Friends of Congress Square Park
The premier urban park in the heart of Portland’s vibrant Arts District. The park features local art installations, community events, free wifi and more!
Do you love Congress Square Park? We’ll help you stitch your LOVE onto a small cloth panel to be hung in the park for all to see! No experience necessary. All ages welcomed (children under 10 will need adult assistance). All supplies provided. It’s FREE. It’s FUN. It’s #stitchHIVE!
Come enjoy live art, music, performances, and more at the 4th annual Maine Hip Hop Summit! Check out the video from last year's summit here!
Back for a second year in a row, please join us for a special afternoon concert with three local community support bands. MVRA's Back Bay Rockerz: The Back Bay Rockerz are a group of men and women who love music and attend MVRA’s day program Back Bay Connections located in Portland Maine. The band formed 4 years ago …
Circus Ole` is an animal free circus that provides all the elements of a traditional circus without the use of live animals. Enjoy this 45 minute First Friday Art Walk performance. Fun for the whole family, come one come all... Ole`! www.circus-ole.com
Did you ever wish you could write in another language? Or have beautiful penmanship in your own? Here’s a chance to Try Your Hand at an international calligraphy event at Congress Square Park! People from around the world will show you how to write in their native script, such as Cyrillic, Japanese, Arabic. You’ll also …
The Art Department and Bomb Diggity Arts are teaming up once again to present the "WATCH THIS!" film festival. Through an open call for all sorts of creative filmmaking - short films, music videos, animations and claymations - Watch This! provides an eclectic mix of local films sure to delight.
What Can Tarot cards teach us about climate change? Join artist James Leonard on Sunday, September 18th in Congress Square Park to find out! It can be hard to face a future we fear. Divination has been used by cultures throughout the world to help people navigate difficult futures. Artist James Leonard has adapted Tarot cards …
Join us for our first annual Hewnoaks Showcase! Artists who have been in residence at the Hewnoaks Artist Colony on Kezar Lake will share recent work. Visual artists including Sarah Perea Kane, Pamela Moulton, Sarah Baldwin, Amelia Harnas, and Anne Scheer will display their work for sale, and Moulton and Baldwin will lead interactive demonstrations …
It’s said that this could be the Woodstock of 2016. (Mike Weisser, Huffington Post, 8.23.16). On Sept. 25, 2016, the Concert Across America to End Gun Violence will happen at over 150 sites across the country. Portland’s event will be a free concert from noon to 3 pm at Congress Square Park. The Portland event is …
We are pleased to host ICELANDx207: Container a multimedia installation by Portland Photographer Justin Levesque on view September 27 through October 12. The exhibition will be housed in an Eimskip shipping container. The opening reception is scheduled for Friday, September 30 at 6 p.m. and is free and open to the public. ICELANDx207: Container documents …