2012 Maine Artist Fellows
The Individual Artist Fellowships and Traditional Arts Fellowship reward artistic excellence, advance the careers of Maine artists, and promote public awareness of the strength and distinction of Maine’s creative sector. Awards are made solely on the basis of artistic excellence. Due to the competitiveness of the Individual Artist Fellowship program and to avoid conflicts of interest, all jurors selected for the program reside outside Maine. The 4 Fellows for 2012 are featured below.
Meet the 2012 Fellows
Visual Arts Fellow
Morrigan McCarthy
Morrigan McCarthy of Portland is a documentarian, writer, and multimedia producer specializing in long-term projects.
She graduated from the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, where she studied photography and audio production, and earned a B.A. in English Literature from Connecticut College.
Literary Arts Fellow
Claire Guyton
Claire Guyton of Lewiston is a freelance writer and editor.
She served as co-editor of the Writing Life section of Hunger Mountain, where she created and anchored the Another Loose Sally blog, produced interviews with contributors, and edited and wrote articles and essays.
Claire earned an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts in 2009.
Traditional Arts Fellow
Richard Stanley
Richard Stanley of Southwest Harbor is a wooden boat builder who learned from his father, Ralph W. Stanley, a 1999 recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship.
Richard worked for his father and took over the business in 2009. He later taught an apprentice while they worked together on a new 19-foot open sailboat influenced by the Friendship sloop.
Media and Performing Arts Fellow
Allen Lowe
Allen Lowe of South Portland is a composer, musician, author, and music historian.
He plays saxophone and guitar and recorded with musicians including Julius Hemphill, Marc Ribot, Roswell Rudd, Don Byron, Doc Cheatham, and David Murray.
Allen also produced historical projects exploring American popular song, jazz, and blues.
Maine Artist Fellows by Year
View current and past Maine Artist Fellows by calendar year. New Fellows begin their fellowship term at the start of each calendar year.