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296 The Team at Tippet Rise
Tippet Rise Partnerships
We are very fortunate to partner with the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the modern art branch of the august Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. The Smithsonian is our nation’s museum, and also the world’s largest museum complex, founded in 1846, with nineteen museums and nine research facilities. We are supporting ARTLAB+, their digital lab, which provides training for young people in technologies such as disk jockeying and virtual reality, offering certifications which students can then use for college admissions and later in the job market. Melissa Chiu, the director of the Hirshhorn, believes in extending the nation’s museum to everyone in the country, not just urban residents. Fishtail is one of the first beneficiaries of that expanded outreach. We thank her, the staff, the Hirshhorn board, and David Skorton, the thirteenth secretary of the Smithsonian, for the loan of Two Discs and Stainless Stealer, both by Alexander Calder. Two Discs was given to the Hirshhorn by its found- er, Joseph Hirshhorn, in 1966. This is its first appearance outside Washington, D.C. Joseph Hirshhorn presented Stainless Stealer to the Hirshhorn in 1972.
We celebrate as well our friendship with the Bravo! Vail Music Festival, whose artistic director, Anne-Marie McDermott, returns to Tippet Rise to perform once again. Hailed as one of the Top 10 “Can’t Miss” Classical Musical Festivals in the U.S. by National Public Radio, Bravo! Vail is the only festival in North America to host four world-renowned orchestras in a single season: the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, playing in the gorgeous outdoor Ford Amphitheater.
The Billings Symphony Orchestra has contributed both the Red Lodge Chamber Players and the Magic City Strings to Tippet Rise over the past few years. We support their Explore Music education and outreach program.