2003 Grant Awards: State Listings

Access; Arts on Radio & TV; Arts Learning; Folk Arts Infrastructure; Heritage/Preservation; State & Regional Partnership Agreements

Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

MAINE

Auburn

L A Public Theatre, Inc.
Auburn, ME
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$10,000
To support the Student Matinee program, Free Theatre program, and the Youth at Risk Internship program. These initiatives are designed to make theater accessible to children and adults in a rural and economically depressed region.

Augusta

Maine Arts Commission
Augusta, ME
CATEGORY: Folk Arts Infrastructure FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk &Traditional Arts
$25,000
To support the Community Folklorist-in-Residence and the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship programs. The programs are designed to bring recognition to local artistic traditions and to honor and support the artists who continue to practice these traditions.

Maine Arts Commission
Augusta, ME
CATEGORY: Partnership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State &Regional
$596,400
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Brunswick

Maine Fiberarts
Brunswick, ME
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
$25,000
To support The State of Fiber: 2004. A statewide series of activities and events will include exhibitions, workshops, demonstrations and lectures targeted to the general public, as well as services and resources that are field specific.

Freeport

Figures of Speech Theatre
Freeport, ME
CATEGORY: Arts Learning FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education
$28,000
To support the development and implementation of teacher residency programs in the puppetry arts as a fulfillment of Maine Learning Results requirements for kindergarten through 12th grades. Building on the theater's touring performances and in-school residencies, the project will support three age-appropriate teaching programs, as well as teacher workshops, educational and evaluation materials and outreach information.

Madawaska

Maine Acadian Heritage Council
Madawaska, ME
CATEGORY: Heritage/Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk &Traditional Arts
$30,000
To support research and development of an Acadian cultural heritage trail with an accompanying audio recording. The proposed trail will encompass the Saint John Valley at the northern tip of Maine, as well as the Canadian side of the river and will feature traditional artists, museums, family farms and vernacular architecture.

Newcastle

Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts
Newcastle, ME
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
$12,000
To support expansion of the services of MudMobile, a statewide traveling ceramics program in a van. The MudMobile will inaugurate a Community Clay public arts program in two Maine towns.

Old Town

Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance, Inc. (aka MIBA)
Old Town, ME
CATEGORY: Heritage/Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk &Traditional Arts
$30,000
To support the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program. The program is central to efforts to save the ash and sweetgrass basketry traditions, the oldest art forms in Maine.

Portland

Center for Cultural Exchange
Portland, ME
CATEGORY: Folk Arts Infrastructure FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk &Traditional Arts
$30,000
To support a community programs coordinator and related costs. The coordinator will oversee community cultural initiatives, supervise staff and volunteer community coordinators and conduct field research among Maine's ethnic communities.

Center for Cultural Exchange (consortium)
Portland, ME
CATEGORY: Heritage/Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$22,500
To support Sweet Sounds of Praise, a series of artist residencies, performances and a compact disc recording. Three week-long residencies are planned with noted artists in African-American music.

Rockport

Cultural Resources, Inc.
Rockport, ME
CATEGORY: Folk Arts Infrastructure FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk &Traditional Arts
$20,000
To support a mid-coast regional folklorist and related costs. Activities will include the development of a traveling exhibit program, technical assistance and a retail outlet for artists' work.

Maine Total Dollars Awarded: $828,900
Maine Total Grants Awarded : 11

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