Postponed: Arts Education
Advocacy Day

This year's celebration has been postponed until late spring. Check back here for date and location

The Arts Connect! What a great time we had at the conference!
October 8-9, 2009,
at Point Lookout, Northport.


See Photos here, courtesy of Sarah Sutter.

CURRENT ADVOCACY:
Graduation Requirements
At the first meeting on October 15, Sandy Brennan, President of Maine Art Education Association, represented the Arts are Basic Coalition and all arts educators as an official member of the Diploma Partnership Committee. Becky Morgan, from Howe-Cahill (the lobbying firm which represents us), attended and observed the meeting. I tried to listen in on the web, but there were problems with the audio which made listening very difficult. Sandy reports that the meeting was mostly introductions and background information to set the stage for this committee’s work. Becky notes that the committee’s future meeting dates are: November 3, November 24th, December 2nd and December 14th. We will have representatives at each meeting and will keep you posted as the discussions develop. To receive the latest information by email, click here to have your name added to my Advocacy E-Alert List
   
Check back frequently for updates on advocacy efforts to keep arts requirements strong for Maine students.

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MAAE is a proud member of MaineShare

MAAE is a member of the Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network.

WHAT'S NEW AT MAAE

Deadline for Applications March 15
Are You One of Maine's "Imagination Intensive Communities"?
Nominate your community to be selected as one of six communities that use the resources they have to support the development of imagination in children and youth. Selected communities will receive:
-- Support to plan community conversations about “growing up imaginative”
-- Host a visiting panel
-- Be recognized locally and nationally for their work
A) See information and guidelines here
B) Application and Instructions here

Maine's Arts Education Census Results!
Thanks to all of Maine's arts educators who participated in the survey of Opportunities to Learning in the Arts (note that we surveyed opportunities rather than quality of programs in this project). Take a look at the results!

Opportunities to Learn in the Arts in Maine (Executive Summary)

Opportunities to Learn in the Arts in Maine
(Full report)

Maine Arts Teachers Fellowship Takes a Sabbatical
For the past three years the Maine Community Foundation (MaineCF), the national Surdna Foundation, and the Maine Alliance for Arts Education (MAAE) have partnered to offer a one-of-a-kind opportunity for Maine’s public-school arts teachers. The program, the Maine Arts Teachers Fellowship, has provided grants of up to $5,000 to teachers to support personal artistic development through interactions with top professional artists in their fields and an additional $1000 to bring this new learning back into the classroom. Because of ongoing economic challenges in Maine, MATF will be suspended for the coming year until local support can be raised to sustain the project.
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LINC Performing Arts Workshop
Photo Gallery
May 5th 2009 - A one-day workshop for talented performing arts students from Hancock County high schools. Twelve students from each high school were invited to attend.

Funding for LINC this year has come from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the US Department of Education, the Maine Arts Commission, and the Helen & George Ladd Charitable Corporation.

LINC WORKSHOP 2009
SEE GALLERY SPRING 2009 WORKSHOP

Video of Student Drumming Performance

LINC STUDENT WORK 2009
SEE GALLERY OF LINC STUDENT WORK

LINC ART SHOW (Gallery)
The Swan Agency Sotheby’s International Realty and Cygnet Gallery proudly hosted the LINC art show on May 31st, 2009 at our Blue Hill location on Main Street