PLAN PRIORITY

OBJECTIVES

Priority 1.

LEVERAGE INVESTMENT TO STRENGTHEN AND BETTER CAPITALIZE THE ARTS, CREATIVE, AND CULTURAL SECTOR

• Pursue fund development strategies difficult for artists and organizations to pursue on their own.

• Continue professional development opportunities for artists and arts workers.
• Continue to promote community development through the arts, creativity and culture.

Priority 2.

INCREASE AWARENESS

• Create Maine Arts brand awareness.
• Encourage research and widely disseminate findings to increase the understanding of arts, creative, and cultural sector impacts and value.
• Increase arts, creative, and cultural sector recognition and celebrate success.

• Use Maine’s Bicentennial in 2020 as a marker in time when arts, creative, and cultural sector awareness will be greater than ever before.

Priority 3.

FOSTER ARTS EDUCATION AND LIFELONG LEARNING

• Strengthen PK-12 arts education for all students.
• Support collaboration between PK-12 arts education and community cultural organizations.
• Grow and expand Maine Arts Commission’s PK-12 Arts Education efforts.
• Continue working with the Department of Education to strengthen PK-12 arts education.
• Collaborate with higher education institutions.
• Fortify Maine Arts Commission’s lifelong learning efforts.

Priority 4.

BUILD ARTS & TOURISM SYNERGY

• Build a stronger bridge with the Office of Tourism and the Maine Tourism Association.
• Help strengthen cultural sector capacity to better utilize technology for marketing and PR.
• Create and disseminate cultural tourism best practices and guidelines.

Priority 5.

STRENGTHEN COMMISSION CAPACITY & STEWARDSHIP

• Ensure the Maine Arts Commission’s capacity remains commensurate with planned growth.
• Explore the feasibility of a 501(c)(3) arm and the proposed name, ArtsEngageME.
• Build a statewide cultural sector network.
• Keep this Cultural Plan current.