PMA Magazine

Rachel Gloria Adams is a multidisciplinary artist living in Portland. Adams has developed a vibrant, graphic pattern–based visual language filled with references to the natural world that possess an heirloom quality.

Elana Adler is a multidisciplinary artist born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and currently based in Portland. She received a BFA in textiles from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2008 and an MFA in fibers and material studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2017

Maya Tihtiyas Attean is a Wabanaki artist living and working in Portland. She grew up on Alnabe Menahan, the Penobscot Nation Reservation. Her work has evolved into using photography to create art reflecting her ancestry, resiliency, and culture.

Oscar Chacon is a Texas-based artist whose creative practices and processes focus on producing mixed-media, paper-based drawings. His art draws inspiration from photography, performance, film, video, and nature.

James Parker Foley grew up in New Hampshire playing in the woods, scrambling on rocks, and falling into frog ponds. He earned his BA in environmental humanities at Sterling College in Vermont in 2015 and his MFA at the Maine College of Art in 2020.

Meg Hahn is an artist and arts organizer based in Portland. Her work has been included in exhibitions at the University of New England, Dunes, Zero Station, SOIL, Perimeter Gallery, and the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, among others.

Dylan Hausthor is an artist based on an island off the coast of Maine. They received their BFA from the Maine College of Art and MFA from the Yale School of Art. They work teaching ghost hunting, ritual, photography, and mushroom foraging.

Jenny Ibsen is an artist, restaurant worker, and organizer based in Portland. She has shown works in a number of group shows across Maine, including at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, New Systems Exhibitions, Lights Out, Fort Hall Gallery, and BUOY Gallery, as well as Wing On Wo & Co. in Manhattan.

Hector Nevarez Magaña is a Mexican American photographer living and working in Portland. Originally from East Palo Alto, California, Hector attended Bowdoin College, where he received his BA in visual arts in 2016.

A Maine native, Tessa Greene O’Brien is an artist and curator based in South Portland. She received a BS degree in fine art from Skidmore College and an MFA from the Maine College of Art and Design.

Brian Smith is a Portland-based artist who works in sculpture, painting, and drawing. He is inspired by queer ecological theory and what it offers in the context of climate change.

Jay Stern received a BFA in painting from the University of Cincinnati and an MFA in arts leadership from Seattle University. This year Stern will exhibit two solo presentations in Portland, Maine, and Los Angeles and show new work in a group exhibition at UTA Artist Space in Atlanta.

Anna Valenti was born in Lake George, New York, and trained in ceramics. Her artistic practice brings together fiber clay, hemp, and lime and builds upon weaving structures and gathering spaces to explore connectivity.

Holden Willard is a painter based in Portland. He graduated from Montserrat College of Art in May 2021 with a BFA in painting, but his interests encompass multiple mediums, including printmaking, performance, collage, and woodworking.