2011 - 2011

2011 Major Accomplishments

Baumler Telling Stories Workshop

  • Humanities Montana board approves “Strategic Plan, 2011-15” with commitment to making programs relevant to all Montanans, streamlining grants processes, improving fundraising, and positioning HM’s staff to serve the state of Montana.
  • Montana Conversations: Speakers in the Schools program launched, offering 70 free programs to schools around the state.
  • Record number of Opportunity Grants awarded, mainly to smaller museums and libraries.
  • Film and digital grants awarded to projects such as “Winter in the Blood.”
  • Grants fund projects such as “Beyond the Breadbowl: Hunger, Excess and the American Appetite” and “Heartland in Judith Gap.”