From Darrell.Bulmer at maine.gov Thu Nov 8 14:47:43 2007 From: Darrell.Bulmer at maine.gov (Bulmer, Darrell) Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 14:47:43 -0500 Subject: [MACcommunity] 1 Week left to register for Juice!! Message-ID: <199FFF7DB0D4724FA7630DEA667E838A032A2065@SOM-TEAQASMAIL1.som.w2k.state.me.us> 1 Week left to register for Juice!! Register Now by clicking [ http://www.juiceconference.org/registration Don't miss out on this exciting action summit to hear creative leaders, entrepreneurs, and artists discuss ways we can all energize and support the creative economy in Maine. Over 35 workshops are planned, and 100 panelists from across the state are ready to connect people and ideas and action; the goal of Juice is to spark Maine's growth and prosperity through a creative economy. You can click HERE for information about the workshops. Futurist Andrew Zolli will kick off the Juice: Powering the Creative Economy. Zolli is a globally connected foresight and global trends consultant. Other featured speakers include John Richardson, Commission of Economic and Community Development, Donna McNeil, Assistance Director of Maine Arts Commission, John Rohman, Chairman of Governor's Creative Economy Council, and Governor John Baldacci (invited). Juice starts on Friday night at the Strand Theater in Rockland, with the keynote plenary and a reception in honor of Maine's cultural agencies. On Saturday, the Conference shifts to Camden, with plenaries at the Camden Opera House opening and closing the day. The 35 workshops will be held in locations throughout Camden village. The lunch will be at the Knox Mill Conference Center. Registration for the conference is $115. A limited number of scholarships are available. Please go to the website www.juiceconference.org to learn more, see the specific workshop information, and register. Darrell Bulmer Communication Associate Maine Arts Commission 193 State Street, 25 SHS Augusta, ME 04333-0025 207/287-6746 Direct Line 877/887-3878 TTY/NexTalk User ID: darrell.bulmer 207/287-2724 General Office Line 207/287-2725 Fax darrell.bulmer at maine.gov MaineArts.com building Maine communities through the arts -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.informe.org/pipermail/maccommunity/attachments/20071108/ab446eaf/attachment.html From Darrell.Bulmer at maine.gov Fri Nov 30 14:12:20 2007 From: Darrell.Bulmer at maine.gov (Bulmer, Darrell) Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:12:20 -0500 Subject: [MACcommunity] Community Arts Listserv Nov 30 Message-ID: <199FFF7DB0D4724FA7630DEA667E838A032A2171@SOM-TEAQASMAIL1.som.w2k.state.me.us> Community Arts Listserv Greetings from the Maine Arts Commission. News from our associates for the week of November 30, 2007 ************************ 1. Reminder of the Maine Arts Commission Community Grant Deadlines 2. Your Town: The Citizens' Institute on Rural Design Request for Proposals, 2008 3. Poetry Out Loud Reaches Most Maine Communities 4. Arts Downtown and All Around 5. Did You Know? ************************ 1. Reminder of the Maine Arts Commission Community Grant Deadlines The Maine Arts Commission is currently accepting grant applications for two grant programs, both of which were created to strengthen communities across the state and preserve their traditions. December 14, 2007, is the application deadline for the, Capacity Building in Maine's Cultural Communities program, and the Sustaining Traditional Arts in the Community program. Those who have questions regarding these grant opportunities should contact Kathy Ann Shaw at the Maine Arts Commission as soon possible. To read more about these grant opportunities visit, http://mainearts.maine.gov/Grants/index.shtml#OrganizationsGrants , or to read the press release visit, http://mainearts.maine.gov/news/default.asp ************************ 2. Your Town: The Citizens' Institute on Rural Design Request for Proposals, 2008 The National Endowment for the Arts will be funding four Your Town: The Citizens' Institute on Rural Design workshops and are currently seeking your interest in producing a workshop between now and November 2008. This is an opportunity to bring design professionals to your community to help you tackle critical regional planning and design issues. Up to $22,000 will be available from the Endowment for each workshop. The Department of Landscape Architecture at SUNY Syracuse directs Your Town: The Citizens' Institute on Rural Design in