The Valley Voice &#187; Museums

Quick Links

Visit Us

Available in the Museum Store.

Portland Museum of Art | Seven Congress Square | Portland | ME | 04101

Complete FEBRUARY/MARCH 2012 CALENDAR for The Portland Museum of Art

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:00:00 +0000

" src="http://thevalleyvoice.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Portland-museum-of-Art-BIG_thumb.jpg" alt="Charles Shipman Payson Building, Portland Museum of Art, view from Congress Square. Photo by Craig Becker.

" width="240" height="179" align="right" border="0" />New Exhibitions

Tanja Alexia Hollander: Are You Really My Friend?
February 4 through June 17, 2012
Facebook friendships exist in the nebulous world of cyberspace. Social networking creates a forum where we may connect or reconnect deeply with dear friends or become acquainted with new ones on a superficial level. But what happens when we reach across real time and space to physically connect with these same “friends”? In her new exhibition, Maine artist Tanja Alexia Hollander examines that question; she collapses the intangibility of cyberspace by traveling around the world on a modern-day odyssey to actually visit her 600 (and growing) Facebook friends. In this rich and multi-dimensional project, Hollander photographs her Facebook friends, prints images on paper, and exhibits the prints on gallery walls, causing her cyber-friend connections to become real and personal. Hollander’s process will be explored by encouraging interaction through visitor comments and an ever-changing installation of portraits through the run of the exhibition. Are viewers supposed to acknowledge the artist’s creativity, photographic skill, and role within the tradition of portraiture, or should we instead critique the management of her Facebook page? This exhibition is the fifth in a series of exhibitions called Circa that explores compelling aspects of contemporary art in the state of Maine and beyond.

Follow Tanja Alexia Hollander’s project at https://www.facebook.com/are.you.really.my.friend

Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist
February 23 through May 28, 2012
Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist will be the first comprehensive exhibition in the history of the Museum devoted to the 19th-century French master Edgar Degas and his works on paper. Comprised of more than 70 drawings, prints, pastels, and photographs as well as several sculptures, the exhibition will provide an insightful exploration of the oeuvre of one of the most skilled and complex artists in art history. In addition to masterworks by Degas, the exhibition will include a select group of 17 rare works on paper by artists of his circle, including captivating works by Mary Cassatt, Paul Cézanne, Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. To add even greater depth to the exhibition, generous loans to the Museum from major benefactor Scott M. Black including Degas’ Portrait of Alexis Rouart (1895) and from Les Otten including Degas’ Fourth Position in front on the left leg will be part of the installation. Paintings and drawings by Jane Sutherland, a contemporary New England artist greatly inspired by Degas, will add yet another dimension to the exhibition.

Youth Art Month Exhibition
February 28 through April 1, 2012
This year the Portland Museum of Art will celebrate 18 years of hosting the Maine Art Education Association’s annual Youth Art Month Exhibition, with more than 100 works of art—by students from around the state—recognizing the value and importance of art education in Maine schools. Mark your calendars and visit the Museum while the exhibition is on view to get an exciting glimpse into the future of the art world.

ONGOING EXHIBITIONS

Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection
Through February 5, 2012
Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection tells the story of the first and most avid collectors of the Shaker art, Faith and Edward Deming Andrews. From the 1920s through the 1960s, the Andrews actively pursued Shaker objects, collecting mainly from the Shakers themselves. Through careful documentation and scholarship, the Andrews illuminated these materials and their collection has bequeathed to future generations the most comprehensive body of evidence on the culture of the United Society of Believers. The exhibition, featuring more than 200 objects, is the most comprehensive collection of Shaker materials ever assembled and features the work of Shaker communities in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New York. Works on view include Shaker furniture, printed works, visual art, tools, textiles, and small crafts collected during four decades.

Making Faces: Photographic Portraits of Actors and Artists
Through April 8, 2012

Two newly acquired portfolios by Berenice Abbott and Robert Doisneau, filled with portraits of famous artists and actors of the mid-20th century, prompted this look at the art of photographic portraiture. Drawn from the Museum’s growing collection of celebrity portraits, the exhibition of 35 works will examine the way in which appearance, poses, and props help to define the public perception of an artist’s work, whether it be on the stage or in a museum. Other photographers whose works will be on view include Philippe Halsman, with images of notable early television personalities such as Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Imogene Coca, and Jackie Gleason; and Barbara Morgan, whose photographs of the choreographer Martha Graham, capture the essence of modern dance. The exhibition also features portraits of some of Maine’s leading artists including Andrew Wyeth, Stephen Etnier, Louise Nevelson, Robert Indiana, Brett Bigbee, and Dozier Bell, whose work will be on view in the Museum’s third floor galleries.

MUSEUM PROGRAMS

Gallery Talks

Saturdays at 1 p.m. Free with Museum admission.

Gallery Talks offer unique perspectives about the art on view and the artists who created it. Each talk is presented by a Museum Docent and lasts approximately 45 minutes. Additional Gallery Talks may be scheduled; visit our website for the most up-to-date listings.

2/4: Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection by Sy Epstein

3/17: Portraits in the Permanent Collection by Sy Epstein

3/31: Barbara Schenkel: Homer and the Importance of Place by Barbara Schenkel

Movies at the Museum
Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays. Tickets: $7 and available on the day of the show. For a complete list of movies, visit moviesatthemuseum.org.

Le Havre
Friday, February 3, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 4, 2 p.m.

Friday, February 10, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 11, 2 p.m.
Sunday, February 12, 2 p.m.

Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Friday, February 17, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 18, 2 p.m.
Sunday, February 19, 2 p.m.

Chico and Rite
Friday, February 24, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 25, 2 p.m.
Sunday, February 26, 2 p.m.

What Do You Think?: Group Discussions

Thursdays, February 2 & March 1, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Free with Museum admission.

This group meets monthly to study and discuss one piece on view in the galleries. Say what you think and learn what others have to say—it may change the way you see. Conversation will continue over lunch in the Café (bring your own or purchase in the Café).

2/2: An Afternoon Call by Jane Peterson

3/1: Card Players by Hamilton Easter Field

College Night 2012

Thursday, February 2, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Free admission with College ID/$5.

Maine college students are invited to a fun-filled evening at the Museum! Explore the artwork and mix with students from colleges and universities throughout the state. College Night will feature live music by Boy Without God, The Milkman’s Union, and DJ Ponyfarm, free food and drinks, art projects, giveaways, and tons of prizes!

Opening Celebration for “Tanja Alexia Hollander: Are You Really My Friend?”

Friday, February 3, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Free admission.

Join the Portland Museum of Art as we celebrate the opening of Tanja Alexia Hollander: Are You Really My Friend?! Artist Tanja Alexia Hollander and Museum Director Mark Bessire will be present to answer questions as part of the Museum’s Free Friday Evenings and Portland’s First Friday Art Walk.

Artist Interventions

Fridays, February 10 & March 16, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Free admission.

Visit the galleries on select Free Friday Evenings to participate in “happenings” planned by PMA’s new team of Maine artists. Come find out what happens when an artist intervenes in your gallery experience.

Family February Vacation

February 21, 22 & 23, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free with Museum admission. (Families with children receive half-price admission during Family February Vacation hours.) All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Visit the galleries and experiment with new materials for families to see the Museum together, including family guides, cell phone tours, sketching kits, special items in the Café, and more. On Thursday, February 23, bring the family to the Great Hall, where ballet dancers from Maine State Ballet, like the ones that inspired Degas, will be working at a barre. This will be a unique chance for all ages to sketch from a live model in the tradition of the artists in the exhibition Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist.

Evening for Educators: “Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist”

Wednesday, March 7, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Free for Teachers.

Join the Portland Museum of Art for another exciting year of Evening for Educators! These professional development workshops include lectures about exhibitions and collections, classroom tips, networking with other educators, and information about dynamic new Museum resources. All Evenings for Educators are free for teachers. Sign up for two contact hours and receive 10% off in the Museum Store. To register, please emailsrodenberger@portlandmuseum.org.

Are They Really Friends?: A Discussion between Museum Director Mark Bessire and Artist Tanja Alexia Hollander

Thursday, March 8, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Free admission.

Join the discussion about social media and how it can change the nature of friendship, portraiture, and an artist’s subject matter. The phrase, “Are you really my friend?” takes on new meaning when Hollander photographs portraits of her Facebook friends whom she has never met. Traditional lines can blur and unexpected connections can be made.

Celebration Reception: Youth Art Month Exhibition

Saturday, March 10, 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Free admission.
This year the Portland Museum of Art will celebrate 18 years of hosting the Maine Art Education Association’s annual Youth Art Month exhibition, with more than 100 works of art—by students from around the state—recognizing the value and importance of art education in Maine schools. Mark your calendars and visit the Museum while the exhibition is on view to get an exciting glimpse into the future of the art world.

4:30 p.m.: Grades K–2 certificate presentation.

5:30 p.m.: Grades 3–5 certificate presentation.

6:30 p.m.: Grades 6–12 certificate presentation.

Parlor Talk: “Glorious Slow Going” Book Launch
Friday, March 16, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Free admission.
Join us for the inauguration of a series of events showcasing new books by Maine artists and authors. The first book launch features Glorious Slow Going, a collaboration between Maine writer Liz Peavey and artist Marguerite Robichaux (whose work is in the Museum’s collection). Meet the artists and hear about their collaboration on this beautiful new book, available in the Museum Store for $50 ($45 members).

