2018

30 YEARS OF CULTURAL CONNECTIONS IN BIG SKY

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In 2019, the Arts Council celebrates our 30th anniversary since forming as Big Sky’s first cultural nonprofit organization way back in 1989. Much has changed in Big Sky since then, but our commitment to keeping the Arts a focal point of our community has not. In fact, this passion is stronger than ever. Last year was evidence that support for the Arts remains strong, and is central to Big Sky’s growth and development as a thriving, year-round place to live, work and play.

Of course, none of this would be possible without the generous support of our donors, sponsors, board members, volunteers, sponsors and artists. We’re grateful for these community partnerships and look forward to keeping up the momentum in 2019. Please join us as we celebrate our 30-year history by looking forward to what the next chapter will bring. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Brian HurlbutExecutive Director, Arts Council of Big Sky

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2018 Impact Report

The 2018 ARTventure Seattle cohort included six high school juniors, who explored the vibrant arts and cultural scene of the Emerald City, including theater, music, public art, visual art and writing programs.

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In 2018, thanks to our generous supporters, the

Arts Councilof Big Sky

accomplished many amazing

things:

Installed the state’s first public outdoor bronze sculpture from renowned Montana artist Deborah Butterfield in the new Town Center plaza

Partnered with the Big Sky Community Organization to relocate Jim Dolan’s Moose Pair sculpture to the popular Ousel Falls Park trailhead

Installed a new bison sculpture from Bozeman artist Kirsten Kainz, titled Waldazo, in the Big Sky Town Center’s Fire Pit Park

Collaborated with Big Sky artist Liz McRae on a temporary public art installation near the Hummocks trailhead

Hosted more than 35,000 people at our Music in the Mountains free summer concert series

Hosted three community painting workshops throughout the year

Welcomed world-renowned violinist Bella Hristova to Big Sky for our annual classical music festival

Welcomed Montana Poet Laureate Lowell Jaeger to Big Sky for two days of outreach with local students and two community events

Participated in professional development workshops in Denver, St. Louis and Nashville

Engaged more than 1,000 kids at our summer concert ARTventure activity tent

Invited six high school students on our second annual Seattle ARTventure excursion

Awarded our first-ever grant from the National Endowment for the Arts

Supported more than 50 artists through our annual art auction fundraising event

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5,000 : The number of metal pieces in Kirsten Kainz’ Waldazo sculpture

17 : Pages of the NEA grant application for the Butterfield project

6 : Local artists supported through our annual util ity box wrap project

114 : Number of individual donors to the Butterfield in Big Sky fundraising campaign

$25,000 : Amount of the Arts Council’s first-ever NEA grant award

1988 : The year Jim Dolan created Moose Pair , installed this year at the Ousel Falls trailhead

150 : Number of name suggestions submitted by the public for the Butterfield sculpture

1 : Number of people who submitted the winning name, Winter

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Artist Deborah Butterfield dedicates Winter on October 5, 2018, in the Big Sky Town Center. Butterfield created the piece from driftwood found along the Gallatin, Madison and Yellowstone rivers, then cast the finished wood sculpture in bronze at the Walla Walla Foundry in Washington. The resulting creation is the first outdoor Butterfield piece in Montana that can be viewed by the public. This monumental achievement was supported by a two-year capital campaign that included donations from individuals, local businesses, community foundations and the Arts Council’s first-ever grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Local children give Winter an up close and personal look at the sculpture unveiling. More than 100 people turned out to see the horse in public for the first time.

Butterfield Installation

Public Art Spotlight

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Expense Report

Lone Peak High School ARTventure students pose on the steps in front of Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture (MoPop), where they took a songwriting workshop and took in the current exhibits.

Administration Expenses: 12%Program Expenses: 88%

4% Other Sources

6% Grant Funding

6% Corporate Contributions

14% Resort Tax Funding

18% Program Income

52% Donation Income

Total Income$1 ,217,130

Total Expenses$1 ,103,854

The indicated surplus includes restricted funds that were

raised for the Arts Council’s public art campaign

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Roberta and Dana Smith Family Foundation

Granting Organizations

2018 Impact Report

Artist Joe Kronenberg lets a young girl help finish his painting, which was later sold at the Arts Council’s sixth annual Auction for the Arts.

