ART MOBILE OF MONTANA Frequently Asked Questions

ART MOBILE of MONTANA

Frequently Asked Questions

Art Mobile of Montana makes every effort to assure that the sites we visit
are in compliance with regard to access for people with disabilities.

	Click here for our new Accessibility checklist and statement
	The Teaching Artist is available to lead individual tours of the exhibit with advance notice, for those who are visually impaired.
	Schools and sites provide their own signers
	Guided tours available with advance notice

Note: The art exhibit is usually on-site for 2 hours to one day after
which it is repacked and removed.

What is the Art Mobile?

The Art Mobile comes right to your door with a van full of an original
exhibit of quality art works. Schools and groups that schedule this service
receive an interactive presentation of the art, followed by art lessons.
Several fine art lessons are available, taught by a professional art
educator, with focus on art fundamentals and individual expression. The
Art Mobile is available during school hours, after school, and evenings.
Lessons are aligned with the Montana Performance Standards for the Arts.
Continuing education for teachers is also available while the Art Mobile is
on site.

How Does the Art Mobile Work?

The Teaching Artist Salley Williamson displays the exhibit on portable walls
in a room at the site. She then delivers an interactive presentation addressing
the artwork, the artists, design and color, and brings the importance of art into
the discussion. After presenting, Salley teaches art lessons for each class or
group desiring hands-on participation.

Hours: Daytime, after school, evening hours (for community members and
families) and repeat visits for follow-up art lessons. Art lessons are available
year-round.

Is there a Cost?

Each site pays what they can of our fee, and our grants pay for the remainder!
You do not have to apply for a grant; this has already been done.
In other words, the Art Mobile will help you to subsidize the cost of
a visit to your school or group.

This is how it works:

A basic two-hour art mobile visit that includes a presentation and
art lesson costs $165.00. Each additional art lesson runs $55.00.
Travel costs are additional, divided among the number of sites
presented for, during one tour. If the director is out for more than
a day's drive from home, sites often provide either private home
or motel accommodations.

1) Detemine how many hours of presentations you want
2) Determine how many hours of art lessons you want
3) Tell us what you can afford, and we will put our grant funds to work
to help make your visit affordable for you.
4) Schedule a time - Art Mobile will come to your Door!

Remember: Art Mobile Grant funds offset costs so that "no school or
group is left behind."

Co-Sponsors and Contributors

Ronald McDonald House Charities and M.J. Murdock Trust provided the
Art Mobile of Montana Van.

	This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts which believes that a great nation deserves great art.

	This Artist in Schools/Communities Program is partially supported by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, The Montana Arts Council and The State of Montana.

	Partial funding for this project was provided by Montana's Cultural Trust.

Public Value Partnership

The Art Mobile (a Non-Profit organization) is supported in part by a grant from
the Montana Arts Council, an agency of State government and by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Gallagher Western Montana Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Town Pump Charitable Foundation.

Montana Art Education Association
Co-President Susan Arthur,
Flathead High School,
644 4th Ave. West,
Kalispell, MT;
406-751-3500;
e-mail: arthurs@sd5.k12.mt.us

For questions, or to schedule The Art Mobile, contact:

Allison McGree, Artist/Teacher
406 431-6911
122 N. Bozeman #3, Bozeman MT 59715
E-mail: amcgree@gmail.com
Website: http://www.artmobilemontana.org