Page 5 - Marcia Minter News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

For Subscribers
Maine Arts Commission says hiring head of its board, though unusual, is the right move at a crucial time
David Greenham will step down from the board to begin a two-year term as the interim executive director.
Share
David Greenham in his Gardiner home. Greenham, the current chairman of the Maine Arts Commission’s board, will become its interim director of the Maine Arts Commission in March, for a two-year term.
Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer
The Maine Arts Commission has hired its board chairman as its interim executive director, forgoing a job search in favor of expediency because of the crisis facing artists and arts groups and the need to distribute money quickly and efficiently. The hiring of a longtime insider for the top arts job in the state could be seen as working against the commission’s pledge for transparency and equity, but board members – and the governor – defend the move as necessary given the crisis facing arts gr ....

United States , University Of Maine At Augusta , White House , District Of Columbia , Haystack Mountain , Abbe Museum , Curt Dale Clark , Chellie Pingree , Peter Ralston , Caroline Koelker , Marcia Minter , Chris Newell , Stuart Kestenbaum , David Greenham , Julie Richard , Library Services , Institute Of Museum , Haystack Mountain School Of Crafts , Maine Arts Commission , Sedona Arts Center , National Endowment For The Arts , Indigo Arts Alliance , National Endowment For The Humanities , Human Rights Center , National Endowment , Janet Mills ,