LEWISTON — Museum L-A announces the addition of new employees. Kathy Becvar, the museum’s new full-time director of development, previously worked as the director of development for Central Maine Healthcare Corp., overseeing fundraising for Central Maine Medical Center, Bridgton Hospital and Rumford Hospital. She will provide leadership and management to advance the fundraising of the […]
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Museum L-A looking for storage space
LEWISTON — Museum L-A is in need of between 1,500 and 2,500 square feet of space to store artifacts temporarily housed in the Bates Mill complex on Canal Street, Executive Director Rachel Desgrosseilliers said in a news release. Among the artifacts are over 600 original bedspread artwork designs Desgrosseilliers said she found in a dump […]
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Maine Innovation Expo a hit
LEWISTON — About 400 people filled Museum L-A Saturday for the museum’s first Maine Innovation Expo, touring exhibitions and doing craft projects set up by about 30 schools, businesses and community groups there to show off local talent and creativity. “It’s fun. Very, Very fun,” said 9-year-old Emma Mills, of Lewiston, as she hammered together […]
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The Buzz: Innovators, job seekers & artisanal boot buyers wanted
This week the Buzz is eclectic and it’s happening here. Calling all innovators — well, calling 15 innovators . . . Museum L-A is dropping its annual Maker Faire and hosting instead the Maine Innovation Expo on May 20 showcasing local talent and creativity. Museum Executive Director Rachel Desgrosseilliers said the faire had been licensed […]
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Donation from Gendrons moves Museum L-A planning forward
LEWISTON — Museum L-A received a boost in its vision of developing its future site situated next to the Simard-Payne Memorial Park. A donation toward the future of Museum L-A along with a pledge to follow with another was made by Dolard and Priscilla Gendron. When asked why they were showing such great generosity to […]
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One of a Kind fundraiser held for Museum L-A
LEWISTON — The Museum L-A’s “One of a Kind Sale” Saturday was a hit with shoppers and the museum. “People loved it,” said executive director Rachel Desgrosseilliers. “We had a constant flow especially all morning.” By the time the sale closed at 3 p.m., sales exceeded the fundraising goal of $4,000 for the non-profit museum, […]
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Artifacts stolen from grounds of new Museum L-A in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Rachel Desgrosseilliers stood gazing down at the few remaining rusted gears scattered in the dirt on the grounds of the future home of Museum L-A. “It’s maddening to think people think so little of our history,” she said, her voice catching. The executive director of the 12-year-old museum that pays tribute to the […]
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Museum L-A thinks it may have something special in Bates Mill silk screens
LEWISTON — The intricate designs pressed into the fabric screens are beautiful and dramatic — and Rachel Desgrosseilliers, executive director of Museum L-A, thinks they might be worth something. “I think they would be considered industrial art,” she said. “But nobody is familiar with things like this because there really are not many left anywhere. […]
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Lewiston-Auburn half marathon can’t compete with S. Portland Color Run
LEWISTON — A popular Lewiston-Auburn half-marathon will get bumped this year, postponed to 2016 by a bigger South Portland running event. Rachel Desgrosseilliers, executive director of Museum L-A, said organizers had started promoting the 2015 Bands on the Run Half Marathon & 5K, scheduled for June 28. “Last year, they had a big Color Run […]