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EIGHT MAINE ARTS TEACHERS ANNOUNCED AS FELLOWSHIP WINNERS
$5,000 GRANTS AWARDED TO OUTSTANDING ARTS EDUCATORS
AUGUSTA—The Maine Alliance for Arts Education (MAAE) and the Maine Community Foundation (Maine CF) announce the recipients
of the first round of the Maine Arts Teachers Fellowship Program. This program supports personal artistic development of Maine
K-12 teachers in all arts disciplines, and gives these arts educators the opportunity to interact with professional artists
in their fields.
The Maine Alliance for Arts Education and the Maine Community Foundation awarded eight $4,000 fellowships for 2007 to the
following arts educators:
Ora Aselton, Narraguagus High School, Harrington
To attend a month-long painting program at the International School of Painting, Drawing and Sculpture in Umbria, Italy
Michael Davis, Sherwood Heights Elementary School, Auburn
To study West African drumming through a month- long workshop in Senegal
Katherine Greene, George Stevens Academy, Blue Hill
To work under mentors Linda Funk, botanical illustrator, and Rebecca Gooddale, book artist, to create artist books
Katy Helman, Deer Isle-Stonington High School, Deer Isle
To study silk screening with Dan Bouthot at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, mentor with Elizabeth Busch, fiber artist,
attend a one- week externship at the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia and collaborate with fashion designer Lynn
Blake
Vaughn McLaughlin, Caribou High School, Caribou
To study privately with Wycliffe Gordon, for jazz trombone, and Nancy Marano, for vocal jazz, in New York City
K. Barry Saunders, Sea Road School and Kennebunkport Consolidated School, Kennebunk
To study advanced ear training and jazz improvisation with Michael Cain, faculty member at the New England Conservatory
Allison Villani, Portland High School, Portland
To attend the Book Arts workshop at USM’s Stone House in Freeport
Shanna Wheelock, Lubec Consolidated School, Lubec
To study weaving with mentor Susan Merrill and create a series of 3D forms on three different looms
The teachers will be given an additional $1,000 grant to be used in the classroom after their fellowships are completed.
The Maine Arts Teachers Fellowship Program is modeled after the New York City-based Surdna Foundation’s Arts Teachers
Fellowship Program. The Surdna Foundation and individual Maine CF donors have provided the financial support to launch the
program.
The Maine Alliance for Arts Education is a statewide nonprofit organization whose mission is to strengthen education in all
of the arts for all Maine students. MAAE is a member of the Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network. The Maine
Community Foundation partners with donors and community groups to strengthen Maine communities.
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