Young filmmakers in Portland turn friendship into activism

Three recent high school graduates took on their first documentary project, capturing the recent Black Lives Matter demonstrations in Portland.

Area writers receive the Maine Literary Award

National endowment allots nearly $1 million to Maine arts groups

Maine arts organizations hindered by the COVID-19 pandemic rely on federal funding for continued financial support.

Stevens Commons seeks artist proposals for copper project

A commissioned work of art to be displayed in the new University of Maine Augusta dormitory.

Looking ahead, arts groups cancel long-running summer traditions

The Bates Dance Festival and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts are among the entities that won't schedule summer programming this year.

Colby, Waterville art benefactor Paul J. Schupf dies at 82

Paul J. Schupf, for whom an arts center at 93 Main St. in downtown Waterville will be named, died Wednesday in New York. He was 82.

Deer Isle arts colony receives $4 million gift, the largest in its history

The Haystack Mountain School of Crafts received the money to establish an endowment to preserve its campus overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.

Writer finds niche in Russian translation

Lisa Hayden of Scarborough transforms her love of the language and literature into a career.

MECA, Indigo Arts form mentorship program for artists of color

A new $75,000 challenge grant will support paid internships, among other efforts.

Waterville’s Paul J. Schupf Art Center gets $100,000 gift from Kennebec Savings Bank

Waterville Creates! and Colby College are working to raise $18 million for the art and film center, which will bring together the Maine Film Center, Common Street Arts, Railroad Square Cinema and a gallery of Colby Museum of Art.