Local art agencies receive state grants

The Idaho Commission on the Arts provided the Historic Opera Theater in Glenns Ferry nearly $2,800 to support its programs. Theater officials plan to use some of this grant money to provide people from rural communities a chance to take part in its live theater programs.

Photo courtesy of the Glenns Ferry Historic Opera Theater

The Mountain Home Arts Council and the Historic Opera Theatre in Glenns Ferry received more than $6,000 in financial support from the Idaho Commission on the Arts through its annual grant program.

In a press release July 17, the state art commission announced plans to provide $3,316 to the Mountain Home Arts Council through its public programs in the arts grant avenue with the opera theater selected to receive $2,791 through the state’s entry track grants and public programs in the arts initiative.

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