ArtIntensive: Workshop for Educators: Portraits at the PMA
Saturday, March 17, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $20/$30 Non-Members.
Pre-paid registration is required by Wednesday, March 14. Limited to 20 teachers, open to all K-12 educators.http://www.portlandmuseum.org/Content/6632.shtml

This exciting and interactive day for teachers of all grade levels and disciplines will include an in-depth study of portraits from the 1800s to today. Teachers will receive a packet of materials and documentation for five contact hours. If teachers wish to receive 0.5 CEUs from the University of Southern Maine, please bring a check for $20 made out to USM on the day of the workshop. Lunch and materials are included.

MUSEUM INFORMATION

Discover three centuries of art and architecture at the Portland Museum of Art. Explore the Museum’s extensive collection of fine and decorative arts dating from the 18th century to the present housed in three architecturally significant buildings. Experience the rich artistic heritage of Maine and the United States through the work of world-class artists including Winslow Homer, Marsden Hartley, Rockwell Kent, Louise Nevelson, and Andrew Wyeth. Learn about the story of American art before 1900, from Gilbert Stuart to Frederic Edwin Church, in the newly restored Federal-era McLellan House (1801) and Beaux-Arts L. D. M. Sweat Memorial Galleries (1911). See Maine’s finest collection of European art by masters such as Mary Cassatt, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Pablo Picasso. Visit the Museum’s changing exhibitions and dynamic educational programs including family festivals, lectures, art classes, performances, and much more.

HOURS

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday. Memorial Day through Columbus Day open Mondays 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day.

ADMISSION

Admission is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and students with I.D., $6 for youth 13 to 17, and children 12 and under are free. Admission is always free for members.

FREE NIGHT

Admission is free every Friday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Free Friday evenings are made possible through the generous support of L.L.Bean and Patricia and Cyrus Hagge.

DIRECTIONS

Two hours north of Boston, the Museum is located in the heart of downtown Portland at the corner of High and Congress streets. To reach the Museum from I-295 (north or south) take exit 6A, Forest Avenue South. Bear right at the first light and drive through the park. At the top of the hill, take a left onto Congress Street and proceed 2/10 mile to the Museum, located on your right.

PARKING

Public parking lots are located on High, Free, and Spring streets. Free metered parking available after 6 p.m. on weekdays and all day Sunday.

MUSEUM STORE

Open during Museum hours, the Museum Store showcases products by Maine artists and artisans including handcrafted jewelry, cards, home goods, and gifts as well as offering a comprehensive selection of art books, a children’s section with books and activities, and a variety of items highlighting the Museum’s collection and exhibitions. No admission is required. Shop online at www.portlandmuseum.org/store.

MUSEUM CAFÉ

The Museum Café by Aurora Provisions provides a variety of innovative fare made with locally produced foods. From their seasonally inspired soups and salads, to gourmet sandwiches and creative wraps, Aurora Provisions will tempt your taste buds. Fresh pastries and locally roasted coffee are the perfect pairing while you take a break from visiting the galleries.

MEMBERSHIP

Become a member today and receive free admission to the Museum for the next 12 months. Benefits include: unlimited free admission to the Museum for a full year; two free admission passes for guests; subscription to the members’ magazine; discounts in the Store; invitations to members-only exhibition openings; discounts on lectures, concerts, classes; and much more.

GROUP TOUR INFORMATION

Group rates apply to groups of 15 or more with advance reservations. Tour escorts and bus drivers are always admitted free. Guided tours are available on request at no extra charge. To reserve a group tour, contact the Education Department at (207) 775-6148, ext. 3228, or email tours@portlandmuseum.orgat least three weeks in advance. Group admission: $10 per adult. Bus parking: Free parking for buses is available on West Commercial Street.

INFORMATION

Portland Museum of Art
Seven Congress Square
Portland, ME 04101

PH: (207) 775-6148, ext. 3224
FAX: (207) 773-7324
Email: info@portlandmuseum.org
Visit the Museum at www.portlandmuseum.org

If you haven’t done so yet, Please take a few seconds and “Like” The Valley Voice on Facebook.

This Week at the Portland Museum of Art for January 31, 2012

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:00:00 +0000

Final Days

Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection

On view through February 5
“These are not works of art; they are representatives of a life intended to be lived in faith that the universe had a purpose and that people had a place in it, an art of living.” - The Portland Phoenix
Learn more…

Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection

Catalogue: $75

This beautiful book is the first to document the unparalleled collection, presenting some 600 photographs, most never before published.

Become a Member for a Moment!

Print out this coupon and you will receive
FREE admission for two!

Visit the Museum during the final week of the Shaker exhibition and receive the benefits of membership! Redeem this coupon for two free admissions and a 10% discount in the Museum Store and at the Museum Café by Aurora Provisions. Experience for yourself why so many people have joined the Museum.

Offer expires 2/5/2012. Coupon is good for one day.

College Night 2012

Thursday, February 2

7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Free admission with College I.D./$5 without I.D.

Local college students are invited to a fun-filled evening at the Museum! The event will feature music by DJ Ponyfarm with live performances by The Milkman’s Union and Boy Without God. Free food and drinks, art projects, giveaways, and tons of prizes! Learn more…

Opening Celebration

Tanja Alexia Hollander: Are You Really My Friend?

Friday, February 3

5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Free admission.
Join us as we celebrate the opening ofTanja Alexia Hollander: Are You Really My Friend?. Artist Tanja Alexia Hollander and Museum Director Mark Bessire will be present to answer questions as part of the Museum’s Free Friday Evenings and Portland’s First Friday Art Walk!
This event is part of Portland on Ice, Portland’s Winter Festival January 28-February 4.

Movies at the Museum

Le Harve

Friday, February 3, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, February 4, 2 p.m.

Friday, February 10, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, February 11, 2 p.m.

Sunday, February 12, 2 p.m.

“A stylized and sentimental fairy tale about the way the world might be…Aki Kaurismäki has become a major inheritor of the comic-humanist tradition of Charlie Chaplin, Jean Renoir, and Jacques Tati.” - The New York Times

Quick Links

Visit Us

Digital History: Stories from Maine Memory Network

Portland Museum of Art | Seven Congress Square | Portland | ME | 04101

Maine Historical Society Newsletter for Jan. 31, 2012

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:00:00 +0000

Historical Photographs: Lewiston/Auburn

Edward Little High School, Auburn, ca. 1874

Lewiston Public Library has contributed 115 images to Maine Memory to date. The images shared by LPL are particularly rich in two eras: the turn of the 20th century when the mills and city hummed, and the 1970s, by which time many mills were idle and the health of the Androscoggin River was of increasing concern. It was during this latter period that the groundwork for the city’s rebirth was laid. To view all of the images from Lewiston Public Library, click here.

MMN Item #6898

This Week
Tuesday, January 31, 12pm

MHS Book Event: Celebrating A Maine Prodigy

Please join us to celebrate and hear the story behind Maine Historical Society’s publication of A Maine Prodigy: The Life and Adventures of Elise Fellows White. White was a violinist from Skowhegan whose musical talents and adventuresome spirit took her around the country and abroad in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This new book was compiled by Dr. Houghton White from his grandmother’s autobiography, diaries, letters, and photographs, now part of the MHS collections. A Maine Prodigy was edited by MHS’s Candace Kanes, who also wrote the introduction. During this event, White and Kanes will introduce Elise’s story. Purchase the book.

View the show poster here.

Friday, February 3, 5:00 – 8:00 pm

First Friday Art Walk:

Take to the Streets!

Please join us for the opening reception of Take to the Streets!

Protesting has a long tradition in Maine. Take to the Streets! looks at several causes important to Mainers, ranging from civil rights and labor disputes to nuclear power and crank telephones. This show displays news photographs from United Press International. When UPI ceased operations in Maine, a collection of 3,000 photographs taken from 1966 to 1988 became part of the MHS collections. On view through March 31, 2012. Learn more about this show here.

To see a full list of all upcoming programs, please click here.

Maine Historical Society Maine Memory Network Maine History Online

Friends of Collections
For more ways to give, visit us online or call (207) 774-1822 ext. 206.

Visit Us Online

Vintage Maine Images Longfellow Website Museum Store

More information about the exhibit.

This Week at MHS is your online source for exhibits, programs, and events.

Maine Historical Society 489 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 info@mainehistory.org

Maine Maritime Museum Newsletter for Jan. 25, 2012

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:06:00 +0000

January 25, 2012

Maine women changed America forever — documentary film Thursday, 6:30 pm

When millions of abled-bodied American men headed to war in the early 1940s, American women stepped forward to fill many of the vacated manufacturing jobs as well as new positions required for the war effort. Gender roles in America would never be the same. In 1997, Southern Maine Technical College produced a documentary film that chronicled the major societal shift that took place. The film, On the Job: Women Launching a New Tradition, centers on New England Shipbuilding Co., then in Portland, with personal interviews 50+ years later of the women who worked in the yard during that period. Those interviews and the stunning shipyard footage make this a must-see film. Deborah Oliver, Build Design Manager for Bath Iron Works, will introduce the film. Only $3 for members; $5 for nonmembers.

