# Event Details - **Event Name**: The Art of Perception: Seeing What Matters - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 04 Nov, 2025 at 05:00 pm – Tue, 04 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm - **Event Description**: Join us for an evening with acclaimed author and Art Historian Amy Herman (Visual Intelligence: Sharpen Your Perception, Change Your Life).About this EventThe Art of Perception: Seeing What MattersPlease join us on Tuesday, November 4th, from 5:00pm-7pm at USM's McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success Salons (2nd floor) as we welcome lawyer and Art Historian Amy Herman to Portland.The Art of Perception program teaches leaders across professions and around the world to analyze works of art to strengthen their observation, perception, and communication skills. In this highly interactive presentation Amy Herman will demonstrate how examining works of painting, sculpture, and photography can serve as a powerful tool for tackling complex problems—as well as everyday challenges by using a different lens to see what is there and what we are overlooking. Prepare to have your eyes opened in ways you didn’t realize they were closed.Reception: 5pm-5:30pmPresentation: 5:30pm-6:45pmBook Signing/Meet and Greet: 6:45pm-7:15pmThis event is free and open to the public.Paid parking is available across the street in the Bedford Street Garage for $4.15/hour.________________________________Presenter Bio:Amy Herman is a lawyer and art historian who uses works of art to sharpen observation, analysis, and communication skills. She developed The Art of Perception to improve medical students’ observation and communication skills when she was the Head of Education at The Frick Collection in New York City for over ten years. She adapted the program for a wide range of global professionals including the NYC Police Department, the FBI, the State Department, Fortune 500 companies, NATO, and the military. The program has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The CBS Evening News, and Smithsonian Magazine, among others. Her first book, Visual Intelligence, was on the New York Times and Washington Post best sellers’ lists. Her second book, Fixed: How to Perfect the Fine Art of Problem Solving was published in 2021. Her third book, smART: Use Your Eyes to Boost Your Brain was published in 2022. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/cfff8150-b4ee-11f0-8ab0-85380d31f346-rimg-w469-h740-dc5e91c0-gmir.png https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/d067e010-b4ee-11f0-a066-359a962c76b3-rimg-w493-h740-dc8e948d-gmir.jpg Cover Image: Rene Magritte, Empire of Light, 1953-54.This event is sponsored by the Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education and the Department of Public Safety, University of Southern Maine - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/portland/the-art-of-perception-seeing-what-matters/100001889378434759 - **Event Categories**: art, fine-arts, literary-art, meet-and-greet, meetups - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fthe-art-of-perception-seeing-what-matters-tickets-1889378434759 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Portland - **state**: ME - **country**: United States - **location**: McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success - **lat**: 43.6627835 - **long**: -70.2750282 - **full address**: McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success, 35 Bedford Street, Portland, United States ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: Osher Map Library and Smith Center (https://allevents.in/org/osher-map-library-and-smith-center/22754894) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/b90083bbb4a886d999d905ee75a899dd171cf1447054a6a538a8d213bc8aff9c-rimg-w852-h1280-dc101216-gmir.jpg?v=1761759848 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/504ae7c88eaece24927ab4392acf01329b326dc665ba9bd20b2bde9643f1d4db-rimg-w400-h400-dc0f1116-gmir.jpg?v=1761759847 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Tue, 04 Nov, 2025 at 05:00 pm - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success, 35 Bedford Street, Portland, United States - **Q**: What is the ticket price? - **A:** starting from 0 up to 0 USD - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** Osher Map Library and Smith Center - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** art, fine-arts, literary-art, meet-and-greet, meetups - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about The Art of Perception: Seeing What Matters ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "The Art of Perception: Seeing What Matters", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/b90083bbb4a886d999d905ee75a899dd171cf1447054a6a538a8d213bc8aff9c-rimg-w852-h1280-dc101216-gmir.jpg?v=1761759848", "startDate": "2025-11-04", "endDate": "2025-11-04", "url": "https://allevents.in/portland/the-art-of-perception-seeing-what-matters/100001889378434759", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "35 Bedford Street", "postalCode": "04101", "addressLocality": "Portland", "addressRegion": "ME", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "43.6627835", "longitude": "-70.2750282" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Join us for an evening with acclaimed author and Art Historian Amy Herman (Visual Intelligence: Sharpen Your Perception, Change Your Life).", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-05", "availabilityEnds": "2025-11-04", "validFrom": "2026-04-05", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/portland/the-art-of-perception-seeing-what-matters/100001889378434759" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-05", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-05", "url": "https://allevents.in/portland/the-art-of-perception-seeing-what-matters/100001889378434759", "price": 0, "name": "General Admission" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Osher Map Library and Smith Center", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/osher-map-library-and-smith-center/22754894", "description": "The Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education (OML) has been located on the Portland campus of the University of Southern Maine since 1994. 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