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!
Portland Ovations goes beyond the proscenium with vertical dance pioneer Bandaloop. Seamlessly weaving together dynamic physicality, intricate choreography, and the art of climbing, Bandaloop turns the dance floor on its side. The company’s unconventional venues run the gamut from the New York Stock Exchange and Seattle’s Space Needle to natural wonders like Yosemite’s El Capitan …
Join us for our second annual Hewnoaks Showcase! Artists who have been in residence at the Hewnoaks Artist Colony on Kezar Lake will share recent work. Visual artists will display their work for sale, with interactive demonstrations of their processes. Music will be played and writing will be shared. *This event was postponed to September …
Featuring over 60 bands, writers, and comedians across multiple venues in East Bayside and Congress Street. On Saturday, September 30, performances will occur in Congress Square Park throughout the afternoon and evening. FMI: www.facebook.com/WakingWindows Tickets available at all Bull Moose locations and online: www.wakingwindows.com
Join Spark Artist Collective for October First Friday Art Walk. The Spark Artists Collective is a group of performers who bring music and creativity to all they encounter. In this event, people will be invited to become the performers as they explore different movement arts and musical instruments. Instruments will be provided or make your own simple …
Friends of Congress Square Park has partnered with the Maine College of Art during our 2018 season to feature temporary student artist work. Athena C. Lynch is the first artist in the series. Her work, "REQUIEMS TO SEPIA EXISTENCE", will be on view in Congress Square Park from April 25 through May 5, 2018. To learn …
Join Figures of Speech Theatre for a screening of "The Art of Memory: Stories from Maine’s Outer Islands," a shadow puppet film based on oral histories gathered on some of Maine’s most remote islands. Following the 35-minute film, audience members of all ages will be invited to peek behind the scenes before creating live shadow …
A SHARED SPACE is a virtual reality film which tells the story of friends Hilowle and Shuab, who grew up in Dadaab, Kenya– the largest refugee camp in the world. Today, both have started families and call Lewiston, Maine home. Raising children in the country’s least diverse state in the wake of Trump’s Muslim Ban …
Maine Inside Out (MIO) initiates dialogue, develops leadership, and builds community across boundaries with collaborative original theater, inside and outside correctional facilities. MIO youth inside of Long Creek Youth Development Center and in Maine communities of Biddeford, Lewiston, Portland, and Waterville create original theater as a tool for social change. MIO's outside community group, comprised …
Come draw portraits of your neighbors! Artist Lucy Walker has invited artists and creative leaders from the community for portrait sessions in Congress Square Park - and you're invited to draw them! No experience or supplies necessary. Optional: Bring a board for drawing on if you have one, and any art supplies from home you'd …
Join us for the 3rd annual Print Fair co-presented with Portland's Pickwick Independent Press! Over 40 Maine Printmakers will be exhibiting, demoing, and selling their work in Congress Square Park.