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$10,000+Yellowstone Club Community Foundation*Ray and Lydia Bartoszek*Mark and Tiffany BerchSam and Tracy Byrne*Chris EganRichard and Sandra JacobsonRob and Susan White*Bob and Patty Rhea*Michael Snow*Robert and Dana Smith Family Foundation*Ania Bulis*Whit and Nancy Peyton*Don Grasso*Bozeman HealthStephen and Julie McGue Family FoundationTrux and Durbin Emerson*Big Sky Resort Tax DistrictNational Endowment for the Arts: ArtworksBig Sky Resort

$5,000-$9,999Larry and Toni Landry*Big Sky EventsKenneth Lyons and Roberta Adair*Robert and Nina HillTim and Deborah McKenna*Moonlight Community FoundationBig Sky Sotheby’s International RealtyArne and Sue ArnesonLoren and Jill Bough*Frank and Kristin Kern*Rob and Cathy Funderburg*Jack and Carol McGuireJoelle M Kayden*Greg and Collie Daily*Bob and Jana NortonMark and Paula Schleicher*Hap and Sue Brakeley*John and Peggy Walden*Lynette and Tim Drumhiller*Rick and Kate TomkinsonSam and Jeanne LightbodyRandy and Katherine Schneewind*Bill and Regina WilloughbyTim Zilka and Bonnie Greiner

$3,000-$4,999Big Sky Vacation Rentals, Inc.First Security BankAmerican Bank of MontanaHungry Moose MarketRMR GroupSpanish Peaks Community FoundationYellowstone Country MontanaKen and Tallie Lancey*Gary and Ginna Hermann3 Rivers CommunicationsIda Rhea*

Granting Organizations

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Includes donations made from November 1 , 2017 - October 31 , 2018

We’re grateful for these community

partnerships & look forward to keeping up the momentum

in 2019

$1,000-$1,499John and Amy CholnokyColin Mathews and Paula Craver*Bill and Koko Corbin*Rich Stage and Nancy Hagen*Wayne and Marilyn HillDavid Anderson and Joan HalvajianPaula GrassoGreg Slamowitz and Kirsten Hilleman*Big Sky LandscapingEast Slope OutdoorsRick and Pam Blosser*Jeff and Maud Welles*Paul and Barbara Ferri*Marc and Patty Dash*Paul and Mary Kay Scarborough*Bill Simkins and Erna SmeetsPeter and Cathy Spano*

Charles and Eileen Dubroff*David and Cameron Given*Steve and Sascha Taylor*Rich and Barb Barnhart*Robert KallestadPaul Farrell and Paula Cleary*Craig Brown and Becky AppenzellerBig Sky Travel ShoppeE.L. Painting, Inc.Charlie Dreebin*Carney Logan Burke Architects, P.C.Jeff and Julie Dreebin*Tom von Lehman and Maggie GoodJohn and Heidi Parkes*Martin and Katharine Dudley*Rick and Jamie HammTeri Turner*

$1,500 -$2,999 Mark Berg and Gay Peterson-BergJennifer Gwilliam*John Dobson and Nici SingletaryThe Glore FundWoody BurtPaul and Patty GannonThomas Johnston and Mary WilkusNorthWestern Energy Community WorksGrizzly Outfitters320 Guest RanchBozeman Area Community FoundationRich and Lori AddicksTimberveil Real Estate, Inc.Mike and Nancy DomailleRichard and Toini LandisLes and Terye LoblePatrick Falcon and Blaine Adams*

$500-$999Mike and Colleen BoyerAlex McKenzie and Christina Calabrese*Jeremy Blyth and Miriam SchmidtJames and Paula SheridanRobert and Donna ThompsonJulie Gustafson*Warren and Brammie CookDebbie LewisPat LapekasLotus PadQuint and Cicely DrennanEllie NolanSherry ArcherNick and Jill Page*Brian and Victoria Klein*Laura Jean Minore*Todd MooreAlex Rhea*Tom Reeves and Kay YanacheckTerence Rhea*Gallik Bremer and Molloy, P.C.Cynthia Reisman*Highline PartnersDaphne Dolan, Margaret Murphy & Ellen Dettling: City Staffing Services, Inc.*John and Karen Savage

Gregory and Kelly GeissJames and Nancy SmithJimmy and Melinda Lewis*Matt and Sheena Kidd*Richard and Lisa Jeanneret*Sonja Baertsch*Aron and Mary AndersonDerek and Mia LennonBob and Pat KimmelRichard and Sharon Clarke*Eric and Stacy Ossorio*Judy VinsonMichael and Andrea ScholzJohn and Marilyn OlsonRay and Erin SchultzPaul and Randi BetzRogers and Kelty Crain*Kevin and Kelly WelshDoug and JoDean BingSteven and Carolyn JonesDavid Kis and Robin BrayThe Wrap Shack

