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TEMPOart Portland

Commissioning temporary public art that sparks dialogue, builds community, and inspires our collective imagination.

We share engaging public art that doesn’t need a ticket or an instruction manual. Each year new projects from TEMPOart enliven Portland’s public spaces. Our projects and events help people see their world in a new way, or just go through their day with a newfound energy–feeling less alone, alive with wonder, and knowing more is possible. We also partner with other educational and cultural institut

ions, building upon each project to offer inspiring learning opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds. We are completely funded through private support. It is thanks to our generous donors that TEMPOart is able to serve Portland.

04/25/2026

Today was the perfect day to explore installation BUOYANCY at and create miniature hand deconstructed fabric frames!

Thanks to artist MJ Arguedas for leading an epic workshop and for .w.d.studios for the perfect workshop space!

Follow us for future opportunities to connect with artists and place.

✨get outside and get creative, y’all!✨

04/16/2026

Friends: save the date for May 1st First Friday! We are teaming up with our pals at + + for an evening of sound in Congress Square Park ✨

5 PM: Palaver Strings Student Showcase
6 PM: Taiko Maine Dojo Drums

✨See you in the Square! It’s free! It’s fun!! ✨

03/24/2026

FREE Artist-led Workshop with artist Margarita Jane Arguedas!

Threads of Change: Weaving the Living Fabric of Place
Saturday, April 25
1 to 3 PMw.d.studios
✨register via link in bio✨

Join artist Margarita Jane Arguedas for a hands-on workshop exploring the deep interconnections between landscape, memory, and material.

Arguedas, the artist behind “BUOYANCY” in , will lead a walk to the artwork before participants experiment back in the studio with knit fabric.

No experience needed! Bring a curiosity and a willingness to explore through walking, making, and reflection. ✨

Image of the artist by .moxie ✨

12/26/2025

A snowy “Winged Kelp”

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11/26/2025

Join us for a joyful, year end photo moment! ✨

Meet us on Back Cove Trail in front of “Dancing for Joy (By The Will of the People)” by the Myth Makers on Saturday, December 6 from 10 am to Noon!

We will be there with photographer Alyson Peabody .moxie to capture you and your friends and family. Bundle up! Drop in when you can! Take a joyful snap!

If it brings you joy to give to public art, we will have ways to donate. Or just gift us with your presence! 🤩

✨Let’s celebrate another great year together ✨

11/21/2025

Meet the 2026 TEMPOart artists: Aquarius Funkk, verónica a. pèrez, and Arisa White ✨

Each artist is creating a public art activation for Portland, and we couldn’t be more excited! ✨ Stay tuned here for more information about the artists and their projects over the next few months.

Aquarius Funkk is an experimental and interdisciplinary artist based in Portland, ME. Their artistry weaves world-building, persona-making, and ritual actions into emotive images, live performances, experimental film & media, and immersive experiences.

verónica a. pèrez is an artist whose work is deeply rooted in the community, exploring themes of erasure/repair, identity, and interdependency through their personal work and their braiding circles workshops.

Arisa White is an associate professor of English and Creative Writing at Colby College. She is the author of “Who’s Your Daddy,” co-editor of “Home Is Where You Q***r Your Heart,” and co-author of “Biddy Mason Speaks Up.”

11/10/2025

What a wonderful way to spend a Friday afternoon: winterizing a shared garden space at Cultivating Community with kelp and making garden cyanotypes!

Thanks to everyone who came to our last Creative Paths event with our friends at Portland Trails. We loved being in community with everyone who participated and experiencing our trails through a creative lens ✨

11/02/2025

Artist Margarita Jane Arguedas has been creating something special for Old Port Square!

Help us welcome “BUOYANCY,” a new artwork in three parts to during November’s First Friday Art Walk. Taking over empty signage, the artist’s work with hand-deconstructed fabric is a reflection on past, present, and shared connection to the shore.

✨ Meet the artist between 6 and 7 PM at 46 Exchange Street on Friday, November 7 ✨

Thanks to photographer Alyson Peabody .moxie for the behind-the-scenes snaps!

10/29/2025

One more Creative Paths event with ✨

Join us next Friday, November 7th to help with winterizing their gardens with seaweed + make a fun sun print taking inspiration from the ocean.

Sign up via the link in bio! ☀️

08/13/2025

An absolute treat of a morning with on the Back Cove Trail!

We learned so much about the migrating birds from Audubon naturalist Doug Hitchcox.

Our fav bird of the day? The Greater Yellowlegs (OK, second fav bird behind the two great egrets by 😉)

This is just the first event in our Creative Paths series with ✨

Join us next month on the Thompson’s Point Trail for Ocean Motion + Meditation. Visit trails.org to register 🌊

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PO Box 4101
Portland, ME
04101

Website

https://tempoartmaine.org/

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