BUY your tickets NOW.

Rarely seen Silver Service from cruiser USS Portland featured in Port of Portland exhibit

When Curator of Exhibits Chris Hall was prowling the Portland waterfront in search of material for thePort of Portland exhibit, he was led to what seemed to be a mostly forgotten and neglected storeroom. There he was shown the 20-piece engraved silver service that the city had presented in 1934 to the crew of the cruiser USS Portlandwhen the ship visited its namesake port. The service is now on loan from the U.S. Navy to MMM and is a popular piece of the exhibit. When the exhibit is taken down in May, the service will remain on loan at MMM for safekeeping. You can read the story behind Chris’ waterfront adventure in the next Rhumb Line, which members should receive in early March. And of course, don’t miss the opportunity to see the silver service in person in Port of Portland.

2012 marks 50th year for Maine Maritime Museum with special events & activities throughout the year

During 2012, Maine Maritime Museum will commemorate 50 years of preserving and educating about Maine’s maritime heritage. MMM will celebrate with tall ship visits, special events and programs that will pay homage to those who have been instrumental in ensuring its success and sustaining it for future generations to enjoy. Initiatives include a cooperative boatbuilding venture with The Apprenticeshop in Rockland, which began at MMM and which is celebrating its 40th anniversary; and a regional marketing project, funded in part by the Maine Office of Tourism, to bring greater attention to the maritime history and culture of Maine. If you’re not already a member, now would be a perfect time to become one so that you can take advantage of the benefits such as reduced fees on events and activities, free admission to the Museum and invitations to special events. Watch for more information in the upcomingRhumb Line, as well as in future Lookout e-newsletters. You can also follow the Museum on Facebook and Twitter.

Pulitzer-winning journalist to discuss book about her family and a deadly Newfoundland storm

On Sunday, March 4, at 2 pm, MMM and the Maine Irish Heritage Center will host Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Barbara Walsh as she discusses her latest book August Gale, a personal story about her father, his relationship with her grandfather, and a 1935 storm that shattered the lives of many families of Newfoundland schooner fishermen. As she recreates the scenes of the violent hurricane and a small boy’s past, she holds onto a hidden desire to heal her father and redeem the grandfather she never met. This free lecture will be held at the Maine Irish Heritage Center, 34 Gray Street, Portland (on the corner of State and Gray). A book signing will follow.

Reserve your seat NOW.

Become a better sailor in Sailing Skills & Seamanship, March 6-22; certificate exam proctored if desired

Improve your sailing skills by enrolling in the Sailing Skills and Seamanship course taught by the U.S. Coast Guard Auxillary. The course runs Tuesday and Thursday evenings, March 6 through 22 (six sessions), 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Designed for both experienced and novice sailboat operators, the course covers a broad range of subjects such as how a boat sails, reaching and sail adjustments. Maneuvers from tacking and jibing to anchoring are addressed, as are aids to navigation and rules of the nautical road. A boating safety course certificate, which is required to operate a boat in most states and Canada, is provided to those who successfully complete an optional exam at the end of the course. Many insurance companies offer discounts to boat owners who have a certificate.

For More Information or to Register NOW!

Maine Maritime Museum preserves, studies, and celebrates Maine’s maritime heritage and culture to educate the community and a worldwide audience about the important role of Maine in regional and global maritime activities.

DONATE NOW

Quick Links

Our Business Partners

Port of Portland:

A Ship-Shaped

History

Sponsored by:

The DiMillo Family

R.M.Davis, Inc.

Port Harbor Marine

Shipyard Brewing Co.

William A. Lowell

BECOME A MEMBER

Museum and Store hours

9:30 am to 5 pm daily,

except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day.

Maine Maritime Museum | 243 Washington Street | Bath | ME | 04530

Maine Historical Society Newsletter for January 23, 2012

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:40:00 +0000

Digital History: Stories from Maine Memory Network

Online Exhibit: Chinese in Maine

Arthur Goon on Navy ship, 1954

Chinese New Year, celebrated today, provides an opportunity to recognize the surprisingly long and rich history of the Chinese in Maine.

The history itself is fascinating, as has been the process of its discovery. Until recently, few people were aware that Chinese had been living and working in, and contributing to, communities throughout the state since the mid-19th century–not just in cities, but also in smaller towns and rural parts of Maine, like Cherryfield, Rumford, and Skowhegan. Former MHS trustee Gary Libby got on the case, and, through tenacious research, found and documented the stories of the many Chinese people living in Maine communities.

This online exhibit provides a broad introduction to the experience of Chinese Mainers. Read more.

MMN Item #10364

Upcoming Program

Tuesday, January 31, 12pm

MHS Book Event: Celebrating A Maine Prodigy

Please join us to celebrate and hear the story behind Maine Historical Society’s publication of A Maine Prodigy: The Life and Adventures of Elise Fellows White. White was a violinists from Skowhegan whose musical talents and adventuresome spirit took her around the country and abroad in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This new book has been compiled by Dr. Houghton White from her autobiography, diaries, letters, and photographs, now part of the MHS collections. A Maine Prodigy was edited by MHS’s Candace Kanes, who also wrote the introduction. White and Kanes will share background on Elise’s life. Purchase the book.

To see a full list of the many other programs coming soon, please click here.

Maine Historical Society Maine Memory Network Maine History Online

Friends of Collections

For more ways to give, visit us online or call (207) 774-1822 ext. 206.

Visit Us Online

Vintage Maine Images Longfellow Website Museum Store

Available at the Museum Store

This Week at MHS is your online source for exhibits, programs, and events.

Maine Historical Society 489 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 info@mainehistory.org

Portland Museum of Art News for the Week of January 23, 2012

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:35:00 +0000

Final Days to see The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Maine

On view through January 29
“…the scope of the Vogels’ gift to our nation is virtually without peer, and the expanded turf it adds to the PMA is undeniably impressive.”
-Daniel Kany, The Portland Press Herald
Learn more..

Lecture by Artist Andrea Zittel

Nelson Social Justice Fund Program Presents Andrea Zittel

Monday, January 23
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Free admission.

Book signing to follow.

Artist Andrea Zittel has earned international acclaim for her sculptures and experiments in living. From her first “living unit” that experimented in reducing all that a person needs into a small compact unit to her commission from the Danish government to create a floating living space off the coast of Denmark, her work explores individualism, community, and sustainable living.

This program is made possible by the Leonard and Merle Nelson Social Justice Fund at the Portland Museum of Art.

Andrea Zittel: Lay of My Land

$39.95

Pick up Andrea Zittel’s latest book and have her sign your copy after the Nelson Social Justice Fund Program on Monday, January 23!

Family Faces

Saturday, January 28

11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Free with Museum admission.

Tell the story of your Museum visit through a family portrait and see the exhibitionMaking Faces: Photographic Portraits ofActors and Artists. All ages will enjoy the opportunity to strike a pose and smile for the camera.

Movies at the Museum

One for the Road

Friday, January 27, 7 p.m.

Saturday, January 28, 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.

Sunday, January 29, 2 p.m.

Advanced tickets on sale until Thursday, January 26.Click here to purchase.

“One for the Road sets out to capture the craziness, drama, and migratory nature of skiers chasing down a dream….segments that will go down as some of the most intense, exciting, and jaw-dropping as anything ever filmed.” -Powder Magazine

Quick Links

Visit Us

Available at the Museum Store

Portland Museum of Art | Seven Congress Square | Portland | ME | 04101

Portland Museum of Art News and Events for Jan. 17 to January 22, 2012

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

1/17-1/22

Andrea Zittel

Nelson Social Justice Fund Program Presents Andrea Zittel

Monday, January 23
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Free admission.

Book signing to follow.

This program is made possible by the Leonard and Merle Nelson Social Justice Fund at the Portland Museum of Art.

Andrea Zittel: Lay of My Land

$39.95

Pick up Andrea Zittel’s latest book and have her sign your copy after the Nelson Social Justice Fund Program on Monday, January 23!

Artist Interventions

Friday, January 20

5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Free admission.

Visit the galleries during Free Friday Evening to participate in “happenings” planned by PMA’s new team of Maine artists. The team includes Shoshannah White, John Knight, Clint Fulkerson, Rob Sullivan, Kimberly Convery, Daniel Minter, Karen Gelardi, and Joe Kievitt.
This Week: “The Studio in the Museum”
This week features Kimberly Convery along with several members of the team (Karen Gelardi, Clint Fulkerson, and John Knight) and some special guest artists. Kimberly’s concept is ” the studio in the Museum” and she’ll design an evening with artists set up in the galleries (working at an easel, at a drawing table, etc). Gallery go-ers invited to join in and create alongside the artists! Learn more…

Collaborative Curation & Confessional

Friday, January 20

5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Free admission.

Bring your friends to this special Free Friday at the Museum! Become a part of artist Tanja Alexia Hollander’s Facebook Portrait Project as she records your story and researches ideas of friendship and interconnectedness.

With the huge success of “Collaborative Curation” during January’s First Friday Art Walk, we’ve added another night of curation. Stop by the Museum on Friday, January 20 to help Tanja curate part of her upcoming exhibition!

