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

PO Box 83720, Boise, Idaho 83720 // (208) 334-2119 // www.arts.idaho.gov

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