Idaho – The Idaho Commission on the Arts announced today its Fiscal Year 2021 annual grants, totaling $544,000 to 77 organizations and schools spanning 24 communities throughout the state. Organizations and schools receiving grants will match their awards with locally generated funds.

Executive Director Michael Faison expressed his appreciation to Idaho’s elected officials, “We are grateful to Governor Little and our Idaho Legislators for their civic commitment and support of the Commission’s statewide programs. These grants open access for Idahoans to their artistic heritage and innovations in every region of our state. They engage Idaho youth in arts learning, in schools and in communities—especially important in these unusual times.”

Idaho Commission on the Arts’ Chair Steve Allred stated, “Idaho’s arts and cultural sector adds $2 billion in value to our state’s economy, comprises 2.8% of the state GDP, and supports 20,000 jobs, over 3,000 of these directly. In the coming year and under challenging circumstances, the creative programs delivered by Idaho’s ever-adaptive arts organizations will reach into every region of the state. They represent Idaho’s rich and resilient cultural legacy and our shared economic optimism.”

The list of 2021 annual grants follows.

ARTS EDUCATION GRANTS

Arts Education Project grants provide funding for activities that unite effective practices in education and the arts, and involve schools, artists, and community organizations. They support teaching and learning opportunities for pre-K through grade 12.

The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho Idaho Falls $8,269
Arts on Tour, College of Southern Idaho Twin Falls $6,369
Ballet Idaho, Inc. Boise $7,257
Boise Art Museum, Inc. Boise $8,269
Boise Contemporary Theater, Inc. Boise $7,510
Boise Philharmonic Association, Inc. Boise $7,594
Caldwell Fine Arts Series, Inc. Caldwell $3,379
Cascade Cultural Arts Center, Horizons Lifestyle and Education Team, Inc. Cascade $5,784
Festival Dance & Performing Arts Association, Inc. Moscow $7,510
id Theatre, Inc. McCall $5,879
Idaho Falls Arts Council, LLC Idaho Falls $7,594
Idaho Falls Symphony Society, Inc. Idaho Falls $7,341
Idaho Latino Scholarship Foundation, Inc. Boise $5,836
Idaho Parents Unlimited, Inc. Boise $8,100
Idaho Shakespeare Festival Boise $7,847
Idaho State-Civic Symphony Association, Inc. Pocatello $4,781
Log Cabin Literary Center, Inc. (DBA: The Cabin) Boise $5,400
McCall Arts & Humanities Council McCall $5,227
McCall Folklore Society McCall $4,832
McCall Music Society, Inc. McCall $7,341
Music Conservatory of Sandpoint, Inc. Sandpoint $5,016
Opera Idaho, Inc. Boise $4,590
Palouse Prairie Charter School Moscow $7,847
Pend Oreille Arts Council Sandpoint $7,088
Prichard Art Gallery, University of Idaho Moscow $4,051
Radio Boise, Boise Community Radio Project, Inc. Boise $3,038
Salmon Arts Council Salmon $8,100
Sorensen Magnet School of the Arts and Humanities, Coeur d’Alene School District Coeur d’Alene $4,099
Stay-in-School Quinceanera Program Organization, Inc. Boise $4,838
Sun Valley Museum of Art, Sun Valley Center for the Arts Sun Valley $5,400
Swan Valley School District #92 Irwin $2,559
West Ada School District Eagle $1,024
Writers @ Harriman, Friends of Idaho State Parks Boise $4,230

ENTRY TRACK GRANTS

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 programs strengthens our state culturally and economically, while providing Idahoans with the invaluable experiences of performances, gallery exhibits, special events, and workshops in all artistic disciplines. Successful applicants demonstrated exceptional artistic merit, clearly defined management, and the public value of their work.

