Montana Arts Council
Recent MAC Grantees
Cultural and Aesthetic Grants
| Organization Name | 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 |
| 558,876 |
| Alberta Bair Theater | $4,300 | Billings |
| Alpine Artisans, Inc. | $6,000 | Seeley Lake |
| Archie Bray Foundation | $6,000 | Helena |
| Art Mobile of Montana | $8,000 | Statewide |
| Arts Missoula (Formerly Missoula Cultural Council) | $2,000 | Missoula |
| Billings Cultural Partners | $3,000 | Billings |
| Billings Preservation Society | $4,300 | Billings |
| Billings Symphony Society | $4,300 | Billings |
| Bozeman Symphony Society | $2,000 | Bozeman |
| Buses of Yellowstone Preservation Trust | $4,000 | Red Lodge |
| Butte Citizens for Preservation and Revitalization | $4,000 | Butte |
| Butte Symphony Association | $3,000 | Butte |
| Carbon County Arts Guild & Depot Gallery | $3,700 | Red Lodge |
| Carbon County Historical Society | $2,700 | Red Lodge |
| Cohesion Dance Project | $4,000 | Helena |
| Conrad Mansion Museum | $3,000 | Kalispell |
| Council for the Arts, Lincoln | $3,000 | Lincoln |
| Creative Arts Council | $3,400 | Eureka |
| Daly Mansion Preservation Trust | $2,400 | Hamilton |
| Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture | $2,000 | Bozeman |
| Eureka Community Players | $3,000 | Eureka |
| Fort Peck Fine Arts Council, Inc. | $5,000 | Glasgow |
| Friends of Big Sky Education DBA Warren Miller Performing Arts Center | $3,000 | Big Sky |
| Friends of the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula | $4,000 | Missoula |
| Glacier County Historical Museum | $5,400 | Cut Bank |
| Glacier Symphony and Chorale | $3,000 | Kalispell |
| Grandstreet Broadwater Productions, Inc. | $3,000 | Helena |
| Hamilton Players, Inc | $3,400 | Hamilton |
| Helena Presents/Myrna Loy Center | $3,000 | Helena |
| Helena Symphony | $3,000 | Helena |
| Historic Clark Chateau | $3,000 | Butte |
| Hockaday Museum of Art | $2,000 | Kalispell |
| Holter Museum of Art | $6,000 | Helena |
| Humanities Montana | $10,000 | Statewide |
| Intermountain Opera Association | $3,000 | Bozeman |
| International Choral Festival | $4,000 | Missoula |
| International Wildlife Film Festival | $2,000 | Missoula |
| Lewistown Art Center | $3,700 | Lewistown |
| MAGDA | $5,000 | Statewide |
| Mai Wah Society Museum | $5,000 | Butte |
| MAPS Media Institute | $7,000 | Hamilton |
| MCT, Inc. | $5,000 | Statewide |
| Missoula Art Museum | $5,000 | Missoula |
| Missoula Writing Collaborative | $4,000 | Missoula |
| MonDak Heritage Center | $6,700 | Sidney |
| Montana Association of Symphony Orchestras | $5,000 | Statewide |
| Montana Ballet Company | $3,000 | Bozeman |
| Montana Dance Arts Association | $2,000 | Statewide |
| Montana Historical Society | $9,000 | Statewide |
| Montana Performing Arts Consortium | $3,000 | Statewide |
| Montana Playwrights Network | $2,000 | Helena |
| Montana Preservation Alliance | $7,000 | Statewide |
| Montana Repertory Theatre | $5,000 | Statewide |
| Montana Shakespeare in the Parks | $10,000 | Statewide |
| Montana State Firefighters Memorial | $5,000 | Laurel |
| Mountain Time Arts | $4,000 | Bozeman |
| Museum of the Rockies | $5,000 | Bozeman |
| Museums Association of Montana | $8,000 | Statewide |
| North Valley Music School | $3,000 | Whitefish |
| Northwest Montana Historical Society | $3,000 | Kalispell |
| Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art | $3,000 | Great Falls |
| Pondera Arts Council | $3,400 | Conrad |
| Queen City Ballet Company | $2,000 | Helena |
| Ravalli County Museum | $3,400 | Hamilton |
| Schoolhouse History & Art Center | $4,700 | Colstrip |
| Stillwater Historical Society | $6,700 | Columbus |
| Support Local Artists and Musicians (S.L.A.M.) | $3,000 | Bozeman |
| The Extreme History Project | $2,000 | Bozeman |
| Upper Swan Valley Historical Society, Inc. | $4,000 | Condon |
| Verge Theater | $4,000 | Bozeman |
| WaterWorks Art Museum | $3,700 | Miles City |
| Western Heritage Center | $6,300 | Billings |
| Whitefish Theatre Co | $4,000 | Whitefish |
| Yellowstone Art Museum | $4,300 | Billings |
| Zootown Arts Community Center | $4,000 | 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 |
Alberta Bair Theater, $9,000, Billings
Alpine Artisans, Inc., $2,600, Seeley Lake
Alpine Theatre Project, $8,300, Whitefish
Archie Bray Foundation, $9,000, Helena
Art Mobile of Montana, $2,000, Dillon
Arts Missoula, $5,200, Missoula
Billings Studio Theatre, $6,000, Billings
Billings Symphony Society, $9,000, Billings
