Look up! Portland’s Vibrant Arts Community is on the rise!
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St. Lawrence Arts is now The Hill Arts
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Look up! Portland’s Vibrant Arts Community is on the rise! –– St. Lawrence Arts is now The Hill Arts ––
About The Hill Arts
Can you see what we see? From here, things are looking great!
And here, at the top of Munjoy Hill, we’re creating a new place for performance that’s perfect, unique, and desperately needed. Just what Portland’s dynamic arts community deserves.
While the shows go on at our existing Parish Hall Theater, home for over twenty years of live theater, music, comedy, and important community programs like Our Place for neighborhood kids, we’re getting ready to build a breathtaking new 400 seat theater complex that will provide perfect spaces for our more than twenty creative partners, neighborhood folks, national touring shows and acts, and a lot more.
Fundraising is well underway for this comprehensive facility that will join harmoniously with the existing Parish Hall and the neighborhood, filling the empty lot left when the original St. Lawrence church was sadly demolished after years of structural decline.
We’re working hard on green and workable transportation and parking solutions and have the support of our neighbors, Portland’s creative community, and the city. Our design is breathtaking and state of the art, with room to expand upon two important initiatives, a creative center for kids and an non-profit incubator to support up-and-coming creative groups.
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“There is more exciting dance and theater Ovations would love to bring to Portland but cannot because there is not an intimate venue with all of the amenities to support it. We eagerly look to The Hill Arts to help fill that void.”
Aimée M. Petrin, Executive and Artistic Director, Portland Ovations.
Jamie Isaacson, Campaign Co-Chair
Brenda Garrand, Campaign Co-Chair
Frank Bishop
Greg Boulos
Peggy Greenhut Golden
Marilyn Lalumiere
Alexandra Maurer
Casey Oakes
Larry Rubinstein
Ken Spirer
Rob Tod
Ann Willauer
Fred Williams
Linda Zillman
Don Zillman
Campaign Leadership
Staff
Deirdre Nice, Executive and Artistic Director
Julia Kirby, Development Director
Gerry Shannon, Theater Manager
Guy Gaudette, CPA, President
Glenn Morin, CPA, Treasurer/Secretary
Christopher Akerlind
Frank Bishop, Esq.
Nan Cumming
Bruce Hyman, AICP
Jamie Isaacson
Rob Ruesch, Esq.
Rob Tod
Bill Umbel
Board of Directors
Chip Newell, Chair
Peter Bass
Ted Oldham
Rob Tod
Building Committee
Brenda Garrand, Garrand Partners Intl.
Kristen Levesque, Kristen Levesque PR
Ken & Holly Murphy, Murphy Empire
Marketing Team
The Hill Arts Mission Statement
Arts and Culture - creating an affordable and accessible venue for diverse offerings of performance arts - theater, dance, music, film, workshops and more.
Neighborhood and Community - adding activity, entertainment, cultural enrichment, social interaction, renovation, and investment that serve both the surrounding neighborhood of Munjoy Hill as well as the residents of Greater Portland.
Historic Preservation - rehabilitating this local and national landmark with the adaptive reuse of an arts center.