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.
Group Exhibition by Guest Curator Lin Lisberger
June 27 – August 23, 2024
Maine Jewish Museum
About This Exhibition
This is a group exhibition of sculptors and painters. In these times of enormous conflict, artists seek to give voice to their distress with these conditions. The artists in the exhibition work with assorted components to achieve a desired narrative about their solutions for peace and quietude.
Joyce Ellen Weinstein
July 11 – August 23, 2024
Maine Jewish Museum
About This Exhibition
Artist Joyce Ellen Weinstein is a recent transplant to the Portland, Maine area from New York City. About this exhibition, she explains, “My main interest in making art is about people, who they are, what they do and what they look like. However, I cannot ignore the majestic beauty of Maine, most especially the water. Therefore, my work incorporates people and their relationship with the water that surrounds us here.”
Margie Patlak
July 2 – August 23, 2024
Maine Jewish Museum
About This Exhibition
Maine’s dramatic coast and the wildlife it harbors can inspire awe and an appreciation of the transcendent akin to the religious experiences some have felt after following various Jewish practices.
Lisa Houck
July 11 – August 23, 2024
Maine Jewish Museum
About This Exhibition
This pop-up exhibition features mosaic works by Maine-based artist Lisa Houck. The artist works with color and pattern to create complex, imaginative landscapes, and is inspired by the natural world, exploring scientific concepts in her work.
All images copyright of the artist, unless otherwise noted; reproduction not allowed without express permission
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