The arts in Montana contribute significantly to the state’s economy, community health, and personal well-being. On Friday, Aug. 23, the Montana Arts Council will hold a community meeting to share information about the importance of the arts in Montana, and get community feedback about new directions the agency will take in the future. The meeting will be from 4:30 to 6 pm in the Cordingley Room followed by a reading and book launch event by Montana’s Poet Laureate, Chris La Tray in Library Park.
“Art of all kinds is crucial to the health, vitality, and livability of Great Falls and all of Montana,” said arts council executive director Krys Holmes, who will lead the meeting. “We want people to know what the arts council is doing to support creativity in all its forms, and also to hear what’s most important to the creative community of Great Falls.”
The Montana Arts Council is a state agency responsible for promoting, supporting, and celebrating the arts across Montana through grants and programs, including the poet laureate program celebrating the power of poetry.
The meeting is free and open to the public – especially to folks interested in the arts. All are encouraged to stay for La Tray’s 7 pm reading and book launch for his new, highly lauded book, Becoming Little Shell: A Landless Indian’s Journey Home.
For more information, contact Jake Sorich at jsorich@greatfallslibrary.org or
406-453-0349 ex. 220.
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