About MAC
Mission Statement
The Montana Arts Council is the agency of state government established to develop the creative potential of all Montanans, advance education, spur economic vibrancy and revitalize communities through involvement in the arts.
Vision Statement
Montana will be known far and wide as "The Land of Creativity," where the arts are essential to the creativity, imagination and entrepreneurship that make Big Sky Country the very best place on earth to live, learn, work and play.
Statutory Authorization
Statutory Authorization - title 22, Chapter 2, Montana Codes Annotated; Enacted 1967
22-2-101. Montana Arts Council established. In recognition of the increasing importance of the arts in the lives of the citizens of Montana, of the need to provide opportunity for our young people to participate in the arts and to contribute to the great cultural heritage of our state and nation, and of the growing significance of the arts as an element which makes living and vacationing in Montana desirable to the people of other states, the Montana Arts Council is hereby created as an agency of state government.
22-2-106. Council duties. The duties of the Council shall be:
(1) To encourage throughout the state the study and presentation of the arts and stimulate public interest and participation therein;
(2) To cooperate with public and private institutions engaged within the state in artistic and cultural activities, including but not limited to music, theater, dance, painting, sculpture, architecture, and allied arts and crafts, and to make recommendations concerning appropriate methods to encourage participation in and appreciation of the arts to meet the legitimate needs and aspirations of persons in all parts of the state;
(3) To foster public interest in the cultural heritage of our state and expand the state's cultural resources; and
(4) To encourage and assist freedom of artistic expression essential for the well-being of the arts.
