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Great Opportunity: Funding for Destination Portland

PORTLAND OVATIONS ANNOUNCES FUNDING FOR DESTINATION PORTLAND:  FIELD TRIPS IN THE ARTS, CULTURE, AND HUMANITIES

Photo by Patrick Krulik

Portland Ovations is offering to assist public schools with transportation costs to come to Portland for field trips combining arts and humanities.  First priority will be given to schools in Lewiston/Auburn and York County.  Schools can request up to $500 to defray the cost of bus transportation into Portland to attend one of Portland Ovations’ School-Time Performances or evening performances and visit one or more of its collaborating partners:  Portland Museum of Arts, Museum of African Arts & Culture, Portland Harbor Museum, The Telling Room, Maine Historical Society, Children’s Museum of Maine, or the Portland Public Library.  Destination Portland has been designed to engage students and teachers, to deepen their understanding of art forms, and make interdisciplinary connections to support learning within Maine’s Parameters for Essential Instruction. Funding for Destination Portland has been made possible by the Sam L. Cohen Foundation.

Schools throughout Maine with student populations of 51% or more free/reduced lunch are encouraged to apply.   Funds will be made available on a first-come, first-served basis and are to be used for bus transportation for field trips into Portland between January 1, 2010 and May 30, 2010.  Fees for performances or admission to arts/cultural institutions are separate.

To apply for a transportation subsidy or to receive more information, contact Barri Lynn Moreau, director of education and community outreach for the non-profit arts organization, at 207.773.3150 x3, blmoreau@portlandovations.org.  For information about school-time performances in February and April, go to our website http://portlandovations.org/offstage/events/type/school-time_performances/