Montana Arts Council
Recent MAC Grantees
Cultural and Aesthetic Grants
| Organization Name | 2-Year Award | Community |
| Alberta Bair Theater | $10,000 | Billings |
| Alpine Artisans, Inc. | $6,000 | Seeley Lake |
| Archie Bray Foundation | $10,000 | Helena |
| Art Mobile of Montana | $10,000 | Statewide |
| Billings Cultural Partners | $4,500 | Billings |
| Billings Preservation Society | $7,000 | Billings |
| Billings Symphony Society | $10,000 | Billings |
| Bozeman Art Museum | $10,000 | Bozeman |
| Bozeman Symphony Society | $10,000 | Bozeman |
| Butte Citizens for Preservation and Revitalization | $4,500 | Butte |
| Butte Symphony Association | $10,000 | Butte |
| Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives | $6,500 | Butte |
| C.M. Russell Museum | $10,000 | Great Falls |
| Carbon County Arts Guild & Depot Gallery | $10,000 | Red Lodge |
| Carbon County Historical Society | $7,500 | Red Lodge |
| City County Preservation Committee | $5,000 | Harlowton |
| Cohesion Dance Project | $5,000 | Helena |
| Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture | $10,000 | Bozeman |
| Friends of the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula | $3,677 | Missoula |
| Glacier Symphony and Chorale | $10,000 | Kalispell |
| Grandstreet Broadwater Productions, Inc. | $10,000 | Helena |
| Great Falls Symphony | $10,000 | Great Falls |
| Hamilton Players, Inc | $10,000 | Hamilton |
| Helena Symphony | $10,000 | Helena |
| Hockaday Museum of Art | $10,000 | Kalispell |
| Holter Museum of Art | $10,000 | Helena |
| Humanities Montana | $10,000 | Statewide |
| Intermountain Opera Association | $10,000 | Bozeman |
| Lewistown Art Center | $9,450 | Lewistown |
| MAGDA | $8,000 | Statewide |
| Mai Wah Society Museum | $6,749 | Butte |
| MAPS Media Institute (Formerly Irwin & Florence Rosten Foundation) | $10,000 | Hamilton |
| MCT, Inc. | $10,000 | Statewide |
| Missoula Symphony Association | $10,000 | Missoula |
| Missoula Writing Collaborative | $8,000 | Missoula |
| MonDak Heritage Center | $10,000 | Sidney |
| Montana Association of Symphony Orchestras | $10,000 | Statewide |
| Montana Ballet Company | $10,000 | Bozeman |
| Montana Dance Arts Association | $5,000 | Statewide |
| Montana Historical Society | $9,000 | Statewide |
| Montana Performing Arts Consortium | $10,000 | Statewide |
| Montana Repertory Theatre, University of Montana | $10,000 | Statewide |
| Montana Shakespeare in the Parks | $10,000 | Statewide |
| Montana State Firefighters Memorial | $6,000 | Laurel |
| Museums Association of Montana | $10,000 | Statewide |
| North Valley Music School | $9,000 | Whitefish |
| Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art | $10,000 | Great Falls |
| Pondera Arts Council | $4,000 | Conrad |
| Preserve Montana (Formerly Montana Preservation Alliance) | $10,000 | Statewide |
| Red Lodge Area Community Foundation | $5,000 | Red Lodge |
| Schoolhouse History & Art Center | $10,000 | Colstrip |
| Stillwater Historical Society | $8,000 | Columbus |
| Sunburst Arts and Education | $6,000 | Eureka |
| Support Local Artists and Musicians (S.L.A.M.) | $10,000 | Bozeman |
| The Myrna Loy | $10,000 | Helena |
| The Paradise Center | $7,000 | Paradise |
| The Roxy Theater (Formerly International Wildlife Film Festival) | $4,000 | Missoula |
| Upper Swan Valley Historical Society, Inc. | $4,000 | Condon |
| Verge Theater | $10,000 | Bozeman |
| WaterWorks Art Museum | $10,000 | Miles City |
| Western Heritage Center | $10,000 | Billings |
| Whitefish Review, Inc. | $10,000 | Whitefish |
| Whitefish Theatre Co | $10,000 | Whitefish |
| Yellowstone Art Museum | $10,000 | Billings |
| Zootown Arts Community Center | $10,000 | Missoula |
| Organization | 2 Year Award | Community |
| Alpine Theatre Project | $20,000 | Whitefish |
| Archie Bray Foundation | $19,660 | Helena |
| Art Mobile of Montana | $2,000 | Dillon |
| Arts Missoula | $19,660 | Missoula |
| Bare Bait Dance | $19,660 | Missoula |
| Billings Preservation Society | $12,500 | Billings |
| Bozeman Art Museum | $2,000 | Bozeman |
| Bozeman Symphony Society | $19,660 | Bozeman |
| C.M. Russell Museum | $2,000 | Great Falls |