$250-$499Grant and Fern Hilton*Steven and Lura TurnerLouis and Jean KwallCharlie and Jeanne CummingsPatricia DohertyWalter AinsworthAudrae CouryMarvin and Sarah PetersonHLH Partners, LLPJohn and Jan EthenJohn and Patty BauchmanJohn and Ewa ZirkleBob Kahn and Sharon Huntley KahnJoseph and Melanie BellissimoMartina Jamison*Leighton and Beatrice Welch*John and Nancy BrownDick Harper and Maude GloreBob and Babs VanyoRod and Pam RemptRumsey and Cilla YoungSteve and Marie RappJim Dahlberg and Elsebet LundMike and Sandra BrownCarl and Margaret HedlundWilliam and Carol McClerkinChris Federighi*Walter and Mary Peet

Nicholas and Kailley Federighi*William and Suzanne SmootFrank and Carol KistlerKenneth and Susan AulenCreighton Block Gallery

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Rich AddicksMusic in the Mountains

Providingpremier events,

educationand creative

opportunities in the arts

$100-$249Jim and Peggy GoodMike and Ginger BahrmanWilliam BaxleyJames and Karen HueftleTerry and Carolyn O’NeillKathy RudeSally Fraser MoskolStephen and Debra LamontHoward and Sarah Jane HewittJohn and Nellie ChangSal and Carol LalaniJim and Lynnanne Hagar*Scott Hall and Terry Cooke Hall*Pamela ChumbleyJason and Margaret LuchiniAlan Shaw and Marilyn AlkireDarius and Cynthia LarsenMichael and Suzanne HennessyLeon and Vera RemeniukBrian and Jeri SipeJeff and Karen StricklerJames and Inge LogarRonald and Nancy KurzGeorge and Lili GeiserRandy Erlenbach and Sian HunterRobert Becker and Diane HandlerCarolyn TaylorMike Franckowiak and Gay Ebers

Lori ElliottLes and Rachel WaldowJohn and Robin WillinkCleve and Phyllis JohnsonJames and Cynthia JorgensonDebbie CrowtherJean AllenAllen PottsEric BertelsonMarsha Sisney*Franz and Christine IglerBob and Ginny LewisRalph ColeJoan HoffJim and Kathy ScottCraig Carrell & Gary Grigowski: Team 1 PlasticsPaul Nye*Lee and Donna PorterJoseph and Barbara GillispieRoger and Carolynn BrislawnTheresa ZigheraMartha MacaloonRichard HaagDon and Caroline SielschottChristl GumpKatie White*Rick and Kate Tomkinson*Bob and Jana Norton*

Bert and Carol Bennett*Joel and Jean WhiteKyle Bowen*Bill and Harlan ShropshireSarah Moss*David and Linnea VeederDennis and Anne WentzPam WoodJohn and Mary Lou ChristensenSteve and Jane SuttonRobert and Muriel BellAnn Fetzer

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<$100Ron Tabaczka and Jeanette SpitlerKen and Lynn GrafConstance BartonBayard DominickWilliam and Phyllis BreedenCarlton and Linda GrimmPaul and Angela GonickBarry and Denise MargettsJack and Adrea SukinStacy Schroeder and Barbara VanerpPhil Fluke and Betsy McFaddenDave and Katie AlvinJC and Tammy EstensenNorm Plaistowe and Kristen BrownBen WickhamMark and Marie GoodeDewitt and Jane WardKen Burgwin and Joanna McCoyOutlaw Partners, Sarah GianelliFrank and Lutie SujanskyJohn and Claire KurlinskiElle’s Belles, LLCDavid and Jenna MaddenCaliber CoffeeJohn and Margaret LeeperWill and Whitney LittmanGayle Ann LarkDorothea Jude

Carrie BryanJeanette BreunerBrett HeinemanStephen and Verla DaileyDennis and Sandra MecklenburgBo BroylesBritt IdeBrian and Lindsie HurlbutHumanities MontanaCiara WolfeStephanie LynnKristin GardnerCorinne IdeDoug and Christi WeberEmily CaseyJulia HallbergAndrea SaariAl and Geri ArnesonKarst Stage, Inc.

Bert and Carol Bennett*Joel and Jean WhiteKyle Bowen*Bill and Harlan ShropshireSarah Moss*David and Linnea VeederDennis and Anne WentzPam WoodJohn and Mary Lou ChristensenSteve and Jane SuttonRobert and Muriel BellAnn Fetzer

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The 2018 Big Sky Classical Music Festival featured renowned violinist Bella Hristova (right), who poses with orchestra

Conductor Peter Bay and Artistic Director Angella Ahn.

Our commitment to keep the arts

a focal point of our community

ACBS BoardGrant Hilton, PresidentLinda Goldinger, Vice PresidentChristina Calabrese, TreasurerDebby McKenna, SecretaryRoberta AdairRich AddicksRebecca AppenzellerJeremy BlythNolan GlueckertMia LennonNancy PeytonPatty RheaEwa Zirkle

ACBS StaffBrian Hurlbut, Executive DirectorAmy Norris, Donor Relations Coordinator

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