Bangor, Maine – In partnership with SPACE Gallery (Portland, Maine), the City of Bangor’s Commission on Cultural Development will host a free workshop on The Kindling Fund, a unique grant opportunity open to Maine visual artists. The workshop will be on Monday, October 19, 2015 from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Rock & Art Shop (32 Central Street, Bangor).

SPACE Gallery created The Kindling Fund to support the energy of Maine’s visual arts community by funding innovative, artist-organized projects that engage the public in ways that are both inventive and meaningful. The Kindling Fund values risk and experimentation, unconventional engagement, and critical dialogue, and encourages collaborative efforts to reach new audiences, increase public interaction, facilitate dialogue between artists, and create new models for presenting artists’ work.

The Fund seeks to support a variety of publicly accessible projects, with a strong interest in alternative space/practices and site-specific presentations that don’t fit into established institutions or venues. Projects supported by The Kindling Fund may include (but are not limited to): curatorial projects that focus on unconventional artistic practice; public art projects, intervention or site specific installations; the publication of writing directly related to the visual arts including printed matter and online publications; artist residencies; unconventional exhibitions.

In effort to help us estimate the number of attendees, please register by phone (207) 992-4234, online at www.bangormaine.gov/culturalworkshops or email culturalcommission@bangormaine.gov. For more information, please visit the City of Bangor website section for the Commission on Cultural Development.

The Commission on Cultural Development enriches and advances Bangor as a vibrant city of arts and culture. Its mission is to support art and culture through funding, marketing, advocacy, and education to benefit citizens, visitors, and the economic and cultural vitality of the city. The Commission values all of Bangor’s artistic and cultural community, and warmly welcomes artists to attend.

The City of Bangor, Maine is a service center community of 33,039 residents and is the county seat of Penobscot County.  Bangor is the major commercial and cultural center for much of northern and eastern Maine. The City is an equal opportunity employer and service provider.  For information on City projects and news, see www.bangormaine.gov.

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