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Due to popular demand, we’re extending our open hours during the last week of our blockbuster exhibition, Jeremy Frey: Woven.
Due to popular demand, we’re extending our open hours during the last week of our blockbuster exhibition, Jeremy Frey: Woven.
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Due to popular demand, we’re extending our open hours during the last week of our blockbuster exhibition, Jeremy Frey: Woven.
Due to popular demand, we’re extending our open hours during the last week of our blockbuster exhibition, Jeremy Frey: Woven.
Due to popular demand, we’re extending our open hours during the last week of our blockbuster exhibition, Jeremy Frey: Woven.
Due to popular demand, we’re extending our open hours during the last week of our blockbuster exhibition, Jeremy Frey: Woven.
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Due to popular demand, we’re extending our open hours during the last week of our blockbuster exhibition, Jeremy Frey: Woven.
Due to popular demand, we’re extending our open hours during the last week of our blockbuster exhibition, Jeremy Frey: Woven.
A lively panel discussion about Maine artist Marsden Hartley, celebrating the recent gift of four paintings by Hartley from the Alex Katz Foundation.
Due to popular demand, we’re extending our open hours during the last week of our blockbuster exhibition, Jeremy Frey: Woven.
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And, while there is something to be said for routine, I am personally looking forward to the expansion into the neighboring property at 142 Free St.
Art gives us the chance to see the world through the eyes of someone else, providing a glimpse into their lives, history and experiences, which can be profoundly different than our own.
"Reflective storefront windows, theater marquees and subway cars populate the artwork of American artist Richard Estes. Throughout his career, the Illinois native has been drawn to the iconography of large cities, depicting urban settings in photorealist paintings."—Mountain Lake PBS
"Timber and fine art may seem like an odd combination, but the Portland Museum of Art is promoting itself as the perfect host for a conference this fall on an innovative type of forest product."—MaineBiz
"Beyond rich allusions to the past, Jeremy Frey and his generation of basket-makers are also creating objects that will leave your eyes spinning."—The Art Fuse
"Museum supporters mingled in the sculpture garden, enjoying refreshments and each other."—The Portland Press Herald
"The 20th-century caricature artist, whose work appeared in The New Yorker and Vanity Fair, spent the end of her life in southern Maine."—The Portland Press Herald
Image credit: Peggy Bacon (United States, 1895 - 1987), Peggy Bacon from Off with their Heads!, 1934, clothbound hardcover book with 39 offset lithograph illustrations on paper, 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 1/2 inches. Museum purchase with support from the Barbara Cash Collection, 2023.31. Image courtesy Petegorsky/Gipe Photo
The Portland Museum of Art is thrilled to announce the opening of As We Are, an exhibition showcasing the work of 14 emerging artists with deep connections to Maine.
The Portland Museum of Art is thrilled to announce the Maine Mass Timber Conference, taking place from November 13 to 15, 2024, in Portland, Maine. This groundbreaking event will bring together industry leaders, artists, innovators, and visionaries to explore the future of construction through mass timber technology.
"Having already received many of the highest honors reserved for Native American artists including Best of Show at both the Heard Fair and Santa Fe Indian Market, Frey was adamant that the exhibition position his work as contemporary art. “I didn’t want to do a basket show,” he stated at the show’s opening. As he told Atlas Obscura, “I’ve spent my whole career trying to redefine what ash can be.” [1] Woven, therefore, represents basket weaving in an expanded sense. Rather than a retrospective display of finished works, it frames Frey’s longstanding weaving practice as a jumping-off point for explorations of new techniques and media."
Now, the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum has awarded Frey, an enrolled member of the Passamaquoddy tribe, the 25th annual Rappaport Prize, a $50,000 cash award to honor a contemporary artist working in New England.
“It’s overwhelming,” said Frey, 45, reached by phone in rural Maine. “I still haven’t processed it fully.”
“The museum's Blueprint expansion was borne of community involvement, a love of art and a commitment to making it available to as many as possible.”
“His legacy is a new energy — a boldly contemporary take on an ancient woodland craft. ‘I’ve worked for more than 20 years reinventing this traditional art form,’ Frey says.”
Frey wants to have it all: to be a contemporary traditionalist, an artist-artisan, an internationalist exponent of his own tribe. It hasn’t been easy. More than two decades of unremitting effort, willpower and imagination have been necessary to get him this far.