Movies at the Museum

Dinner and a Movie! Enjoy a light dinner before a movie! Visit the Museum Café by Aurora Provisions for seasonally inspired soups and salads, gourmet sandwiches, and creative entrées. Beer and wine served. No admission required to dine. Free Wi-Fi. Menu changes daily.

The Fairy

Friday, January 20, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, January 21, 2 p.m.

Sunday, January 22, 2 p.m.

NR
In French with English subtitles.
“Deliriously droll…a steady stream of laughs.” -Variety

Quick Links

Visit Us

Digital History: Stories from Maine Memory Network

Portland Museum of Art | Seven Congress Square | Portland | ME | 04101

Maine Historical Society Newsletter for January 16, 2012

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:00:00 +0000

Historic Journal: Entries from Emerald Log Book, 1859

This log book provides a fascinating glimpse into the daily activities of the schooner Emerald which sailed out of Biddeford. Among other things, it records the number and types of fish caught by each crew member, and sightings of whales, sharks, and other vessels. The cod fishing industry is one of the topics explored in the upcoming MHS book discussion group, Extraordinary Histories of Ordinary Things. Click here to learn more about that series and to sign up. (Deadline: January 27.)

Maine Memory Item #9749

New Photography Show Explores
Recent History of Protests in Maine

Just installed, Take to the Streets! (January 3-March 31) is the latest photography show in the MHS Lecture Hall Gallery.

Sheriff’s Association pickets, Portland, 1981

Protest is on many people’s minds. Today, of course, we honor Martin Luther King, Jr. whose acts of conscience and the protests they inspired transformed America. The “Occupy” protests of recent months raise fundamental questions about the causes that each of us feel are worth fighting for, where and how we can most effectively express ourselves, and how change happens in our society.

Protesting has a long tradition in Maine. Take to the Streets! looks at several causes that Mainers have spoken out on, ranging from civil rights and labor disputes to nuclear power and crank telephones.

Take to the Streets! displays photographs from United Press International. When UPI ceased operations in Maine, a collection of 3,000 photographs taken from 1966 to 1988 became part of the MHS collections.

Please join us for the opening reception on Friday, February 3rd from 5-8pm during First Friday Art Walk.
Winter hours for the MHS Museum are Monday-Saturday, 10am-5pm. Click here for more info.

Maine Historical Society Maine Memory Network Maine History Online

Friends of Collections

For more ways to give, visit us online or call (207) 774-1822 ext. 206.

Visit Us Online

Vintage Maine Images Longfellow Website Museum Store

This Week at MHS is your online source for exhibits, programs, and events.

Maine Historical Society 489 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 info@mainehistory.org

Renowned Artist Andrea Zittel at The Portland Museum of Art on January 23, 2012

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:00:00 +0000

Artist Andre Zittel

(Portland, Maine) On Monday, January 23, the Nelson Social Justice Fund at the Portland Museum of Art will present a lecture by internationally renowned artist Andrea Zittel. This free program will begin at 6 p.m. at the Museum with doors opening at 5:30 p.m. A book signing will follow. For more information, call (207) 775-6148, ext. 3227 or visit us at www.portlandmuseum.org.

Andrea Zittel has earned worldwide acclaim for her sculptures and installations that explore how we live, what we need, and personal freedom. From her first ‘living unit” that experimented in reducing all that a person needs into a small compact space, to her commission from the Indianapolis Museum of Art to buildIndianapolis Island, a fully inhabitable floating island for the Museum’s lake, her work explores individualism, community, and sustainable living. For Zittel, home, furniture, and clothing all become the sites of investigation in an ongoing endeavor to better understand human nature and the social construction of needs.

In 2010 Zittel launched her new project The Group Formerly Known as Smockshop at the Museum as part of SPACE Gallery’s outdoor art and music Block Party. Artists from Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Berlin, and Portland created and sold garments as reinterpretation of Zittel’s designs. This artistic enterprise generated income for artists whose work was non-commercial or not yet self-sustaining.

Andrea Zittel was born in 1965 in Escondido, California. She received a B.F.A. in painting and sculpture from San Diego State University and an MFA in sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design. In the early 1990s, she first established her practice in New York. One of her most visible projects in New York was A-Z East, a small row house in Brooklyn which she turned into a showroom testing grounds for her prototypes for living. In 1999 she moved back to the West Coast, eventually settling in the High Desert region next to Joshua Tree National Park and founded A-Z West. From A-Z West Zittel supports young artists’ collaborative projects as well as creating her own work. Andrea is a co-organizer of the High Desert Test Sites and the A-Z Smockshop in Los Angeles.

Zittel’s work has been included in group exhibitions such as the Venice Biennale, Doccumenta X, Skulture project in Munster, and both the 1995 and the 2004 Whitney Biennials. She has had solo exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; The Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh; The Diechtorhallen in Hamburg; the Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria, NY; The Museum for Gegenwartskunst in Basel; The Louisiana Museum in Denmark, the Schaulager in Basel and Magasin 3 in Stockholm. Andrea Zittel is represented by Andrea Rosen Gallery in New York City, Regen Projects in Los Angeles, Sadie Coles HQ in London, Massimo DeCarlo in Milan and Spruth-Magers in Munich. An entire room of her works has recently opened at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in the exhibition Contemporary Galleries: 1980–Now on view through February 17, 2014. For more information on Andrea Zittel, please visit www.zittel.org.

This program is made possible by the Leonard and Merle Nelson Social Justice Fund at the Portland Museum of Art.

MUSEUM INFORMATION

The Portland Museum of Art, Maine’s largest art museum, showcases fine and decorative arts from the 18th century to the present. From Winslow Homer and Andrew Wyeth to Pablo Picasso and Claude Monet, the Museum features three centuries of art and architecture. The Museum is located at Seven Congress Square in downtown Portland. Hours are: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday, and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday. Memorial Day through Columbus Day, the Museum is open on Mondays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Museum admission is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and students with I.D., $6 for youth ages 13 to 17, and children 12 and under are free. The Museum is free on Friday evenings from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., made possible through the generous support of L.L.Bean. No admission is required to visit the Museum Café and Store. For more information, call (207) 775-6148 or visit portlandmuseum.org.

Portland Museum of Art
Seven Congress Square
Portland, ME 04101

PH: (207) 775-6148, ext. 3224
FAX: (207) 773-7324

Portland Museum of Art News and Movies for the Week of January 9, 2012

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:00:00 +0000

New on View!

Making Faces: Photographic Portraits of Actors and Artists

Opening Saturday, January 14

Drawn from the Museum’s growing collection of celebrity portraits, this exhibition of 35 works will examine the way in which appearance, poses, and props help to define the public perception of an artist’s work, whether it be on the stage or in a museum.

Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie

Movies at the Museum

Friday, January 13, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, January 14, 2 p.m.

Sunday, January 15, 2 p.m.

“Force of Nature provides a welcome humanistic element to go along with its cautionary arguments about our endangered relationship with the natural world.” -The Hollywood Reporter

Save the Date

Artist Interventions

Friday, January 20
5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Free admission.
Visit the galleries during Free Friday Evening to participate in “happenings” planned by PMA’s new team of Maine artists. Come find out what happens when an artist intervenes in your gallery experience! Learn more…

Collaborative Curation

This past Friday, during First Friday Art Walk, artist Tanja Alexia Hollander and Museum Director Mark Bessire asked visitors to help curate Tanja’s upcoming show at the PMA, Tanja Alexia Hollander: Are You Really My Friend? For images from the event, visit Tanja’sFacebook page!
Be sure to join us on Friday, January 20 for another collaboration with Tanja!
Collaborative Confessional: Tanja Alexia Hollander and the Facebook Portrait Project

Friday, January 20

5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Free admission.

Museum Store: Product of the Week

Limited edition artist-designed tea towels and other home goods from Third Drawer Down.

Located in Australia, Third Drawer Down collaborates with artists around the world, including Miranda July, Sumi Ink Club, Camilla Engman, and others to create uniquely designed products! Now available at the Museum Store!

Quick Links

Visit Us

Digital History from Maine Memory Network

Forward email

Portland Museum of Art | Seven Congress Square | Portland | ME | 04101

Maine Historical Society eNewsletter for January 2012

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:05:00 +0000

Waterville, 1911: “We are growing to be somewhat cosmopolitan…”

MMN Item #61883

In 1911, Waterville was booming. This online exhibit, created by the Waterville Public Library with a digitization grant from MHS, explores how the efforts of local businesses, city government, and residents helped transform Waterville from a small town isolated in central Maine to a city with connections to the rest of the state, country, and the world. The next grant deadline for digitization projects, online exhibits, and the Maine Community Heritage Project is April 1.

MHS News

City of Portland Tax Records Go Online

1924 Tax Record, 485 Congress Street (MHS)

A partnership between MHS, the City of Portland, and Portland Public Library is pleased to announce that the first 10,000 entries from the 1924 Portland Tax Recordshave gone online on Maine Memory Network. This major initiative vastly expands access to a valuable and heavily used research collection. The records were created as part of a city-wide tax reevaluation and include photographs (in most cases) and other information, including descriptions of building materials, finishes, and the property’s assessed value. About half of the records have been scanned and added to the site (for street names from A-M). The project is expected to be completed by summer 2012. Search these records by owner, address, neighborhood, style, or use.

