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FY 2008 Grant Awards: State Listings

Access to Artistic Excellence II/American Masterpieces/
Arts on Radio and Television/Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth/Partnerships

Some details of the projects listed in this grant announcement are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

MONTANA

Alberta Bair Theater Corporation (aka ABT)
Billings, MT
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America Fast-Track Review
To support presentations in the "Dance on the Prairie Series." Diavolo, a contemporary dance company, and Ballet Folkorico Quetzalli de Veracruz, a Mexican folkloric company, will perform and participate in community outreach activities as part of the series.

Art Mobile of Montana
Dillon, MT
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support ArtMobile. A specially-equipped van will travel throughout the state, providing access to original artworks by Montana artists and art instruction.

Billings Symphony Society (aka Billings Symphony Orchestra & Chorale)
Billings, MT
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America Fast-Track Review
To support a performance and associated programming by cellist Alisa Weilerstein. Ms. Weilerstein will perform Shostakovich's Cello Concerto, conduct a master class for aspiring local cellists, as well as participate in an open rehearsal to which area youth will be invited.

Great Falls Symphony Association, Inc. (aka GFSA)
Great Falls, MT
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America Fast-Track Review
To support a performance by flutists Sir James Galway and Lady Jeanne Galway. Band and orchestra students from across Montana will be invited to an open rehearsal with the Galways.

Headwaters Dance Co.
Missoula, MT
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America Fast-Track Review
To support performances of "Montana Suite Part III: Rocky Mountain Front." Preceding the concert, the Company's dancers will offer master classes at participating schools. Following the performances, acclaimed choreographer Lar Lubovich will join local students and audiences in talk-back sessions.

Helena Presents (aka Myrna Loy Center)
Helena, MT
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support a series of commissioning, presenting, and residency projects at the Myrna Loy Center. Guest artists will create new works in collaboration with local and regional artists.

Holter Museum of Art, Inc.
Helena, MT
$55,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
To support Cultural Crossroads, a visual arts education program.  Led by artists from diverse cultures, students in kindergarten to 12th grade will create art and interact with artwork at the museum, exploring the role of heritage and place as it shapes personal and cultural identity.

Mainstreet Uptown Butte, Inc.
Butte, MT
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the First People's Gathering to be held in conjunction with the 70th National Folk Festival in Butte, Montana. The project will present the art and culture of Montana's Native American artists to the public.

Missoula Writing Collaborative
Missoula, MT
$35,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
To support Words Fly!, a writing residency program. The project will place writers in rural, low-income, and/or tribal reservation schools for seven-month, weekly writing sessions with students, ages 7 to 18.

Montana Arts Council
Helena, MT
$776,900
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities

Montana Committee for the Humanities (aka Humanities Montana)
Missoula, MT
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the Montana Festival of the Book. Between 75 and 100 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
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a regional tour that will bring fully-mounted professional productions of Shakespeare plays to communities throughout Montana, Wyoming, and eastern Idaho. The tour by Montana Shakespeare in the Parks will have a special focus on underserved rural communities, and performances will be offered free-of-charge.

Trigg-C.M. Russell Foundation, Inc. (aka C.M Russell Museum)
Great Falls, MT
$75,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support public programs and educational outreach activities associated with the Russell Museum's exhibition The Bison: American Icon, Heart of Plains Indian Culture. The Bison is a new permanent exhibition developed to present and interpret cultural collections related to the Northern Plains Indians.

Young Men's Christian Association of Billings (on behalf of YMCA Writer's Voice)
Billings, MT
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Poets on the Prairie education program of YMCA Writer's Voice. Performing and visual artists and writers will work with students at rural schools in Montana and Wyoming.


Number of Grants: 14          Total Amount: $1,101,900

 
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