partnership with consultant Shelley Mastran. Since 1991, workshops have been produced in all regions of the country with the intention of bringing together approximately 35 community leaders (who are not design professionals) to learn the importance of design in building a future for their communities. The workshops, which take place over two and a half days, are organized according to a specified format. They expose participants to experts in a range of planning, landscape architecture, architecture and historic preservation issues and challenge them to work in small groups to solve a series of design problems. If you are selected to produce a Your Town workshop, a Coordinator's Manual will guide you through the planning process, and you will receive limited technical and logistical support from the program's co-directors. For full information visit, http://mainearts.maine.gov/news/release.asp?ID=7822 ************************ 3. Poetry Out Loud Reaches Most Maine Communities The Maine Arts Commission has received a staggering response to this year's Poetry out Loud National Poetry recitation contest. The agency has already registered double the amount of entrants from last year's competition. To see if schools in your community are taking part please see the latest list below. Gould Academy (Bethel), Erskine Academy (South China), Fryeburg Academy Leavitt Area High School (Turner), Kennebunk High School, Morse High School (Bath) Gorham High School, Medomak Valley High School (Waldoboro), North Yarmouth Academy, South Portland High School, Winslow High School, North American Family Institute (Beacon House), John Bapst Memorial High School (Bangor), Foxcroft Academy (Dover-Foxcroft), Hampden Academy, Bangor High School, Penquis Valley High School (Milo), Shead High School (Eastport), Nokomis Regional High School (Newport), Sumner Memorial High School (Sullivan), Maine Central Institute (Pittsfield), Rangeley Lakes Regional High School, Poland Regional High School, Boothbay Region High School, Ellsworth High School, Washington Academy (East Machias), Skowhegan High School, Lawrence High School (Fairfield), Mt. Abram High School (Salem). It is not too late for your school to become involved. For more information including sign-up details and contacts, visit MaineArts.com using this link, http://mainearts.maine.gov/organizations/education/PoetryOutloud.shtml ************************ 4. Arts Downtown and All Around Sixty art destinations welcome the public in the Bath-Brunswick region December 7, 8, & 9, 2007 Now celebrating its 10th year, Arts Downtown & All Around begins Friday evening December 7 with artist receptions and performances from 5-8 p.m. across the region. Visit receptions held in Harpswell, Bowdoinham, Topsham, Bath, Brunswick, Arrowsic, and in Richmond where the new Royall Gallery celebrates its grand opening from 5-8p.m. Show and sale hours continue Saturday 10a.m.-5p.m. and Sunday 12 noon-4p.m. Discover and support local performers, artists, craftspeople and businesses. Performances are part of the weekend with many opportunities on Friday alone. Dance performances kick off the Friday event schedule with Moving Spirit and Gemini Dance performances in Brunswick. Discover the new jazz quartet-The Happenstance Quartet at Maine Sound Stage, take in the holiday parable "A Christmas Carol: The Musical" by Midcoast Youth Theater, Topsham (all weekend long), or go trolley caroling in Bath on Friday night. "To Warm a Winter's Night" is a solstice celebration at The Chocolate Church in Bath Saturday evening and many additional performances are offered. Complete program with listings of art exhibits and performances and maps will be available at galleries throughout the greater Bath-Brunswick region and on the web at www.fiveriversartsalliance.org . Information will also be published as an insert in The Times Record on Thursday, December 6. For more information contact Five Rivers Arts Alliance at (207) 798-6964, or by email at info at fiveriversartsalliance.org ************************ 5. Did You Know? The Community Arts listserv is one that members of the listserv can post to themselves. By entering MACcommunity at lists.maine.gov into your address bar, you can keep the 1402 members of this listserv informed about issues affecting your community. ************************ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.informe.org/pipermail/maccommunity/attachments/20071130/21c1324d/attachment-0001.html