**********************

Sign Up Now for Portland History Docents Program

Are you interested in becoming a docent in the Longfellow House or volunteering at another local history site? The Portland History Docent program, a collaboration between eight Portland museums, is an incredible way to get involved, learn about Portland history, and become part of a great community. The twelve-week training program for new docents will be held Thursday mornings from February 9 through May 3. Learn more.

**********************

New Grants Support Garden Interpretation

MHS recently received two important grants–$10,000 from the Horizon Foundation and $5,000 from theMorton-Kelly Charitable Trust–to support interpretation of the Longfellow Garden. The grants will help staff develop interpretive material–including signage, handouts, and programs–that connect the garden to MHS, the Longfellow family, and the city. Look for these new resources this summer!

**********************

Maine Memory Toolkit Lands in Local Libraries

Next time you visit your local library, look for posters andbookmarks featuring Maine Memory Network. The materials were recently sent to every public library in the state as part of a toolkit that promotes the role that libraries can play in fostering interest in Maine history.There are five different posters, and five bookmarks.Click here to learn more and download copies!

January Programs

Tuesday, January 31, 12pm

MHS Book Event: Celebrating A Maine Prodigy

Please join us to hear the story behind Maine Historical Society’s publication of A Maine Prodigy: The Life and Adventures of Elise Fellows White. White was a violin prodigy from Skowhegan whose musical talents and adventuresome spirit took her around the country and abroad in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This new book was compiled by Dr. Houghton White from his grandmother’s autobiography, diaries, letters, and photographs, now part of the MHS library collection. A Maine Prodigywas edited by MHS staff member Candace Kanes, who also wrote the introduction. Dr. White and Kanes will share background on Elise’s life. Purchase the book.

Upcoming Program Series

(Re) Designing the Greater Portland Landscape:

Issues in Contemporary Design and Development

MHS and Greater Portland Landmarks are excited to announce a new joint program series. The four-part series will provide an immersion in historic and contemporary issues related to the greater Portland landscape through case studies and rigorous discussion of specific sites and current development and infrastructure projects. Each program will feature a moderator, a panel of stakeholders, and opportunity for discussion. Programs are open to the public. Suggested donation: $10 ($5 for MHS/GPL members)

Tuesday, February 21, 7pm

Public Parks: Care and Cultivation of Fort Williams Park, Cape Elizabeth

Tuesday, March 20, 7pm

Downtown Corridors: Franklin and Spring Streets

Tuesday, April 24, 7pm

Gateways to Portland: Rebuilding Veterans Memorial and Martin’s Point Bridges

Tuesday, May 15, 7pm

On the Waterfront: Heritage, Re-use, and Economic Development

From the Collections

MHS Map Reveals Presumpscot River, ca. 1840

Graduate student (and former education department assistant) Marieke Van Der Steenhoven has been closely studying Alexander W. Longfellow’s map of the Gambo Falls area along the Presumpscot River in 1840 (Map RR 20 at MHS). It’s a remarkable document, now being exminded at NEDCC.

The map was commissioned as part of a court case between two mill operators along the river in Gorham. The powder mill owner, O.M. Whipple, found that his mill couldn’t run as well after a dam and mill were constructed by the Cumberland Cotton Manufacturing Company. The map shows many mill buildings and reveals the thriving water-powered industry in Maine during this period. The Whipple mill went on to produce more powder for the Union troops during the Civil War than any other mill in the country.

Coming Soon:

Sign-Up Now!

2012 Book Discussion Group:

Extraordinary Histories of Ordinary Things

Portland City Hall Rum Room, ca. 1930

Join us for interesting discussions about history, and a great opportunity to connect with the MHS community.

In recent years, historians have cultivated a fresh and imaginative new genre: studies that trace broad historical narratives through the stories of individual, seemingly-small objects, ideas, or phenomenon. This year’s book discussion group will examine four particularly interesting examples: studies of the evolution of artificial light; how the codfish changed history; the toothpick as a paradigm for American manufacturing; and the influence of rum on the development of the New World.

WHEN: Tuesdays 2/28, 3/27, 4/25, and 5/22 @ 7PM

WHERE: MHS Lecture Hall

COST: $10 Members/$20 Non-members

BOOKS: Discounts available through MHS Store

REGISTRATION REQUIRED: By Friday, January 27 (Space is limited.)

Program facilitated by Larissa Vigue Picard. Click here for more information and to register.Museum Store

Baby, it’s COLD outside!

The cold winter weather is here! Warm up with our 100% lambs wool blankets and scarves featuring the Maine State Tartan!

Maine State Tartan

In store only. Visit us at 489 Congress Street in Portland. Museum store winter hours are Monday through Saturday 10am-5pm.

Current Exhibits

Museum

Dressing Up, Fitting In, Standing Out: Adornment & Identity in Maine(Through May 27, 2012)

Lecture Hall Gallery

Take to the Streets!(Through March 31, 2012)

Showcase Gallery

Student art work from ourLocal History/Local Schools program

Winter Hours

Museum & Museum Store: Mon-Sat 10am-5pm

Brown Library: Tues-Sat 10am-4pm

The Wadsworth-Longfellow House is closed for the season. Guided tours resume in May.

Seen at MHS

Our Celebrate the Season events this year were festive and lively. We hope you’ll join us again next year during the holidays!

Friends gathered for the annual MHS members holiday party.

Artist Cole Caswell made tintypes during the Longfellow Family Christmas.

MHS staff enjoyed their “Mad for Plaid” themed holiday party.

Maine Facts & Trivia

Mainers lead the way

Jedediah Preble

Jedediah Preble (1707-1784), a Portland businessman, is recorded as the first non-native to climb to the peak of Mount Washington in New Hampshire.

In 1981, George Murray of Millinocket was the first person to cross North America in a wheelchair.

Ellen Shulman was the first woman in New England to compete in men’s varsity intercollegiate athletics. She swam on the Bowdoin College men’s team in 1972.

Stay Connected

Visit Us Online
Maine Historical Society
Maine Memory Network
Vintage Maine Images
Longfellow Website
Maine History Online
MHS Museum Store
Online Museum Catalog

Maine Historical Society 489 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 (207) 774-1822
MHS e-Connection is your online source for news and events at MHS, e-mailed monthly.

News and Events at The Portland Museum of Art for the Week of 12/2/11

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:15:00 +0000

Happy New Year!

Gather Up the Fragments

On view through Feb. 5

“I have seen Shaker chairs so exquisite in their proportions and so perfect in their workmanship that they, celestial associations aside, stand as universal exemplars of harmony.” The Portland Press Herald

Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie

Holiday Sale

50% off Holiday cards, calendars, and selected seasonal merchandise at the Museum Store!

No returns on sale items. No other coupons or discounts apply. In store only.

January Movies

Dinner and a Movie! Enjoy a light dinner before a movie! Visit theMuseum Café by Aurora Provisions for seasonally inspired soups and salads, gourmet sandwiches, and creative entrées. Beer and wine served. No admission required to dine. Free WiFi. Menu changes daily.

The Soft Skin

Friday, January 6, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, January 7, 2 p.m.
Sunday, January 8, 2 p.m.
NR

Friday, January 13, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, January 14, 2 p.m.
Sunday, January 15, 2 p.m.
NR

The Fairy

Friday, January 20, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, January 21, 2 p.m.
Sunday, January 22, 2 p.m.
NR

One for the Road

Friday, January 27, 7 p.m.
Saturday, January 28, 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.
Sunday, January 29, 2 p.m.
NR

Exhibition Events

Tanja Alexia Hollander: Are You Really My Friend? 2/4 – 6/17

Come into the Museum to work with artist Tanja Alexia Hollander as she prepares for her exhibition which explores the dynamics of Facebook friendships.

Collaborative Curation
Fri. Jan. 6, 4:30 p.m.
Free admission.

Collaborative
Confessional
Fri. Jan. 20, 5 p.m.
Free admission.

Quick Links

Visit Us

Portland Museum of Art | Seven Congress Square | Portland | ME | 04101

Complete January/February 2012 Calendar Portland Museum of Art – WOW!

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:05:00 +0000

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2012 CALENDAR
NOTE: EXHIBITION SCHEDULE IS CURRENT AS OF DECEMBER 28, 2011.
SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. PLEASE CALL TO CONFIRM DATES.

NEW EXHIBITIONS

Making Faces: Photographic Portraits of Actors and Artists
January 14 through April 8, 2012

Two newly acquired portfolios by Berenice Abbott and Robert Doisneau, filled with portraits of famous artists and actors of the mid-20th century, prompted this look at the art of photographic portraiture. Drawn from the Museum’s growing collection of celebrity portraits, the exhibition of 35 works will examine the way in which appearance, poses, and props help to define the public perception of an artist’s work, whether it be on the stage or in a museum. Other photographers whose works will be on view include Philippe Halsman, with images of notable early television personalities such as Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Imogene Coca, and Jackie Gleason; and Barbara Morgan, whose photographs of the choreographer Martha Graham, capture the essence of modern dance. The exhibition will also feature portraits of some of Maine’s leading artists including Andrew Wyeth, Stephen Etnier, Louise Nevelson, Robert Indiana, Brett Bigbee, and Dozier Bell, whose work will be on view in the Museum’s third floor galleries.

