2003 Grant Awards: State Listings

Access; Arts on Radio & TV; Arts Learning; Folk Arts Infrastructure; Heritage/Preservation; State & Regional Partnership Agreements

Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

MONTANA

Billings

Young Men's Christian Association of Billings
Billings, MT
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$20,000
To support Native Voices, a series of readings, workshops and discussions throughout Montana exploring contemporary Native-American writing and storytelling. Scheduled participants include Sherman Alexie, Diane Glancy, Linda Hogan, Joy Harjo and Allison Adelle Hedge Coke.

Bozeman

Montana Shakespeare in the Parks
Bozeman, MT
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$15,000
To support a tour of free performances of two Shakespeare productions to communities throughout Montana, northern Wyoming and eastern Idaho. The tour will be targeted to communities in underserved, rural areas.

Montana State University (on behalf of School of Art)
Bozeman, MT
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
$8,000
To support a visiting artist lecture series and an exhibition of work by South-African printmakers. The lecture series will examine the degree of social activism reflected in the work of contemporary artists.

Helena

Montana Arts Council
Helena, MT
CATEGORY: Partnership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
$595,600
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Myrna Loy Center/Helena Presents
Helena, MT
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
$24,000
To support phase four of Echoes of Discovery. This five-part project culminating in 2003-2004 explores historical and mythical notions of the Northwest Passage.

Missoula

International Choral Festival
Missoula, MT
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$15,000
To support an international choral festival. Up to 15 choirs from around the world will be selected to participate in performances and workshops that will take place for five days in July 2003 in Missoula.

MCT, Inc. (aka Missoula Children's Theatre)
Missoula, MT
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
$25,000
To support the MCT Tour Project, a touring musical theater residency project offered to children nationwide. By using participatory performing arts workshops and performances, Missoula Children's Theatre strives to empower and develop life skills for children.

Missoula Community Access Television, Inc. (aka MCAT)
Missoula, MT
CATEGORY: Arts Learning FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education
$25,000
To support the Montana Media Arts in Education project. Students in Missoula high schools will work with MCAT's artist-in-residence to improve their media literacy and production skills through hands-on production experience.

Missoula Writing Collaborative
Missoula, MT
CATEGORY: Arts Learning FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education
$25,000
To support a writing residency program. The program will place six writers in six rural, low-income, and/or reservation schools for eight months for weekly writing sessions with students, ages seven to 18.

University of Montana (on behalf of Montana Museum of Art and Culture)
Missoula, MT
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
$20,000
To support the exhibition Native American Artists--After Lewis and Clark, with accompanying catalog. The exhibition will present the viewpoints of contemporary Native-American artists as their work addresses the Lewis and Clark expedition's bicentennial in 2005-06.

Montana Total Dollars Awarded: $772,600
Montana Total Grants Awarded : 10

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