MPAC NEWS

NEA Grants cancelled / proposed elimination of NEA in White House FY26 budget

This email update was sent to MPAC subscribers on May 6, 2025. To receive announcements, newsletters, and updates from MPAC in the...

May 7

Arts support and advocacy: new resources

Do you spend every other day doing a quick internet search on "DOGE and NEA"? Well...we are in the same boat. MPAC doesn't have a crystal...

Apr 29

Engaging in advocacy and keeping up with the times

Be a hero. Call your legislators! There is a lot to keep track of between Washington D.C. and Helena! There is so much that will have an...

Apr 3

Showcase Opportunity for performing artists of all genres: Bring your show to the Big Sky

The Montana Performing Arts Consortium (MPAC) will hold its next Annual Showcase and Conference on October 10-12, 2025 at the Mansfield...

Feb 4

February webinars for presenters and artists!

MPAC will host TWO webinars this month! For artists and agents: The MPAC showcase & conference: Informational webinar with conference...

Feb 4

MPAC now accepting applications for October 2024 artist showcase

The Montana Performing Arts Consortium (MPAC) will hold its next Annual Showcase and Conference on October 11-13, 2024 at the Mansfield...

Feb 12, 2024

Artists: tips for a great conference experience

If this is your first time coming to a performing arts networking conference (or to MPAC's Annual Showcase & Conference) or if you just...

Aug 19, 2023

Artist Lineup for Showcase Performances at the Mansfield Theater in Great Falls, Montana

The Montana Performing Arts Consortium (MPAC) announces the artist showcase lineup for its annual conference! Seventeen different artists...

Jul 31, 2023

#TBT Arnie Malina, founder and first Board President

Arnie Malina, longtime director of The Myrna Loy (Helena), was one of the founders of MPAC in 1981 and when MPAC received it's 501(C)3...

Mar 30, 2023

Performing Arts Showcase & Conference comes to Great Falls October 2023

The Montana Performing Arts Consortium (MPAC) will hold its next Annual Showcase and Conference on October 13-15, 2023 at the Mansfield...

Mar 8, 2023

Next Annual Showcase & Conference will be Oct. 13-15 in Great Falls, MT

The Montana Performing Arts Consortium will hold its next Annual Showcase and Conference on October 13-15, 2023 at the Mansfield Center...

Mar 2, 2023

MPAC in the 80's

The success of the first conference in 1984 benefited many arts professionals. Montana artists had more performance opportunities via...

Jan 2, 2023

MPAC turns 40: A look back at the beginning...

The Montana Performing Arts Consortium has a long history of pursuing its three-fold mission: to promote and encourage the touring of the...

Dec 13, 2022

Educational Outreach Guide

The following article was written for the MPAC 2022 Conference by Alyssa Roggow, MPAC's Artist Representative to the Board and the...

Oct 3, 2022

Hello, from the new Executive Director!

Hello MPAC artists, presenters, tour managers, and colleagues, I am thrilled to introduce myself as the new Executive Director of this...

Aug 31, 2022