Seamark Community Arts offers fun and creative arts workshops for children and adults throughout the year.
Scholarships are available for all workshops.
Workshops have included: book arts, nature crafts, pottery, drawing & painting, film and video, printmaking, basketry, textile arts, found object construction, music & drama, seasonal crafts.
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Seamark Community
Arts
PO Box 234
Deer Isle Maine
04627
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Seamark Scholarship Programs
Please note that Fall Arts in Education grant applications are due by Friday, February 5, 2010 via email or snail mail.
Seamark Community Arts provides scholarship funding and grants for Deer Isle students and teachers. Our scholarship programs include two $500 Arts in Education grants per year to Deer Isle-Stonington teachers for professional development and/or special classroom projects in the arts (Fall and Spring), a $250 annual contribution to the Learning in Communities (LINC) mentorship program which connects island high school students with local artists for one-on-one study, and a $250 scholarship to a graduating high school senior pursuing a degree in the arts. Addtionally, Seamark raises money to fund scholarships for students of all ages who are interested in attending our summer and/or winter art workshops, but may not be able to afford the fees.
Our most recent Arts in Education Grant was awarded in Fall of 2009 to Deer Isle-Stonington Elementary School (DISES) music teacher Christel Kendzia. She received $300 in funding towards a new drum set for the elementary school.
In Spring of 2008, DISES art teacher Debby Chappell recieved a grant of $480 which helped fund a special workshop for 5th graders with local artist Peter Beerits to work on found object sculptures.
Seamark funded several worthy projects with our Fall 2008 Arts in Education grant. DISES Special Education teacher, Julie Davis, and Education Technician, Michael Augustine, were awarded $140 to purchase software that enables special needs children to learn how to process and manipulate digital camera images—skills that can be used for life and lead to a possible career path. DISES art teacher Debby Chappell received $250 to help fund a two-week long gelatin print-making workshop for 6th through 8th graders with local artist Susan Webster (see photos above and below). Seamark also awarded $110 to DISES school counselor Roberta Johnson, and teachers Debbie Greenlaw, Beth Lane, and Julie Davis, for materials to be used in creating individual student portfolios that will showcase students’ achievements and accomplishments during the school year.
Seamark's 2009 Graduating Senior Scholarship was awarded to Deer Isle-Stonington High School First Honor Essayist Tiffany Mitchell of Brooksville, Maine. Tiffany plans to study Education and English at Simmons College in Boston.
Kimberly Grindle of Little Deer Isle, Maine was Seamark's 2008 Graduating Senior Scholarship recipient. Kimberly is pursuing a degree in communications at Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts.
Seamark raises money for its scholarship programs through private donations and during our annual Men Who Cook Benefit Dinner.
