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Press Release: PMA Names New Head of Education — Portland Museum of Art
The Portland Museum of Art (PMA) is pleased to announce Sarah Timm as the museum’s new Peggy L. Osher Head of Education. With over a decade of experience in museum education, strategic planning, and interpretive programming, Timm brings a deep commitment to inclusive engagement and community-centere
Interview with Holden Willard - February 13 — Portland Museum of Art
“In 2015 I was a sophomore in high school, and I was taking an entry drawing class, which to me at the time felt silly because I had been drawing since I was a kid. But our teacher was very sweet and supportive, and taught me some new skills that I had not considered before….
Press Release: 2025 Youth Art Month Exhibition — Portland Museum of Art
This year's Youth Art Month showcases original artworks by K-12 students from across Maine. Featuring pieces from more than 70 schools, the exhibition reflects the diversity of the state’s urban and rural communities. The work will be on view from February 26 through March 30 in the PMA’s Lower Grou
Press Release: "Painting Energy" Opening at the Portland Museum of Art May 2025 — Portland Museum of Art
“There is no place, even in New York City, where one can currently see a representative selection of the exciting and important paintings that have been done from the 1980s to the present. By helping to create a collection of these works at the Portland Museum of Art, the Alex Katz Foundation hopes
Portland Press Herald: How these up-and-coming Maine artists helped a curator learn about his new home — Portland Museum of Art
“Sayantan Mukhopadhyay, who moved to Maine last year to take a job at the Portland Museum of Art, got to know the state through the process of curating 'As We Are,' on view all winter.” Photograph by iBec Creative
Braiding the Land (2024) — Portland Museum of Art
Braiding the Land is an installation combining photography, sculpture, and text to recreate a narrative from a land-based performance. The original performance, titled Becomes Body of Water , took place on Wabanaki Territory at the Gilsland Farm Audubon Center in June of 2022.