{"id":40,"date":"2026-10-13T21:50:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T21:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/khew.org\/news\/montana-arts-education-grant-music\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T21:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T21:58:08","slug":"montana-arts-education-grant-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/khew.org\/news\/montana-arts-education-grant-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Montana arts education grants due Dec. 10 for school music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Schools and community groups have until Dec. 10 to apply for a Montana Arts Council grant that could bring a musician or traditional artist to students this spring. It is the last Montana music education grant 2026 deadline listed in the council&#8217;s FY27 guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>The Montana Arts Council&#8217;s Arts Education Experiences grants run from $250 to $2,500, and no match is required. The current round covers projects between Feb. 1 and June 30, 2027. Applications are due Dec. 10, 2026, at 11:59 p.m., and the council plans to notify applicants Jan. 29, 2027.<\/p>\n<h2>What the Montana music education grant 2026 round pays for<\/h2>\n<p>The council says the grants are meant to bring arts experiences to places that otherwise would not have them. Money can go to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>fees for a guest artist, in person or online, with or without hands-on learning,<\/li>\n<li>tools, supplies and small equipment for trying new art forms,<\/li>\n<li>transportation to see art or artists first hand, or<\/li>\n<li>a mix of those.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Music and Folk\/Traditional are both listed as disciplines on the application.<\/p>\n<h2>Who can apply<\/h2>\n<p>Individuals can&#8217;t apply. The applicant has to be one of these:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a K-12 public school,<\/li>\n<li>a Montana 501(c)(3) nonprofit in good standing with the Secretary of State,<\/li>\n<li>a tribal college or university arts program with ongoing outreach beyond campus, which must send a letter giving the program&#8217;s start date,<\/li>\n<li>a local chapter of a national tax-exempt group operating in Montana,<\/li>\n<li>a unit of government, or<\/li>\n<li>a public education institution.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The organization has to have been operating in Montana for at least a year before the project starts. Groups under a fiscal sponsor need to check with council staff.<\/p>\n<p>That means public schools at Rocky Boy and Box Elder, and community organizations around the Hi-Line, could apply if they meet those rules. KHEW has not heard from any local school about plans to apply.<\/p>\n<h2>Rules to know before applying<\/h2>\n<p>The grant is competitive, and the council says there may not be enough money for every eligible request. Projects can&#8217;t be funded after the fact. An organization can get only one Experiences award and one Residencies award in the same fiscal year. A repeat project has to show a real change in focus, art form or audience.<\/p>\n<p>Winners need a SAM UEI number from sam.gov before they can be paid. It&#8217;s free but can take several weeks. Guest artists must be paid in full by the last day of the project, and a final report is due 30 days after it ends.<\/p>\n<p>The council recommends new applicants contact Monica Grable, arts education director, at (406) 444-6522 or Monica.Grable@mt.gov.<\/p>\n<p>For school news closer to home, see KHEW&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/khew.org\/news\/box-elder-school-notices-october-2026\/\">Box Elder school notices<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Sources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/art.mt.gov\/WebShare_Arts-Education-Experiences-FY27.pdf\">Montana Arts Council: Arts Education Experiences FY27 guidelines and application (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Schools and nonprofits can ask the Montana Arts Council for $250 to $2,500 to bring musicians and traditional artists to students between Feb. 1 and June 30, 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":59,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,5,8],"tags":[92,31,55,80,91,51,93],"class_list":["post-40","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-artists","category-music","category-news","tag-arts-education","tag-box-elder","tag-grants","tag-montana-arts-council","tag-montana-music-education-grant-2026","tag-rocky-boy","tag-schools"],"khew_art":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/khew.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/khew.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/khew.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/khew.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/khew.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/khew.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60,"href":"https:\/\/khew.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions\/60"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/khew.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/khew.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/khew.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/khew.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}