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Creative economy
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Bangor cultural nonprofits generate $10 million in economic activity
July 21, 2017A Washington, D.C.-based Americans for the Arts study found that 14 cultural nonprofits in Bangor spent $3.4 million in 2015 and audiences at their events spent $6.6 million.
July 21, 2017
Greenlight Maine names 26 semifinalists for third season
July 14, 2017Greenlight Maine, an entrepreneurial pitch contest with a $100,000 prize purse, has selected 26 semifinalists who will compete during its third season that begins this fall.
July 14, 2017
New report: Impact of Portland's art and cultural nonprofits surging
June 20, 2017A new economic report put out by the city today shows a growing economic impact from arts and culture nonprots, with $75.6 million of impact in 2015, compared to $49 million in 2012.
June 20, 2017Maine arts programs to receive $850K in federal funding
June 16, 2017The National Endowment for the Arts awarded $856,300 in grant funding to arts programs throughout Maine.
June 16, 2017
Avangrid Foundation jumpstarts Maine State Museum campaign
June 2, 2017The Avangrid Foundation, the philanthropic organization of Central Maine Power's parent company, pledged $100,000 to the Maine State Museum's fundraising campaign to build an education center at its facility in Augusta.
June 2, 2017
Creative Portland getting down to business for art's sake
May 15, 2017The former “Saturday Night Live” talent scout who recruited Dana Carvey and Mike Myers to the show aims to boost Portland's standing in the arts world.
May 15, 2017
Arts and culture inject $765M into Maine's economy
April 20, 2017Statistics released Wednesday by the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis indicate that arts and cultural organizations employed 16,000 people and contributed $764.9 million in workers' income to Maine's economy in 2014.
April 20, 2017
PMA attendance up as 'reimagining' bears fruit
March 13, 2017The Portland Museum of Art's recent $2.7 million revamp and rebranding is already paying off as reflected in February attendance figures.
March 13, 2017
MECA names its next president
March 6, 2017Laura Freid, who most recently was CEO and executive director of The Silkroad Project, was named Saturday as the 18th president of Maine College of Arts.
March 6, 2017
Reports: Children's Museum hopes to move to Thompson's Point
March 2, 2017The Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine is at capacity and has its sights on Thompson's Point in Portland, according to two news sources.
March 2, 2017
Crewe Foundation awards MECA $216,000
February 28, 2017A grant from the Bob Crewe Foundation for $216,000 will allow MECA to invest in additional programming and curricular offerings over the next three years.
February 28, 2017
Broderson Awards return to Portland
February 21, 2017After a three-year hiatus, the Ad Club of Maine is putting on the Broderson Awards, an event that for more than 35 years recognized exceptional work of Maine's advertising agencies, brands and freelancers.
February 21, 2017
Author Kate Cone revisits New England's growing craft brewing industry
February 20, 2017Author Kate Cone noticed a lot of changes in craft breweries and brewpubs since she published her first book on the topic in 1997.
February 20, 2017
Portland Symphony announces four finalists to be orchestra's next director
February 15, 2017The Portland Symphony Orchestra announced Tuesday there are four finalists under consideration for the position of music director, replacing Robert Moody, who will step down after the 2017-18 season.
February 15, 2017
Report: Nonprofits mean $11B a year to Maine economy
February 7, 2017One out of six Maine workers is employed in the nonprofit sector, nearly 14 times those working in agriculture (including fishing) and three times as many as in construction, according to a report published on Tuesday.
February 7, 2017Colby College art museum receives $100 million gift
February 3, 2017Peter and Paula Lunder, philanthropists with long ties to Colby College, have made another $100 million gift to the college's museum of art.
February 3, 2017
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