FY 2009 Grant Awards: State Listings
Access to Artistic Excellence I/Challenge America Fast-Track Grants/Creativity & Aging/Literature Fellowships (Poetry)
Some details of the projects listed in this grant announcement are subject to change, contingent
upon prior Endowment approval.
MAINE
Alice James Poetry Cooperative, Inc. (aka Alice James Books)
Farmington, ME
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication and promotion of books of poetry. The selected poets will also read from their works at venues around the country. Bangor Folk Festival (aka American Folk Festival on the Bangor Waterfront)
Bangor, ME
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the 2009 American Folk Festival. Successor to the National Folk Festival, the event will present more than 150 traditional musicians, dancers, and craftspeople. Bates College (on behalf of Bates Dance Festival)
Lewiston, ME
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support artists residencies as part of the 2009 annual Bates Dance Festival. Bates Dance Festival Building a Global Dance Community will include the Bebe Miller Company, Battleworks, Tania Isaac Dance, Kate Weare Company, and Camille Brown. Brunswick Area Arts & Cultural Alliance (aka Five Rivers Arts Alliance)
Brunswick, ME
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support the promotion of arts and cultural activities in Southern Midcoast Maine. The Five Rivers Arts Alliance will work in partnership with the Maine Office of Tourism and cultural organizations such as Bowdoin International Music Festival, the Chocolate Church Arts Center, and Maine Fiberarts to promote cultural activities in the region's 12 mid-coast Maine communities. Friends of Art & Film in Central Maine (aka Maine International Film Festival)
Waterville, ME
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the Youth Film Program of the Maine International Film Festival. The curated film series includes screenings for local schools, summer youth programs, and children and families; the Maine Student Film & Video Festival; and special events and workshops. Portland Concert Association (aka PCA Great Performances)
Portland, ME
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the presentation of dance, music, and culturally specific works. Each of the presentations will be accompanied by public events such as discussions, lectures, workshops, master classes, and open rehearsals. Portland Maine Symphony Orchestra
Portland, ME
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a concert program featuring the performance of Sabar: Concerto for Senegalese Drummers and Orchestra by James DeMars. Directed by music director and musicologist Robert Moody, the season finale concert will be presented in the Merrill Auditorium in Portland. Portland Stage Company, Inc.
Portland, ME
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development and production of Out of Sterno by Deborah Zoe Laufer, with accompanying educational activities. Executive and Artistic Director Anita Stewart and Literary Manager/Education Manager Daniel Burson will participate in the final development process of the play. Robert Abbe Museum of Stone Age Antiquities (aka Abbe Museum)
Bar Harbor, ME
$8,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support education programming and community outreach activities associated with the exhibition Twisted Path: Contemporary Native Artists Walking in Two Worlds. The series of programs addresses how artistic expressions by Native American artists reflect the challenges Native Americans face in contemporary American society. Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Inc. (aka Skowhegan)
Skowhegan, ME
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support a residency program for emerging visual artists. Artists will be provided with a private studio, full room and board, and weekly private and group critiques by a faculty of leading professional artists. William A. Farnsworth Library & Art Museum, Inc. (aka Farnsworth Art Museum)
Rockland, ME
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the touring exhibition Beyond Love: Robert Indiana and the Star of Hope Lodge, with accompanying catalogue. The exhibition will be drawn almost exclusively from the artist's collection at the lodge.
Number of Grants: 11 Total Amount: $190,500
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