2007 Grants from the Maine Expansion Arts Fund

Project Information Grant Amount
Belfast Arts Council, Belfast, to revitalize the Arts Council by enhancing the Friday Art walks $3,950.00
Camden Conference, Camden, to sponsor a free community events program featuring approximately 100 individual events, including a film and discussion series at the Rockland Public Library. Program will provide an educational background and generate community dialogue $5,000.00
Eddington-Clifton Civic Center, Eddington, for a concert with local entertainment celebrity, Tim Sample, to draw attention to Comins Hall renovation projects and raise awareness of the Hall as an arts venue $2,000.00
Franco-American Heritage Center at St. Mary's, Lewiston, for a website upgrade that is essential to building on the Center's programming and Capital Campaign success to increase revenue and member collaboration through better marketing and office systems $5,000.00
Heartwood Regional Theater Company, Damariscotta, to create and produce the premiere of Gilgamesh, a theater performance piece that brings into collaboration a number of diverse Maine artists from the areas of dance, visual art, world music, history, and drama $5,000.00
Lubec Landmarks, Lubec, to compose and perform an original musical composition in Lubec and Eastport which highlights the positive aspects of these communities $5,000.00
Maine Fiberarts, Brunswick, to publish Maine Fiberarts Tour Map: Studios & Farms, for publicity of an open studio and farm weekend, and to create an online tour map $2,550.00
Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, Portland, to support a pilot writers' retreat in conjunction with Haystack Mountain School of Crafts $5,000.00
New Surry Repertory Theatre and Acting School, Blue Hill, to offer a variety of theatrical presentations during the "off-season" (fall, winter, spring) to increase community support and involvement in theatre $5,000.00
Operation Breaking Stereotypes, Orono, for a performance of The Laramie Project at Orono High School and Riverdale Kingsbridge Academy $2,500.00
Terra Moto, Inc., New York, N.Y., to place eight public artists in residence in select departments of Portland's municipal government, bringing the power of the creative process to the mechanisms of government $5,000.00
York County Community College Foundation, Wells, to support YCCC's Visiting Artist Series, which brings writers, musicians, painters, filmmakers, and other artists to the college to share their expertise with students and the greater York County $5,000.00