| Carbon County Arts Guild & Depot Gallery | $20,000 | Red Lodge |
| Carbon County Historical Society | $20,000 | Red Lodge |
| Chickadee Community Services | $20,000 | Missoula |
| Clay Studio of Missoula | $19,660 | Missoula |
| Fort Peck Fine Arts Council, Inc. | $20,000 | Glasgow |
| Great Falls Public Library | $19,660 | Great Falls |
| Great Falls Symphony | $19,660 | Great Falls |
| Hamilton Players, Inc | $20,000 | Hamilton |
| Helena Symphony | $2,000 | Helena |
| Hockaday Museum of Art | $19,660 | Kalispell |
| Holter Museum of Art | $19,660 | Helena |
| Humanities Montana | $20,000 | Statewide |
| International Choral Festival | $20,000 | Missoula |
| MAGDA | $20,000 | Statewide |
| Mai Wah Society Museum | $20,000 | Butte |
| MAPS Media Institute | $20,000 | Hamilton |
| MCT, Inc. | $19,660 | Statewide |
| Missoula Art Museum | $19,660 | Missoula |
| Missoula Symphony Association | $19,660 | Missoula |
| Missoula Writing Collaborative | $19,660 | Missoula |
| MonDak Heritage Center | $20,000 | Sidney |
| Montana Association of Symphony Orchestras | $20,000 | Statewide |
| Montana Ballet Company | $19,660 | Bozeman |
| Montana Dance Arts Association | $2,000 | Statewide |
| Montana Jewish Project | $20,000 | Helena |
| Montana Performing Arts Consortium | $20,000 | Statewide |
| Montana Playwrights Network | $20,000 | Helena |
| Montana Shakespeare in the Parks | $19,660 | Statewide |
| Montana Youth Symphony | $20,000 | Bozeman |
| North Valley Music School | $2,000 | Whitefish |
| Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art | $19,660 | Great Falls |
| Pondera Arts Council | $2,000 | Conrad |
| Red Lodge Area Community Foundation | $15,000 | Red Lodge |
| Schoolhouse History & Art Center | $20,000 | Colstrip |
| St. Timothy's Summer Music Festival | $5,000 | Anaconda |
| Stillwater Historical Society | $20,000 | Columbus |
| Stumptown Art Studio | $19,660 | Whitefish |
| Sunburst Arts and Education | $20,000 | Eureka |
| The Extreme History Project | $2,000 | Bozeman |
| The Myrna Loy | $19,660 | Helena |
| The Paradise Center | $20,000 | Paradise |
| The Roxy Theater | $19,660 | Missoula |
| Tinworks Art | $19,660 | Bozeman |
| Verge Theater | $19,660 | Bozeman |
| Western Heritage Center | $12,500 | Billings |
| Whitefish Review, Inc. | $2,000 | Whitefish |
| Whitefish Theatre Co | $2,000 | Whitefish |
| Working Quiet | $19,968 | Butte |
| Yellowstone Art Museum | $19,660 | Billings |
| Zootown Arts Community Center | $19,660 | Missoula |
Public Value Partnerships
| Organization | Award | Community |
| Alberta Bair Theater | $6,000 | Billings |
| Alpine Artisans, Inc. | $6,000 | Seeley Lake |
| Alpine Theatre Project | $6,000 | Whitefish |
| Archie Bray Foundation | $6,000 | Helena |
| Art Mobile of Montana | $6,000 | Statewide |
| Arts Missoula | $6,000 | Missoula |
| Bare Bait Dance | $6,000 | Missoula |
| Billings Studio Theatre | $6,000 | Billings |
| Billings Symphony Society | $6,000 | Billings |
| Bitterroot Performing Arts Council | $6,000 | Hamilton |
| Bozeman Art Museum | $6,000 | Bozeman |
| Butte Symphony Association | $6,000 | Butte |
| Carbon County Arts Guild & Depot Gallery | $6,000 | Red Lodge |
| Clay Studio of Missoula | $6,000 | Missoula |
| Cohesion Dance Project | $6,000 | Helena |
| Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture | $6,000 | Bozeman |
| Fort Peck Fine Arts Council, Inc. | $6,000 | Glasgow |
| Glacier Symphony and Chorale | $6,000 | Kalispell |
| Grandstreet Broadwater Productions, Inc. | $6,000 | Helena |
| Great Falls Symphony | $6,000 | Great Falls |
| Hamilton Players, Inc | $6,000 | Hamilton |
| Helena Symphony | $6,000 | Helena |
| Hockaday Museum of Art | $6,000 | Kalispell |
| Holter Museum of Art | $6,000 | Helena |
| Intermountain Opera Association | $6,000 | Bozeman |
| Lewistown Art Center | $6,000 | Lewistown |
| Livingston Center for Art and Culture,Inc. | $6,000 | Livingston |
| MAPS Media Institute | $6,000 | Hamilton |
| MCT, Inc. | $6,000 | Statewide |
| Missoula Art Museum | $6,000 | Missoula |
| Missoula Symphony Association | $6,000 | Missoula |
| Missoula Writing Collaborative | $6,000 | Missoula |
| Montana Actors' Theatre | $6,000 | Havre |
| Montana Ballet Company | $6,000 | Bozeman |
