We are excited to announce First Fridays at OMAA! This season, the museum will stay open late on the First Friday of every month, and will be offering free admission to all visitors between 5pm and 8pm. Come enjoy the museum until 8:00pm! Free First Fridays are made possible with generous support from The Nine…
Save the date for “Ogunquit Day” on May 23rd. We welcome all Ogunquit residents free of admission! Join us at the museum to enjoy our exhibitions, views, and grounds.
Engage with the history of the Ogunquit arts communities with this lecture and hands-on painting class with Tom Glover, who studied with John Laurent for over two decades. He met Laurent at the University of New Hampshire where John had taught for 30 years. It was the connection with Laurent and his ties to early…
Bring a blanket and join us for children's story time on the lawn with a craft project (ages 6 under plus adult guardian). Siblings welcome, no pre-registration required, and enjoy free admission to the museum following the event.
June 13 – Donna Cassidy* In the first half of the twentieth century, visual artists went to the beach to define themselves as modern—by experimenting with new styles and by picturing and promoting this new social and cultural space. This talk will examine the shifting meanings of the beach and the varied ways that it functioned…
The Ogunquit Museum of American Art will host its annual Art in Bloom event from Friday, June 23 through Sunday, June 25. During this popular three-day event, the museum will showcase up to 15 floral arrangements created by area garden club members, professional florists, and independent floral designers. Responding to a work of art on view, each designer will present an arrangement of fresh flowers,…
Saturday June 24, National Garden Club Master Judge, Laura Lindop, will present a floral demonstration at 2 pm. With a theme of Flirting with Florals, Lindop will create six sustainable and fun floral arrangements using handmade containers and recycled vases. Those who attend are eligible to win one of the arrangements. The floral demonstration is free to museum members or…
The weekend will conclude with the Art in Bloom Garden Reception at 4 pm, Sunday, June 25. The floral designers and area community will toast the participants in the museum’s gorgeous gardens, and the Visitors' Choice awards will be presented; there will be drinks and light fare. Tickets to the Garden Reception are $20 per person. Purchase your Tickets here! This event is…
CANCELED: June 27 – Cara Romero Due to unforeseen circumstances, we have canceled the June 27th Tuesday Talk with Cara Romero. We will now be hosting a private curatorial tour of Networks of Modernism with Devon Zimmerman. Please continue to check our website for more information on Tuesday Talks. Cara Romero’s photography is shaped by years…
Join Devon Zimmerman, OMAA's Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary American Art, for an insider's tour of the exhibition Networks of Modernism. Drawing primarily from OMAA’s permanent collection, this exhibition maps the ways artists responded to the immense social, political, and economic changes affecting life in the United States over a 70-year period: from 1898—the…
