Artist's Innovation Award Past Winners
2019
Jane Waggoner Deschner, Visual Arts, Billings
Jennifer Reifsneider, Visual Arts, Missoula
Melissa Stephenson, Literary Arts, Missoula
Nan Parsons, Visual Arts, Basin
Naomi Siegel, Performing Arts, Missoula
Robert Harrison, Visual Arts, Helena
2017
Catherine Courtenaye, Visual Arts, Bozeman
Joy French, Performing Arts, Missoula
Stephanie Frostad, Visual Arts, Missoula
Jennifer Groneberg, Literary Arts, Missoula
Sam Krahn, Performing Arts, Great Falls
Aaron Parrett, Literary Arts, Helena
Alison Reintjes, Visual Arts, Missoula
Bently Spang, Visual Arts, Billings
2015
Heather Cahoon, Literary Arts, Missoula
Jack Gladstone, Performing Arts, Kalispell
Louis Habeck, Visual Arts, Billings
Maggy Rozycki Hiltner, Visual Arts, Red Lodge
Kate Hunt, Visual Arts, Kalispell
Steven Lee, Visual Arts, Helena
Deirdre McNamer, Literary Arts, Missoula
Jeremy Sher, Performing Arts, Missoula
2013
Jean Albus, Visual Arts, Bridger
Brooke Atherton, Visual Arts, Billings
Theo Ellsworth, Visual Arts, Missoula
Mark Gibbons, Literary Arts, Missoula
Christine Joy, Visual Arts, Bozeman
Karen Kaufmann, Performing Arts, Missoula
Natalie Peeterse, Literary Arts, Missoula
Tarn Ream, Performing Arts, Missoula
Erin Saldin, Literary Arts, Missoula
Shalene Valenzuela, Visual Arts, Missoula
2011
Philip Aaberg, Performing Arts, Chester
Angela Babby, Visual Arts, Billings
Rick Bass, Literary Arts, Missoula and Yaak Valley
Courtney Blazon, Visual Arts, Missoula
Jill Foote-Hutton, Visual Arts, Red Lodge
Tami Haaland, Literary Arts, Billings
April Hale, Visual Arts, Bozeman
Charles Nichols, Performing Arts, Missoula
Kathryn Schmidt, Visual Arts, Bozeman
Andy Smetanka, Visual Arts, Missoula
Mark Sundeen, Literary Arts, Missoula
2010
David Cates, Literary Arts, Missoula
Eric Funk, Performing Arts, Bozeman
Kristi Hager, Performming Arts, Missoula
Katherine Kramer, Performing Arts, Bozeman
Melissa Kwasny, Literary Arts, Jefferson City
2009
Jerry Iverson, Visual Arts, Big Timber
Dave Kirk, Visual Arts, Willow Creek
Molly Murphy, Visual Arts, Missoula
Lori Ryker, Visual Arts, Livingston
Phoebe Toland, Visual Arts, Helena
Lea Zoltowski, Visual Arts, Billings
2019 Awardees | 2017 Awardees | Past Awardees
Top banner images: Alison Reintjes, 2017 honoree, at work on "Double Column."