| Montana Museum of Art & Culture | $6,000 | Missoula |
| Montana Repertory Theatre, University of Montana | $6,000 | Statewide |
| Montana Shakespeare in the Parks | $6,000 | Statewide |
| North Valley Music School | $6,000 | Whitefish |
| Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art | $6,000 | Great Falls |
| Pondera Arts Council | $6,000 | Conrad |
| SPARK! Arts Ignite Learning | $6,000 | Missoula |
| Stumptown Art Studio | $6,000 | Whitefish |
| Sunburst Arts and Education | $6,000 | Eureka |
| The Myrna Loy | $6,000 | Helena |
| The Roxy Theater | $6,000 | Missoula |
| Verge Theater | $6,000 | Bozeman |
| WaterWorks Art Museum | $6,000 | Miles City |
| Whitefish Theatre Co | $6,000 | Whitefish |
| Yellowstone Art Museum | $6,000 | Billings |
| Organization | Award | Community |
| Alpine Artisans, Inc. | $8,500 | Seeley Lake |
| Archie Bray Foundation | $7,000 | Helena |
| Arts Council of Big Sky | $7,000 | Big Sky |
| Arts Missoula | $8,500 | Missoula |
| Bare Bait Dance | $7,000 | Missoula |
| Billings Studio Theatre | $8,500 | Billings |
| Billings Symphony Society | $7,000 | Billings |
| Bitterroot Performing Arts Council | $7,000 | Hamilton |
| Bozeman Art Museum | $8,500 | Bozeman |
| C.M. Russell Museum | $7,000 | Great Falls |
| Carbon County Arts Guild & Depot Gallery | $8,500 | Red Lodge |
| Clay Studio of Missoula | $8,500 | Missoula |
| Cohesion Dance Project | $8,500 | Helena |
| Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture | $7,000 | Bozeman |
| Fort Peck Fine Arts Council, Inc. | $8,500 | Glasgow |
| Glacier Art Museum (Formerly Hockaday Museum of Art) | $8,500 | Kalispell |
| Glacier Symphony and Chorale | $7,000 | Kalispell |
| Great Falls Symphony | $7,000 | Great Falls |
| Hamilton Players, Inc | $8,500 | Hamilton |
| Helena Symphony | $7,000 | Helena |
| Holter Museum of Art | $8,500 | Helena |
| MAPS Media Institute | $7,000 | Hamilton |
| MCT, Inc. | $7,000 | Statewide |
| Missoula Art Museum | $7,000 | Missoula |
| Missoula Symphony Association | $7,000 | Missoula |
| Missoula Writing Collaborative | $8,500 | Missoula |
| Montana Actors' Theatre | $8,500 | Havre |
| Montana Ballet Company | $8,500 | Bozeman |
| Montana Museum of Art & Culture | $7,000 | Missoula |
| Montana Playwrights Network | $7,000 | Helena & state |
| Montana Repertory Theatre, University of Montana | $7,000 | Missoula |
| Montana Shakespeare in the Parks | $7,000 | Statewide |
| North Valley Music School | $8,500 | Whitefish |
| Opera Montana (Formerly Intermountain Opera Association) | $8,500 | Bozeman |
| Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art | $8,500 | Great Falls |
| Pondera Arts Council | $7,000 | Conrad |
| Schoolhouse History & Art Center | $8,500 | Colstrip |
| SPARK! Arts Ignite Learning | $8,500 | Missoula |
| String Orchestra of the Rockies | $7,000 | Missoula |
| Stumptown Art Studio | $8,500 | Whitefish |
| The Myrna Loy | $8,500 | Helena |
| The Roxy Theater | $7,000 | Missoula |
| WaterWorks Art Museum | $8,500 | Miles City |
| Western Montana Creative Initiatives | $8,500 | Missoula |
| Whitefish Theatre Co | $8,500 | Whitefish |
| Yellowstone Art Museum | $7,000 | Billings |
Strategic Investment Grants
| Grantee | Project Title | Community | Award |
| Rick Bass | Whitebark! | Troy | $1,000 |
| Jenna Ciralli | Clara Boone feature film | Bozeman | $1,000 |
| Allison McGree | Expand my audience and clientele with the Scout Guide Bozeman | Bozeman | $1,000 |
| Audrey Hall | Dear Western Sky | Livingston | $1,000 |
| Chip Clawson | "Molecules on the Myrna" Public Art | Helena | $1,000 |
| Traveler's Rest Preservation & Heritage Association | The Cabinet of Natural History Exhibition | Lolo | $1,000 |
| Montana Association of Weavers and Spinners | Montana Association of Weavers and Spinners - MAWS | Kalispell | $1,000 |
| Zola Kell | Equipment for Rug-Tufting Workshops hosted by Workroom, Missoula | Missoula | $1,000 |
| Random Acts of Silliness | Expanding Arts Opportunities in the Gallatin Valley: Random Acts of Silliness | Bozeman | $1,000 |
| Sunday Dutro | Hire Editor for Sunday Dutro's Memoir and Publication | Thompson Falls | $1,000 |
