WASHINGTON, D.C.- U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME) and Susan Collins (R-ME) today announced that the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has awarded entities throughout Maine $120,000 in funding for artistic endeavors.
“Because Maine is such a rural state, residents often do not have the same access to the arts that people in more urban areas might. Grants awarded by the NEA allow entities throughout Maine to showcase various artistic endeavors to communities throughout the state,” said Snowe and Collins in a joint statement.
$10,000 has been awarded to the Bowdoin Summer Music Festival, Inc. to support a celebration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Mozart. Musicians will be in-residence to interpret, present, and perform major works of Mozart. This grant was awarded under the Challenge America Fast Track grant program established by Congress in 2001. Its goal is to provide greater support for arts projects in underserved communities through the United States .