Tanja Alexia Hollander: Are You Really My Friend?
February 4 through June 17, 2012
Facebook friendships exist in the nebulous world of cyberspace. Social networking creates a forum where we may connect or reconnect deeply with dear friends or become acquainted with new ones on a superficial level. But what happens when we reach across real time and space to physically connect with these same “friends”? In her new exhibition, Maine artist Tanja Alexia Hollander examines that question; she collapses the intangibility of cyberspace by traveling around the world on a modern-day odyssey to actually visit her 600 (and growing) Facebook friends. In this rich and multi-dimensional project, Hollander photographs her Facebook friends, prints images on paper, and exhibits the prints on gallery walls, causing her cyber-friend connections to become real and personal. Hollander’s process will be explored by encouraging interaction through visitor comments and an ever-changing installation of portraits through the run of the exhibition. Are viewers supposed to acknowledge the artist’s creativity, photographic skill, and role within the tradition of portraiture, or should we instead critique the management of her Facebook page? This exhibition is the fifth in a series of exhibitions called Circa that explores compelling aspects of contemporary art in the state of Maine and beyond.

Follow Tanja Hollander’s project at https://www.facebook.com/are.you.really.my.friend

Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist
February 23 through May 28, 2012
Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist will be the first comprehensive exhibition in the history of the Museum devoted to the 19th century French master Edgar Degas and his works on paper. Comprised of more than 70 drawings, prints, pastels, and photographs as well as several sculptures, the exhibition will provide an insightful exploration of the oeuvre of one of the most skilled and complex artists in art history. In addition to masterworks by Degas, the exhibition will include a select group of 17 rare works on paper by artists of his circle, including captivating works by Mary Cassatt, Paul Cézanne, Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. To add even greater depth to the exhibition, generous loans to the Museum from major benefactor Scott M. Black including Degas’s Portrait of Alexis Rouart (1895) and from Les Otten including Degas’s Fourth Position in front on the left leg will be part of the installation. Paintings and drawings by Jane Sutherland, a contemporary New England artist greatly inspired by Degas, will add yet another dimension to the exhibition.

Youth Art Month Exhibition
February 28 through April 1, 2012
In 2012 the Portland Museum of Art will celebrate 18 years of hosting the Maine Art Education Association’s annual Youth Art Month Exhibition, with more than 100 works of art—by students from around the state—recognizing the value and importance of art education in Maine schools. Mark your calendars and visit the Museum while the exhibition is on view to get an exciting glimpse into the future of the art world.

ONGOING EXHIBITIONS

The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Maine

Part II: Through January 29, 2012

Herbert Vogel, a postal clerk, and Dorothy Vogel, a librarian, managed to build one of the most important contemporary art collections in history with very modest means. After more than 40 years of collecting art, they decided to start giving the collection away. The Museum has been the recipient of 50 works from a national gifts program entitled The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States. The best-known works in the Vogel Collection are examples of minimal and conceptual art, but they also include pieces of a figurative and expressionist nature. Primarily a collection of drawings, the collection also includes paintings, sculptures, photographs, and prints by artists mainly working in the United States. This exhibition features a selection of the works from the Vogel gift which includes work by artists such as Will Barnet, Richard Tuttle, Claudia De Monte, and Steve Keister. Part II features architectural and minimalistic works.

MUSEUM PROGRAMS

Gallery Talks

Saturdays at 1 p.m. Free with Museum admission.

1/14: Painting Light—French Impressionism at the PMA by Sy Epstein

1/21: Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection by Claudia Bantz

1/28: Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection by Linda Roberts

2/4: Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection by Sy Epstein

Movies at the Museum
Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays. Tickets: $7 and available on the day of the show. For a complete list of movies, visit moviesatthemuseum.org.

The Soft Skin Friday, January 6, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, January 7, 2 p.m.

Sunday, January 8, 2 p.m.

Force of Nature: The David Friday, January 13, 6:30 p.m.

Suzuki Movie Saturday, January 14, 2 p.m.

Sunday, January 15, 2 p.m.

The Fairy Friday, January 20, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, January 21, 2 p.m.

Sunday, January 22, 2 p.m.

One for the Road Friday, January 27, 7 p.m
Saturday, January 28, 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.

Sunday, January 29, 2 p.m.

Le Havre Friday, February 3, 6:30 p.m
Saturday, February 4, 2 p.m.

Sunday, February 5, 2 p.m.

Friday, February 10, 6:30 p.m
Saturday, February 11, 2 p.m.

Sunday, February 12, 2 p.m.

What Do You Think?: Group Discussions

Thursday, January 5 & February 2, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Free with Museum admission.

1/5: Florists by Gertrude Fiske

2/2: An Afternoon Call by Jane Peterson

Collaborative Curation: Tanja Alexia Hollander and the Facebook Portrait Project

Friday, January 6, 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Free admission.

Artist Tanja Alexia Hollander invites you to stop by the Museum and help her decide which images she will include in the exhibition Tanja Alexia Hollander: Are You Really My Friend?, opening February 4.

Collaborative Confessional: Tanja Alexia Hollander and the Facebook Portrait Project

Friday, January 20, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Free admission.

Tell us what friendship means to you! Become part of artist Tanja Alexia Hollander’s Facebook Portrait Project as she records your story and researches ideas of friendship and interconnectedness.

Artist Interventions

Friday, January 20 & February 10, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Free admission.

Color Theory in Action

Saturday, January 21, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cost: $60/$45 members.

Warm up on a wintery Saturday in the Museum studio and learn techniques for using color. Our special workshop will include a color collage and tour of the exhibition, Gather the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection, where you’ll see, investigate, and appreciate the Shaker’s palette and gift of using color. Bring your own lunch or join us in the Café. This workshop is fun for all skill levels and is limited to 20 people. All materials are supplied.

Nelson Fund for Social Justice Lecture: Andrea Zittel

Monday, January 23, 6 p.m. with book signing to follow. Free admission.

Andrea Zittel has earned international acclaim for her sculptures and experiments in living that explore how we live, what we need, and personal freedom. From her first ‘living unit” that experimented in reducing all that a person needs into a small compact unit, to her commission from the Danish government to create a floating living island off the coast of Denmark, her work explores individualism, community, and sustainable living. In 2000 she moved her operations from Brooklyn, N.Y. to a 25 acre parcel of land in Arizona called A-Z West. For Zittel, home, furniture, and clothing become sites for investigation to better understand human nature and the social construction of needs. From A-Z West, Zittel supports young artists collaborative projects as well as creating her own work. She exhibits internationally at museums including the Museo d’Arte Contemporanea in Rome, The National Art Center in Tokyo, Japan, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, N.Y., and Zittel was included in 2006 and in the 2004 Whitney Biennial.

Family Faces

Saturday, January 28, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free with Museum admission. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Tell the story of your Museum visit through a family portrait and see the exhibition Making Faces: Photographic Portraits of Actors and Artists. All ages will enjoy the opportunity to strike a pose and smile for the camera. After, find your family in an online PMA photo album!

College Night 2012

Thursday, February 2, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Free admission with valid university ID/$5.

Family February Vacation

Visit the galleries and experiment with new materials for families to see the Museum together, including family guides, cell phone tours, sketching kits, special items in the Café, and more. On Thursday, February 23, bring the family to the Great Hall, where young ballet dancers, like the ones that inspired Degas, will be working at a barre. This will be a unique chance for all ages to sketch from a live model in the tradition of the artists in the exhibition Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist.

MUSEUM INFORMATION

HOURS

ADMISSION

Admission is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and students with I.D., $6 for youth 13 to 17, and children under 12 are free. Admission is always free for members.

FREE NIGHT

Admission is free every Friday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Free Friday evenings are made possible through the generous support of L.L.Bean and Patricia and Cyrus Hagge.

DIRECTIONS

PARKING

Public parking lots are located on High, Free, and Spring streets. Free metered parking available after 6 p.m. on weekdays and all day Sunday.

MUSEUM STORE

MUSEUM CAFÉ
The Museum Café by Aurora Provisions provides a variety of innovative fare made with locally produced foods. From their seasonally inspired soups and salads, to gourmet sandwiches and creative wraps, Aurora Provisions will tempt your taste buds. Fresh pastries and locally roasted coffee are the perfect pairing while you take a break from visiting the galleries.

MEMBERSHIP

GROUP TOUR INFORMATION

Group rates apply to groups of 15 or more with advance reservations. Tour escorts and bus drivers are always admitted free. Guided tours are available on request at no extra charge. To reserve a group tour, contact the Education Department at (207) 775-6148, ext. 3228, or email tours@portlandmuseum.org at least three weeks in advance. Group admission: $8 per adult. Bus parking: Free parking for buses is available on West Commercial Street.

INFORMATION

(207) 775-6148 general information

Website: portlandmuseum.org

Email: info@portlandmuseum.org

Portland Museum of Art
Seven Congress Square
Portland, ME 04101

Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection – Through February 5
Madeleine de Sinety: Photographs – Through December 31
The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Maine -Through January 29

Portland Museum Current and Upcoming Events Plus Films for the Week of 12/26/11

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:42:00 +0000

Final Week: Madeleine de Sinéty

On view through Dec. 31

“By reminding us of the joy of bouncing on a bed, the grief of digging a grave, or the pleasure of freshly baked boules, de Sinéty makes us more responsive to human experience–a most laudable accomplishment.”
-Art New England

Click here for complete Movie Listings.