| Izaak Opatz | BYNUM! (if you got 'em) Music Festivals | Missoula | $1,000 |
| Meghan Hanson | Cargo trailer for Meghan Hanson Arts | Stevensville | $1,000 |
| Maxim Loskutoff | Old King Montana Book Tour | Missoula | $1,000 |
| Amber Wilke | Summer Dance Institute for Teachers (SDIT), a Dance Educator Training | East Helena | $1,000 |
| Jessica Partridge | Dance Educator Training at the Summer Dance Institue for Teachers (SDIT) | Helena | $1,000 |
| Arts Council of Big Sky | Pedestrian Tunnel Mural Project | Big Sky | $1,000 |
| Baroque Music Montana | Vivaldi's Four Seasons in Big Timber with Baroque Music Montana | Bozeman | $1,000 |
| Sandpiper Art Gallery and Gifts Non-Profit | Art4Polson at Sacajawea Murals | Polson | $1,000 |
| Anne Holub | Technology Upgrade for New Poetry Writing During Yellowstone Art Museum Residency 2024 | Billings | $841 |
| Caroline Keys | Junior Tour with Margo Cilker | Missoula | $1,000 |
| Jules Schobel | 13th Annual Arts on Fire Festival Artist | Helena | $489 |
| Alyssa Roggow | String Quartet Premier | $1,000 | |
| Christine Martin | Equipment for Participation in Outdoor Festivals and Markets | Butte | $1,000 |
| Maura Wright | Camera for Documentation | Helena | $1,000 |
| Colby Charpentier | Test Kiln for Ceramic Materials Research | Helena | $1,000 |
| BT Livermore | Training and equipment for the process of glue-chipping glass for traditional gold leaf signage | Butte | $1,000 |
| Amber Scally | Booth/AD/Travel - The Great Western Art Show | $1,000 | |
| Krista Pasini | The Post-It Note Project | Billings | $1,000 |
| Joni Freeser | Supporting DirtWork by Joni Freeser | $1,000 | |
| Jessica Hays | Aurora Photocenter Solo Exhibition | $1,000 | |
| David Spear | "Walk the Walk" Then & Now Photography Exhibition | Pablo | $1,000 |
| Roots in the Sky, NFP | The End of Rain | Bozeman | $1,000 |
| Ravalli County Museum | The Bitterroot in Vietnam Documentary | $1,000 | |
| Lewis & Clark Foundation | "Supaman" Presentation | Great Falls | $1,000 |
| Kaitlynn Parker | Support for Participation in Portland Zine Symposium | Missoula | $1,000 |
| Ryan Parker | Filter Photo, Portfolio Review 2024 | $987 | |
| Leslie Millar | We the People/II - Exhibition | Arlee | $1,000 |
| Muriel Condon | Paper Beater for Sculptural and 2D Work | Helena | $1,000 |
| Megan Karls | Concertmaster Coaching with New York Philharmonic's Audrey Wright | Great Falls | $1,000 |
| Sarah Weaver | 2024 Flathead River Writers Conference | Polson | $1,000 |
| Kate Belton | Reduction Kiln | Bozeman | $1,000 |
| Kim Hogberg | The Story of Us, the Women Who Shaped Montana | Helena | $1,000 |
| Margie Judd | Frontier Mythology and Poverty | Butte | $1,000 |
| Morgan Irons | Conference Attendance - HATCH Creativity Summit & Art Showing/Artist Talk | Bozeman | $1,000 |
| Halladay Quist | Montana's Got Talent | Kalispell | $1,000 |
| Brooke Swaney | Troll Storm at Woodstock | Polson | |
| Sterling Drake | The Shape I'm In | Wolf Creek | $1,000 |
| Zootown Arts Community Center | Indigenizing the ZACC: Walk with Purpose | Missoula | $1,000 |
| William Kautz | And the light from which you came is now the [love] work we must do | Missoula | $1,000 |
| Kayla Noble | Outfit New Studio for Large Clay Studio | Missoula | $1,000 |
| Chris Alveshere | NCECA Conference Presenter Travel Assistance | Missoula | $1,000 |
| Afton Ray-Rossol | Montana Artist's Expenses for Participation in National Show, in Montana | Sidney | $1,000 |
| Danielle O'Malley | Crating and Shipping Work to a National Juried Exhibition | Helena | $1,000 |
| Heidi Zielinski | Alegre Retreat - Fiber Art Conference Independent Study | Stevensville | $1,000 |
| William Ryerson | Giant Wave Music Video Shoot and Collaborative Production | Billings | $1,000 |
| Jacob Cowgill | Attend a photography workshop | Power | $1,000 |
| Bracha Tenenbaum | Portrait and Figure Painting with a Limited Palette | Missoula | $790 |
| George McCauley | George McCauley Online Presence Impact | Helena | $1,000 |
| Holden Roberts | Upcoming Exhibition - Looking to the Future - Holden Roberts | Whitefish | $1,000 |
| Gwen Hart | Support for Attending Minnesota Northwoods Writers Conference | Havre | $1,000 |
