Senators Baucus and Tester announce grant for Hamilton-based education program – Media Arts in the Public Schools (MAPS)

A $76,647 federal grant will help get a new media arts institute up and running in Hamilton about this time next year.

The grant will aid in the transformation of a successful Corvallis High School media arts program into a new business that will be open to high school students and adults.

“The grant is our seed money,” said Peter Rosten http://www.peterrosten.com/ , a former entertainment industry writer, producer and executive who founded the Media Arts in the Public Schools http://www.mediarts.org/ , or MAPS, program at Corvallis High School.

The MAPS program was created in 2004 by a nonprofit organization named to honor Rosten’s mother – the Florence Prever Rosten Foundation.

When it closed last June, MAPS had become financially self-sufficient, grossing $100,000 for television commercials that ran in 38 different states.

by PERRY BACKUS – Ravalli Republic

Full Story: http://www.ravallirepublic.com/articles/2008/09/24/news/news26.txt

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Students in Ravalli County will get to explore opportunities through media arts, thanks to a $76,647 grant announced today by U.S. Senators Max Baucus and Jon Tester. http://mediarts.org/content/view/142/5/