Movies at the Museum

Being Elmo

Tue, Dec. 27, 2 p.m.

Wed, Dec. 28, 2 p.m.

Thu, Dec. 29, 2 p.m.

Fri, Dec. 30, 2 p.m. & 6:30 p.m.

Sat, Dec. 31, 2 p.m.

A New York Times CRITICS’ PICK! “A winning tale of the persistence and creativity behind one of the most famous and fuzziest faces in the world.” – The New York Times

Museum Store Sale!

Come into the Museum Store this week for an after holiday sale!

2012 Exhibition Schedule

Making Faces: Photographic Portraits of Actors and Artists

January 14 through April 8

Tanja Alexia Hollander: Are You Really My Friend?

February 4 through June 17

Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist

February 23 through May 28

From Portland to Paris: Mildred Burrage’s Years in France

April 21 through July 15

The Draw of the Normandy Coast (1860-1960)

June 14 through September 3

Maine Sublime: Frederic Edwin Church’s Landscapes of Mount Desert and Mount Katahdin

June 30 through September 30

Weatherbeaten: Winslow Homer and Maine

September 22 through December 30

Between Past and Present: Historic Photographic Processes and the Winslow Homer Studio

October 6 through January 20, 2013

Quick Links

Visit Us

Digital History: Stories from Maine Memory Network

Portland Museum of Art | Seven Congress Square | Portland | ME | 04101

Portland Museum of Art Newsletter for December 26th 2011

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 21:15:00 +0000

Historic Photograph: Salvage Shop, Portland, 1926

Mainers often use the days following the holidays to clean out. Today, many of us donate clothing and other goods to Goodwill, churches, and other community organizations. In 1926, the Junior League operated a thrift store in Portland called The Salvage Shop. Use the “Zoom” tool when you open the item in Maine Memory to check out what’s in the window and other interesting details!

Maine Memory Item #12857

Last Week for Celebrate the Season and Fashion Exhibit at MHS

Holiday House Tours

Daily tours through 12/31, then closed for the season until May.
Visit the Longfellow House for a special holiday experience. This year’s seasonal decoration and interpretation, based on family letters and documents, focuses on 1861. Objects have been added to illustrate both the emergence of Christmas as the holiday we recognize today, and the impact of the Civil War on the residents of the house. Click for hours and info.

New! Museum Store Holiday Sale

12/27 – 12/31

All holiday books, ornaments, and décor are 40% off!

Vintage Maine Images Sale

There’s still time to get $5 off all 8.5 x 11 reproduction prints online at www.VintageMaineImages.com. Sale ends 12/31/11.

Exhibit: “Having in Paris a Great Success”: French Fashion, 1928-1936

Our lecture hall exhibit comes to a close on 12/31/11. Stay tuned for our upcoming show, “Take to the Streets!” about protesting in Maine.

MHS Annual Trip- Special Offer

Book and deposit by January 6, 2012 and save $250 per person.

Past Uniworld cruisers save an additional $100 per person.

Spend 13 days on the Imperial Waterways of Russia aboard the River Victoria

For more information, contact

Elizabeth Nash at MHS: (207) 774-1822 ext. 217 enash@mainehistory.org

Eric Baxter at Hewins Travel: (800) 360-0888 ext. 2124 ebaxter@hewinstravel.com

Dana Widen at Hewins Travel: (800) 360-0888 ext. 2123 dwiden@hewinstravel.com

MHS Annual Fund

Please join us today in making your year-end, tax-deductible gift to the MHS Annual Fund. It’s quick and secure and makes all the difference in our daily operations. Make your gift by clicking here.

You can also send a check before December 31, 2011 to Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101. For questions regarding stock gifts or for instructions on transfer of securities, please call the development office directly at (207) 774-1822. We will be open through the end of the business day, Friday, December 30, 2011.

Thank you for your support!

Maine Historical Society Maine Memory Network Maine History Online

Friends of Collections
For more ways to give, visit us online or call (207) 774-1822 ext. 206.

Visit Us Online

Vintage Maine Images Longfellow Website Museum Store

All Current Exhibitions | Museum Calendar

Maine Historical Society 489 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 info@mainehistory.org

“Along the Yangzi River” at Bowdoin College Museum of Art through January 8th

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:00:00 +0000

Boyd Gallery
Shaw Ruddock Gallery

This fall, Bowdoin College Museum of Art offers visitors a rare glimpse into the artistry, rituals, and beliefs of Bronze Age China. The exhibition features approximately sixty magnificent bronze vessels and monumental bells that were cast in southern China in the period between 1300 B.C.E. and 221 B.C.E.

This is the first exhibition ever to focus on the regional characteristics of Hunan bronzes. Artisans in Southern China adapted with great skill the types of vessels from the Chinese Great Plains, some of which were traded to Hunan during the Bronze Age. But they did no feel restricted by their models. Animal-shaped bronzes and bells were a specialty of the south. Decoration sometimes specifically related to local animal life, as in the case of the elephant shaped wine vessel, or was made to serve regional tastes and ritual needs. A food-heating vessel for ritual that is decorated with human facemasks is unique in all of China and belongs to a small group of ancient objects classified as Chinese National Treasures.

This exhibition includes both, imported northern vessels that defined highbrow taste and the original and sometimes even odd creations of the regional bronze-makers of the South. Many of these unusual bronzes were only recently brought to light in excavations. They radically alter our contemporary perspectives on the art and culture of one of the cradles of the Chinese civilization.

The China Institute of New York organized the exhibition with loans from the Hunan Provincial Museum, the premier repository of archeological finds from the middle banks of the Yangzi River in southern China. Besides the China Institute, Bowdoin College Museum of Art will be the only other venue for this extraordinary show.

PHOTO: Rectangular Ding with Human-face Design, Late Shang period, 12th-11th century BCE, Hunan Provincial Museum

Bowdoin College Museum of Art · 9400 College Station, Brunswick ME 04011-8494 · 207-725-3275 · artmuseum@bowdoin.edu

2012 Exhibition Schedule for The Portland Museum of Art

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:15:00 +0000

2012 Exhibition Schedule

(Editors: Please note title and date changes and new admission prices.)

* Denotes First Floor Special Exhibition

The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Maine–Part II

Through January 29, 2012
Herbert Vogel, a postal clerk and Dorothy Vogel, a librarian, managed to build one of the most important contemporary art collections in history with very modest means. After more than 40 years of collecting art, they decided to start giving the collection away. The Museum has been the recipient of 50 works from a national gifts program entitled The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States. The best-known works in the Vogel Collection are examples of minimal and conceptual art, but they also include pieces of a figurative and expressionist nature. Primarily a collection of drawings, the collection also includes paintings, sculptures, photographs, and prints by artists mainly working in the United States. This exhibition features a selection of the works from the Vogel gift which includes work by artists such as Will Barnet, Richard Tuttle, Claudia De Monte, and Steve Keister.

Image credit: Lucio Pozzi (United States, b. 1935), Three Memories in a Red Storm, 1982, oil on canvas, 60 1/4 x 60 1/8 x 1 3/4 inches.

*Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection
Through February 5, 2012
Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection tells the story of the first and most avid collectors of the Shaker art, Faith and Edward Deming Andrews.

From the 1920s through the 1960s, the Andrews actively pursued Shaker objects, collecting mainly from the Shakers themselves. Through careful documentation and scholarship, the Andrews

illuminated these materials and their collection has bequeathed to future generations the most comprehensive body of evidence on the culture of the United Society of Believers. The exhibition, which includes more than 200 objects, is the most comprehensive collection of Shaker materials ever assembled and features the work of Shaker communities in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New York. Works on view include Shaker furniture, printed works, visual art, tools, textiles, and small crafts collected during four decades.

Image credit: Oval Boxes, Mount Lebanon, NY and Canterbury, NH, circa 1840. Andrews Collection, Hancock Shaker. Photo by Michael Fredericks.

Making Faces: Photographic Portraits of Actors and Artists (second floor)
January 14 through April 8, 2012
Two newly acquired portfolios by Berenice Abbott and Robert Doisneau, filled with portraits of famous artists and actors of the mid-20th century, prompted this look at the art of photographic portraiture. Drawn from the Museum’s growing collection of celebrity portraits, the exhibition of 35 works will examine the way in which appearence, poses, and props help to define the public perception of an artist’s work, whether it be on the stage or in a museum. Other photographers whose works will be on view include Philippe Halsman, with images of notable early television personalities such as Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Imogene Coca, and Jackie Gleason; and Barbara Morgan, whose photographs of the choreographer Martha Graham, capture the essence of modern dance. The exhibition will also feature portraits of some of Maine’s leading artists including Andrew Wyeth, Stephen Etnier, Louise Nevelson, Robert Indiana, Brett Bigbee, and Dozier Bell, whose work will be on view in the Museum’s third floor galleries.

Image credit: Greg Gorman (United States, b. 1949), Andy Warhol (1931–1987), 1986, archival pigment print, 24 3/4 x 20 inches. Gift of Barbara M. Goodbody.

