LEWISTON — L/A Arts will work with students from the 21st Century Summer Program at Lewiston High School to install a 25- by 18-foot wheat paste mural project – a temporary public art installation – that will be mounted on the empty wall at the corner of Lisbon and Cedar streets. The design was created […]
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L/A Arts ends year in the black
LEWISTON — L/A Arts is slated to end this past fiscal year with a slight surplus, an improvement from the year before when it faced a $45,000 deficit. Consulting Director Louise Rosen said the Lewiston-Auburn arts nonprofit “made huge strides” in the past year, even despite losing the $75,000 state grant it had been counting […]
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New arts, economic development initiative launches in Lewiston-Auburn
LEWISTON — L/A Arts’ Place for Makers will kick off its discussion and networking sessions, with Mike Rancourt of Rancourt & Co. Shoecrafters, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., on March 29. Discussion topics include production scaling, workforce development, and opportunities in Lewiston-Auburn. Refreshments will be served. The Place for Makers series focuses on introducing a new generation of artisans […]
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L/A Arts loses grant despite being sole applicant
LEWISTON — In a surprise move this month, the Maine Arts Commission decided not to give a $75,000 grant to L/A Arts, even though the Lewiston group was apparently the only one in Maine eligible to apply. The money was to be a three-year matching grant to help L/A Arts move forward with its Cultural […]
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L/A Arts names Rosen as consulting director
LEWISTON — The board of directors of L/A Arts, the arts agency for the Lewiston-Auburn area, has confirmed the appointment of Louise Rosen as consulting director. According to board chairwoman Judy Vardamis, Rosen will ” … launch the important expanse of work being funded through the prestigious National Endowment for the Arts’ Our Town grant […]
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Josh Vink to resign as head of L/A Arts
LEWISTON — Josh Vink, executive director of L/A Arts, is stepping down. Vink has been the executive director of the agency since 2013. Before that, he served as L/A Arts’ director of the Arts in Education program and as the interim executive director following the resignation of his predecessor, Odelle Bowman. Vink is leaving the […]
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White hot dogs bound for downtown crosswalk
LEWISTON — A downtown intersection will see its simple white crosswalk lines replaced with lines shaped like hot dogs as part of a pilot program to test more whimsical pedestrian crossings. Councilors on Tuesday said they were fine with a plan to paint a row of white hot dogs on the intersection of Park and […]
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L/A Arts survey looks to track communities’ cultural desires
LEWISTON — A series of cultural surveys looks to define what kinds of arts programs the Twin Cities expect. “We are asking for people’s perspectives on the arts and culture, both historically in L-A and for the future iterations — what they see for best practices and what arts and culture could do for these cities,” […]
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Cultural Plan seeks ways to improve community artistic growth
LEWISTON — The Cultural Plan L/A Launch meeting Monday evening brought together a diverse and passionate group dedicated to improving the quality and abundance of arts and culture. The plan is a collaborative project of L/A Arts, Arts and Culture Lewiston Auburn, the Maine Arts Commission and Reinholt Consulting. Emily Reinholt and Saskia Reinholt of […]