While at the museum, you can see paintings by Winslow Homer and N.C. Wyeth, but don’t miss the work of artists who have broadened and deepened the legacy of Maine art in recent decades, including paintings by Reggie Burrows Hodges and Daniel Minter, and sculpture by Lauren Fensterstock.
The artist has donated over 150 works from his foundation’s collection to the Portland Museum of Art, among other institutions in the state.
“Passamaquoddy artist Jeremy Frey has become one of the most awarded and collected Indigenous basket weavers in the country for his contemporary mastery of the Wabanaki weaving tradition.”
“Wabanaki people originally wove baskets for functional purposes, but, over time, basketmaking has evolved into more of an art form. Today, some have taken the art of basketmaking to new levels--such as the renowned Passamaquoddy artist Jeremy Frey.”
Frey, a celebrated seventh-generation Indigenous basketmaker, uses the traditional designs of the Wabanaki tribal confederation of New England and the Canadian Maritimes as takeoff points for bold departures.
"...at last, there is a book available for the masses that celebrates [Frey's] impressive work."
“The exhibition is a dazzling showcase of his ability to take unconventional materials…and create objects of delicate, rhythmic delight.”
The baskets of Jeremy Frey from the Passamaquoddy tribe in Maine have caught the attention of the art world.
The museum has a collection of 19,000 objects and counting, and only a fraction are on display at any given time. We look at how these pieces get to the museum and where they go when they're not on display.
Portland Museum of Art’s ‘+ collection’ expands narrative about curation and exhibition process.
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90 minutes. Rated R. Directed by India Donaldson. In English. DCP.
17-year-old Sam (Lily Collias) is forced to play mediator and peacemaker while on a three-day backpacking trip in the Catskills with her father (James Le Gros) and his oldest friend (Danny McCarthy), whose gently contentious back-and-forth threatens to reach a boiling point as their trek goes along.
90 minutes. Rated R. Directed by India Donaldson. In English. DCP.
17-year-old Sam (Lily Collias) is forced to play mediator and peacemaker while on a three-day backpacking trip in the Catskills with her father (James Le Gros) and his oldest friend (Danny McCarthy), whose gently contentious back-and-forth threatens to reach a boiling point as their trek goes along.
90 minutes. Rated R. Directed by India Donaldson. In English. DCP.
17-year-old Sam (Lily Collias) is forced to play mediator and peacemaker while on a three-day backpacking trip in the Catskills with her father (James Le Gros) and his oldest friend (Danny McCarthy), whose gently contentious back-and-forth threatens to reach a boiling point as their trek goes along.
90 minutes. Rated R. Directed by India Donaldson. In English. DCP.
17-year-old Sam (Lily Collias) is forced to play mediator and peacemaker while on a three-day backpacking trip in the Catskills with her father (James Le Gros) and his oldest friend (Danny McCarthy), whose gently contentious back-and-forth threatens to reach a boiling point as their trek goes along.
90 minutes. Rated R. Directed by India Donaldson. In English. DCP.
17-year-old Sam (Lily Collias) is forced to play mediator and peacemaker while on a three-day backpacking trip in the Catskills with her father (James Le Gros) and his oldest friend (Danny McCarthy), whose gently contentious back-and-forth threatens to reach a boiling point as their trek goes along.
102 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Jazmin Jones. In English. DCP.
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing taught millions globally, but the software’s Haitian-born cover model vanished decades ago. Two DIY detectives search for the model while posing questions about identity and artificial intelligence.
102 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Jazmin Jones. In English. DCP.
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing taught millions globally, but the software’s Haitian-born cover model vanished decades ago. Two DIY detectives search for the model while posing questions about identity and artificial intelligence.
90 minutes. Rated R. Directed by India Donaldson. In English. DCP.
17-year-old Sam (Lily Collias) is forced to play mediator and peacemaker while on a three-day backpacking trip in the Catskills with her father (James Le Gros) and his oldest friend (Danny McCarthy), whose gently contentious back-and-forth threatens to reach a boiling point as their trek goes along.
102 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Jazmin Jones. In English. DCP.
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing taught millions globally, but the software’s Haitian-born cover model vanished decades ago. Two DIY detectives search for the model while posing questions about identity and artificial intelligence.
102 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Jazmin Jones. In English. DCP.
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing taught millions globally, but the software’s Haitian-born cover model vanished decades ago. Two DIY detectives search for the model while posing questions about identity and artificial intelligence.
113 minutes. (Followed by post-film conversation.) Rated PG-13. Directed by Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp. In English. DCP.
