Museums and Organizations with Educational Outreach Programs
The Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor Maine offers educators a wide variety of resources to bring Wabanaki history and culture into their classrooms and meet the goals of LD291. The have a well-developed "Educators Hub" as part of their site but their whole site has robust materials for teaching about the Wabanaki.
The Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockland, Maine committed to contemporary, practicing artists
The Indigo Arts Alliance, "Cultivating the artistic development of people of African descent."
The Farnsworth Museum in Rockland, Maine. "Integrating the arts, one classroom at at time."
The Maine Historical Society, "Connecting and Documenting the Maine Experience."
The Portland Museum of Art has a department committed to educational arts programs
SidexSide offers Project M.A.I.N.E.:
Project M.A.I.N.E. (Maine Arts Integration Network of Excellence) is a year-long project bringing a FREE professional development series on Arts Integration to Maine educators and teaching artists throughout the state. Interactive virtual sessions are available (October–May) every first Wednesday of the month from 7–8pm with resource drops on the last Wednesday of the month.
Webinars are available to Side x Side members only, so be sure to register to become a member today. After you become a member, review the webinars listed below and register for any that you would like to attend.