Summer 2004 Issue: Table of Contents

Letter from the Director

Message from John M. Rohman, Chair

Governor Baldacci with keynote speaker Richard Florida

Fritz Grobe and Mike Michlon, both of the Odd Company, performed at the conference.

Miranda Blanchard plays Bouree by W.H. Squire at the Blaine House.

Performers at the National Folk Festival present traditional arts from across the country and the world.

'Screen' (detail) by Gisèle Couturier. Glazed stoneware and steel.

National Endowment for the Arts News

New NEA Guidelines for Grants for Arts Projects

Maine Arts Commission News

Strategic Planning Update

Maine Arts Commission hires new community relations associate

Rebecca Swanson Conrad named Auburn's Citizen of the Year

Intern News

Maine Arts Commission wins Innovation Award

New Maine Arts Commission members welcomed

Community News

Ninth annual Art Honors at MECA

Theater At Monmouth selected for NEA Shakespeare in American communities

Special Section: Blaine House Conference Wrap-Up

Excerpts from a poem by Aaron Frederick

Thank you to conference sponsors

A National Perspective on the Creative Economy

What's next for Maine's Creative Economy?

Voices from the community

Arts in Education

Maine student musicians to study with National Symphony Orchestra

Community/Traditional Arts

National Folk Festival plants seed for annual Bangor folk arts festival

Don Roy plays Acadian music at the Library of Congress

Public Art

Arts in the Capitol: celebrating the work of Maine's student artists

Arts in the Capitol: About Maine series continues with Shining on the Sunrise County

Contemporary Arts

Tracking fellows: Elizabeth Edwards

New MaineArtistAccess artists

Calendars

Maine Arts Commission meetings

Grants calendar for 2004/2005