Arts on Tour, College of Southern Idaho Twin Falls $3,525
Auditorium Chamber Music Series, University of Idaho Moscow $3,256
Ballet Sun Valley, Inc. Sun Valley $8,164
Campfire Theatre, Inc. Boise $2,071
Cascade Cultural Arts Center, Horizons Lifestyle and Educational Team, Inc. Cascade $2,665
Center for Arts & History, Lewis-Clark State College Lewiston $4,978
College of Western Idaho Nampa $4,673
Death Rattle Writers Festival Nampa $2,000
Global Lounge, Inc. Boise $3,029
HomeGrown Theatre Boise $2,626
Idaho Regional Ballet, Inc. Eagle $3,823
Mladi Behar, Bosnian and Herzegovinian Cultural Center Boise $2,416
Project Flux Dance, Inc. Boise $1,403
Rock on Wheels Boise $3,382

PUBLIC PROGRAMS IN THE ARTS

The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho, Inc. Idaho Falls $5,781
Artisans 4 Hope Boise $3,139
Arts Department, City of Moscow Moscow $5,714
Ballet Idaho, Inc. Boise $11,459
Basque Museum & Cultural Center, Inc. Boise $6,116
Big Tree Arts, Inc. Boise $2,071
Boise Art Museum, Inc. Boise $13,541
Boise Baroque, Inc. Boise $3,287
Boise Contemporary Theater, Inc. Boise $8,934
Boise Philharmonic Boise $13,254
Boulder Mountain Clayworks, Inc. Ketchum $4,336
Caldwell Fine Arts Series, Inc. Caldwell $4,811
Caritas Chorale, Ltd. Ketchum $2,376
Challis Arts Council, Inc. Challis $2,877
Coeur d’Alene Arts & Culture Alliance, Inc. Coeur d’Alene $3,569
Coeur d’Alene Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Coeur d’Alene $3,706
Creations for Sandpoint, Arts Alliance, Inc. Sandpoint $5,056
Cultural Arts Department, City of Rexburg Rexburg $5,231
Department of Art & History, City of Boise Boise $11,009
Downtown Driggs Association Driggs $3,590
Emerge CDA Coeur d’Alene $3,980
The Festival at Sandpoint, Inc. Sandpoint $11,069
Festival Dance & Performing Arts Association, Inc. Moscow $5,206
id Theatre, Inc. McCall $3,930
Idaho Falls Arts Council, LLC Idaho Falls $10,537
Idaho Falls Symphony Society, Inc. Idaho Falls $7,057
Idaho Falls Youth Arts Centre, Inc. Idaho Falls $3,633
Idaho Shakespeare Festival Boise $15,215
Idaho Songwriters Association, Inc. Boise $2,232
Idaho State-Civic Symphony Association, Inc. Pocatello $4,762
Kenworthy Performing Arts Center Moscow $4,518
Laughing Stock Theatre, Inc. Sun Valley $4,895
LED, Lauren Edson Dance, Inc. Boise $4,104
Log Cabin Literary Center, Inc. (DBA: The Cabin) Boise $6,305
Magic Valley Arts Council, Inc. Twin Falls $4,917
McCall Arts & Humanities Council McCall $4,271
McCall Folklore Society, Inc. McCall $2,774
McCall Music Society, Inc. McCall $3,775
Mountain Home Arts Council, Inc. Mountain Home $2,558
Music Conservatory of Sandpoint, Inc. Sandpoint $4,494
The Music Theatre of Idaho, Inc. Nampa $5,287
National Oldtime Fiddlers’, Inc. Weiser $5,481
Opera Idaho, Inc. Boise $7,710
The Panida Theater Committee, Inc. Sandpoint $4,974
Radio Boise, Boise Community Radio Project, Inc. Boise $5,545
Story Story Night Boise $3,639
Sun Valley Museum of Art, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Inc. Sun Valley $15,986
Sun Valley Film Festival Sun Valley $8,246
Surel’s Place, Inc. Boise $3,083
Trailing of the Sheep Cultural Heritage Center, Inc. Hailey $4,448
Treasure Valley Artists’ Alliance, Inc. Boise $2,071
Washington Idaho Symphony Association Moscow $3,360
Writers @ Harriman, Friends of Idaho State Parks Boise $2,071