BIG SKY – The Big Sky Resort Area District tax board on June 20 nipped and tucked applications for fiscal year 2016-2017 to appropriate over $6 million to area nonprofits and organizations.
The board finished the evening appropriating more than $800,000 to its sinking fund, which held $1.3 million last fiscal year.
The meeting in Warren Miller Performing Arts Center began with young representatives of Big Sky’s Girl Scouts troop thanking the resort tax board members for their work in the community and handed each a box of cookies.
The public comment period continued with a number of community members stepping to the podium and stating their support for various groups and projects.
David O’Connor, chair of the Big Sky Chamber of Commerce board of directors, addressed “the marching orders” given by the board in its June 6 applicant Q-and-A, for groups to refine applications due to constrained funds this year. O’Connor said the $250,000 requested for the chamber’s gateway monument project could be considered first as a reduction in order to emphasize the organization’s support for affordable housing, transportation and tourism projects.
Big Sky Fire Department Chief William Farhat said $64,000 earmarked for a new command vehicle could be delayed, and reduced from the department’s $722,850 request.
A number of community members voiced their support for the Big Sky Community Housing Trust’s $1.2 million request, with BSSD superintendent Dustin Shipman saying the school district recently lost candidates for open teaching positions due to a lack of workforce housing.
Later in the evening resort tax board member Ginna Hermann proposed the board fund the housing trust $1.05 million with seven conditions placed on the appropriation before releasing the funds.
After lengthy questioning of HRDC Community Development Manager Brian Guyer and discussion of the conditions—including a guarantee the donated parcel of land will be used for affordable housing and pending final plat approval—the board voted 4-0 to approve the application. Board member Kevin Germain abstained as an employee of Lone Mountain Land Company, the developer of the proposed project.
See a breakdown of 2017 resort tax appropriations below:
We all are familiar with using a limited palette, but do you use one? Do you know how to use a
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We all are familiar with using a limited palette, but do you use one? Do you know how to use a limited palette to create different color combinations? Are you tired of carrying around 15-20 different tubes when you paint plein air? Have you ever wanted to create a certain “mood” in a painting but failed? Do you create a lot of mud? Do you struggle to achieve color harmony? All these problems are addressed in John’s workbook in clear and concise language!
Based on the bestselling “Limited Palatte, Unlimited Color” workbook written by John Pototschnik, the workshop is run by Maggie Shane and Annie McCoy, accomplished landscape (acrylic) and plein air (oil) artists,exhibitors at the Big Sky Artists’ Studio & Gallery and members of the Big Sky Artists Collective.
Each student will receive a copy of “Limited Palette, Unlimited Color” to keep and take home to continue your limited palette journey. We will show you how to use the color wheel and mix your own clean mixtures to successfully create a mood for your paintings.
Each day, we will create a different limited palette color chart and paint a version of a simple landscape using John’s directives. You will then be able to go home and paint more schemes using the book for guidance.
Workshop is open to painters (oil or acrylic) of any level although students must have some basic knowledge of the medium he or she uses. Students will be provided the book ($92 value), color wheel, value scale and canvas papers to complete the daily exercises.
Please join the Arts Council of Big Sky for free music from Jacob Rountree at the Wilson Hotel Lobby Bar from 5-7 p.m.
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Please join the Arts Council of Big Sky for free music from Jacob Rountree at the Wilson Hotel Lobby Bar from 5-7 p.m. on April 24.
Jacob Rountree is an alternative/indie songwriter living in the stunning alpine of Montana. Contemplative yet playful, his lyric forward style is reflective of his love for philosophy, poetry and quantum physics.