Local Arts Organizations and the Maine Arts Commission

A question for Local Arts Organizations in Maine: What is the best way to structure the relationship between local arts organizations and the Maine Arts Commission. Should the relationship be more like partnerships? Should the relationship remain more like independent organizations/grantees? ..Your thoughts?
–Keith Ludden

Strengthening Community Arts Organizations

For the past year, the Maine Arts Commission has focused its Community Arts Development efforts on “capacity building,” or strengthening local community arts organizations. What, in your opinion makes for strong community arts organizations?

How do you define community?

There are many ways to define community. It can refer to a group of people who practice the same occupation, come from the same ethnic background, or live in the same town There are lots of overlapping elements to the concept of community and that means all of us are members of multiple [...]