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

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

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