2003 Grant Awards: State Listings

Creativity/Organizational Capacity/Literature Fellowships
Leadership Initiatives

Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

MAINE

Alice James Poetry Cooperative, Inc.
Farmington, ME
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$25,000
To support the publication of poetry titles selected from two competitions: the Beatrice Hawley Award and the New York/New England Award. Selected poets will read from their works at venues around the country.

Bates College (on behalf of Bates Dance Festival)
Lewiston, ME
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$20,000
To support commissioning, presentation, outreach and educational activities. New Voices/New Works will include Doug Varone and Dancers, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Stephen Koplowitz/Robert Een and a group of disabled artists.

Center for Cultural Exchange
Portland, ME
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
$30,000
To support the creation of Orientalism. This new work by Armenian-American composer Alan Shavarsh Bardezbanian will explore the West's relationship with Islamic and Asian cultures.

Maine Arts Commission
Augusta, ME
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
$40,000
To support Connecting Maine Artists. This is an expansion of an on-going program that provides artists statewide with a curriculum of professional development opportunities and resources.

Portland Maine Symphony Orchestra
Portland, ME
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$15,000
To support the recording, editing and mastering of concerts for statewide radio broadcasts. The Portland Symphony Orchestra performances will reach more than 52,500 people via Maine Public Radio stations during 2003.

Portland Stage Company
Portland, ME
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$25,000
To support the development, staged readings, workshops and production of a new theatrical work. Women And The Sea is comprised of two dramatic pieces that capture the life on the ocean in Maine.

Total Dollars Awarded: $155,000
Total Grants Awarded: 6

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