PORTLAND, ME- This spring the Portland Museum of Art features 47 artists whose work has been selected for the 2011 Portland Museum of Art Biennial, on view April 7 through June 5, 2011. Last September, jurors Jim Kempner, Owner and Director of Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York; David Row, a painter based in New York and Maine; and Joanna Marsh, the James Dicke Curator of Contemporary Art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., chose 65 works culled from more than 900 applicants. Their work is created in media ranging from painting, drawing, printmaking, and photography to sculpture, installation, and video. The majority of Biennial artists are full-time Maine residents and a number of them are part-time or have spent significant time exhibiting, creating artwork, and studying in Maine. This blend of experiences enriches the state’s artistic community and defines its art scene as one