Arts & Education Grants

The Family of Woman Film Festival was founded to bring attention to the issues confronting women and girls around the world through compelling cinematic stories. The 8th annual Family of Woman Film Festival, with the theme, Women and Their Dreams, will present a selection of films about exceptional woman and girls who have taken control of their destinies. The festival will take place Thursday, February 26, to Sunday, March 1, 2015, at the Sun Valley Opera House in Sun Vally, Idaho, which will be preceded by the Bonni Curran Memorial Lecture for the Health and Dignity of Women on Tuesday, February 24, at St. Thomas Church in Sun Valley, followed by a reception.

To watch a trailer, view photos, and learn more about this important cause, please visit The Family of Woman Film Festival Website.

Fencing-in-the-Schools is an educational organization dedicated to bringing the Olympic sport of fencing to disadvantaged inner-city and rural public schools to help improve health, academic performance, and self-esteem amongst youth.

Fencing in the Schools will serve youth through in and out of school time fencing programs, partnering with public schools in low-income communities and other community-based organizations to provide students with an opportunity to learn about the sport, engage in fencing practices and competitions, and gain important life skills like teamwork and leadership through their participation.

Students will learn about the sport and be taught by Olympic-level fencing athletes.

The College of Arts & Letters is the largest and most comprehensive college at Idaho State University. The scope of our work is broad, including the fine and performing arts, humanities, social and behavioral sciences.

Learn more at the College of Arts & Letters Website

You can donate to the JRM Foundation Arts Scholarship by visiting our official JRM Foundation for Humanity Crowdrise page: JRM Foundation Arts Scholarship.

The Sun Valley Center for the Arts is a 501c3 Non-profit educational arts organization founded in 1971, whose mission is to provoke and stimulate the imagination while opening hearts and minds through excellence in diverse arts programming.