2004 Grant Awards: State Listings
Arts on Radio and Television/Folk Arts Infrastructure/Heritage & Preservation/Learning in the Arts/Partnerships
Some details of the projects listed below are subject to
change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.
MAINE
Center for Cultural Exchange (consortium)
Portland, ME
$62,000
CATEGORY: Heritage & Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE:
Presenting
To support a consortium project to create sourcebooks, CDs, and
DVDs for the Suitcase Projects. Produced in partnership with the
Franco American Heritage Center, the thematic, multimedia materials
will document the tour performances of leading traditional dancers
and musicians from immigrant and refugee communities in the
Northeast.
Maine Acadian Heritage Council
Madawaska, ME
$15,000
CATEGORY: Heritage & Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE:
Folk & Traditional Arts
To support a compact disc and guidebook of the Saint John Valley
cultural heritage trail. The project will introduce local residents
and visitors to the region's cultural and historic sites, museums,
traditional artists, family farms, stories, traditional cuisine,
and music.
Maine Alliance for Arts Education
Augusta, ME
$35,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts
Education
To support Building Community Through the Arts. The project offers
in-school and after-school artist residencies in theatre and dance
for rural Maine high schools, as well as regional conferences for
the participants.
Maine Arts Commission
Augusta, ME
$20,000
CATEGORY: Leadership Initiatives FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk
& Traditional Arts
To support the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship program. The
program will bring recognition to local artistic traditions and
will honor and support master artists who continue to practice
these traditions.
Maine Arts Commission
Augusta, ME
$610,200
CATEGORY: Partnership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State &
Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.
Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance, Inc.
Old Town, ME
$25,000
CATEGORY: Heritage & Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE:
Folk & Traditional Arts
To support the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program. The
program will support 20 master basketmakers and 25 apprentices in
the ancient traditions of ash and sweetgrass basketry among the
Maliseet, Micmac, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot tribes in Maine.
Portland Museum of Art
Portland, ME
$43,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts
Education
To support Look at ME. Through professional development for
teachers, docents, and parents, the museum will link its collection
with books by Maine authors to serve as a catalyst for visual arts
learning and literacy for students in kindergarten through second
grade.
MAINE total grants: 7
MAINE total dollars: $810,200
National Endowment for the Arts · an independent federal agency
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