Sheila Pepe have achieved international acclaim through abstract works that are rich with color and materiality and informed by feminist politics and queer activism.
Read MoreReal Estate brokers, agencies, and mortgage brokers are invited to join the PMA’s new program. Partnership with the PMA demonstrates your commitment to Maine’s creative economy and the region’s arts and culture at a time when institutional support is more crucial than ever.
Read MoreThe $15,000 grant from the Maine Arts Commission is unrestricted, which means that the museum may allocate it where it will make the most impact. Unrestricted grants and gifts are great ways to ensure that the PMA has the resources it needs to sustainably grow for years to come, and we’re grateful to the Maine Arts Commission for realizing the impact of their support.
Read MoreIn this letter, Mark Bessire reflects on the upcoming exhibition Mythmakers: The Art of Winslow Homer and Frederic Remington and the many community voices and advisory groups that helped support it.
Read MoreDid Winslow Homer and Frederic Remington ever meet in person? What’s the connection between the two artists’ work? Our upcoming exhibition, Mythmakers: The Art of Winslow Homer and Frederic Remington, brings together the best-known artworks of two great American artists and explores the mythologies both artists perpetuated in their work. Read this article to learn more about why Winslow Homer and Frederic Remington are an unlikely pair, even if they never met in person.
Read MoreIn this virtual program from August, fly tyer and designer Selene of Maine shares a few artifacts related to historic fly tyer Carrie Stevens and demonstrates how to tie a Grey Ghost fly in her hands!
Read MoreWhen I joined the Portland Museum of Art earlier this year, I never imagined that 2020 would be a year of such change—one in which we would all be asked to rapidly adjust to a new world shaped by a global pandemic and calls for social justice.
Read MoreJessica May discusses Clifford Ross’ photograph: Hurricane LXVIII and how this artwork formed the backbone for an exhibition around Ross’ practice.
Read MoreThis September, Deputy Director and Robert and Elizabeth Nanovic Chief Curator Jessica May leaves the PMA after eight remarkable years. In this letter, Jessica reflects on her tenure and bids a fond “until we meet again” to PMA members and the museum community.
Read MoreThere is no way to encompass all the stories of what is now known as Maine. Stories of Maine: An Incomplete History represents one effort to gather stories that have shaped this state through the eyes of its peoples. Have a Maine experience, object, or anecdote to share? We want to know. Visit the digital iteration of our Workshop installation and record it at portlandmuseum.org/recorder
Museum audiences across the country know Will Barnet for his graphic print work and his haunting canvases…For generations of artists, however, Barnet is better known as a dedicated instructor and loyal mentor. Read this article by Diana Greenwold with contributions from Will Porta and Brett Bigbee.
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