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Marcia Lovell leaves legacy of early childhood arts education in Maine

Marcia Lovell, MS
1962 - 2004

Marcia Lovell was a devoted and tireless advocate for the importance of quality arts education and the use of all the arts disciplines with preschool-age children.

Lovell earned her masters degree in early childhood leadership from Wheelock College, in Boston. She worked at the Department of Health and Human Services' office of Child Care and Head Start where she was a program specialist with more than 20 years experience in the field of child care and early education.

She was instrumental in the creation of the Early stARTS program, a unique joint effort in arts education in early childhood between the Maine Arts Commission, the Maine Department of Human Services and the Office of Child Care and Head Start, administered by Maine Roads to Quality at the Muskie School of Public Policy. Lovell served on the Early stARTS committee since the inception of the program.

Lovell's family has requested that any remembrance donations be made to the Early stARTS program, in care of the Maine Arts Commission. For more information, or to make a donation, please contact Bryan W. Knicely, assistant director & accessibility coordinator at 207/287-2714 or bryan.knicely@maine.gov. You may also mail your donation payable to the State of Maine: Maine Arts Commission with a note in the memo field "Marcia Lovell Fund." Send to the Maine Arts Commission, 193 State Street, 25 SHS, Augusta, ME 04333-0025.