FY 2006 Grant Awards: State Listings

Access to Artistic Excellence II/Arts on Radio and Television/
Folk & Traditional Arts Infrastructure/Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth/Partnership Agreements

Some details of the projects listed in this grant announcement are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

MONTANA

Art Mobile of Montana
Dillon, MT
$12,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support ArtMobile. A specially equipped van will travel throughout the state, providing access to original art works by Montana artists, art instruction, and access to contemporary artists for schools, nursing care centers, correctional facilities, Native American reservations, and libraries.

Art Museum of Missoula
Missoula, MT
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support accessible, online educational programming about Montana artists. The project will focus on two significant elder and internationally known Montana artists well represented in the collection, Rudy Autio and Jaune Quick-to-See Smith.

Bozeman Symphony Society (aka Bozeman Symphony)
Bozeman, MT
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support The Song of the Earth concert and related educational activities. Guest artist R. Carlos Nakai will perform on Native American flute with the orchestra in a concert designed to celebrate Anglo, Hispanic, and Native American cultures.

Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation
Pablo, MT
$30,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support Our Community Record Two Eagle River School, a photography program for high school youth. Students residing on the Flathead Tribal Reservation will learn to develop their photographic skills, present their original work in public, and be given the opportunity to express artistic vision within the larger community.

Helena Presents (aka Myrna Loy Center)
Helena, MT
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support a series of commissioning and residency projects. U.S. and international guest artists will create new works in collaboration with local and regional artists.

Holter Museum of Art, Inc.
Helena, MT
$45,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support an artist-in-residence program. Led by artists from diverse cultures, students in kindergarten to 12th grade will create and interact with artwork at the museum, exploring the role of heritage and place as it shapes personal and cultural identity.

International Choral Festival
Missoula, MT
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support an international children's choral festival. Approximately 15 choirs from around the world will be selected to participate in performances and workshops that will take place in Missoula.

MCT, Inc. (aka Missoula Children's Theatre)
Missoula, MT
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the MCT Tour Project. Touring musical theater performing arts residencies will be offered to K-12 children nationwide. Activities will include auditions, rehearsals, classroom workshops, and a final public performance.

Missoula Writing Collaborative
Missoula, MT
$12,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support a writing residency program. The project will place writers in rural, low-income, and/or tribal reservation schools for eight months for weekly writing sessions with students.

Montana Arts Council
Helena, MT
$612,500
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Montana Committee for the Humanities (aka MCH)
Missoula, MT
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the Montana Festival of the Book. More than 100 regional authors will read and discuss their work at selected venues, reaching an estimated audience of as many as 5,000.

Tundra Club
Bozeman, MT
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production of (((Hearing Voices))) curated by Barrett Golding. The radio documentaries that emerge from this project feature people around the country talking about their life, their work, and their community.

Young Men's Christian Association of Billings (aka YMCA)
Billings, MT
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support First Thursday: An Exploration of Contemporary Literature, a reading series on the first Thursday of every month. Visiting writers will conduct educational outreach activities, including visits to local schools and tribal colleges.

Number of Grants: 13          Total Amount: $841,500

 
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