UMaine Receives $25,000 from National Endowment for the Arts, Press Herald Reports
The University of Maine is one of nine arts groups in the state that will receive nearly $900,000 in federal money through the National Endowment for the Arts, according to the Portland Press Herald. UMaine was awarded $25,000 for a traveling exhibit on fiber folk arts, which is led by Maine Folklife Center Director Pauleena MacDougall. Maine Fiber Folk Arts will consist of four free-standing panels with photographs and text describing a traditional fiber art from the state. The content will come from fieldwork and the Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History. The panels will travel around the state through the interlibrary loan system. U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree announced the funding at a grants workshop in Augusta with staff from the NEA, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, according to the article. WABI (Channel 5) also reported on the grant.