A composer, a playwright and a collective of artists committed to repairing relationships between Wabanaki people and non-Natives are the Maine recipients of grant funding awarded this week by the New England Foundation for the Arts.

The foundation, based in Boston, announced it had granted a total of $250,750 to 18 recipients through its New Work New England program, which is in its second year. The program focuses on artists and the creative process, and on projects that further equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility. The grants were awarded to support new work in dance, film, music, storytelling and theater.