| Carol Hartman | Art Santa Fe | Red Lodge | $1,000 |
| Denise Rauch | Moder Band Summit | Butte | $1,000 |
| Liz Chappie-Zoller | The Russell First Strike Auction - Ad for August Event | Three Forks | $1,000 |
| Brooke Carnwath | Elk River Writers Workshop Attendance | Bozeman | $1,000 |
| Tessa Heck | Camera for documentation of work | Kalispell | $1,000 |
| Mary Kate Teske | Debut Album Release | Billings | $1,000 |
| John Knight | Travel and Lodging Request for the Floral Arrangement with Text Photography Exhibition in St. Louis | Missoula | $941 |
| Heidi Faessel | Anderson Ranch Sculpture Master Class | Whitefish | $1,000 |
| April Werle | The Other Art Fair - April Werle | Missoula | $1,000 |
| Maxim Loskutoff | Emergency Grant | Missoula | $1,000 |
| Queen City Ballet Company | Queen City Ballet Company New Marketing for the Nutcracker 2023 | Helena | $1,000 |
| Eileen Laskowski | Completion of Artwork Storage and Inventory | Billings | $1,000 |
| Celeste Sotola | Exhibit at Western Design Conference September 5-10, 2023, Jackson Hole, WY | Basin | $1,000 |
| Eureka Community Players | Writers' Workshop | Eureka | $1,000 |
| Bailey Zook | Kiln for Pottery Studio | Missoula | $1,000 |
| Patricia Thornton | Attendance the 2023 Rocky Mountain Printmaking Alliance Conference | Missoula | $785 |
| Jack Schwarze | Short term residency at Red Lodge Clay Center | Bozeman | $1,000 |
| Brianna Burke | Quilts for Art Installation | Helena | $1,000 |
| Danielle O'Malley | Funding to support attendance at Red Lodge Clay Center as a Short Term Resident during October 2023 | Helena | $1,000 |
| Tara McFarland | Attendance to 2023 International Associa | Missoula | $1,000 |
| William Kautz | Bill Kautz: A Family's Story of the Birth and Death of a Child Through Love and Music | Missoula | $975 |
| Daniel Iverson | Advanced Stone Setting Class - New Approach School for Jeweler | Missoula | $849 |
| Ben Weiss | Modality: Stargazer Performance | Missoula | $1,000 |
| Kelli Van Noppen | small craft in a big valley | Missoula | $1,000 |
| Beaverhead Tourism Council | Dilly Dally Alley Project | Dillon | $1,000 |
| Anna Paige | "Out of the Picture" documentary screening at Smithsonian American Art Museum | Billings | $733 |
| Christine Martin | Christine Martin attend the Helena and Missoula Montana Made Fairs | Butte | $1,000 |
| William (Bill) Willkey | Pug-Mill Clay Processing Studio Equipment | Helena | $1,000 |
| Charles Finn | Travel Expenses to National Writing Conference AWP 2024 | Havre | $1,000 |
| Jill Johnson | Art to Print | Bozeman | $997 |
| Kelly Schirmann | OMO Studio Ceramic Production Equipment Request | Missoula | $1,000 |
| Stephanie Dishno | Advanced Ceramic Glaze Course Grant Proposal | Missoula | $979 |
| Rachel Ritacco | Ritacco Photography Camera Equipment | Helena | $1,000 |
| Grant Geiger | The Western States Recording Project | Missoula | $1,000 |
| Bruna Massadas | Marketing for "Mountain Rose" Exhibition at the Emerson Art Center | Bozeman | $1,000 |
| Mikala Kearney | The purchase of a professional grade sewing machine. | Big Sky | $1,000 |
| George Bumann | Book Publication & Promotion | Gardiner | $1,000 |
| Anaconda Ensemble Theatre | Anaconda Ensemble Theatre presents 'The Harvest' | Anaconda | $1,000 |
| Amelia (Mya) Cluff | Attending and Exhibiting at NCECA '24 | Belgrade | $1,000 |
| Tess Fahlgren | Fahlgren AWP 2024 Attendance | Glasgow | $866 |
| Stephanie Seguin | Product Catalog for Marketing and Promotional Expansion | Helena | $1,000 |
| LeeAnn Ramey | Robert Moore Workshop Attendance | Bozeman | $1,000 |
| Shanlee Cox | Emerging Artist Needs Financial Support to Complete Residency at the ZACC | Bozeman | $1,000 |
| Sarah Stoneback | Attend the International Trumpet Guild Conference in Anaheim California | Bozeman | $1,000 |
| Grace Brogan | Attending the national Smithsonian Craft Show | Missoula | $1,000 |
| Sarah Sherman | Sweat at the Blue Slipper Theatre | Livingston | $1,000 |
| Schoolhouse History & Art Center | Presentation at Montana Museums Association Annual Conference | Colstrip | $782 |
| Naomi Siegel | Naomi Moon Siegel Ensemble Spring Montana Tour | Missoula | $1,000 |
| Sarah Weaver | Comedy Conference | Polson | $1,000 |
