Who We Are

Advocating, nurturing and celebrating the arts and humanities in Southwest Montana.

The Southwest Montana Arts Council is a driving force advocating the visual and performing arts in the greater community where we live. Our goal is to enlarge the place of the arts in the daily lives of citizens and help identify this community as one known for supporting excellence, creativity and diversity in arts programming.

​The Southwest Montana Arts Council is a grassroots effort established in 1994 serving Beaverhead and Madison counties in Southwest Montana. The scope of our programming is broad and diverse, extending through all four seasons of the year.
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Our Objectives:

• To promote education and participation in the arts, with a particular emphasis on the needs of children throughout our region.
• To support, host and present creative and diverse arts and artists of Southwest Montana, as well as artists outside our region.
• To serve as advocates for the arts, to provide consultation to area artists and art organizations, and to represent the needs and the role of the arts and humanities in the process of city planning and community collaborations.
• To participate in a dynamic, cooperative way with the state arts council and regional arts agencies to provide a cohesive and innovative vision for the arts and humanities throughout Montana.