state arts action network
Council
2005–2006 Roster
John Barsness
John C. Barsness is executive director of Montana Arts, a statewide arts service and advocacy organization with an office in Bozeman, MT. Current client organizations include the Montana Performing Arts Consortium, Montana Dance Arts Association, and the 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 two booklets on nonprofit board and fundraising practices; and is currently up to his ears in home remodeling.
