FY 2013 Grant Awards: State Listings

Art Works I | Challenge America Fast-Track Grants | 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: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support Mash it Up: Classical Cajun Hip Hop, a concert series with multiple outreach and education events. Artists including Soul Street Dance Company and the Turtle Island String Quartet with Cajun fiddler Michael Doucet will perform and participate in outreach activities for audiences from the Rocky Mountain Northwest.

Archie Bray Foundation (aka the Bray)
Helena, MT
$20,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support a residency program for ceramic artists. During the month-long residency artists Linda Arbuckle, Matt Kelleher, Shoko Teruyama, Chris Staley, Wanxin Zhang, and Tony Marsh will receive studio space, housing, an honorarium, a materials budget, and transportation. They will participate in public demonstrations, lectures, and workshops culminating in an exhibition of representative work at the Bray's North Gallery Exhibition space.

Billings Symphony Society
Billings, MT
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support a concert series and related outreach activities celebrating American, Latin, and British symphonic music. Guest artists, composer Jennifer Higdon and pianist Michael Chertock, will participate in outreach activities including master classes, a music seminar with as many as 800 fifth-grade students, pre- and post-concert discussions, and an open rehearsal.

Glacier Symphony and Chorale, Inc.
Kalispell, MT
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support the annual Festival Amadeus. Taking place in a rural community, local residents and youth participants from the North Valley Music School will have the opportunity to see open rehearsals and performances and participate in artist-led master classes.

Great Falls Symphony Association, Inc.
Great Falls, MT
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support performances and outreach activities featuring percussionist Evelyn Glennie. In addition to a public performance with orchestra, the project will include a program for residents at the Montana School for the Deaf and Blind, an open rehearsal for university and high school students, and workshops taking place at as many as two high schools.

Whitefish Theatre Co.
Whitefish, MT
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support International Guitar Night, featuring acoustic guitarists Brian Gore, Martin Taylor, and Solorazaf. The project will include musicians from Brazil, Madagascar, and Great Britain and is designed to be a unique, culturally diverse event for an isolated rural community.

Number of Grants: 6          Total Amount: $70,000

 
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