2006 Grants from the Maine Expansion Arts Fund
Project Information Grant Amount
Acadia Partners for Science and Learning, Winter Harbor to establish and complete the first year of the Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium $5,000.00
Bridgton Community Center, Bridgton for digital camera equipment and computer software to create images for presentations and exhibits about architecture in Bridgton $3,000.00
Center Theatre, Dover-Foxcroft for artist fees for the Theatre's effort to work with local artists to create a poster series for events at the Theatre and to host a year-end Local Arts Celebration $3,000.00
Cultural Resources, Inc., Rockport for documentary photography costs and development of a website about the results of cultural inventories as part of the Discovery Research project on Maine's Jewish communities $5,000.00
The Doorway, Houlton for a production of "Our Town" by and for the Houlton community, as part of the town's Bicentennial celebration in 2007 $4,000.00
Heartwood Regional Theater Company, Damariscotta to create and produce the premiere version of "Grand Design", a theater performance piece with roots in Maine historical narrative, traditional music, multi-media, dance and song $5,000.00
Maine Alliance of Media Arts, Portland to produce the video "Stories from Katahdin" $3,000.00
Senior Water Color Group, Swanville to offer water color painting classes and workshops for rural disabled low-income seniors $1,000.00
Southern Aroostook Cultural Arts Project, Houlton to support two shows in the Blue Moon Gallery at SACAP during the Houlton Bicentennial celebration summer 2007, one of a historically significant native artist and one of local artists $3,370.00
Town of Fort Kent, Fort Kent for the Recreation and Parks Department for the development of the "Drawing Marathon for Family and Friends" program, an initiative to encourage participation in the visual arts in rural communities $4,000.00
Union of Maine Visual Artists, Brooksville to convert the Maine Masters video series (six half hour videos) to digital video (DVD) format for ease of distribution $5,000.00
United Society of Shakers, Sabbathday Lake, Inc., New Gloucester to support "The Human and the Eternal: Shaker Art in its Many Forms" exhibit $5,000.00
Vinalhaven Community Steel Drum Band, Vinalhaven to purchase equipment and instructional materials to form a community steel drum band on Vinalhaven $3,000.00
VSA Arts of Maine, Portland for a collaborative project with the Denmark Arts Center for a 12-week artist residency program to engage students through community research, storytelling, community arts and digital media $4,000.00
Wintergreen Arts Center, Presque Isle for start-up funds to help enable the Wintergreen Arts Center to begin providing programming and services in January 2007 $5,000.00