BDN, Pen Bay Pilot highlight funding for UMaine Foundation, Hudson Museum to promote traditional handcrafts

The Bangor Daily News and Penobscot Bay Pilot highlighted funding the University of Maine Foundation and Hudson Museum were awarded through the Belvedere Traditional Handcrafts Fund. The funds, which total $112,807 for 13 projects from several organizations, will help finance projects that promote traditional handcrafts throughout Maine, including fiber arts, ceramics, basketry, jewelry, glass arts, woodwork, leather and traditional Native American handcrafts. The University of Maine Foundation and Hudson Museum were awarded $10,000 to create online educational content featuring Wabanaki traditional art forms specifically to promote learning for Maine students and teachers grades K–12.