2018 ARTS GRANTS ANNOUNCED
Idaho – The Idaho Commission on the Arts announced today its Fiscal Year 2018 annual grants and awards, totaling $487,000 to 102 organizations and schools spanning 29 communities throughout the state. Organizations and schools receiving grants will match their awards with locally-generated funds.
Executive Director Michael Faison expressed thanks to Idaho’s elected officials for their continued support for the Commission’s statewide programs, “Idaho thrives with arts organizations, arts programs, arts educators, and working artists in all disciplines. Thanks to our elected representatives, the Idaho Commission on the Arts provides grants supporting arts participation and access to Idaho’s unique cultural heritage and artistic innovations, in every region in our state.”
In announcing the grants, Idaho Commission on the Arts Chair Kay Hardy said, “The arts belong to all of us. In a democratic society we participate in activities that reflect our cultural traditions and visions for a common future, created by a diverse population. In awarding these annual grants, the Commission recognizes the excellence of individual artists, community-based organizations and school programs throughout Idaho. Such excellence is a defining characteristic of a civilized society in which we are all invited to participate.”
The list of FY2018 grants and awards follows.
ARTS EDUCATION GRANTS
Arts Education Project Grants provide funding for activities that unite effective practices in education and in the arts, and that involve schools, artists, and community organizations. They support teaching and learning opportunities for pre-K through grade 12.
| Art Museum of Eastern Idaho, The | Idaho Falls | $8,272 |
| Arts on Tour, College of Southern Idaho | Twin Falls | $7,091 |
| Ballet Idaho, Inc. | Boise | $8,363 |
| Big Tree Arts, Inc. | Boise | $2,654 |
| Boise Art Museum, Inc. | Boise | $8,818 |
| Boise Community Radio Project, Inc. | Boise | $4,409 |
| Boise Contemporary Theater, Inc. | Boise | $7,818 |
| Boise Philharmonic Association, Inc. | Boise | $7,409 |
| Bonners Ferry High School, Boundary County School District | Bonners Ferry | $3,836 |
| Caldwell Fine Arts Series, Inc. | Caldwell | $5,382 |
| Festival Dance & Performing Arts Association, Inc. | Moscow | $7,382 |
| Horizons Lifestyle and Education Team, Inc. | Cascade | $5,040 |
| Idaho Falls Arts Council, LLC | Idaho Falls | $6,818 |
| Idaho Falls Symphony Society, Inc. | Idaho Falls | $1,418 |
| Idaho Latino Scholarship Foundation, Inc. | Boise | $3,818 |
| Idaho Parents Unlimited, Inc. | Boise | $8,272 |
| Idaho Shakespeare Festival | Boise | $8,181 |
| Idaho State Department of Education | Boise | $7,909 |
| Idaho State-Civic Symphony Association, Inc. | Pocatello | $3,879 |
| Log Cabin Literary Center, Inc. (DBA The Cabin) | Boise | $8,272 |
| McCall Arts & Humanities Council | McCall | $6,397 |
| McCall Music Society, Inc. | McCall | $4,203 |
| Music Conservatory of Sandpoint, Inc. | Sandpoint | $3,345 |
| Opera Idaho, Inc. | Boise | $3,760 |
| Pend Oreille Arts Council, Inc. | Sandpoint | $2,359 |
| Rise Up and Sing, Inc. | Rupert | $1,402 |
| Salmon Arts Council | Salmon | $2,182 |
| Stay in School Quinceanera Program Organization, Inc. | Boise | $7,000 |
| West Ada School District | Eagle | $1,693 |
| Writers @ Harriman, Friends of Idaho State Parks | Boise | $6,618 |
ENTRY TRACK
Entry Track grants and Public Programs in the Arts grants provide stable, ongoing support for the arts programs delivered by Idaho’s professional arts organizations. Funding for these categories strengthens our state culturally and economically, while providing Idahoans with the invaluable experiences of performances, gallery exhibits, special events, and workshops in all disciplines. Successful applicants demonstrated exceptional artistic merit, clearly defined management, and the public value of their work.
