{"id":1827,"date":"2018-08-06T17:59:37","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T17:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/?p=1827"},"modified":"2018-08-06T20:51:48","modified_gmt":"2018-08-06T20:51:48","slug":"wintergreen-receives-25000-technology-grant-from-mmg-insurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/wintergreen-receives-25000-technology-grant-from-mmg-insurance\/","title":{"rendered":"Wintergreen receives $25,000 technology grant from MMG Insurance"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MMG<\/a>Presque Isle, Maine<\/strong>\u2014Wintergreen Arts Center has received a $25,000 grant from MMG Insurance Company to purchase technology tools including laptops, cameras, a scanner, software, and accessories to engage students in the digital artistic process.<\/p>\n

This grant opens up opportunities for the Center to offer digital art classes such as photography, graphic design, animation, and more.\u00a0 Students also now have the capability of scanning and sharing artwork online, capturing performing arts presentations, and publishing creative writing and illustration projects, to name a few possibilities.<\/p>\n

Larry Shaw, President & CEO of MMG Insurance, said the company made the gift because of the impact information technologies and dynamic instruction through technology will have on Wintergreen\u2019s students and their future.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt MMG Insurance we are deeply committed to our youth and ensuring opportunities for them to learn and grow,\u201d said Shaw.\u00a0 \u201cInvesting in programs that combine digital technology with art provides creative ways for young people to gain knowledge and confidence in skills they will use throughout their lifetime.\u201d<\/p>\n

The goal of this collaboration between MMG and Wintergreen is to promote technological literacy in Aroostook County by offering fun, technology-based, creative programming that leads to positive self-expression and lifelong learning.<\/p>\n

Digital technologies make it easier for students to collaborate, share, and publish their work providing greater possibilities and a bigger platform for them to engage with the arts and their peers.<\/p>\n

\u201cMMG has opened the door to amazing opportunities for our students,\u201d said Kim Guerrette Michaud, Wintergreen\u2019s Chairman of the Board.\u00a0 \u201cGreater access to technology will not only help students find their own unique medium of expression, but also put them on a personal journey forward exploring the digital world and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wintergreen is offering its first digital art class this summer.\u00a0 Advanced Photography began July 30; students are learning how to edit photographs as well as produce and create music videos.\u00a0 The Photography students are also capturing a dance number performed by Wintergreen\u2019s Choreographed Dance students as one of the subjects of their music videos.\u00a0 A Music Video Premier Bash for the public is scheduled on Tuesday, August 21, 2018, 6:00 pm, at Wintergreen.<\/p>\n

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Presque Isle, Maine\u2014Wintergreen Arts Center has received a $25,000 grant from MMG Insurance Company to purchase technology tools including laptops, cameras, a scanner, software, and accessories to engage students in the digital artistic process. This grant opens up opportunities for the Center to offer digital art classes such as photography, graphic design, animation, and more.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1828,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1827","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/MMG-logo-no-tag-high-res-jpg.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paGGri-tt","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1827"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1827"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1829,"href":"http:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1827\/revisions\/1829"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}