This summer, Side x Side is proud to partner with LearningWorks and Telling Room to bring LearningWorks students in South Portland a five-week virtual STEAM camp on agricultural engineering.
Read more about the grant in an article in Mainebiz.
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Side x Side Hangs Murals in King Middle School Bathrooms
Four murals inspired by seventh grade King Middle School students who participated in creative leadership workshops led by Side x Side teaching artists during the winter and spring of 2019 were installed in seventh grade bathrooms at King this fall.
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$2.48 million grant expands arts program to new Lewiston elementary school
The Lewiston Sun Journal – A Portland-based program that provides hands-on art learning to students is expanding next year to Lewiston. The program will be offered at the new Connors Elementary School.
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Program receives major donation to expand arts education into more Maine schools
WMTW – 8 – Side x Side received a $2 million grant to expand its program to the Lewiston School Department.
Portland non-profit receives $2.5 million grant
WGME -13 – A Portland non-profit helping to make a difference by bringing arts education to schools is now expanding. “Side-by-Side” recently received a $2.5 million grant. As part of the grant, the program will expand to Lewiston schools.
Arts education in Maine gets boost from $2.5 million federal grant
Side x Side will expand the program it started in Portland elementary schools to include schools in Lewiston.
Side x Side, Inc. Gets $2.5 Million to Support Arts Curriculum in Portland and Lewiston
Maine Bid Network – Side x Side, Inc., a nonprofit organization, will receive a four-year, $2,482,515 grant to support Side x Side’s project titled “(Re)Imagining Education” to promote arts curriculum in Portland and Lewiston elementary schools in Maine.
Side x Side Featured in Maine Women Magazine
Maine Women Magazine – “It takes a tribe to educate our kids today,” says Beth Wilbur Van Mierlo. “The more brilliant minds working together, the better, and our students benefit.”