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Classical Uprising wins national prize for excellence in American Music

November 30, 2022

Classical Uprising wins national prize for excellence in American Music Portland, ME (November 29, 2022) - Classical Uprising has won first place in...

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Maine Arts Commission Announces 2023 Fellowship Awards

November 30, 2022

Maine Arts Commission Announces 2023 Fellowship Awards AUGUSTA, MAINE - Six Maine artists are the recipients of the Maine Arts Commission's 2023...

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Maine Arts Commission + Maine Association of Nonprofits Offering Special Membership Discount for Art

November 29, 2022

Maine Arts Commission Offers Arts Organizations Discounted Memberships, Resources, and Services with Maine Association of Nonprofits AUGUSTA,...

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Ten Bucks Theatre Reads A Christmas Carol

November 28, 2022

For Immediate Release CONTACT: Julie Arnold Lisnet atjalisnet58@gmail.com or @ 207 944-4412 Ten Bucks Theatre Presents Charles Dickens' classic...

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Poet Dave Morrison releases new collection.

November 28, 2022

Another Good Day Begins (Soul Finger Press) is poet Dave Morrison's seventeenth collection of poems. From the publisher: "Written during a pandemic...

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Two new publicly funded Murals by Wabanaki artists went up in 2022

November 23, 2022

Two new publicly funded murals by Wabanaki artists installed in 2022 Story by Martha Piscuskas, Program Officer at the Maine Arts Commission. ...

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Waterfall Arts Holiday Pop Up Market

November 17, 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Waterfall arts Holiday Pop Up Market Indoor market on December 9 and 10 will showcase work from a curated selection of...

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Bloomberg Public Art Challenge Grant

November 16, 2022

New U.S. Grant Opportunity: Public Art Challenge Bloomberg Philanthropies' Public Art Challenge program has just launched its third round. The...

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Opportunities

Presque Isle Downtown Mural Redesign Project

November 15, 2022

Please note, there is a Pre-Conference Meeting on Friday, November 18th at 10:00 to answer questions and the deadline for submitting proposals is...

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A Group Exhibition Of Paintings By Women Artists'

November 10, 2022

If you're in or around Portland, Maine this February stop in Richard Boyd Art Gallery to see an annual exhibition of paintings created by a group of...

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Ringing In The New Year An Annual Exhibition Of Visual Arts

November 10, 2022

To help ring in the New Year, Richard Boyd Art Gallery opens an annual exhibition on January 1st at 10:00 a.m. comprised of smaller works of visual...

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The Craft Council of BC presents the 10th year of The Earring Show

November 04, 2022

The Craft Council of BC presents the 10th year of The Earring Show, an annual fundraiser, juried exhibition and sales opportunity for makers to...

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Opportunities

All Are Welcome to the Maine Veterans' Art Exhibition Celebration

November 03, 2022

The Maine Veterans' Art Exhibition Celebration The Maine Arts Commission honored and celebrated Veteran artists at the State Capitol Complex in...

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Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Appoints Perry A. Price as Executive Director

October 26, 2022

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Appoints Perry A. Price as Executive Director The Board of Trustees of the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts...

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Call for Exhibition Proposals, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA

October 25, 2022

Call for exhibition proposals! Gallery 263 invites artists and curators to pitch an exhibition for spring 2023 and bring your vision to life....

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Opportunity

We’ll Handel the Children offers burnt out parents the luxury of stillness

October 25, 2022

We'll Handel the Children offers burnt out parents the luxury of stillness Featuring Arvo Pärt's Te Deum - November 4 and 6 in Portland and...

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General

Obituary - Jason Anderson, Visual and Performing Arts Specialist

October 24, 2022

We lost a stellar Maine arts education leader last week after a brief illness. Jason Anderson, 41, had been the Visual and Performing Arts...

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Highlights

Ellsworth Community Music Institute Midday Concert November 4, 2022

October 20, 2022

Ellsworth Community Music Institute's Midday Concert on Nov 4th features Cellist Sophie Shao and Pianist John Blacklow ELLSWORTH - Ellsworth...

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Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" at Meetinghouse Arts

October 18, 2022

Robin Brooks will play Julia Gibbs, wife of Frank "Doc" Gibbs in Thornton Wilder's timeless play, "Our Town." The show runs from October 14th through...

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