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.
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Our current exhibitions are listed below.
GUEST CURATOR: DR. AARON ROSEN
November 6 – December 31, 2025
Maine Jewish Museum
About This Exhibition
In 1989, the Jewish artist R.B. Kitaj coined the term Diasporist Art, calling for an art “in which a pariah people, an unpopular, stigmatized people, is taken up, pondered in their dilemmas.” Today, a new generation of Jewish artists is pondering what it means to be displaced or uprooted, sketching out and creating connections across many communities and identities. This exhibition is guest curated by Dr. Aaron Rosen, Executive Director of The Clemente Course in the Humanities; Founder/Director of the Parsonage Gallery. Artists include Rosalba Breazeale, Matt Jones, Susan Klein, Aaron Margolis, Meirav Ong, and Naomi Safran-Hon.
Exhibition Sponsor:
Leir Foundation, in memory of Henry J. and Erna D. Leir.
November 6 – December 31, 2025
Maine Jewish Museum
About This Exhibition
Personality tests show me to be an ambivert – dead center between intro and extro. On the fence. My art requires spending a lot of time there.
November 6 – December 31, 2025
Maine Jewish Museum
About This Exhibition
Throughout his photographic series in the snowy mountains of the Rocky Mountain West, Jesse Melchiskey explores the dichotomy of the highs of breathtaking vistas and ascents on snow and rock with the lows of numbing classes and the empty feeling when the drugs and adrenaline wear off.
About This Exhibition
Artist Juliet Karelsen visited Iceland in the fall of 2024 and was inspired to create a special site-specific installation for the Maine Jewish Museum in the stairwell. Come take a peek!
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