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FY 2009 Grant Awards: State Listings

Access to Artistic Excellence I/Challenge America Fast-Track Grants/Creativity & Aging/Literature Fellowships (Poetry)

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

MONTANA

Alberta Bair Theater Corporation
Billings, MT
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support New Music for the Old West, a concert series featuring diverse musical styles. Proposed guest artists ScrapArtsMusic (rooted in world music traditions), the string quartet Ethel, jazz vocalist Rachael Price, Edgar Meyer, and Mike Marshall (masters of modern acoustic music), and the American Chamber Players will perform and participate in outreach activities for audiences from Montana and northern Wyoming.

Archie Bray Foundation (aka (the Bray))
Helena, MT
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support an artist residency program in ceramics. An exhibition will feature representative work by participating artists; public programs and demonstrations will complement the residencies.

Billings Symphony Society (aka Billings Symphony Orchestra & Chorale)
Billings, MT
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support a concert and related outreach activities featuring violinist Chee-Yun Kim. Kim will perform Beethoven's Violin Concerto at the historic Alberta Bair Theater, as well as participate in lecture demonstrations for Billings-area middle and high school students.

Graham, Loren
Helena, MT
$25,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a creative writing fellowship.

Great Falls Symphony Association, Inc.
Great Falls, MT
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support an artist residency by classical guitarist Christopher Parkening and baritone Jubilant Sykes. Activities will include workshops, lectures, master classes, an open dress rehearsal, and a public concert with the symphony.

Headwaters Dance Co.
Missoula, MT
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support performances of Montana Suite Part IV: Crow Country, choreographed by Donna Uchizono. The organization's artistic director will offer master classes at area schools as preparation for student attendance. Following the performances, Uchizono will join local students and audiences in talk-back sessions.

Intermountain Opera Association of Bozeman
Bozeman, MT
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support performances of Puccini's La Bohème with related educational outreach activities. The performances will take place at the Wilson Auditorium utilizing a core group of professional singers, augmented by instrumentalists and singers from the local community.

Whitefish Theatre Co.
Whitefish, MT
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support performances by The Gospel Hummingbirds. The theater will work with partner organizations including Montana Veterans' Home, Agency of Aging, and Whitefish Housing Authority to target underserved constituencies.


Number of Grants: 8          Total Amount: $120,000

 
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