Director Moses Bwayo brings his Oscar-nominated documentary, about a musical superstar and political opposition leader seeking an end to dictatorship in Uganda, to the PMA. Followed by a post-film discussion with Bwayo and Fhiwa Ndou, Community Engagement Director at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.
95 minutes. Rated G. Directed by John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton. In English.
The second animated Pixar feature – a family-friendly reimagining of The Seven Samurai set in the insect world – screens as part of September’s Family Day activities.
108 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Lana Wilson. In English. DCP.
A group of New York City psychics conduct deeply intimate readings for their clients, revealing a kaleidoscope of loneliness, connection, and healing.
108 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Lana Wilson. In English. DCP.
A group of New York City psychics conduct deeply intimate readings for their clients, revealing a kaleidoscope of loneliness, connection, and healing.
108 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Lana Wilson. In English. DCP.
A group of New York City psychics conduct deeply intimate readings for their clients, revealing a kaleidoscope of loneliness, connection, and healing.
147 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Wim Wenders. In English. DCP.
Wim Wenders’s iconic portrait of alienation and connection, written by Sam Shepard and starring Harry Dean Stanton, screens in a brand-new 4K restoration.
71 minutes. (Followed by discussion.) Not Rated. Various directors. In English.
A showcase of stories, poems, songs, and essays by Maine writers—both youth and adults—adapted for the big screen by local filmmakers and artists. Shown in partnership with The Telling Room and the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance’s 2024 Maine Lit Fest, followed by a talkback with filmmaker Sean Mewshaw.
147 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Wim Wenders. In English. DCP.
Wim Wenders’s iconic portrait of alienation and connection, written by Sam Shepard and starring Harry Dean Stanton, screens in a brand-new 4K restoration.
130 minutes. (Followed by post-film discussion.) Rated R. Directed by Todd Field. In English.
Todd Field’s Oscar-nominated drama about a family riven by tragedy begins Hard Tellin’…, a series of distinctive films shot in Maine. Followed by a discussion with filmmaker Todd Field.
147 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Wim Wenders. In English. DCP.
Wim Wenders’s iconic portrait of alienation and connection, written by Sam Shepard and starring Harry Dean Stanton, screens in a brand-new 4K restoration.
147 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Wim Wenders. In English. DCP.
Wim Wenders’s iconic portrait of alienation and connection, written by Sam Shepard and starring Harry Dean Stanton, screens in a brand-new 4K restoration.
100 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Gary Hustwit. In English. DCP.
The groundbreaking generative documentary about visionary musician and artist Brian Eno, a film that’s different every time it’s shown. This is a one-night only, Tuesday evening screening.
117 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Shuchi Talati. In Indian English and Hindi with English subtitles. DCP.
Shuchi Talati’s enveloping debut feature follows Mira, a successful boarding school student, as she navigates her academic goals, a first love, and a complex relationship with her mother.
117 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Shuchi Talati. In Indian English and Hindi with English subtitles. DCP.
Shuchi Talati’s enveloping debut feature follows Mira, a successful boarding school student, as she navigates her academic goals, a first love, and a complex relationship with her mother.
117 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Shuchi Talati. In Indian English and Hindi with English subtitles. DCP.
Shuchi Talati’s enveloping debut feature follows Mira, a successful boarding school student, as she navigates her academic goals, a first love, and a complex relationship with her mother.
84 minutes. Rated PG-13. Directed by Jennifer Venditti. In English. DCP.
Jennifer Venditti’s unforgettable documentary about a singular Lisbon Falls teenager screens as part of Hard Tellin’…, a series of distinctive films shot in Maine.
117 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Shuchi Talati. In Indian English and Hindi with English subtitles. DCP.
Shuchi Talati’s enveloping debut feature follows Mira, a successful boarding school student, as she navigates her academic goals, a first love, and a complex relationship with her mother.
117 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Shuchi Talati. In Indian English and Hindi with English subtitles. DCP.
Shuchi Talati’s enveloping debut feature follows Mira, a successful boarding school student, as she navigates her academic goals, a first love, and a complex relationship with her mother.
245 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Frederick Wiseman. In English. DCP.
Frederick Wiseman’s remarkable, panoramic portrait of a Midcoast town screens in a brand new 4K restoration as part of Hard Tellin’…, a series of distinctive films shot in Maine.
67 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Stu Silverstein and Richard Searls. In English.
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