The Maine Humanities Council Newsletter ~ Spring 2001 ~ p. 7
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The Maine Humanities Council Newsletter ~ Spring 2001 ~ p. 7 |
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1 Stop and Think (cover page) 2 Our 25th Year 3 What Maine Kids are Reading 4 and 5 The Humanities in a Maine Prison 6 Beowulf Travels 7 Recent Grants Extras Extra Information 
Fred Gehrling and Kelsy Cloutier perform a scene from King Lear at the Shakespeare Summer Camp for Teens 2000 at the Waterville Opera House, a program in partnership with Communities for Children. Photo: Toby Hollis, Morning Sentinel  Traditional Wabanaki birchbark container sewn with spruce root from A Wabanaki Guide to Maine Photo: Darel Bridges |
Recent Grants: Serving the CommunityMaine Humanities Council Grants from November 1, 2000 to March 31, 2001. They were funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the State of Maine through the New Century Community Program.Arts and HeritageCavalcade of Entertainment in Lovell: 1800-2000To accompany the Lovell Historical Society's Exhibit on Lovell history the Library will mount a community project dealing with the history of local entertainment culminating in an historical pageant. Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library Lovell, $1,870 Abenaki Author Joseph Bruchac's Visit to the Lewiston/Auburn Community A visit by historian/author Joseph Bruchac to the Lewiston/Auburn community for both grade school and public presentations. LA Arts, Lewiston, $2,000 Audience Development Project Public outreach, discussion and interpretation of selected films being shown at the Maine Jewish Film Festival. Maine Jewish Film Festival, Portland, $2,000 Sew What? Making Sense of Making Things An exhibit and related public programs (public lecture, field trip, and 3 mini-workshops) exploring historical and contemporary creativity as seen through textile-related products. Pejepscot Historical Society, Brunswick, $2,000 Two Wayne School Redwork Embroidery Quilts: 1926 and 2001 This grant will assist students in exploring the history of a redwork embroidery quilt that was made by Wayne School students in 1926. Students currently in the Wayne Elementary School will learn the cultural history of the historic quilt, learn embroidery skills similar to those taught in 1926, and create a new quilt that will be similar to the one made in 1926. Wayne Elementary School, Wayne, $1,391 Lessons from Africa Two five-week series of free public workshops on African cultural history with emphasis on connections between Africa and Maine. Museum of African Tribal Art, Port/and, $2,000 Summer Shakespeare Camp for Teens This project will build on a successful after-school Shakespeare program and support a summer Shakespeare camp for teen age students from Central Maine. The Greater Waterville Area Communities for Children Coalition, Waterville, $2,000 A Wabanaki Guide to Maine Support for distribution of A Wahanaki Guide to Maine, an arts & heritage tourism book funded on the cultural heritage of the Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Maliseet & Micmac tribes of Maine. Maine Indian Basketmakers' Alliance, Old Town, $1,870 Community History and Cultural HeritagePortland Harbor Museum Lecture Series 2000-2001A series of 6 illustrated maritime history lectures on Portland Harbor, its islands and surrounding Communities. Portland Harbor Museum, South Portland, $1,000 Maine Survivors Remember the Holocaust (Closed Captioning Project) Production of closed caption version of video "Maine Survivors Remember the Holocaust" to expand the audience for this resource. Holocaust Human Rights Center of Maine, Augusta, $300 The History of Millinocket - The 2nd 50 Years Support for the town of Millinockot in preparing historical materials for use in its community centennial celebration. Katahdin Area Chamber of Commerce, Millinocket, $1,000 The 1692 Candlemas Raid on York A two-day program examining a significant event in the early history of York through three lectures, living history presentations, and interpretation of a twentieth century mural. Old York Historical Society, York, $1,000 Downtown Norway Walking Tour Guide An expanded and updated version of the highly successful Downtown Norway Walking Tour Guide and a public program. Norway Memorial Library, Norway, $1,000 The Effects of Historical Events on Everyday Lives A singing history program by artist-educator Monica Grabin to help students from Plummer-Motz classes analyze and interpret four periods in American history. Plummer Motz Elementary School, Falmouth,$500 Through Their Eyes Support for a community oral history project focusing on the women of Mattawamkeag. Mattawamkeag Historical Society, Mattawamkeag, $350 McCurdy's Smokehouse Through the Eyes of Frank Van Riper: Exhibition Planning An exhibit by Lubec Landmarks and the Quoddy Maritime Museum entitled The Last Days of MsCurdys Smokehouse, featuring the work of noted photographer anti writer Frank Van Riper. Lubec Landmarks, Lubec, $500 Planning Millinocket's Centennial Celebration Assistance in development of historical content for Millinocket's 100th anniversary celebration. Katahdin Area Chamber of Commerce, Millinocket, $500 Rockland's Working Waterfront An exhibit depicting mid-coast Maine's fishing industry at the turn of the century. Island Institute, Rockland, $500 A Fish Story Support for the scripting phase of a 60-minute historical documentary on the men and women from fishing communities along the North Atlantic coast who struggle to maintain their way of life after the collapse of the cod fishery. The film is targeted for distribution via PBS broadcast and the internet. Center for Independent Documentary, Roxbury, MA, $3.000 Lecture/Discussion ProgramsLibrary of Congress Film Preservation TourThe only Maine stop of the Library of Congress's National Film Preservation Tour, at the Alamo Theater in Bucksport. This will be a week-long series of film showings and interpretive programs. Northeast Historic Film, Bucks port, $1,000 The Humanities in Theater Project A post performance interpretive discussion series and related outreach programming for theater audiences of all ages. Portland Stage Company, Portland, $5,700 Lewis Hine Lecture Series A public lecture series featuring three speakers who will provide additional context for I.ewis Hine's images. Creative Photographic Art Center of Maine, Brunswick, $500 AIDA: A Rumination on Spectacle A 3-session mini course exploring the history, culture and context of the opera Aida, to coincide with the opera's Portland performances. Portland Public Library, Portland, $1,000 Uncovering the Past: The World of Historical Archaeology A winter lecture series exploring a wide range of topics on Maine archaeology. Old Fort Western, Augusta, $1,000 Welcome to Chamber Music: An Introduction to the History of Music's Most Intimate Literature A free lecture and live demonstration series exploring the history of chamber music LARK Society for Chamber Music, Portland, $1,000 Literature and LiteracyFiction Writing in a Maine PrisonA series on writing, editing and discussion of works by inmates and other writers, at Bolduc Correctional Facility. Bolduc Correctional Facility, Warren, $1,000 A Workshop with Maine's Poet Laureate A two day workshop and reading program for students and the public at Orono High School fcatuting the Poet Laureate of Maine, Baron Wormser. Orono High School, Orono, $300 Women's Week 2000 Public trading and discussion group with humanities scholar Esther Ranch on the work of author Maya Angelou. YWCA Bangor Brewer, Bangor, $375 Read All About It! A library based reading and discussion program for Brewer students in grades 5 8. Brewer Public Library, Brewer, $500 Statewide Cultural ServiceMaine Archives & Museums NewsletterThis grant will support the museum and archives community in Maine through its primary means of communication, the MAM quarterly newsletter. Maine Archives and Museums, Yarmouth, $1,000 Teacher EducationBuilding Community through the ArtsThis project offers high school teachers an opportunity to teach the humanities through the performing arts while simultaneously building a more positive social climate in the classroom. The program employs the services of a creative theater artist/educator who will help the students create an original dramatic piece based on a subject in their curriculum. Maine Alliance for Arts Education, Bangor, $500 |
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