Tanja Alexia Hollander: Are You Really My Friend? (fourth floor)
February 4 through June 17, 2012
Facebook friendships exist in the nebulous world of cyberspace. Social networking creates a forum where we may connect or reconnect deeply with dear friends or become acquainted with new ones on a superficial level. What happens when we reach across real time and space to physically connect with these same “friends”? In her new exhibition, Maine artist Tanja Alexia Hollander examines that question; she collapses the intangibility of cyberspace by traveling around the world on a modern-day odyssey to actually visit her 600 (and growing) Facebook friends. In this rich and multi-dimensional project, Hollander photographs her Facebook friends, prints images on paper, and exhibits the prints on gallery walls, causing her cyber-friend connections to become real and personal. Hollander’s process will be explored by encouraging interaction through visitor comments and an ever-changing installation of portraits through the run of the exhibition. Are viewers supposed to acknowledge the artist’s creativity, photographic skill, and role within the tradition of portraiture, or should we instead critique the management of her Facebook page? This exhibition is the fifth in a series of exhibitions called Circa that explores compelling aspects of contemporary art in the state of Maine and beyond.

Image credit: Tanja Hollander, June Fitzpatrick, Portland, Maine, 2011, Archival pigment print. Courtesy of Carroll & Sons, Boston, MA.

*Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist (first floor)
February 23 through May 28, 2012
Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist will be the first comprehensive exhibition at the Museum devoted to the 19th-century French master Edgar Degas and his works on paper. Comprised of more than 70 drawings, prints, pastels, and photographs as well as several sculptures, the exhibition will provide an insightful exploration of the oeuvre of one of the most skilled and complex artists in art history. In addition to masterworks by Degas, the exhibition will include a select group of rare works on paper by artists of his circle, including captivating works by Mary Cassatt, Paul Cézanne, Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. To add even greater depth to the exhibition, generous loans to the Museum from major benefactor Scott M. Black including Degas’s Portrait of Alexis Rouart (1895) and from Les Otten including Degas’s Fourth Position in front on the left leg will be part of the installation. Paintings and drawings by Jane Sutherland, a contemporary New England artist greatly inspired by Degas, will add yet another dimension to the exhibition.

Image credit: Edgar Degas (1834–1917), Before the Races, 1895, color lithograph, 19 3/4 x 22 1/2 inches. Collection of Robert Flynn Johnson. Courtesy Landau Traveling Exhibitions.

From Portland to Paris: Mildred Burrage’s Years in France(second floor)
April 21 through July 15, 2012
This exhibition will focus on Portland-born artist Mildred Burrage (1890-1983), who as a young aspiring painter traveled in the early 1900s to Giverny, France. There Burrage trained her eye on the landscape, creating oil paintings and filling sketchbooks with her Impressionist style. She wrote copious letters to her family back in Maine, detailing her adventures and providing vivid accounts of the artists, dealers, and distinguished figures whom she encountered, including French artistic legend Claude Monet and avid collectors Gertrude and Leo Stein. While Burrage was a prolific artist up until her death, this exhibition will celebrate these crucial, formative years (1909-1914) when she traveled abroad and was introduced and exposed to modern European movements. Comprised of approximately 70 works of art, including paintings, drawings, and never-before-exhibited letters, this exhibition will reflect a unique time of innocence, ebullience, and optimism in Mildred Burrage’s life and career, and in the American and European psyche before the onset of the First World War.

Image credit: Mildred Burrage, Souper a Deux, 1909–1912, oil on canvas, 34 5/16 x 30 1/2 inches, Portland Museum of Art, Maine, Gift of the artist.

*The Draw of the Normandy Coast (1860–1960)
(first floor)
June 14 through September 3, 2012
The northern coast of France—and Normandy in particular—proved to be an artistic crucible for French and American painters during the course of the 19th and 20th centuries. Geographically convenient to Paris, accessible by train, with dramatic cliffs and rock formations, and picturesque and active ports, Normandy was an attractive haven. Realists, Impressionists, Neo-Impressionists, Fauves, Cubists, and Surrealists all gravitated to the area. Spanning roughly 100 years (1860–1960), this exhibition will chart the coast’s significance and will showcase the ways in which the landscape was rendered by a spectrum of artists. This exhibition will explore the importance of the towns and villages of Honfleur and Le Havre, and such unique destinations as Étretat and will feature more than 40 works of European and American art, mostly paintings and works on paper, from the Portland Museum of Art and from the private collection of Scott M. Black.

Image credit: Claude Monet (France, 1840–1926), La Manneporte Vue en Aval (The Manneporte Seen from Below), circa 1884. Portland Museum of Art, Maine. Scott M. Black Collection, 23.2002.3. Photo by meyersphoto.com.

Maine Sublime: Frederic Edwin Church’s Landscapes of Mount Desert and Mount Katahdin (fourth floor)
June 30 through September 30, 2012
Nineteenth-century landscape painter Frederic Edwin Church first traveled to Maine in 1850 inspired by the portfolio of drawings his teacher Thomas Cole, founder of the Hudson River School. During the next few decades, Church visited the Maine coast and rocky islands near Mount Desert and trekked inland focusing on the area around Mount Katahdin. Maine provided sensational sunsets, robust waves crashing on rocky shores, and an abundance of wilderness arousing the dramatic vitality of nature that Church’s paintings embody. Organized by Olana Traveling Exhibitions and curated by John Wilmerding, the exhibition will focus on 23 of Church’s small oil sketches of Maine’s two most majestic natural landmarks.

Image credit: Frederic Edwin Church, Mount Katahdin from Upper Togue Lake, c. 1877–78, oil on academy board, 8 1/8 x 20 in., Collection of Olana, NYSOPRHP.

*Weatherbeaten: Winslow Homer and Maine
(first floor)
September 22 through December 30, 2012
In celebration of the opening of the newly restored Winslow Homer Studio, the Portland Museum of Art will showcase the exhibition Weatherbeaten: Winslow Homer and Maine. Comprised of 35 major oils and watercolors painted during Homer’s tenure in the Studio, the exhibition will introduce new perspectives on Homer’s life and work. Weatherbeaten will feature works from museums throughout the country including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., and The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts.

Image credit: Winslow Homer, Weatherbeaten, 1894, Portland Museum of Art, Maine. Bequest of Charles Shipman Payson. Photo by Melville D. McLean.

Between Past and Present: Historic Photographic Processes and the Winslow Homer Studio (fourth floor)
October 6 through January 20, 2013
In conjunction with the opening of the Winslow Homer Studio, the Museum will present an exhibition of contemporary photography made with a variety of historic processes available during Homer’s lifetime. From tintypes to platinum prints, cyanotypes to gum bichromate prints, these historical processes in the hands of today’s photographers simultaneously evoke the past and capture the present. The Museum has commissioned a group of photographers for this project including Abelardo Morell (camera obscura), Keliy Anderson-Staley (wet-plate collodion), Brenton Hamilton (cyanotype and gum bichromate), Tillman Crane (platinum prints), and Alan Vlach (salted paper prints). Images of the Homer Studio will include architectural studies, views of the landscape, interior scenes, and even still-life subjects of the few objects that survive from Homer’s day. This exhibition is the sixth in a series of exhibitions called Circa that explores compelling aspects of contemporary art in the state of Maine and beyond.

MUSEUM INFORMATION

The Portland Museum of Art, Maine’s largest art museum, showcases fine and decorative arts from the 18th century to the present. From Winslow Homer and Andrew Wyeth to Pablo Picasso and Claude Monet, the Museum features three centuries of art and architecture. The Museum is located at Seven Congress Square in downtown Portland. Hours are: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday, and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday. Memorial Day through Columbus Day, the Museum is open on Monday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Museum admission is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and students with I.D., $6 for youth ages 13 to 17, and children under 12 are free. The Museum is free on Friday evenings from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., made possible through the generous support of L.L.Bean and Patricia and Cyrus Hagge. No admission is required to visit the Museum Café and Store. For more information, call (207) 775-6148 or visit portlandmuseum.org.

Portland Museum of Art
Seven Congress Square
Portland, ME 04101
PH: (207) 775-6148, ext. 3224
FAX: (207) 773-7324
Visit the Museum at
www.portlandmuseum.org

Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection – Through February 5

Madeleine de Sinety: Photographs – Through December 31

The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Maine -Through January 29

News, Movies, Gifts and More in The Maine State Museum Newsletter for 12/19

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:05:00 +0000

Last Minute Shopping Extravaganza!

Friday, December 23

5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Free admission.

Are you someone who leaves holiday shopping to the last minute? Come in to theMuseum Store for holiday specials and to find the perfect last minute gift!

Final Weeks: Madeleine de Sinéty

On view through Dec. 31

Click here for Movie listings.

Movies at the Museum

Being Elmo

Fri, Dec. 23, 6:30 p.m.

Tue, Dec. 27, 2 p.m.

Wed, Dec. 28, 2 p.m.

Thu, Dec. 29, 2 p.m.

Fri, Dec. 30, 2 p.m. & 6:30 p.m.

Sat, Dec. 31, 2 p.m.

A New York Times CRITICS’ PICK! “A winning tale of the persistence and creativity behind one of the most famous and fuzziest faces in the world.” – Neil Genzlinger, The New York Times

Quick Links

Visit Us