Contemporaries Council members choose to live in and around Portland because of the city’s potential as an incubator for creative and entrepreneurial endeavors, and for the close-knit community that enables connections and inspires support.

Together with the PMA, the Contemporaries Council actively explores ways to enhance the local creative economy, with meetups beyond the PMA and out in the community, lifting the tide for all. Through their philanthropic support of the PMA, the Council reduces barriers and degrees of separation within Maine’s entire cultural community and brings people together.

• Free admission at the PMA and more than 1,000 art museums around the country through MARP (Museum Alliance Reciprocal Program), NARM (North American Reciprocal Museum), and ROAM (Reciprocal Organization of Associated Museums)

• Invitations to Art After Hours and exclusive curator-led tours
• Invitation to the annual Sunset Soiree at the Winslow Homer Studio (only open to Council members)
• Invitations to Evening Previews and Opening Receptions with the Judy and Leonard Lauder Director celebrating major exhibitions
• Invitations to the Winter Bash, Summer Party, and Holiday Open House
• Complimentary admission to Sunday matinee PMA Films (maximum two tickets per visit)
• Subscription to PMA Magazine
• Two membership cards
  • OR receive a digital membership card to replace a traditional hard plastic card
• Unlimited admission for two adults and all children under 18 when accompanied by a member
• Invitations for two individuals to members-only special exhibition preview days
• Priority notification and invitations to attend annual lectures; Barnet Scholar’s Weekend, Photography Fund Lecture, Bernard Osher Lecture, and Nelson Social Justice Fund Lecture
• 10% discount in the PMA Store and the PMA Café by The Black Tie Company
• Personalized membership cards
• Subscription to members-only emails with PMA news and special opportunities
• Access to select members-only PMA Films and PMA Collection tours
• Ability to purchase discounted PMA Films tickets
• Ability to purchase discounted guest passes ($5 off)
• Ability to purchase discounted tickets to museum events and programs
• Ability to purchase discounted tickets to Winslow Homer Studio Tours

Contact Lily Spearsmith, Annual Gifts Officer, at (207) 699–4908 or [email protected] for more information about the Contemporaries Council.