She is the fourth Mainer to win a United States Artists grant.
Bob Keyes
Bob Keyes writes about the visual and performing arts for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. He appreciates that his job requires him to visit museums and attend plays and concerts across Maine, and most enjoys interviewing artists in their studios. He’s a New Englander by birth, and has lived in Maine off and on, most recently since 2002. He lives in Berwick with his wife, Vicki, and their son Luke.
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Maine Arts Commission calls for more funding, and a fundraising arm, to bolster its work
The group plans to unveil a five-year cultural plan on Thursday.
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Immigrant Mainers launching new political action committee
An officer in the group says the New Mainers PAC could help the state’s immigrant communities come together and be heard by decision-makers.
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Anthony Doerr, Bowdoin graduate, wins Maine Readers’ Choice Award
The Pulitzer Prize-winning ‘All the Light We Cannot See’ is voted 2015’s best.
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Portland writer Michael Paterniti nominated for National Book Award
Finalists will be announced Oct. 14.
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Peter Simmons to leave Bowdoin International Music Festival at year’s end
He’s worked as executive director for 16 years and spent 12 years at Maine Arts Commission before that.
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Exhibition at Maine Jewish Museum examines Portland immigration then and now
Artist Jo Israelson tells the story of House Island and generations of immigrants in ‘Welcoming the Stranger.’
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Bowdoin College obtains 700 cookbooks rich in history of food – and more
The collection covering 1772 to 1960 reflects on meal preparation, domestic life and society with an ‘astonishing’ breadth that has great research value.
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Weekend auction in Thomaston just picture perfect for Maine art lovers
Thomaston Place embarks on ‘our most ambitious effort to date’ – the sale of 200-plus paintings by 105 artists.
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Maine’s Richard Blanco to read new poem at re-opening of the U.S. Embassy in Havana Friday
Blanco, a Cuban-American who lives in Bethel, announced the news on Facebook on Wednesday.