People and organizations who have been especially helpful and supportive on the Creating a Collaborative Community Art Installation Project:

• Chary Majerus, artist at Framing Etc. (Conrad, MT), has already collaborated on dozens of test tiles, donated materials, and acted as a consultant for artistic and technical aspects of the project design.  She is also cutting all the polycarbonate tiles.
• Emily Kohring, Director of Arts Education for the Montana Arts Council and leader of the Teacher Leaders in the Arts Initiative, is supporting projects such as this one from the cohort of teachers involved in the project. Beyond feedback and suggestions, she is also directing the share-out of project information. Other cohort members have also given valuable feedback and suggestions.
• Montana Office of Public Instruction as also been instrumental in the Teacher Leaders in the Arts Initiative and getting projects like this one off the ground.
• Tim Riley, Senior Application Development Engineer, Specialty Film & Sheet, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), has been invaluable technical support discussing and identifying appropriate materials for this project’s application to ensure that it will survive in Montana’s environment and has shipped Lexan samples at no cost. 
• Kip at the Dean of Signs (Great Falls), Greg at FastSigns, and Trevor at Signs Now have donated vinyl for individualizing the tiles.
• Gary Frankforter, Building and Grounds Manager for HSD1, has asked many excellent questions about materials, safety, and longevity, leading to an improved project design.
• Fencecrafters has built a demonstration model of chain link (so adorable that I am referring to it as a ‘fenceling’) and a larger model for display at the Holter Museum of Art.
• Sue and employees at TC Glass (Great Falls) have also been very helpful with suggestions and helping to get us polycarbonate at a discounted price.
• The Holter Museum of Art is hosting a ‘Creation Station’ during the Youth Electrum Show to highlight our project and encourage community involvement.
• RockHand Ace Hardware gave us an additional discount on the mile of galvanized wire purchased for this project.

Drilling Volunteers!  Thank you so much!

• Juli Tenneson
• The Heller Family
• The Lanigan Family
• The Rea Family

Businesses and Organizations beyond those listed above that have and continue to support our students:

(This is by no means a complete list, and listed in no particular order.  If you see an omission, please email Jodi Delaney at jdelaney@helenaschools.org to be added!)

• Robert Allen Nissan
• Van’s Thriftway
• MT Credit Union Network
• BCBS of MT
• Finstad’s Carpet 1
• Capital Collision
• Niemeir Construction
• Rocky Mountain Credit Union
• The BaseCamp
• ExWorks
• Shaun Peterson/Payne West
• 3 Brothers Plumbing and Heating, inc.
• Home Depot
• Cross Roads Sports & Fitness
• Tread Lightly
• Sodexho
• The Frozen Moose
• YMCA
• Stone Tree Climbing
• Lehrkind’s Coca-Cola
• Capital City Car Wash
• Sherwin Williams
• Silver Star
• Carmike Theater
• Pampered Pets
• Laughing Stock Hornses
• Pivot Physical Therapy
• Discovery Ski Area
• Sandord Family Farm & Pony Rides
• Lasso the Moon
• Woolsey’s Tire Brake and Alignment
• Outside In
• Staggering Ox
• CASA Advocates
• Mediterranean Grill
• Carroll College
• Intermountain Children’s Home
• Helena Police and Fire Departments
• Water Watchers
• StarBase (Dept. of Defense)
• Montana Wild
• Prickly Pear Land Trust
• Lewis and Clark Library
• Please help me list more!