| Artisans 4 Hope | Boise | $2,815 |
| Arts Alliance, Inc. (DBA: Creations for Sandpoint) | Sandpoint | $3,017 |
| Arts Department, City of Moscow | Moscow | $4,351 |
| Arts on Tour, College of Southern Idaho | Twin Falls | $3,965 |
| Auditorium Chamber Music Series, University of Idaho | Moscow | $4,006 |
| Boise Community Radio Project, Inc. | Boise | $3,625 |
| Center for Arts & History, Lewis-Clark State College | Lewiston | $3,714 |
| Coeur d’Alene Arts & Culture Alliance, Inc. | Coeur d’Alene | $2,859 |
| College of Western Idaho | Nampa | $2,634 |
| Emerge CDA | Coeur d’Alene | $2,570 |
| Global Lounge Group, Inc. | Boise | $1,726 |
| Idaho Art Lab | St. Anthony | $2,863 |
| Idaho Dance Theatre | Boise | $2,794 |
| Lauren Edson Dance, Inc. (DBA: LED) | Boise | $4,351 |
| Magic Valley Arts Council, Inc. | Twin Falls | $3,184 |
| Oregon Trail Center, Inc. | Montpelier | $3,890 |
| Renaissance Art Center, Inc. | Rupert | $2,863 |
| Treasure Valley Artists’ Alliance, Inc. | Boise | $2,123 |
PUBLIC PROGRAMS IN THE ARTS
| Art Museum of Eastern Idaho, Inc., The | Idaho Falls | $4,604 |
| Ballet Idaho, Inc. | Boise | $10,770 |
| Basque Museum & Cultural Center, Inc. | Boise | $7,708 |
| Big Tree Arts, Inc. | Boise | $2,166 |
| Boise Art Museum, Inc. | Boise | $12,675 |
| Boise Baroque, Inc. | Boise | $2,238 |
| Boise Contemporary Theater, Inc. | Boise | $7,108 |
| Boulder Mountain Clayworks, Inc. | Ketchum | $3,070 |
| Caldwell Fine Arts Series, Inc. | Caldwell | $3,991 |
| Caritas Chorale, Ltd. | Ketchum | $2,985 |
| Carrousel Players, Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre | Coeur d’Alene | $7,165 |
| Challis Arts Council, Inc. | Challis | $2,616 |
| Department of Art & History, City of Boise | Boise | $8,353 |
| Festival at Sandpoint, Inc., The | Sandpoint | $9,593 |
| Festival Dance & Performing Arts Association, Inc. | Moscow | $6,074 |
| id Theatre, Inc. | Merrimack | $3,730 |
| Idaho Falls Arts Council, LLC | Idaho Falls | $9,408 |
| Idaho Falls Symphony Society, Inc. | Idaho Falls | $5,508 |
| Idaho Shakespeare Festival | Boise | $13,306 |
| Idaho Songwriters Association, Inc. | Boise | $2,348 |
| Idaho State-Civic Symphony Association, Inc. | Pocatello | $5,110 |
| Log Cabin Literary Center, Inc. (DBA The Cabin) | Boise | $7,946 |
| McCall Arts & Humanities Council | McCall | $2,556 |
| McCall Folklore Society, Inc. | McCall | $2,734 |
| McCall Music Society, Inc. | McCall | $2,591 |
| Mountain Home Arts Council, Inc. | Mountain Home | $3,224 |
| Music Conservatory of Sandpoint, Inc. | Sandpoint | $4,468 |
| Music Theatre of Idaho, Inc., The | Nampa | $5,136 |
| National Oldtime Fiddlers’, Inc. | Weiser | $5,472 |
| nexStage Theatre, Sun Valley Performing Arts Center | Sun Valley | $6,169 |
| Opera Idaho, Inc. | Boise | $7,766 |
| Salmon Arts Council | Salmon | $3,927 |
| Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Inc. | Sun Valley | $20,748 |
| Sun Valley Film Festival | Sun Valley | $4,645 |
| Surel’s Place, Inc. | Boise | $3,216 |
| Trailing of the Sheep Cultural Heritage Center, Inc. | Hailey | $4,391 |
| Washington Idaho Symphony Association | Moscow | $2,869 |
| Writers @ Harriman, Friends of Idaho State Parks | Boise | $2,269 |
PUBLIC ART AND CULTURAL FACILITIES
Public Art grants support the processes that determine how public art commissions are awarded.
| Boise Art Museum, Inc. | Boise | $5,323 |
| Boise Department of Arts and History | Boise | $7,203 |
| Friends of Zoo Boise | Boise | $6,064 |
| Idaho Shakespeare Festival | Boise | $6,615 |
| City of Caldwell | Caldwell | $5,057 |
| Sun Valley Ballet Foundation | Ketchum | $4,888 |
| Nampa Civic Center | Nampa | $6,615 |
| Idaho Art Lab | St. Anthony | $3,234 |
ABOUT THE IDAHO COMMISSION ON THE ARTS
In 1966 the elected representatives of our statewide community established the Idaho Commission on the Arts to stimulate and encourage throughout the state the study and presentation of the arts, and public interest and participation therein…and to encourage and assist freedom of artistic expression essential to the well-being of the arts. The Idaho Commission on the Arts endeavors to provide quality experiences in the arts for all Idahoans.
IDAHO COMMISSION ON THE ARTS
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