Billy Conway Artist Fund

The goals of the Billy Conway Artist Fund include providing financial support and mentorship to Indigenous artists in Montana who create in the musical, visual, or literary arts, culminating in a public presentation (performance, gallery show, reading) at the end of nine months. The artist will learn how art and business intertwine, with the guidance of a mentor well-versed in the subject.

Billy Conway was a song in human form.

He was a musical team player who aimed the spotlight away from himself, and preferred to focus his energies on what was best for the music being played. He was a quiet, driving force, encouraging creative exploration (or the “turning of the wheel,” as he often phrased it) leaving us all better musicians—and better humans—in the process.

The Billy Conway Artist Fund seeks to shape his creative legacy into creative activism by providing financial support and mentorship for emerging Indigenous artists residing in Montana.