2022 ARTS GRANTS ANNOUNCED 

The Idaho Commission on the Arts announces its Fiscal Year 2022 annual grants, totaling $578,000 to 100 organizations and schools spanning 25 communities throughout the state. Organizations and schools receiving grants will match their awards with locally generated funds.

Executive Director Michael Faison expressed appreciation to Idaho’s elected leaders for their support of the Commission’s statewide services. “We are grateful to Governor Little and the Idaho Legislature for their dedication to Idahoans’ rich artistic heritage. Through these grants and the programs they support, Idahoans of all ages in every region gain access to their cultural legacies and Idaho students enjoy creative learning opportunities in and out of school.”

In announcing the grants, Idaho Commission on the Arts Chair Steve Allred said, “These arts organizations contribute to the economic vitality of towns and cities across Idaho. Arts and cultural production in Idaho accounts for $2 billion and 2.4% of our state economy and supports 21,371 jobs, 3,907 of them directly. Arts mean business.”

The list of 2022 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.

Art Department, City of Moscow Moscow

$1,453
The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho Idaho Falls

$8,661
Arts on Tour, College of Southern Idaho Twin Falls

$8,009
Ballet Idaho Boise

$7,730
Boise Art Museum Boise

$8,195
Boise Contemporary Theater Boise

$8,102
Boise Philharmonic Association Boise

$8,288
Caldwell Fine Arts Series Caldwell

$3,399
Festival Dance & Performing Arts Association Moscow

$8,754
id Theatre McCall

$6,161
Idaho Falls Arts Council Idaho Falls

$7,264
Idaho Falls Symphony Society Idaho Falls

$7,730
Idaho Falls Youth Arts Centre Idaho Falls

$4,302
Idaho Latino Scholarship Foundation Boise

$6,364
Idaho Parents Unlimited Boise

$8,009
Idaho Shakespeare Festival Boise

$7,916
Idaho State-Civic Symphony Association Pocatello

$5,339
Lapwai School District #341 Lapwai

$3,725
The Cabin Boise

$4,073
McCall Folklore Society McCall

$5,013
McCall Music Society McCall

$7,916
Music Conservatory of Sandpoint Sandpoint

$4,645
Opera Idaho Boise

$4,380
Palouse Prairie Charter School Moscow

$8,568
Readers Theater Works! Boise

$5,252
Salmon Arts Council Salmon

$8,102
Spot Sun Valley (The Spot) Ketchum

$5,153
Stay-in-School Quinceanera Program Organization Boise

$5,339
Sun Valley Museum of Art Sun Valley

$8,381
Swan Valley School District #92 Irwin

$2,266
Treasure Valley Institute for Children’s Arts (TRICA) Boise

$7,636
Writers at Harriman, Friends of Idaho State Parks Boise

$3,874

 

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.

Ballet Sun Valley Sun Valley

$8,164
Boise All-ages Movement Project Boise

$2,194
Boise Hive Boise

$3,231
Carrousel Players, Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre Coeur

$5,860
Eagle Song Nampa

$1,021
Global Lounge Boise

$3,090
HomeGrown Theatre Boise

$2,705
Idaho Regional Ballet Eagle

$3,899
Rock on Wheels Boise

$3,450
Spot Sun Valley (The Spot) Ketchum

$4,835
Teton Arts Council Driggs

$4,161
Treasure Valley Children’s Theater Meridian

$5,152
Velma V. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, Boise State Univ. Boise

$11,858

 

PUBLIC PROGRAMS IN THE ARTS 

The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho Idaho Falls

$5,839
Artisans for Hope Boise

$3,202
Arts Alliance (Creations for Sandpoint) Sandpoint

$5,107
Arts Department, City of Moscow Moscow

$5,771
Arts on Tour, College of Southern Idaho Twin Falls

$3,530
Auditorium Chamber Music Series, University of Idaho Moscow

$3,261
Ballet Idaho Boise

$11,459
Basque Museum & Cultural Center Boise

$6,125
Boise Art Museum Boise

$13,541
Boise Baroque Boise

$3,292
Boise Contemporary Theater Boise

$8,934
Boise Philharmonic Association Boise

$13,254
Boulder Mountain Clayworks Ketchum

$4,423
Caldwell Fine Arts Series Caldwell

$4,907
Caritas Chorale Ketchum

$2,379
Challis Arts Council Challis

$2,963
Cultural Arts Department, City of Rexburg Rexburg

$5,239
Coeur d’Alene Arts & Culture Alliance Coeur d’Alene

$3,640
Coeur d’Alene Symphony Orchestra Coeur d’Alene

$3,780
College of Western Idaho Nampa

$4,680
Department of Art & History, City of Boise Boise

$11,009
Downtown Driggs Community Association Driggs

$3,662
Emerge CDA Coeur d’Alene

$4,060
The Festival at Sandpoint Sandpoint

$11,069
Festival Dance & Performing Arts Association Moscow

$5,258
id Theatre McCall

$4,009
Idaho Falls Arts Council Idaho Falls

$10,537
Idaho Falls Symphony Idaho Falls

$7,128
Idaho Falls Youth Arts Centre Idaho Falls

$3,706
Idaho Shakespeare Festival Boise

$15,215
Idaho Songwriters Association Boise

$2,235
Idaho State-Civic Symphony Association Pocatello

$4,769
Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre Moscow

$4,608
Laughing Stock Theatre Co. Sun Valley

$4,902
Lauren Edson Dance (LED) Boise

$4,110
LCSC Center for Arts & History, Lewis-Clark State College Lewiston

$4,985
The Cabin Boise

$6,368
Magic Valley Arts Council Twin Falls

$4,924
McCall Arts & Humanities Council McCall

$4,356
McCall Folklore Society McCall

$2,778
McCall Music Society McCall

$3,780
Mountain Home Arts Council Mountain Home

$2,635
Music Conservatory of Sandpoint Sandpoint

$4,501
The Music Theatre of Idaho Nampa

$5,340
National Oldtime Fiddlers’ Weiser

$5,536
Opera Idaho Boise

$7,787
The Panida Theater Committee Sandpoint

$5,073
Radio Boise, Boise Community Radio Project Boise

$5,600
Story Story Night Boise

$3,712
Sun Valley Film Festival Sun Valley

$8,246
Sun Valley Museum of Art Sun Valley

$15,986
Surel’s Place Boise

$3,087
Trailing of the Sheep Cultural Heritage Center Hailey

$4,454
Treasure Valley Artists’ Alliance Boise

$2,133
Washington Idaho Symphony Association Moscow

$3,365
Writers at Harriman, Friends of Idaho State Park Boise

$2,133

 

ABOUT THE IDAHO COMMISSION ON THE ARTS 

The Idaho Commission on the Arts is the official state agency for the support and development of the arts in Idaho. The Commission promotes excellence, education in the arts, access to the arts, and community investment in the arts. Its professional staff develops and administers the programs and services of the agency, assists grant applicants, and provides technical assistance.

IDAHO COMMISSION ON THE ARTS 

P.O. Box 83720, Boise, Idaho 83720-0008 // 208-334-2119 // arts.idaho.gov

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