Spring 2005 Issue: Table of Contents

Letter from the Director

Message from John M. Rohman, Chair

Untitled work by feltmaker Emily Freeman-Ludwig of Newcastle. The work is meant to be
seen in the wilds of nature, but was on view at the Farnsworth Art Museum this winter as part of
<i>Un/coverings: Contemporary Maine Fiber Art</i>. The exhibit is one of 58 coordinated by Maine Fiberarts with Funding,
in part, from the Maine Arts Commission's Artists in Maine Communities program.

First Lady, Karen Baldacci with son, Jack.

The striking Haystack campus and its architect, Edward Larabee Barnes, won the American Institute of Architecture's 25 year award for buildings that endure.

'Circle Seating' by Peter Kent, from the Edgecomb Elementary school (rock maple and metal).

Mike Miclon is a vaudeville performer and cultural business-owner. He owns the Oddfellow Theatre in Buckfield.

Gwyneth Jones performs as part of Berg, Jones and Sarvis. From right to left, the performers are Gretchen Berg, Gwyneth Jones and Paul Sarvis.

This Ekoi spirit mask from Cameroon celebrates the sacred and mysterious nature of womanhood. The mask's two faces deal with feminine duality and balance. This mask is on display with many others at the Museum of African Culture in Portland.

Calendars

Maine Arts Commission meetings

Grants calendar for fiscal year 2005

Reminder: Artists in Maine Communities Grant deadline approaching

National Endowment for the Arts News

First Lady Karen Baldacci: wishing and working for greater literacy in Maine

Community News

Marcia Lovell leaves legacy of early childhood arts education in Maine

Agency News

Better art education in Maine: assessing Partners in Arts & Learning

artME - The Maine Arts Commission is coming to you

MaineArts.com update

2005 Cultural Economic Impact Survey

What is Community? Booklet Published

Maine's Creative Economy

Next steps for Maine's creative economy

Open door on Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

Reversing the trend: films bring grads home

Public Art

Peter Kent: becoming a (public) artist

Arts in Education

What a little arts education can do - business, community & vaudeville

Author! Author! The Bucksport Scribes

Contemporary Arts

Tracking Fellows: Gwyneth Jones

Community Arts & Traditional Arts

Following the little bird with Oscar Mokeme