Looking for Presenters

MAEA Spring Conference

The Maine Art Education Association is looking for presenters for their spring conference being held on Saturday, April 8 at Westbrook Middle School in Westbrook. They are interested in art educators who are willing to share a best practice, current issue, and/or a studio based ideas.

If you are interested please CLICK HERE and complete the google doc by February 10th. You must be an MAEA member to present. If you are not please CLICK HERE for the link to becoming a member of MAEA.

MALI Mega-UMaine Orono

Please note

The Maine Arts Leadership Initiative Mega-regional conference at UMaine Orono scheduled for Thursday, February 2 has been canceled.

Madawaska Band

Part of the inauguration festivities

The Madawaska Band traveled to Washington, DC to participate in the Presidential Inauguration festivities last week. The band is known as the Pride of Madawaska and this year their director is music educator Benjamin Meiklejohn. This is Ben’s second trip to an inauguration celebration. In 1989 he traveled with the Kennebunk High School band and marched in the inauguration parade for President George H.W. Bush.

The northeastern most community in the US, Madawaska businesses and community members rallied to raise more than $24,000 to make the opportunity possible. In addition to their performance which you can see at http://www.wlbz2.com/news/politics/national-politics/pride-of-madawaska-performs-at-trump-s-inaugural-concert/389212417 the 27 band members visited the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, the mall area, and other DC locations. They met with US Representative Bruce Poliquin, US Senators Angus King and Susan Collins.

They proudly represented Madawaska and the state of Maine! To learn more about the background please CLICK HERE for the story from WLBZ2. To see more photos of their experience please CLICK HERE.