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.
“This is a big shift,” said Shalini Le Gall, the museum’s chief curator. “I’m an art historian, but art history is not the only way to access art in a museum. We want to show people that art by its nature is not stable, and the scope of interpretation will always be changing.”
Read MoreFragments blends historical and contemporary narratives through more than 100 photographs from the AGO’s Montgomery Collection of Caribbean Photographs alongside paintings and video works by modern and contemporary artists from the Caribbean and its diaspora.
Read MoreTours begin at the Portland Museum of Art, where patrons can look at some of Homer’s paintings. Then a shuttle bus whisks visitors to Prout’s Neck to take in the studio and the yard that slopes down to the ocean. It is a step back in time to a place that feels surprisingly relatable.
Read MoreThis exciting new addition to the collection will enable the PMA to tell a richer, more dynamic story of women’s contributions to neoclassical sculpture, transatlantic art movements, and American art more broadly.
Read MoreCommunity Programs Specialist Gabby Chase visited Boston museums to connect with fellow museum education colleagues.
Read MoreWith nearly 90% of the land covered in forests and a robust forestry infrastructure, Maine is the right place for a CLT plant.
Read MoreWhen the French-born, Harlem-based artist Elizabeth Colomba starts an oil painting, she does so like the masters.
Read MoreThe show reveals the untold stories of stewards and students, the shadowed innovation, and the profound impact a small school in Rockport, Maine has had on photography.
Read MoreWhen visiting the museum in preparation for Elizabeth Colomba’s Mythologies, something unusual caught the artist’s eye: the McLellan House wallpaper.
Read MoreExploring Rockland, Maine and the tremendous impact it left on photography for half a century.
Read MoreGet to know a few of the Maine Media Workshops + College photographers in connection to the exhibition, Drawn to the Light: 50 Years of Photography at Maine Media Workshops + College.
Read MoreA Portland Museum of Art exhibit takes a snapshot of a half-century of boundary-blurring photo workshops in Rockport.
Read MoreThe Portland Museum of Art has expanded a program that showcases its collection to people enjoying the outdoors.
Read MoreTaken together, “Drawn to the Light” and “People Watching” provide an insightful selection of fine art photographs and make the point that Maine holds a significant place in contemporary photography.
Read MoreJuly 24-28 join Openbox to help inform the PMA’s expansion.
Read MoreWe’ve placed more than two dozen reproductions of art from the PMA collection at five locations across the state.
Read MoreThe PMA has placed more than two dozen replicas of its collection outdoors. Most of the original pieces can be seen inside the walls of the museum, and this project is a way for Mainers and tourists to enjoy some of the art the museum has to offer as they walk, run, jog, and enjoy the great outdoors.
Read MoreSKP means everyone 21 and under visits for free. Get more out of your museum experience with invitations to fun events, select free film screenings, and more with the Susie Konkel Pass.
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