OMAA Opening Up its View and its Doors Wider This Season
PORTLAND PRESS HERALD April 24, 2022 By Eric Russell OGUNQUIT, MAINE – The seasonal art museum will soon complete a renovation that showcases the property’s ocean view, but director Amanda…
OMAA Appoints Devon Zimmerman as Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary American Art
Amanda Lahikainen, PhD, Executive Director of Ogunquit Museum of American Art (OMAA), has appointed Devon Zimmerman, PhD, as Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary American Art, effective April 4, 2022.…
OMAA Receives Transformational Gift
The Ogunquit Museum of American Art received one of the largest gifts in the history of the Museum from Carol and Noel Leary to support the Museum’s exciting new vision…
Objects of our affection
Wolf Kahn (1927-2020); Distant Blue Ridge, 1997 Oil on canvas, #2015.8 In this series, OMAA staff, volunteers and friends discuss their favorite art and sculpture from our collections. Selected by Maine artist…
Objects of our affection
Mountfort Coolidge (1888-1954); The Rising Moon – The Golden Fleece, c. 1925 Oil on canvas, 30 x 34 in. Gift of Robert and Jill Checkaway In this new series, OMAA staff, volunteers…
Nominate first responders
OMAA gives back to first responders
For Museums Big and Small, Fall Openings Mark Triumphs Over Pandemic Logistics
BOSTON GLOBE September 24, 2020 By Murray Whyte OGUNQUIT, MAINE – They were ready, if it came to it. In late June, just a week before the Ogunquit Museum of…
Kenslea Collection
By Carole Aaron Michael Kenslea (1938-2019) was a driving force behind OMAA, serving as board member, treasurer and president from 1992-2009. From the early days, Michael gave generously – financially, emotionally and…
OMAA Online: ARTifacts – Conserving St. Francis of Assisi Sculpture
Welcome back to OMAA Online and our ARTifacts Series. This week, OMAA Curator and Collections Manager Ruth Greene-McNally talks with conservator Molly O’Guinness Carlson about conservation efforts on the museum’s…
OMAA Art By The Sea Auction
By Lisa Aubin Chair, 2020 Art By The Sea Auction & Fundraiser If you know Ogunquit, you know our beautiful town features amazing restaurants, retail shops, lodging establishments, sandy beaches, scenic spots like the Marginal…
