WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Audio archives of spoken word broadcasts from Community Radio WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill (weru.org)
Host: Michael Donahue
Engineer: Amy Browne
Issue: The Arts In Maine
Program Topic: Snow Pond Arts Academy
Key Discussion Points:
a) Snow Pond Arts Academy
b) Charter Schools
c) Traditional Education vs. Innovative Classrooms
Guests:
David Holinger, Director of Admissions, Snow Pond Academy
Kirsten Mcquillan, Mother of student
Meghan Mcquillan, student
Host: Michael Donahue
Engineer: Joel Mann
Issue: The Arts In Maine
Program Topic: Self Publishing
Key Discussion Points:
a) How to self publish
b) What services are available to aspiring authors
c) Doing the work
Guests:
Janet Karker, President, Maine Authors Publishing
David Estey, Writer
Phyllis Chinlund
Host: Michael Donahue
Engineer: Amy Browne
Program Topic: Promoting Maine Arts & Artists
Key Discussion Points: Statewide Arts Education Census, Commission Updates, Artists in Schools
Guests:
Julie A. Richard, Executive Director, Maine Arts Commission
Argy Nestor, Director of Arts Education, Maine Arts Commission
Catherine Ring, Executive Director, New England Institute for Teacher Education
Host: Michael Donahue
Engineer: John Greenman
Program Topic: The Pricing Dilemma – How Much Is Your Work Worth
Key Discussion Points:
Value as defined by cost of materials, or time, or both.
How to judge your market.
The artist as business person
Pricing for individual sale, shows, and galleries
Participants:
Dr. James McConnon – Professor of Economics, University of Maine
Jerry Cumbo – artist
Julie Morringello — artist
Host: Michael Donahue
Engineer: Amy Browne
Program Topic: Promoting Maine Arts & Artists
Participants:
Brook Minner, Executive Director, North East Historic Film, Bucksport, Maine
Judith Felch, Treasurer, Deer Isle Artists Association, Deer Isle, Maine
Key Discussion Points: Historic Film, Alamo Theatre, Bucksport in Transition, Artists Associations
Host: Michael Donahue
Engineer: Amy Browne
Program Topic: Penobscot Theatre Company
Key Discussion Points: History, current programs, objectives, future
Participants:
Bari Newman, Producing Artistic Director
Ben Layman, Actor
Host: Michael Donahue
Engineer: Amy Browne
Program Topic: Maine Media Workshops & College
Key Discussion Points: History, current programs, objectives, future
Participants: Meg Weston, President Elizabeth Greenberg, VP for Academic Affairs Tawny Bradley, Film Making Program Director
Host: Michael Donahue
Engineer: Amy Browne
Program Topic: National Arts In Education Week September 13 – 19, 2015
Key Discussion Points: Week agenda, desired outcomes, programs relating to, state of arts in education nationally and in Maine.
Participants: Argy Nestor, Director of Arts Education, Maine Arts Commission; Susan Potters, Executive Director, Maine Alliance for Arts In Education; Jeff Poulin, Arts Education Program Director, Americans for the Arts, Washington DC; Jen Nash, teacher, Sebasticook Valley Middle School