Welcome
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What's New? 
 MPAC's travel mugs have arrived! Photos, specs and pricing can be found here.
MTA now has a page for the Montana Cultural Advocacy. Information on lobbyists, legislative bills and action alerts are available there. Quick link.
Schedule of Upcoming Events
April 5-6: Annual MDAA Spring Workshop in Missoula. Hosted by Linda Fuller and Miss Linda's School of Dance. More info... |
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Our Mission
To propagate and preserve the state's cultural heritage by assisting individuals and organizations involved in Montana's literary, visual and performing arts.
History
Where can artists and cultural groups obtain professional administrative and technical services at minimum cost? In Montana they can turn to Montana Arts, the only organization in the United States that serves a diverse number of artistic disciplines within a rural setting.
Montana Arts (MTA) formed in 1965 to receive funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, to create the state agency Montana Arts Council. Since 1978 Montana Arts also provided a wide range of clerical support services for individuals and groups involved in the arts.
MTA’s small but highly qualified staff provides skilled assistance in day-to-day matters, working quietly behind the scenes, so that client organizations are free to deliver the arts to their communities.
Current Clients
Montana Performing Arts Consortium
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Montana Association of Symphony Orchestras
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Montana Dance Arts Association
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Montana Arts Council
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Montana Cultural Advocacy
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What MTA can do for You
- Strategic planning assistance
- Budget planning
- Computer bookkeeping
- Cash management & tax reports
- Custom-designed financial statements
- Word processing & publishing
- Building & maintaining membership & donor bases
- Conference planning & coordination
- Grant proposal writing & follow-up reporting
- Scholarship solicitation
- Mailing & electronic communications
- Web design: examples of client home pages below
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Clockwise from top left: Montana Dance Arts Association; Montana Performing Arts Consortium; Montana Association of Symphony Orchestras |
- Supports marketing assistance to artists
- Promotes sharing of administrative resources
- Encourages cooperation among artists and cultural organizations
- Promotes development of new revenue sources
- Facilitates interaction and information exchange between Montana artists and artists of other nations and states
- Helps preserve cultural heritage
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General Projects
Supplies administrative services to 4 statewide not-for-profit cultural organizations.
See our Clients page for more information.
Holds endowment fund for Bozeman High School Art Club.
Provides non-profit umbrella service for emerging arts groups and individual artist projects.
Furnishes technical assistance for Montana arts organizations' questions.
Engages in audience and economic research.
Special Projects
Coordinating special five-year cultural exchange of artists, art educators and exhibitions between Russian Academy of Arts and Montana. 1994-1999. Funded in part by the United Stated Information Agency, Montana Arts Council and National Endowment for the Arts.
Conducting feasibility studies for proposed Plains Indian Buffalo Culture Museum near the Little Big Horn Battlefield under contract from Big Horn County Commission with additional support from Montana Cultural Trust.
Development of a Highway 200 (from Belt to Sidney and Glendive) Cultural Corridor Website.
This project is currently being compiled.
MTA has held a poetry contest for 35 years, which draws approximately 100 entries each year from throughout the state.
There will be a link to information about entering this contest.
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