| Keetje Kuipers | VCCA residency at Mt. San Angelo -- Montana Fellowship | Missoula | $1,000 |
| Anna Jesaitis | Bozeman | $1,000 |
| Anna Paige | Billings | $1,000 |
| Baroque Music Montana | Bozeman | $1,000 |
| Bill Wilkey | Helena | $1,000 |
| Bitterroot Valley Chorus | Hamilton | $1,000 |
| Brian Christianson | Missoula | $1,000 |
| Brian Kassay | Bozeman | $1,000 |
| Bruna Massadas | Bozeman | $1,000 |
| Bruno Augusto | Missoula | $1,000 |
| Candice Methe | Helena | $1,000 |
| Carly Mann | Billings | $1,000 |
| Carrie Kohles | Great Falls | $1,000 |
| Carrie McCleary | Hardin | $1,000 |
| Charlotte Quist | Dillon | $1,000 |
| Colleen Howe | Dillon | $800 |
| Danielle O'Malley | Helena | $120 |
| Dante Gambardella | Bozeman | $1,000 |
| Denise Pfau | Lolo | $1,000 |
| Don Whittecar | Stevensville | $772 |
| Ethan Demarais | Bozeman | $1,000 |
| Eureka Community Players | Eureka | $1,000 |
| Garden City Ballet | Missoula | $1,000 |
| Geoffrey Taylor | Missoula | $1,000 |
| Great Falls Municipal Band | Great Falls | $1,000 |
| Heidi Zielinski | Stevensville | $745 |
| Ian Thomas | Livingston | $1,000 |
| Isaac Rowland | Livingston | $1,000 |
| Jaime Carrier | Fort Benton | $1,000 |
| Jennifer Couch | St. Ignatius | $1,000 |
| Jennifer Rogge | Lakeside | $1,000 |
| Jessica Salazar | Fort Benton | $1,000 |
| Joshua Moore | Bozeman | $1,000 |
| Judy Arledge | Alberton | $1,000 |
| Kathleen Meyer | Victor | $1,000 |
| Laurel Sears | Missoula | $1,000 |
| Lauren Grabelle | Bigfork | $1,000 |
| Lea Frye | Helena | $1,000 |
| Lena Schiffer | Bozeman | $1,000 |
| Lewiston Art Center | Lewistown | $1,000 |
| Lewistown Art Center | Lewistown | $1,000 |
| Matt Demarais | Bozeman | $1,000 |
| Maura Wright | Helena | $1,000 |
| Maxim Loskutoff | Missoula | $1,000 |
| Michaela Bromberek | Helena | $760 |
| Mira Fishman | Missoula | $1,000 |
| Mira Fishman | Missoula | $1,000 |
| Ryan Acker | Bozeman | $1,000 |
| Ryan Parker | Bozeman | $1,000 |
| Shaun Carrier | Fort Benton | $1,000 |
| Stephanie Seguin | Helena | $1,000 |
| Susan Morgan | Missoula | $975 |
| The Roxy Theater | Missoula | $1,000 |
| Travelers' Rest Preservation & Heritage Association | Lolo | $1,000 |
| Western Montana Professional Learning Collaborative | Lolo | $1,000 |
| Working Quiet | Butte | $1,000 |
Statewide Arts Service Organizations
| Organization | Award | Community |
| Montana Art Gallery Directors Association (MAGDA) | $18,000 | Statewide |
| Montana Association of Symphony Orchestras (MASO) | $18,000 | Statewide |
| Montana Dance Arts Association (MDAA) | $18,000 | Statewide |
| Montana Performing Arts Consortium (MPAC) | $18,000 | Statewide |
| Montana Playwrights Network | $6,000 | Statewide |
Montana Performing Arts Consortium, $20,000
Montana Association of Symphony Orchestras, $20,000
Montana Art Gallery Director's Association, $20,000
Montana Dance Arts Association, $20,000
Artists In Schools and Communities Grants
| FY24 AISC Residencies Grants Awarded | ||
| Organization Name | Project Name | Awarded |
| Tumblewheel Studios | Tumblewheel Studios Teaching Artist in Residence | $ 9,000.00 |
| Missoula Writing Collaborative | River City Young Poets | $ 9,000.00 |
| Missoula Community Radio | A/V Club | $ 5,000.00 |
| Montana Shakespeare in the Parks | Shakespeare in the Schools - Fall 2023 Tour of As You Like It | $ 9,000.00 |
| Art Mobile of Montana | Art Mobile of Montana Artist in Residence | $ 9,000.00 |
| A VOICE | Our Community Record Two Eagle River School | $ 10,000.00 |
| Bozeman Art Museum | Exploring Creativity - Drawing In & Outside the Lines with the Bozeman Art Museum free art classes | $ 9,000.00 |
| SPARK! Arts Ignite Learning | SPARK! Arts Integration Residency Project | $ 9,000.00 |
| Hawthorne Elementary School Parent Council | Hawthorne School Artist in Residency Program | $ 5,000.00 |
| WaterWorks Art Museum | The Art of loving ART! | $ 9,000.00 |
| Montana Repertory Theatre, University of Montana | Montana Rep's 2023 Educational Tour | $ 9,000.00 |
| Missoula County Public Schools | Bare Bait Dance's Model Dance Education Program (BBD MoDE) | $ 2,500.00 |
| Montana Actors' Theatre | MAT Youth Education Program | $ 9,000.00 |
