Side x Side is very pleased to announce that it has recently been awarded a $7,560.00 grant from the Peaks Island Fund of the Maine Community Foundation. The Maine Community Foundation works to improve the quality of life for all Maine people and the Peaks Island Fund connects people who care with causes that matter to benefit the Peaks Island community.
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Side x Side Slides into Summer by Jamie Hogan
Working with Side x Side, Portland’s coup in the name of arts integration, has been truly satisfying, as well as a juggle…
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Launching Land Forms at Ocean Avenue Elementary by Jamie Hogan
Thanks to Side x Side, I had more adventures in second grade, this time at Ocean Avenue Elementary School in Portland, Maine…
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Side x Side Open House & Indiegogo Launch Party
Please join us Friday, March 4th from 5-8pm to find out what Side x Side has been up to and help us celebrate the launch of our Indiegogo online fundraising campaign. The event will be held as part of Portland’s First Friday festivities and is located at Side x Side’s office at 636 Congress Street in Portland. > view invite
The Portland Project
Third grade students at Riverton elementary school in Portland worked with teaching artists, Gretchen Berg and Laurie Downey on a Side x Side physical theater and mural-making program culminating in a showcase event at the school featuring a performance and unveiling of the mural.
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Epic Side x Side Report by Jamie Hogan
A week ago today, I found myself happily in the mix of buzzing teachers at the Portland Museum of Art for the first annual Side x Side Summer Arts Institute.
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Artronics Intensive with Casco Bay High School
In early January, Side x Side collaborated with the University of Southern Maine (USM) to teach a week-long intensive art and technology program for Casco Bay High School students.
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Portland Schools Receive Major Arts Education Grant
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Side x Side, USM Awarded $1.9 Million Grant for Arts in Education in Portland Schools
PORTLAND, Maine – Youth in Action: Side x Side, a Portland-based arts-education organization, and the University of Southern Maine (USM) announced today that they are the recipients of a joint million-dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
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PCAH Launches the Turnaround: Arts Initiative to Help Improve Low-Performing Schools
The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) announced the launch of a new arts education initiative…
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