The Montana Arts Council is hosting a community meeting 4:30-6 p.m. Aug. 23 at the Great Falls Public Library to share information about the importance of the arts in Montana and gather community feedback.

The meeting will be followed by a reading and book launch event with Montana’s Poet Laureate, Chris La Tray in Library Park, behind the library.

“Art of all kinds is crucial to the health, vitality, and livability of Great Falls and all of Montana,” Krys Holmes, council executive director, said in a release. “We want people to know what the arts council is doing to support creativity in all its forms, and also to hear what’s most important to the creative community of Great Falls.”

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The Montana Arts Council is a state agency responsible for promoting, supporting and celebrating the arts across Montana through grants and programs, including the poet laureate program celebrating the power of poetry.

The meeting is free and open to the public.

All are encouraged to stay for La Tray’s 7 p.m. reading and book launch for his new book, Becoming Little Shell: A Landless Indian’s Journey Home. 

Jenn Rowell

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