We are thrilled to say that we are now able to offer a better, more engaging experience for all at PMA Films and beyond in our Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium.
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“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.”
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Fragments 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.
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Tours 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.
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This 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.
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Community Programs Specialist Gabby Chase visited Boston museums to connect with fellow museum education colleagues.
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With nearly 90% of the land covered in forests and a robust forestry infrastructure, Maine is the right place for a CLT plant.
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When the French-born, Harlem-based artist Elizabeth Colomba starts an oil painting, she does so like the masters.
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The 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.
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When visiting the museum in preparation for Elizabeth Colomba’s Mythologies, something unusual caught the artist’s eye: the McLellan House wallpaper.
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Exploring Rockland, Maine and the tremendous impact it left on photography for half a century.
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Get 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.
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A Portland Museum of Art exhibit takes a snapshot of a half-century of boundary-blurring photo workshops in Rockport.
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The 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.
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July 24-28 join Openbox to help inform the PMA’s expansion.
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We’ve placed more than two dozen reproductions of art from the PMA collection at five locations across the state.
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The 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.
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