LEWISTON — The board of directors of L/A Arts, the arts agency for the Lewiston-Auburn area, has confirmed the appointment of Louise Rosen as consulting director.

According to board chairwoman Judy Vardamis, Rosen will ” … launch the important expanse of work being funded through the prestigious National Endowment for the Arts’ Our Town grant to begin development of an ‘artist-maker economic model’ for the L-A area.”

Rosen will also direct the design for the implementation process of the new L-A Cultural Plan, funded through a Maine Arts Commission grant and matching support from the Auburn and Lewiston city governments.

In addition, Rosen has been tasked to reshape the agency’s Arts in Education initiative and revamp its sponsorship and membership programs, defining enhanced benefits for sponsors and members.

Rosen has been working internationally in independent media and the arts for more than 25 years and has extensive experience in business affairs, fundraising, programming, marketing and operations.

She previously served as executive and artistic director of the Maine Jewish Film Festival for four seasons. As a long-standing figure in the international film community, she teaches and speaks at conferences and film festivals. In 2015, she was profiled in Maine Magazine’s “50 People — Bold Visionaries Defining Our State” and that same year was a selected speaker for Maine Live 2015, a daylong series of TED-style talks hosted by Maine Magazine and Bank of America.

She lives in Brunswick.

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