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A Statement on Recent Events

A Statement on Recent Events

On Wednesday, November 22, Mamadou Dembele, a PMAC board member and a Vice President at Bangor Savings Bank, was assaulted while out in downtown Portsmouth. In a recent statement to the press, Mamadou shared that “the words used by my attacker leave no doubt that this...

PMAC Welcomes Three New Board Members

PMAC Welcomes Three New Board Members

We are excited to announce Mark Anderson, Bill Durling, and Joe Keefe as new members of the PMAC Board of Directors. Anderson is a retired software engineer and architect from Liberty Mutual, Durling became Vice President of Corporate Communications at Blue Cross Blue...

Congratulations, Class of 2023!

Congratulations, Class of 2023!

We are so proud of our PMAC students who graduated this spring! Congratulations to everyone on their accomplishments and best wishes for great success and happiness on their journey into the future! Adam P. What did you study at PMAC? Bass and guitar with Nick...

All We Ask is that Art Stirs an Emotion

All We Ask is that Art Stirs an Emotion

by Darlene Furbush Ouellett, 2018 I receive a newsletter, “The Painter’s Keys”, in my inbox twice weekly. The newsletter was originally written by Robert Genn, a Canadian artist and genuine human with incredible insight and intuition as well as humor. He was a gifted...

Teaching in PMAC’s Amazing Community

Teaching in PMAC’s Amazing Community

by Nick Phaneuf   There are lots of different environments in which music students and teachers interact: School band programs are amazing places where many students gain their first access and exposure to music. In a public school, students try out instruments along...

From PMAC to Fashion Design

From PMAC to Fashion Design

It's no secret that 2022 is a big year for us at Portsmouth Music and Arts Center: our 20th anniversary year! 20 years ago last month, the Seacoast's hub for music and art education was born. Over the past 20 years, we have seen countless students of all ages...