PORTLAND, Maine — Actress Glenn Close and her husband are being recognized for their contributions to Maine’s creative economy.
The Maine Center for Creativity is honoring Close and her husband, Idexx Laboratories founder David Shaw, as the first recipients of the Maine Creative Industries Award. The award will be presented Thursday at the inaugural Maine Creative Industries Gala in Portland.
Close is an award-winning actress whose credits include “Fatal Attraction,” ”Dangerous Liaisons” and the hit TV drama, “Damages.”
Shaw founded Idexx Laboratories, an animal health care diagnostic products company, in Portland in 1983 and remained as CEO until 2001.
Close and Shaw own a home in Scarborough.
As part of the Creative Economy, will they be served Maine-grown, and Maine-produced foods?
Only if using free range organically and humanely PETA approved methods.
I’m serious. As part of fostering a creative economy, has the organization made efforts to get Maine foods and beverages on those $300 per plate, plates, because food producers are certainly part of Maine’s creative economy.
Do you suppose this award has anything to do with the panel’s stars in their eyes?