| The Shane Lalani Center for the Arts | Shane Center Arts Education Program | $ 9,000.00 |
| The Myrna Loy | Locarno | $ 3,000.00 |
| Belgrade School District #44 | Belgrade Rocks with Haydn Vitera | $ 9,000.00 |
| Cohesion Dance Project | School and Community Dance Outreach for All | $ 9,000.00 |
| Trinity Elementary School * | Trinity Artist in Residence 23-24 | $ 3,300.00 |
| Alpine Artisans, Inc. | Movements4Movement Instruction in the Seeley-Swan Schools | $ 6,150.00 |
| Wolf Creek Elementary School * | Wolf Creek School Artist in Residency Grant 23-24 | $ 2,800.00 |
| Missoula Art Museum | Missoula Art Museum's Teen Art Project (TAP): Public Art & Murals - What if you could fill the void? | $ 9,000.00 |
| Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art | Veteran's Art Program and Senior Art Class | $ 4,000.00 |
| Holter Museum of Art | Art Feeds the Artist Within III | $ 9,000.00 |
| Creative Writing Center, Montana State University Billings | Young Poets at Orchard Elementary | $ 7,250.00 |
| AISC Residencies FY23 Grants Awarded | ||
| Organization Name | Project Name | Awarded |
| A VOICE | Our Community Record Two Eagle River School | $ 10,000.00 |
| Art Mobile of Montana | Art Mobile of Montana Artist in Residence | $ 10,000.00 |
| Billings Symphony Society | Tutti Behind Walls | $ 9,000.00 |
| Bozeman Art Museum | Sparking Creativity with Free Art Classes for Students in Gallatin and Park counties | $ 8,000.00 |
| Choteau Community Art Studio (Choteau Arts) | Building Community Through Traditional Music | $ 5,017.00 |
| Cohesion Dance Project | Dance Outreach for All Ages and Abilities | $ 10,000.00 |
| Creative Writing Center, Montana State University-Billings | Writing at Orchard Elementary | $ 7,500.00 |
| Helena Presents/Myrna Loy Center | Kings Return | $ 3,000.00 |
| Holter Museum of Art | Art Feeds the Artist Within II | $ 9,500.00 |
| MAPS Media Institute | MAPS Media Institute | $ 10,000.00 |
| Missoula Art Museum | MAM's Teen Artist Project (TAP) | $ 10,000.00 |
| Missoula Community Foundation [on behalf of Free Verse] | I Am Montana | $ 10,000.00 |
| Missoula Community Radio | Backyard Metal Casting | $ 3,366.00 |
| Missoula County Public Schools | Bare Bait Dance’s Model Dance Education Program (BBD MoDE) | $ 3,900.00 |
| Missoula Writing Collaborative | Writers of the Five Valleys: Creative Writing Residencies in 5 Missoula Schools | $ 10,000.00 |
| Montana Shakespeare in the Parks | Shakespeare in the Schools - Fall 2022 Tour of Macbeth | $ 10,000.00 |
| Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art | Curative Art Collective | $ 5,000.00 |
| SPARK! Arts Ignite Learning | SPARK! Arts Integration Residency Project | $ 10,000.00 |
| The Shane Lalani Center for the Arts | Shane Center Education Programs | $ 8,000.00 |
| WaterWorks Art Museum | The art of loving ART! | $ 8,000.00 |
| Organization Name | Project Name | Community | Awarded |
| AISC Experiences | Submitted April 2023 | |||
| Camp Fire Western Montana* | Summer Art Exploration | Missoula | $2,500.00 |
| St. John's United* | Afro-Latin Rhythm Class | Billings | $2,500.00 |
| open-ended community arts center* | "PERSPECTIVES" | Hamilton | $2,310.00 |
| Missoula Writing Collaborative | Words With Wings Summer Camp | Missoula | $1,000.00 |
| Greater Gallatin United Way | KGLT Kids Songwriting Workshop | Bozeman | $2,000.00 |
| North Valley Music School | North Valley Music School’s Fall Workshop: A Weekend wiith Jack Gladstone | Whitefish | $2,500.00 |
| Noxon School District 10 * | Building student skills in painting and printmaking through material experimentation. | Noxon | $2,500.00 |
| Choteau Community Art Studio (Choteau Arts) | The Illuminated Field Journal | Choteau | $2,500.00 |
| Cohesion Dance Project | BrainDance Training Workshop for School and Dance Educators | Helena | $ 2,500.00 |
| Lewistown Art Center | Wild Clay Workshop (with Josh DeWeese) in Central Montana | Lewistown | $1,610.00 |
| Colstrip Public Schools * | Art Club Trip to the Midwest | Colstrip | $1,500.00 |
| Arts Council of Big Sky | 2023 Summer/Fall Arts Education Classes and Workshops | Big Sky | $2,480.00 |
