FY 2007 Grant Awards: State Listings
Access to Artistic Excellence II/American Masterpieces/
Arts on Radio and Television/Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth/Partnership Agreements/Summer Schools in the Arts
Some details of the projects listed in this grant announcement are subject to change, contingent
upon prior Endowment approval.
MAINE Bangor Folk Festival (aka American Folk Festival on the Bangor Waterfront)
Bangor, ME
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the 2007 American Folk Festival. The event showcases performances by national and regional artists and will include music, singing, dancing, and workshops. Figures of Speech Theatre
Freeport, ME
$18,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support a theater arts residency program in rural Maine. The series of week-long classroom residencies will focus on the creation and performance aspects of Chinese shadow theater puppetry. L. A. Public Theatre, Inc.
Auburn, ME
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support student matinees, free theater programs, and youth internships. The project will provide access to theater presentations for diverse and underserved populations of children and adults in a rural and economically depressed region of Maine. Maine Alliance for Arts Education
Augusta, ME
$40,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support Building Community Through the Arts. An experienced professional theater or dance educator will teach sessions for high school students, leading to the creation and performance of an original short drama or dance movement work by the students. Maine Arts Commission
Augusta, ME
$643,500
CATEGORY: Partnership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities. Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance
Old Town, ME
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support a Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program. The project will support basketmakers and apprentices in the ancient traditions of ash and sweetgrass basketry among the Passamaquoddy, Maliseet, and Penobscot tribes in Maine. Opera House Arts
Stonington, ME
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the development of a site-specific dance choreographed by Alison Chase. The project will take place at the historic Settlement Granite Quarry preserve in Deer Isle, Maine. Portland Stage Company (Consortium)
Portland, ME
$12,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development and production of a new play. A partnership with the Maine Historical Society, Longfellow: A Life in Words by Daniel Noel will be produced with artistic director Anita Stewart coordinating the collaboration between the playwright and visiting artists. Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts
Newcastle, ME
$25,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the MudMobile, a van comprising a mobile ceramics gallery and resource center. The traveling services will include visits to as many as 24 schools throughout Maine in support of ceramics workshops at elementary and middle schools and artist residencies in four rural high schools. William A. Farnsworth Library & Art Museum, Inc. (Consortium)
Rockland, ME
$20,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support Building Bridges, a visual arts mentoring program. Organized in partnership with the Island Institute, teenage youth who live on isolated islands in Penobscot Bay off Maine's mid-coast will be paired with professional artist-mentors to develop skills in painting and drawing.
Number of Grants: 10 Total Amount: $843,500
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