The Commission offers a series of grants, awards, programs, and services to artists, schools, and arts organizations. For fiscal year 2011, $567,739 was awarded to 81 recipients in 19 Idaho towns (list of grants below). To supplement these grants and awards, it will be granting an additional $50,000 through the quarterly QuickFunds category to individuals and organizations.
Commission chair Mark Hofflund said “The talents and vision offered by these artists, coupled with the arts-associated programs in our schools and communities, are essential to a creative outlook.” Executive director Michael Faison also voiced his appreciation to the legislature for its continued support of the agency’s statewide programs and services. He stressed the unique role of the arts and artists in reinforcing and conserving our cultural expectations in such a large and varied state.
Community Development Grants
Arts in Education Grants
Literature Fellowships and Writer in Residence
Traditional Arts Apprenticeships
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANTS: ENTRY TRACK AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS IN THE ARTS
These grants provide stable, ongoing support for arts programs delivered by the professional arts organizations of Idaho.
| Boise | $15,774 Ballet Idaho |
| Boise | $3,489 Big Tree Arts |
| Boise | $18,643 Boise Art Museum |
| Boise | $3,521 Boise Baroque Orchestra |
| Boise | $8,049 Boise Contemporary Theater |
| Boise | $2,224 Boise Master Chorale |
| Boise | $15,195 Boise Philharmonic Association |
| Boise | $10,995 City of Boise Department of Arts & History |
| Boise | $4,068 Idaho Dance Theatre |
| Boise | $15,734 Idaho Shakespeare Festival |
| Boise | $12,215 Log Cabin Literary Center (The Cabin) |
| Boise | $12,157 Opera Idaho |
| Boise | $14,270 Trey McIntyre Project |
| Caldwell | $6,026 Caldwell Fine Arts Series |
| Challis | $3,883 Challis Arts Council |
| Coeur d'Alene | $4,220 Coeur d’Alene Arts and Culture Alliance |
| Coeur d'Alene | $3,606 Coeur d’Alene Symphony Orchestra |
| Coeur d'Alene | $5,079 North Idaho Friends of Opera and the Arts |
| Hailey | $1,165 City of Hailey |
| Hailey | $6,284 Trailing of the Sheep Cultural Heritage Center |
| Idaho Falls | $6,542 Art Museum of Eastern Idaho |
| Idaho Falls | $14,266 Idaho Falls Arts Council |
| Idaho Falls | $7,419 Idaho Falls Symphony Society |
| Idaho Falls | $2,441 Idaho Falls Youth Arts Center |
| Ketchum | $4,916 Boulder Mountain Clayworks |
| Ketchum | $2,512 Wood River Arts Alliance |
| McCall | $4,404 McCall Folklore Society |
| Moscow | $8,446 Festival Dance & Performing Arts Association |
| Moscow | $6,010 id Theatre Company |
| Moscow | $6,455 Idaho Auditorium Chamber Music Series |
| Moscow | $3,521 Two Degrees Northwest |
| Moscow | $3,196 Washington Idaho Symphony Association |
| Mountain Home | $5,404 Mountain Home Arts Council |
| Nampa | $5,746 City of Nampa Civic Center |
| Nampa | $6,739 Music Theatre of Idaho |
| Pocatello | $5,386 Idaho State Civic Symphony Association |
| Post Falls | $6,152 Community Building Partners |
| Rupert | $3,521 Renaissance Arts Center |
| Salmon | $5,883 Salmon Arts Council |
| Sandpoint | $3,521 Arts Alliance |
| Sandpoint | $14,086 The Festival at Sandpoint |
| Sandpoint | $6,803 Panida Theater |
| Sandpoint | $7,850 Pend Oreille Arts Council |
| Sun Valley | $20,230 Sun Valley Center for the Arts |
| Sun Valley | $$8,659 Sun Valley Performing Arts Center |
| Twin Falls | $6,387 College of Southern Idaho |
| Twin Falls | $2,909 Magic Valley Arts Council |
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ARTS IN EDUCATION GRANTS
Boise, $10,957 to Ballet Idaho to support the Learning Through Dance program that places a professional dancer in third grade classrooms for ten-week residencies. The project will reach 85 classrooms in 20+ schools in Boise, the greater Treasure Valley, central and south Idaho, serving 2,100 students. Ballet Idaho, in partnership with Big Brothers, Big Sisters, will also offer two- week Learning Through Dance summer camps for eight groups of at-risk children.
