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MAPS Works Gives Students the Tools to Shine

Student producers in MAPS Works have created impressive documentaries and public service announcements that shine the spotlight on local non-profit organizations and boost the caring community. Clare Ann Harff, MAPS president and program director, said Peter Rosten started the MAPS Media Institute in 2004 with the idea of always giving back to the community in […]

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MAPS Welcomes New Season With Open House Tour for Community

The successful MAPS program with staffing changes, is starting its 13th season of programming and is hosting an open house Tuesday, Sept. 13. MAPS Media Institute, the afterschool hands-on technology-learning center, offers free classes to all Ravalli County students in grades 8–12. The community is welcome to tour the MAPS studios, meet the staff and

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MAPS Ranked in Top 50 of Afterschool Programs

The President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities selected the MAPS Media Institute of Hamilton as one of the top 50 afterschool programs in the nation for providing excellent arts and humanities learning opportunities to young people. Megan Beyer, executive director for the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, congratulated the MAPS program.

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MAPS Media Institute Offers Students a World of Opportunities

When Peter Rosten, a Hollywood producer with over 30 years of film biz experience, retired to Darby, Mont., in 2002, he noticed the absence of an arts curriculum in the state’s education system and decided that needed to change. In 2004, with $10,000 of his own savings, Rosten founded Maps Media Institute, an after-school arts

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