| MSU Bozeman - School of Art | IndigenEyes: Contemporary Native American Art of the Rocky Mountain West and Plains | Bozeman | $2,230.00 |
| AISC Experiences | Submitted August 2023 | |||
| Hockaday Museum of Art | Traveling Medicine Show | Kalispell | $2,465.00 |
| Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art | Monte Yellowbird, Sr.: Be the Storyteller of Your World, Create a Visual Voice with Art | Great Falls | $2,500.00 |
| Billings Symphony Society | Musical Story Time with the Billings Symphony | Billings | $ 2,500.00 |
| Alberta Bair Theater | Project Hip Hop with the 360 ALLSTARS | Billings | $2,500.00 |
| Queen City Ballet Company | Queen City Ballet Company's School Outreach Performance for Helena Area Students | Helena | $2,500.00 |
| East Side School | Art Exploration to Understand the Past | Livingston | $2,495.00 |
| Bozeman Art Museum | Bozeman Art Museum Creative Aging Experience | Bozeman | $2,500.00 |
| Bigger Sky Kids, Inc. | Studio Mastery for Beginning & Intermediate Artists | Wolf Point | $2,500.00 |
| Missoula Art Museum | Museum as Megaphone: Virtual Fifth Grade Art Experience Live Days with Artist Molly Murphy Adams | Missoula | $ 2,500.00 |
| Lame Deer Public School District | First Fire Ignited | Lame Deer | $2,500.00 |
| Western Strings | Crow String Project | Lodge Grass | $ 2,500.00 |
| AISC Experiences | Submitted December 2023 | |||
| Art Mobile of Montana | Art Mobile of Montana Travel Money | Dillon | $2,500.00 |
| Glacier Gateway Elementary: Anello, Penni | Art Programming for Glacier Gateway Elementary School | Columbia Falls | $2,500.00 |
| Helena Symphony | Helena Symphony Education Experince with Percussionists Lynn Vartan and Weichen Lin | Helena | $2,500.00 |
| Hellgate Elementary School District | The 5 Valleys Honor Band | Missoula | $2,500.00 |
| Hungry Hill Center for Art, Education, and Outreach | Adaptive Pottery Wheel Purchase | Butte | $2,500.00 |
| Intermountain Opera Association | "Wheels of Harmony" - Sharing Indigenous Culture and Music With Montana Schools | Bozeman | $2,500.00 |
| Missoula Community Radio | Monthly A/V Club | Missoula | $ 2,400.00 |
| Partnering for Prevention: Taking A Stand Against Violence | Building Trauma Resilience and Healing thru Art and Music: NoMore Violence Week 2024 | Great Falls | $ 2,100.00 |
| Rau Elementary School | Artists in the Classroom | Sidney | $690.00 |
| Ravenwood Outdoor Learning Center | Arts & Ancestors | Whitefish | $2,500.00 |
| Red Lodge Music Festival | Red Lodge Music Festival, Inc. | Billings | $2,500.00 |
| Ruder Elementary | Art Programming for Ruder Elementary School | Columbia Falls | $2,500.00 |
| Sunburst Arts and Education | Teen Musicals Development | Eureka | $2,500.00 |
| Yellowstone Art Museum | Supporting Lifelong Learners and Creative Aging through Art Education | Billings | $2,500.00 |
Montana Shakespeare in the Parks $10,000.00
Art Mobile of Montana $10,000.00
A VOICE $10,000.00
MAPS Media Institute $10,000.00
Missoula Writing Collaborative $10,000.00
Creative Writing Center, MSU-Billings $4,500.00
Montana Repertory Theatre $10,000.00
Holter Museum of Art $7,795.00
Missoula County Public Schools $2,900.00
SPARK! Arts Ignite Learning $10,000.00
Choteau Community Art Studio (Choteau Arts) $5,615.00
The Root & The Bloom Collective $2,500.00
Free Verse $10,000.00
The Shane Lalani Center for the Arts $10,000.00
Bozeman Art Museum $5,000.00
KALICO Art Center $10,000.00
Kalispell Public Schools - District No. 5 $3,595.00
Missoula Art Museum $10,000.00
Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art $5,000.00
Montana Actors' Theatre $10,000.00
Missoula Community Radio $3,500.00
WaterWorks Art Museum $10,000.00
Belgrade School District #44 $10,000.00
Liberty Place, INC. $2,775.00
City of Glasgow $10,000.00
White Sulphur Springs School District $4,300.00
Anaconda Local Development Corporation $10,000.00
Montana Arts Council | 830 N. Warren Street, Helena, MT 59601
P.O. Box 202201, Helena, MT 59620-2201
P: (406) 444-6430 | F: (406) 444-6548
TDD: Montana Relay Dial 711
The Montana Arts Council is funded by the State of Montana and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
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