A proposed ordinance for the city's Arts District would require property owners to fill empty storefronts with temporary art installations or experiences.
Seeking to grow beyond commercial services and serve a wider community of emerging artists, the college partnership with provides musicians with tools, space and mentorship.
The Worthington Scholarship Foundation, based in Rockland, provides multi-year scholarships to Maine public high school graduates who attend one of its partner colleges.
Maine fashion brands that started out as in studio apartments, pop-ups or workshop space are now getting a retail foothold in the Old Port and Arts District areas of Portland.