SCRaP in Billings

Our goal at SCRaP is to be that place- the place where artistic abilities can be explored and encouraged, to keep art accessible and affordable for all, the space for a creative community to develop, shared resources to help others become sustainable in their passion, and to help everyone who visits succeeds.

SCRaP was founded in 2015 and received 501c3 status in 2017.

We are a Creative Art Center and Makerspace. We take in donations of anything a creative person can use to make affordable art and craft supplies for all; we provide a shared space, tools, equipment and knowledge for creative people and entrepreneurs. We outreach to younglings to help their creative minds.

Mission Statement: “To keep art accessible and affordable for all”

Some of the things we have accomplished in the past 3 years include:

After intensive research in the Billings and Montana educational community, we discovered that School District 2 does not get formal art education until the 4^th grade, or a music program until 5^th grade. Only some schools have qualified art instructors, and there is no budget to provide for any art supplies in the earlier grades.  Teachers usually seek donations or pay for the art supplies out of their pocket to support the kids.

To make the greatest impact on our community without duplicating services, we created our SCRaPpin SMART program to address the needs the school system used to provide but can’t due to budget cuts. This is an open program which takes STEM to STEAM by adding back the arts to the school curriculum.