Monday, April 18, 2005

2005 Youth Heritage Festival

Eleven writers honored at Montana’s premiere conference for high school scholars

Full Report on Festival

Students ran the conference, introducing guests and acting as masters of ceremonies. Seated on stage from left: Mark Sherouse (Executive Director, Montana Committee for the Humanities), Linda McCulloch (Superintendent of Public Instruction), John Bohlinger (Lieutenant Governor of Montana), Jim Murtaugh (Program Manager, Liz Claiborne and Art Ortenberg Foundation), Guha Shankar (Program Manager, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress), and Brian Cockhill (former Director, Montana Historical Society and Liaison Officer for the Liz Claiborne and Art Ortenberg Foundation).