Maine Arts Alive

Producer/Host: Guest host Matt Murphy
Studio Engineer: John Greenman

Julie Richard is the Executive Director of the Maine Arts Commission, a government agency charged with supporting and encouraging the arts through educational programs, advocacy, cultural planning, grants, and conferences. She visits WERU to give listeners an update on what’s happening with both MAC and the state of the arts in Maine in general.

Key Discussion Points:
MAC grants
MAC professional development for artists and arts organizations
MAC survey of arts education in schools

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Producer/Host: Guest host Matt Murphy
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne

-What is managing a theater like, particularly with regards to the size of the venue?
-What is the mission of a community-based theater?
-Why are the performing arts so important to the life of a community?

Guests:
Jeri Misler, Managing Director of Gracie Theatre at Husson University in Bangor
Lori Sitzabee, Artistic Director of New Surry Theatre in Blue Hill.

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Producer/Host: Michael Donahue
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne

Penobscot Theatre Company Season Opener “Woody Guthrie’s American Song,” history of America brought large through song and storytelling, the many talents actors need in today’s theatre market place

Guests:
Bari Newport, Producing Artistic Director
Tova Volcheck, Actress
Jeremy Sevelovitz, Actor

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Producer/Host: Michael Donahue
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne

Opened in 2012 the non-profit, fully volunteer-based, Creative Coalition has deftly become a leading resource for the Arts in Waldo County, Maine. The Coalition provides learning and production opportunities in arts education, Fine Arts, Crafts, Food preparation, Art Walks, and as-needed creative services.

Guests:
Larraine Brown, Director
Norman Kehling, Producer

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Host: Michael Donahue
Engineer: Amy Browne

Support for rural communities through local artists and arts organizations

Key Discussion Points:
Making a living as an artist or group of artists in rural Maine
Providing “safe home” to artists who tend not to be self-promoters
The effects of the arts upon local economies
Supporting the “creative thinking process” into schools
Georgina Grenier speaks about her recent “Certainty Project” writing event which encouraged writers/non writers to write about how they make decisions to decide to decide

Guests:
Amy Halsted, Bethel Area Arts and Music, Table Rock Arts Center ([email protected])
Sue Dunn, Multimedia artist, ([email protected])
Georgina Grenier, project leader, Community Writing Project, ([email protected])

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