The museum is housed within the restored Etz Chaim Synagogue, a turn-of-the-century house of worship. The museum is a venue for contemporary art exhibits feature established, Jewish-connected, and Maine-connected artists and rotate every eight weeks.
Most of the art we exhibit is for sale. Your purchase helps support artists and the Maine Jewish Museum.
Our current exhibitions are listed below.
November 7, 2024 – January 3, 2025
Maine Jewish Museum
About This Exhibition
Arthur Yanoff’s paintings are based on direct observation of the “subject,” which takes him into a path of abstraction in relation to the actual results. “Still I don’t consider a painting realized until I sense an aspect of the original source woven into the fabric,” Yanoff says.
November 7, 2024 – January 3, 2025
Maine Jewish Museum
About This Exhibition
A paler shade is a gathering of paintings and sculptures completed in 2024, embracing themes of vulnerability and resiliency, transformation and renewal.
November 7, 2024 – January 3, 2025
Maine Jewish Museum
About This Exhibition
Since 2004, Don Peterson has actively pursued a creative practice in both photography and painting. It has been suggested that his work in these two disciplines, while significantly different technically, strongly relates one to the other.
November 7, 2024 – January 3, 2025
Maine Jewish Museum
About This Exhibition
In this pop-up show, hand knit garments are an embodiment of anxiety and dissociation. Knit clothing becomes a portal to the self and emotions when they feel out of reach.
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