state arts action network

John Barsness

John C. Barsness is executive director of Montana Arts, a statewide arts service and advocacy organization with an office in Bozeman. Current client organizations include Montana Performing Arts Consortium, Montana Dance Arts Association, and Montana Association of Symphony Orchestras. During the past 17 years he also coordinated a successful cultural exchange between Montana and the Russian Academy of Arts; served five years as a Clinton appointee on the President's Advisory Committee for the Arts for the John F. Kennedy Center, Washington, DC; wrote 2 booklets on nonprofit board and fundraising practices; and is up to his ears in home remodeling.