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Creative economy
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MECA gets $300,000 grant for craft, other programs
December 9, 2016A $300,000 grant from the Windgate Charitable Foundation will boost the Maine College of Art's craft programs.
December 9, 2016
Lauders' $5 million gift launches PMA endowment campaign
December 9, 2016A $5 million gift from benefactors Judy and Leonard Lauder marks the official launch of the Portland Museum of Art's initiative to boost its endowment by $15 million.
December 9, 2016
Portland Buy Local hires first executive director
December 1, 2016Portland Buy Local, which was started a decade ago to represent independent businesses, has selected Jenn Thompson as its first executive director.
December 1, 2016
FAME financing boosts Thompson's Point project
November 29, 2016The Finance Authority of Maine has approved a $500,000 direct loan to Forefront Brick South LLC to help finance property improvements and working capital related to the redevelopment of a vacant building into an events center at Thompson's Point in
November 29, 2016New Portland shop will put artisans center stage
November 4, 2016An unlikely duo of an international financier and a photographer are teaming up to open a new Portland brick-and-mortar gallery shop on Washington Avenue that will feature original art, handmade furniture and home goods with a bend toward local
November 4, 2016Lincoln Street Center interested in buying McLain School
October 24, 2016The owner of Lincoln Street Center, a former school that has found a new lease on life as a Rockland-based arts center, has expressed interest in purchasing yet another school property in the city.
October 24, 2016
The business of being Bob Dylan
October 21, 2016There's a sense of giddiness in Dennis Bailey's voice when he recalls the first time that the music of Bob Dylan resonated with him: “'Nashville Skyline:' And only because Johnny Cash was on it. He wrote the liner notes and played on some songs. And
October 21, 2016
Nat May, director of Portland’s SPACE, stepping down
October 17, 2016Nat May, the executive director of SPACE Gallery, the alternative arts venue that has become a cornerstone of Portland's creative arts community, will be stepping down from his post effective Nov. 18.
October 17, 2016
Rockland's creative economy spurs a renaissance
October 17, 2016Thousands of seasonal visitors and summer residents have discovered a growing slate of cultural happenings in recent years in Rockland, with the transformation of a forlorn waterfront with an influx of businesses such as MBNA, succeeded by Boston
October 17, 2016'Greetings from Portland' mural artist selected for Westbrook project
October 13, 2016Although the Greetings from Portland mural that once resided on the side of the downtown Portland events venue The Asylum has been reduced to rubble, the artist behind the mural has been commissioned by Westbrook Arts & Culture to paint a
October 13, 2016
Rinck crosses the Androscoggin to historic W.T. Grant building
October 12, 2016The former home of a W.T Grant Co. department store in downtown Lewiston will soon get a new lease on life.
October 12, 2016Former Hollywood producer drafted as Creative Portland head
October 3, 2016Creative Portland, a nonprofit that works to promote and grow the creative economy of Maine's largest city, has appointed veteran movie and television producer Dinah Minot as its new executive director.
October 3, 2016$15.5K funding will aid Somerset County tourism, economic development
September 16, 2016The Somerset Cultural Planning Committee won two grants totaling $15,500 to craft a tourism plan and boost economic and community development in Somerset County.
September 16, 2016
The Bambino scrapbooks: Portland's HistoryIT digitizes Ruth's storied career
September 12, 2016Babe Ruth: Legendary Boston Red Sox pitcher, record-setting New York Yankees outfielder, American icon — prolific scrapbook model? Thanks to the Portland-based HistoryIT, digital versions of historic scrapbooks documenting The Bambino's career are
September 12, 2016Portland’s 3fish Gallery closing after 19 years
September 9, 20163fish Gallery, a commercial art gallery that has been a fixture of Portland's art scene since 1997, will be closing after its final show on Thanksgiving weekend.
September 9, 2016
Artist foundation purchases former Portland museum property for $245K
September 1, 2016The repository of works by the New York City abstract artist Leo Rabkin has found a home at 13 Brown St. in Portland. The Museum of African Art and Culture sold the 1,129-square-foot retail condo to the nonprofit Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation
September 1, 2016
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