Code of Maine Rules › 94 - INDEPENDENT AGENCIES › 088 - MAINE ARTS COMMISSION › Chapter 2 - RULES FOR AWARDING GRANTS AND PROVIDING SERVICES › Section 088-2-1 - Provisions for awarding grants and providing services

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A.
DEFINITIONS
I.
Agency
: "Agency" shall mean
				the Maine Arts Commission, and shall include Maine Arts Commission members, the
				Director and staff and Review Committees.
II.
Artist
: "Artist" shall mean
				an individual who may be trained in, and/or practice an art form as a creator,
				performer, director or tradition bearer in one or more of, but not limited to,
				the arts disciplines of dance, design arts, literature, media arts, music,
				theater, traditional arts, and visual arts, and may satisfy some or all of the
				following criteria:
(a) receives, or has
				received, remuneration for works, notably in the form of sales, royalties,
				commissions, fees, residuals, grants, and awards that can reasonably be
				considered an integral part of the income that the artist earns from arts
				activity, or
(b) receives
				recognition from the public or peers, notably honorable mentions, awards, or
				critical attention in the media for the work, or
(c) presents works to the public through
				exhibitions, performances, readings, showings or any other means corresponding
				to the nature of the works, or
(d)
				is represented by, or contracts with, a dealer, publisher, agent, producer, or
				similar representative, depending on the nature of the work, or
(e) devotes a reasonable percentage of time
				or effort promoting and marketing works, attending auditions, seeking patrons
				or agents, and other similar efforts, depending on the nature of the
				work.
III.
Arts
: "Arts" shall mean any activity undertaken by arts
				organizations or individual artists, involved with, but not limited to, the
				disciplines of arts in education, community arts, dance, design arts,
				literature, media arts, museums, music, performance arts, theater, traditional
				arts, and visual arts.
IV.
Commission
: "Commission" shall mean the Maine Arts Commission, a
				policy-making Board of the Agency, whose members are appointed by the Governor.
				(
				27 MRSA
				§401 )
V.
Committees
:The Maine Arts
				Commission may vote to establish standing committees relating to Agency
				programs and the Chair of the Maine Arts Commission may appoint ad-hoc task
				forces and working groups to carry out the work of the Agency.
VI.
Director
: "Director" shall
				mean the paid chief executive officer of the Maine Arts Commission charged with
				carrying out the activities of the Agency, to whom all Agency staff are
				responsible. (
				27 MRSA
				§403-A )
VII.
Executive Committee
:
				"Executive Committee" shall mean the officers (Chair and Vice Chair - both
				appointed by the Governor as defined in IV. above) of the Commission and other
				appointed members by the Chair of the Commission. The Executive Committee shall
				meet at regular intervals between Commission meetings to prepare the work and
				agendas for the Commission and act on behalf of the Commission.
VIII.
Review Committees
: "Review
				Committees" shall mean volunteer members of the arts and arts-related
				communities, who may be in- or out-of-state residents, including arts
				practitioners, presenters and administrators, and who represent either
				peer-status of organizations or individuals applying for grants, or expertise
				in a particular arts or administrative field. Review Committees shall be
				nominated by the Maine Arts Commission, Director and/or the public, and are
				appointed by the Chair or Director of the Maine Arts Commission. Review
				Committees shall be administered by the Director and shall make recommendations
				to the Maine Arts Commission with regard to grant applications and other Maine
				Arts Commission projects. Review Committees may be standing or ad-hoc. Some
				Review Committee functions may be accomplished by the use of a Review
				Jury.
IX.
Statewide Arts
				Service Organizations
: "Statewide Arts Service Organizations" shall mean
				any discipline-based, nonprofit, arts organizations which provides statewide
				services to its membership and/or general public. Service organizations may
				serve, but are not limited to serving, the disciplines of arts in education,
				community arts, dance, design arts, literature, media arts, museums, music,
				performance arts, theater, traditional arts and visual arts.