Updated: June 1, 2022
9 Maine arts groups will share $1M in new funding
COURTESY / CREATIVE PORTLAND
Creative Portland was one of nine Maine organizations to receive a total of nearly $1 million in grant funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. Seen here is Creative Portland’s "Hear Here 2020," a live show just before the pandemic featuring local performers.
By Staff
Nine organizations in Maine have been awarded a total of $997,500 in grants to enhance their performing arts and literature programs.
The National Endowment for the Arts money is part of more than $91 million awarded nationwide.
The Maine Arts Commission in Augusta was the primary recipient, receiving $882,500 to support programs, services and activities associated with carrying out the agency’s National Endowment for the Arts-approved strategic plan.
Other grants will be allocated as follows:
- Cultural Resources Inc. in Camden will receive $20,000 to support the Wabanaki Traditional Arts Mentorship Program.
- Pineland Farms Inc. in New Gloucester will receive $10,000 to support the identification, documentation and a convening of woodworkers.
- Creative Portland Corp. will receive $30,000 to support the addition of an augmented reality feature to an existing arts-based digital application.
- The Portland Symphony Orchestra will receive $15,000 to support concerts of remembrance for Terezin, a performance project by the orchestra with related outreach activities.
- The Telling Room in Portland will receive $10,000 to support the Young Writers and Leaders Program.
- The Camden International Film Festival will receive $20,000 to support professional development services and educational programs for nonfiction filmmakers and media artists.
- Waterville Creates will receive $10,000 to support arts programming managed by Waterville Creates and presented at the new Paul J. Schupf Art Center.
- Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle will receive $25,000 to support a summer craft conference focused on highlighting the contributions of Black and Native American artists.
The NEA is an independent federal agency established in 1965 that partners with state arts agencies, local leaders, other federal agencies and the philanthropic sector.
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