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AGENCIES Maine Arts Commission Maine Humanities Council Maine Community Foundation New England Foundation for the Arts Maine Grants Information Center Maine Department of Agriculture Mountain Counties Heritage Western Mountains Alliance Supporting sustainable community development while honoring ruralvalues. Threshold to Maine Working to promote agricultural development in southern and westernMaine ARTIST/ARTISAN EXPOSURE AND SALES Gallery 302-Bridgton Handmade in the Northern Forest A Guide to fine art and craft traditions in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York. Showcases the region through 13 driving tours illustrated with colorful maps and local lore. 365 listings of craftspeople and others inspired by the landscape. Features studios, galleries, restaurants, inns, museums, historical sites and working farms. Maine Made Maine made, America's best Find Maine Art.com An Art Directory for the State of Maine. Western Maine Fiber Arts Festival an entire weekend of fiber arts workshops. ENJOY CULTURE AROUND NEW ENGLAND Theatres, Galleries and other attractions all over New England LITERARY SITES Poets on the Porch, Norway Arts Festival Maine Literature Daily Maine Poetry Maine Writers at Waterboro Library Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance Maine Women Writers Collection - UNE Libraries WESTERN MAINE TOURISM PROMOTION Division of Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments MAINE CALENDARS Maine Office of Tourism Down East Magazine online Maine Event Scheduler Maine Music Trail MaineToday.com Yankee Magazine CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE Lake Region Chamber Bethel Chamber Oxford Hills Chamber Maine Chamber of Commerce PRIVATE ACADEMIES Fryeburg Academy (1792) Gould Academy (1836) Hebron Academy (1804) FOLKLIFE LINKS Maine Folklife CenterTeacher's Guide to Folklife Resources for K-12 Classrooms by Peter Bartis and Paddy Bowman Updated version of Folklife and Fieldwork A Layman's Introduction to Field Techniques, by Peter Bartis Cultural Arts for Teachers and Students with general folklore guidelines. Veterans History Project (at American Folklife Center, Library of Congress) Information about the AFC's national project to collect oral histories from veterans including collection kits with forms, releases and instructions. OTHER CULTURAL ORGANIZATION SITES IN MAINE: Bangor Region Arts and Cultural Council Brunswick Area Arts and Cultural Alliance Hancock County Cultural Network Lewiston/Auburn Arts Association Maine Fiberarts Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance Maine's Swedish Colony Round top Center for the Arts Rufus Porter Museum Waldo County Arts Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts HISTORY RELATED SITES Norlands Living History Center Walk into history at Norlands. Also annual humanities conference in early summer. Maine Historical Society The Pequawket Historical League Ne-Do-Ba: The Abenaki of Western Maine, Bethel Historical Society, Maine Memory network, CRAFT RELATED LINKS Maine Crafts Association Maine Crafts Guild Maine Fiberarts Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance Maine Crafts Association United Maine Craftsmen Home