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01/01/2019

Art for All Initiative Begins Its Second Full Year at the PMA

Art for All Initiative Begins Its Second Full Year at the PMA

For immediate release (January 1 , 2019, Portland, Maine)The Portland Museum of Art is
pleased to announce that Art for All—an initiative that supports the PMA’s dedication to being
an open, accessible, inclusive, and welcoming museum for all, through exhibitions and
programs that reflect our community and create experiences with art that strengthen our
bonds and bring us together—is returning to the museum after a successful year in which both
sponsors and museum visitors were thrilled and delighted by the exhibitions and programming
made possible in part through this initiative.
The Avangrid Foundation in partnership with Central Maine Power, and Wex, are the two latest
sponsors to contribute to this initiative, joining corporate sponsors Unum, TD Bank through the
TD Charitable Foundation, CPRC Group, and the Via Agency; foundation sponsors Franklin P.
and Arthur W. Perdue Foundation, Inc., and the Horizon Foundation; and individual sponsors
Anonymous (2), Judy and John Adelman, Sheri and Joe Boulos, Shannon C. Gordon, Cyrus
Hagge, Jocelyn and Peter Handy, Alison and Horace Hildreth, John and Hilary Isacke, Marian
Hoyt Morgan and Christopher Hawley Corbett, Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Spencer, Stewart and
Elizabeth Strawbridge, and Amy Woodhouse and Tobey Scott.
In February 2017, the PMA completed a four year, cross-departmental accessibility
initiative, Your Museum, Reimagined, in which PMA staff reinstalled the collection, digitized the
collection, improved physical accessibility, and created more ways to remove financial means as
a barrier to the museum. This renewed focus on audience engagement and accessibility has
continued through the introduction of the Susie Konkel Pass in March 2018, which grants free
admission to everyone ages 21 and under. Art for All was developed as an ongoing initiative
that aims to build on these efforts.
Exhibitions in 2018 that are supported by Art for All include the 2018 Portland Museum of Art
Biennial and Painter and Poet: the Art of Ashley Bryan, and Beyond the Pedestal: Isamu Noguchi
and the Borders of Sculpture. In 2019, Art for All will support Relational Undercurrents:
Contemporary Art of the Caribbean Archipelago, with more announcements to come soon.

For information about how to contribute to Art for All, contact the PMA’s Philanthropy
department at philanthropy@portlandmuseum.org or (207) 699-7148.

 

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About Avangrid: Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE: AGR) aspires to be the leading sustainable energy company in the United States. Headquartered in Orange, CT with approximately $44 billion in assets and operations in 24 U.S. states, Avangrid has two primary lines of business: networks and renewables. Through its networks business, Avangrid owns and operates eight electric and natural gas utilities, serving more than 3.3 million customers in New York and New England. Through its renewables business, Avangrid owns and operates a portfolio of renewable energy generation facilities across the United States. Avangrid employs approximately 8,000 people and has been recognized by JUST Capital in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 as one of the JUST 100 companies – a ranking of America’s best corporate citizens. In 2024, Avangrid ranked first among utilities and 12 overall. The company supports the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals and was named among the World’s Most Ethical Companies in 2024 for the sixth consecutive year by the Ethisphere Institute. Avangrid is a member of the group of companies controlled by Iberdrola, S.A. For more information, visit www.avangrid.com.

 

About Iberdrola: Iberdrola is one of the world's biggest energy companies and a leader in renewables, spearheading the energy transition to a low carbon economy. The group supplies energy to almost 100 million people in dozens of countries. With a focus on renewable energy, smart networks and smart solutions for customers, Iberdrola’s main markets include Europe (Spain, the United Kingdom, Portugal, France, Germany, Italy and Greece), the United States, Brazil, Mexico and Australia. The company is also present in growth markets such as Japan, Taiwan, Ireland, Sweden and Poland, among others.

With a workforce of nearly 40,000 and assets in excess of €141.7 billion, across the world, Iberdrola helps to support 400,000 jobs across its supply chain, with annual procurement of €12.2 billion. A benchmark in the fight against climate change, Iberdrola has invested more than €130 billion over the past two decades to help build a sustainable energy model, based on sound environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles.