2005 Grant Awards: State Listings

Access to Artistic Excellence II/American Masterpieces/
Folk Arts Infrastructure/Learning in the Arts/Partnerships

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

MONTANA

Helena Presents
Helena, MT
$31,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting 
To support Echoes of Discovery. The project is the seventh and final phase of the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Project.

Missoula Writing Collaborative
Missoula, MT
$30,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth 
To support a writing residency program. The project will place writers in rural, low-income, and/or tribal reservation schools for eight months for weekly writing sessions with students.

Montana Arts Council
Helena, MT
$594,900
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional 
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Montana Committee for the Humanities
Missoula, MT
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature 
To support the Montana Festival of the Book. More than 70 regional authors will read and discuss their work at selected venues, reaching an estimated audience of as many as 5,000.

Montana State University (on behalf of Montana Shakespeare in the Parks)
Bozeman, MT
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater 
To support a summer tour of classical theater productions. The tour will serve communities throughout Montana, northern Wyoming, and eastern Idaho, with an emphasis on rural and underserved areas.

Montana State University
Bozeman, MT
$11,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts 
To support a visiting artist lecture series titled America in Myth and Memory: Artists as Cultural Critics. Artists such as William Pope L, Chris Burden, and Enrique Chagoya will make artist presentations.

Yellowstone Art Museum
Billings, MT
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum 
To support the exhibition Making Connections: Modernism and Contemporary Art on the High Plains, 1945 to the Present, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. This reinstallation of works in the permanent collection will highlight the evolution of modernism in the western United States.

Young Men's Christian Association of Billings
Billings, MT
$8,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature 
To support a series of readings by contemporary writers in Billings and surrounding rural communities. The project will include the High Plains BookFest, a festival featuring readings and discussions with more than 90 writers.

MONTANA total grants: 8
MONTANA total dollars: $744,900

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