Boise, $3,535 to Big Tree Arts for the Loud Writers’ project, which will make performance poetry accessible to Idaho youth through a nine-week, in-school poetry workshop; a classroom poetry slam, publication of their work in a chapbook, and monthly community poetry slams.
Boise, $10,642 to Boise Art Museum for the Free School Tour Program. Docents will lead students through interactive discussions about the displayed work, followed by art activity in the education studios, reinforcing discussed concepts.
Boise, $10,281 to Boise Philharmonic Association for Ensembles in the Schools, a music education outreach program. The Philharmonic’s brass, string, and woodwind ensembles will provide live instrumental performances and interactive education for elementary students.
Boise, $10,822 to Log Cabin Literary Center for Idaho Writing Camps offering students (grades 4-12) the summer opportunity to practice creative writing. Professional teaching writers direct one or two-week camps throughout the Treasure Valley, as well as other locations such as Hailey, Idaho Falls, Twin Falls, and the Fort Hall Reservation.
Boise, $9,785 to Idaho Parents Unlimited/VSA Arts of Idaho for the Creative Access program to bring artists-in-residence projects in all arts disciplines to public schools across the state for students with disabilities.
Boise, $11,228 to Idaho Shakespeare Festival for Idaho Theater for Youth (grades K-6) and Shakespearience (grades 7-12) educational touring programs. Funds will be used to support in-school professional theater arts performances. The plays will reach 50,000 children (K-12) in most Idaho counties, including rural and underserved communities.
Boise, $5,113 to Idaho State Parks and Recreation for Writers @ Harriman, a week-long residential writing workshop for high school students. Forty students will work individually and in small groups with experienced teaching writers in an outdoor setting.
Caldwell, $9,875 to Caldwell Fine Arts Series in partnership with the Caldwell School District and in cooperation with nine other districts, three private schools, and home schools in Canyon and Owyhee counties to provide cultural experiences to 9,000 students (K-12), reinforcing the Idaho Humanities Standards.
Idaho Falls, $11,070 to Art Museum of Eastern Idaho in partnership with Newspapers in Education, to take exhibit-based arts activities into elementary classrooms in eastern Idaho and to bring students back to the Art Museum for a tour and art lesson based on the current exhibit, culminating in a museum exhibit of elementary, junior and senior high school artwork.
Idaho Falls, $8,135 to Idaho Falls Arts Council to support the student performance and demonstration matinee series in the historic Colonial Theater. Before attending the matinee, the arts council will work with the artists and educators to develop education guides to prepare students.
Ketchum, $2,790 to Wood River Arts Alliance for the free Children’s Arts Festival, where youth will experience drama, dance, music, visual arts, and literary arts.
McCall, $3,600 to McCall Arts and Humanities Council to support ArtSchool, a ten-week residency program with local artists serving four rural elementary schools.
Moscow, $6,662 to Prichard Art Gallery and the University of Idaho for arts education programs providing experience with significant works of contemporary art for northern Idaho youth (K-12) through docent-led tours.
Moscow, $10,164 to Festival Dance & Performing Arts Association for its Youthreach and Discover Dance programs. Youthreach will include four educational outreach programs by touring professional dance and music companies reaching 1,000 students. Discover Dance classes will be taught by professionals in jazz, African dance, and Irish dance, reaching nearly 4,000 students in 20 schools in 10 communities in Latah, Benewah, and Nez Perce counties, including the Nez Perce and Coeur d’Alene reservations.
