FY 2010 Grant Awards: State Listings

Access to Artistic Excellence | Challenge America Fast-Track Grants | Literature Fellowships (Prose)

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
$36,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication, promotion, and distribution 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 Bangor Folk Festival (aka American Folk Festival). The festival, held along the Penobscot River, will feature folk musicians, dancers, and craftspeople who will present numerous performances, workshops, and demonstrations at no cost to attendees.

Bates College
Lewiston, ME
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support artists residencies as part of the annual Bates Dance Festival. Sustaining Contemporary Dance in Difficult Times will include AXIS Dance Company, Cynthia Oliver's COCo Dance Theatre, Camille Brown and Dancers, Doug Varone and Dancers, and Mark Bamuthi Joseph.

Cultural Resources, Inc.
Rockport, ME
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support Story Bank. The project will provide community members with training to document local stories and present the documentation to a wider audience.

Maine Arts Commission (Consortium)
Augusta, ME
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support Two Times Ten: 20 Years of Maine's Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program. In collaboration with the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance, the project will produce an exhibit and presentations that will celebrate the role of the master artist in maintaining tradition through the apprenticeship program.

Penobscot Theatre Company
Bangor, ME
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a production of Spunk, a play with music by George C. Wolfe, based on three short stories by Zora Neale Hurston, with music by Chic Street Man. The production will be presented in the historic Bangor Opera House.

Portland Concert Association (aka PCA Great Performances)
Portland, ME
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the presentation of dance, music, and culturally specific works by PCA Great Performances. Each of the presentations will be accompanied by related public events, such as discussions, lectures, workshops, master classes, and open rehearsals.

Portland Maine Symphony Orchestra
Portland, ME
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support a performance by Chris Thile, Concerto for the Mandolin. Related activities will include composition workshops with youth, open dress rehearsals, and artist lectures.

Portland Opera Repertory Theatre (aka PORTopera)
Portland, ME
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support a new opera production of Engelbert Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel. A multinational children's chorus will rehearse and perform with the professional singers and orchestra and receive coaching in singing and acting.

Portland Stage Company, Inc.
Portland, ME
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a production of Master Harold...and the Boys by Athol Fugard, directed by Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj. Considered one of Fugard's masterpieces, the play examines views of race, relationships, and family dynamics, as well as education.

Robinson, Lewis
Portland, ME
$25,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Inc.
Skowhegan, ME
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Artists Communities
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.

Number of Grants: 12          Total Amount: $236,000

 
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