Bitterroot Performing Arts Council, $5,800, Hamilton
Butte Symphony Association, $3,700, Butte
C.M. Russell Museum, $6,000, Great Falls
Carbon County Arts Guild and Depot Gallery, $2,400, Red Lodge
Clay Studio of Missoula, $3,300, Missoula
Cohesion Dance Project, $4,600, Helena
Emerson Center for the Arts and Culture, $7,000, Bozeman
Fort Peck Fine Arts Council, Inc., $4,600, Glasgow
Glacier Symphony and Chorale, $7,000, Kalispell
Grandstreet Broadwater Productions, Inc., $9,000, Helena
Great Falls Symphony, $9,800, Great Falls
Helena Presents/Myrna Loy Center, $9,300, Helena
Helena Symphony, $7,000, Helena
Hockaday Museum of Art, $5,200, Kalispell
Holter Museum of Art, $7,200, Helena
Intermountain Opera Association, $6,300, Bozeman
Living Art of Montana, $3,300
Livingston Center for Art and Culture, Inc., $2,000, Livingston
MAPS Media Institute, $3,400, Hamilton
MCT, Inc., $10,000, Missoula
Missoula Art Museum, $9,000, Missoula
Missoula Writing Collaborative, $3,500, Missoula
Montana Actors' Theatre, $3,400, Havre
Montana Ballet Company, $4,100, Bozeman
Montana Museum of Art and Culture, $2,600, Missoula
Montana Repertory Theatre, $6,400, Missoula
Montana Shakespeare in the Parks, $9,000, Bozeman
North Valley Music School, $3,300, Whitefish
Northcutt Steele Gallery, MSU-B, $2,000, Billings
Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, $5,000, Great Falls
Pondera Arts Council, $3,800, Conrad
Southwest Montana Arts Council, $2,500, Dillon
Stumptown Art Studio, $2,400, Whitefish
Sunburst Foundation, $2,000, Eureka
Verge Theater, $6,300, Bozeman
WaterWorks Art Museum, $5,600, Miles City
Whitefish Theatre Co., $6,400, Whitefish
Yellowstone Art Museum, $8,000, Billings
Zootown Arts Community Center, $4,200, Missoula
Strategic Investment Grants
| 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 |
| Padilla, Natalie | Bozeman | Gallatin | 9950 |
| Palomino Paintings by Sammy Jo | Cut Bank | Glacier | 10000 |
| Peeterse, Natalie | Missoula | Missoula | 10000 |
| Polich, Whitney | Vaughn | Cascade | 9945 |
| Purcell, Meghan | Livingston | Park | 10000 |
| Radosevich Tara | Bozeman | Gallatin | 2846 |
| Ragsdale, Amy | Missoula | Missoula | 5700 |
| Rauch, Micah | Great Falls | Cascade | 10000 |
| Reifsneider, Jennifer | Missoula | Missoula | 10000 |
| Reintjes, Alison | Missoula | Missoula | 10000 |
| Reintjes, Brandon | Missoula | Missoula | 5000 |
| Revennaugh, Stephanie | Livingston | Park | 10000 |
| Rickley, James | Great Falls | Cascade | 10000 |
| Rohrer, Jennifer | Seeley Lake | Missoula | 9350 |
| Rowland, Russell | Billings | Yellowstone | 5000 |
| Russ Chapman | Bozeman | Gallatin | 10000 |
| Schiffer, Pamela | Livingston | Park | 10000 |
| Shawna Moore Art | Whitefish | Flathead | 10000 |
| Siegel, Naomi | Missoula | Missoula | 7472 |
| Smetanka, Andy | Missoula | Missoula | 5000 |
| Spence, Kimberly | Stevensville | Ravalli | 10000 |
| Stillman, Loren | Missoula | Missoula | 9910 |
| Sweet Grass Arts Alliance | Big Timber | Sweet Grass | 5000 |
| Tappan, Ann | Manhattan | Gallatin | 2774 |
| Taylor, Geoffrey | Missoula | Missoula | 6200 |
| The Paradise Center | Paradise | Sanders | 5000 |
| Tolton, Peter | Billings | Yellowstone | 10000 |
| Valenzuela, Shalene | Missoula | Missoula | 4452 |
| Volkersz, Willem | Bozeman | Gallatin | 5005 |
| Watson, Ella | Bozeman | Gallatin | 9958 |
| Werle, April | Missoula | Missoula | 9910 |
| Woodman, Christopher | Missoula | Missoula | 6855 |
| Zier, Dana | Bridger | Carbon | 9747 |
Art House Cinema and Pub (Cine Billings), $1,000, Billings
Arts and Above, $1,000, Missoula
George Bumann, $732, Gardiner
Lynn Cain, $1,000, Townsend
Mary Callahan Baumstark, $613, Lewistown
Dolce Canto, $1,000, Missoula
Nola Freestone, $1,000, Helena
Haltforce Art Collective, $1,000, Billings
Carol Hartman, $1,000, Red Lodge
Patrick Hoffman, $680, Bozeman
Morgan Irons, $1,000, Bozeman
Neal Lewing, $1,000, Polson
Mineral Co. Performing Arts, $1,000, Superior
Janet Moczar-Buti, $1,000, Livingston
Montana Playwrights, $1,000, Helena
Mountain Time Arts, $1,000, Bozeman
Ronda Oldchief, $1,000, Missoula
Olive Parker, $1,000, Stevensville
Matthew Piedalue, $1,000, Bozeman
August Uhl, $1,000, Bozeman
Douglas Wales, $1,000, Bozeman
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, $24,000
Montana Association of Symphony Orchestras, $24,000
Montana Art Gallery Director's Association, $24,000
Montana Dance Arts Association, $24,000
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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