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Monte Dolack, Rick Bass, Annick Smith, more win state art awards

October 24, 2018 /

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Artists around western Montana received nods this week with the announcement of the Governor’s Arts Awards.

The winners are painter Monte Dolack, writer/filmmaker Annick Smith, author Rick Bass, visual artist Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Blackfeet traditional artist Jackie Parsons and Crow painter Kevin Red Star.

According to the news release, the honorees are picked by members of the public and then vetted by an arts award committee of the Montana Arts Council.

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