Visit
SPACE is located at 534-538 Congress Street in Portland, Maine.
The 538 entrance is used for most events.
The 536 entrance is for private use of our studio building.
The 534 entrance is for gallery visitation during gallery hours.
Events
- The venue’s 538 Congress Street doors open a half hour before program start time, unless otherwise noted.
- Please familiarize yourself with our Safer SPACE Policy for audience agreements that is posted publicly in our venue by the entrance and bathrooms, and is available for reference here.
- SPACE’s venue and restrooms are ADA compliant, please email info@space538.org to request priority accessibility seating, any accessibility questions, or for ASL interpreter requests (please note booking an interpreter typically needs notice at least one full week before the event). If you are interested in proactively underwriting accessibility/ASL translation at events please email director@space538.org.
- No flash photography by audience members is permitted at SPACE events. When artists request no photography, SPACE will communicate this with the audience and appreciate your advance cooperation.
- Please silence cell phones during all SPACE performances, screenings, talks, and programs.
- Some dance, theater, and performance programs may have no late seating due to disruptions in the work.
Exhibitions
- Visit our exhibitions at our 534 Congress Street entrance during open gallery hours (typically Thursday and Friday 12-6pm and Saturday 12-4pm, pending installations). Visit our exhibitions page to make sure we have an exhibition inside the building on view.
- Window Gallery exhibitions are viewable 24/7 from the street.
- Unless otherwise marked, please assume the art is neither thirsty nor hungry, and is not made to be touched. We deeply appreciate you not actively eating or drinking while looking at the art, and not touching the work.
- Unless otherwise marked, all works can be photographed. We strongly encourage you to credit or tag the artist (and SPACE!) if you are sharing their work.
- Inquiries for purchases can be sent to info@space538.org.
Hours
| Thurs & Fri | Gallery open 12pm–6pm |
| Saturday | Gallery open 12pm–4pm |
| Sun–Weds | Closed |
If our gallery hours do not work with your schedule, we happily encourage you to email us at info@space538.org to arrange accommodations for another time. If you would like to bring a group of over ten people at a time, we ask you kindly e-mail us in advance and we are happy to offer your group an introduction or tour.
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Downtown street parking is possible with a paid meter or the Passport Parking App, parking is free after 6pm and on Sundays, or on certain blocks as marked. The Spring Street Garage run by the City of Portland is the closest to SPACE. During Cross Arena events or if there is a full garage, the Elm Street Garage next to the Portland Public Library is another option, however it closes at 10pm.
When looking at the building, the left entrance in the gray storefront is our visual art gallery for gallery hours, the center entrance is our studio building and entrance to Pickwick Independent Press, and the right entrance with the brick facade with double doors, next to our window gallery is the entrance to our venue. Doors typically open 30 minutes before all shows, please check event listings. Deliveries may be made from 10am-5pm most business days by calling 207-828-5600, please note our offices are located in the rear of the building.
Public Health
- SPACE recommends that attendees to SPACE events or the gallery wear protective face masks indoors based on regional COVID rates and state and national CDC guidance. Our organization reserves the right to change this policy if new public health concerns emerge. Please note that some events will require full audience masking at the artist’s request, please check the individual event listing on our website on each event page. Masks will be made available for all events that require it, but we encourage audience members to help keep our ecological footprint down by bringing, cleaning, and reusing their own masks.
- Audience members, artists, and staff who may have been exposed to COVID-19 or are recovering from the virus should wear masks and observe the appropriate isolation period with testing, per the latest CDC guidance. If you are feeling sick, please kindly stay home.
- We love animals but please note that only registered service animals are allowed at our events to comply with health code.
Directions
Portland, ME 04101
207.828.5600