Nampa, $7,722 to the Nampa Civic Center for the Up With Arts education program, providing area youth with summer opportunities to develop their talents and to attend professional performing arts events, learning new cultures and theater propriety.
Pocatello, $6,032 to Idaho State Civic Symphony Association for the Idaho State Youth Orchestra and Summerstrings programs designed for students (grades 4-12).
Post Falls, $5,377 to Community Building Partners (Jacklin Arts & Cultural Center) to host a week-long Music Outreach Program with Brad Richter, noted guitarist, composer, and residency artist. The program will be offered to over 1,500 students in northern Idaho, with an emphasis on at-risk, underserved, and special-needs youth.
Salmon, $5,036 to Salmon Arts Council for its School Outreach Initiative. Through school performance assemblies, the program will serve several local schools, home-schooled youth, and students with developmental disabilities. Performances by Montana Shakespeare in the park, Missoula Children’s Theater, McManus Comedies, Eugene Ballet, Amuma Says No, and Red Chamber will be offered during the year.
Sandpoint, $1,829 to Arts Alliance to host an artist in residence at Sandpoint Charter School, engaging students in the production of a school mural with a focus on human rights.
Sandpoint, $7,958 to Pend Oreille Arts Council to support the Ovations program with activities engaging 3,000 students with educational performances, workshops, and master classes in music, theater, and dance.
Sun Valley, $6,300 to St. Thomas Playhouse for the Summer Theater Project. Students will learn acting, music, dance, and visual arts while they convert a story from script to stage.
Twin Falls, $10,085 to College of Southern Idaho in partnership with the Magic Valley Arts Council to present five arts outreach programs benefiting 4,000 students (grades 4-12) in Twin Falls and its surrounding communities.
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FY 2011 round was in literature. The disciplines rotate and FY2012 will be craft, design, and visual arts, FY2013 performing and media arts.
Writer in Residence: Brady Udall, Boise, fiction.
Fellowships:
Brittney Carmen, Moscow, creative nonfiction and memoir
Alan Heathcock, Boise, fiction
Heidi Naylor, Boise, fiction
Reuben Appelman, Boise, creative nonfiction
Matthew Haynes, Boise, creative nonfiction
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The program promotes the continuation of Idaho’s folk and traditional arts by supporting requests from master artists and their apprentices to work together in art forms expressive of the culture of their shared community.
Nithya Balasubramanyam, Boise and Eagle, $900 Master Nithya Balasubramanyam will teach Mahi Patel to perform in the Kalakshetra style of Bharatha Natyan dance.
Joanne Hultstrand, Boise, $3,000 Norwegian American master rosemaler Hultstrand will accept Grace Ann Herron as an apprentice to learn the correct shapes of scrolls, the design of large and small pieces, and the traditional use of colors in the Telemark style of rosemaling.
Spencer Besterrechea Martin, Boise, $2,760 Two people or pairs of percussionists play the txalaparta, an ancient Basque instrument, for celebrations and holidays in the Basque provinces of the French Pyrenees. Spencer Besterrechea Martin learned the instrument from txalapartiak Iñaki Plaza and Ion Garmendia. A percussionist and the first txalapartiak in the Northwest, he chose tambourinist Julia Achabal as his apprentice.
Venantia Mukangeruka, Boise, $2,080 For Burundi women, weaving baskets to serve and store food is part of their lifeway. Functional and decorative, the uniformity of the weave and the patterning of their single or nested baskets denote the skills and artistry of the weaver. Master weaver Venantia Mukangeruka met Lea Mbonimpa in Tanzania’s Lukole refugee camp, where weaving was a daily activity. Venantia will teach Lea how to enhance her designs and weaving techniques.
Nikki Dagres Totorica, Boise, $3,000 Master dancer and musician Nikki Dagres Totorica will teach Miren Aizpitarte a set of Greek folk regional dances. Nikki is the dance master for the Mediterranean Greek Dancers of the Saints Constantin and Helen Greek Orthodox Church in Boise. Miren is a dancer with the Oinkari Basque Dancers.
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