High Priorities for IAC Funding/What We Do Not Fund
High Priorities for IAC Funding
IAC Priorities |
This Priority Applies to These |
| Activities that make use of high quality Iowa artists. |
• All categories |
| Activities that allow Iowans to be involved in high quality arts experiences. |
• All categories |
| Activities that reflect cultural diversity. |
• All categories |
| Projects that clearly benefit underserved art forms,or constituents underserved in terms of their access to the arts. |
• All categories |
| Creation of a significant body of new work and/or explorations of new approaches and directions in an artist's work. |
• Artist Grants |
| Activities that promote passing living traditions from one generation to the next. |
• Folk & Traditional Arts |
| Activities that increase appreciation among diverse groups and individuals. |
• Folk & Traditional Arts |
| The creation or substantial expansion of an arts-related project, program, or event. |
• Organization Grants |
Significant new projects that explore new approaches and directions in public art. |
• Public Art |
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Public art projects that utilize the practices and procedures as outlined in IAC’s Public Art Major/Mini Grants: “Tips on Applying for Public Art Project” and “Characteristics of Successful Public Art Projects.” |
• Public Art |
| Opportunities to discuss specific issues and trends in the arts, and allow participants opportunities to network and share information. |
• Conferences, Workshops & Forums |
| Improving leadership and managerial abilities of Iowa artists and arts-related organizations, businesses, presenters and venues. |
• Conferences,Workshops & Forums |
| Showcases that promote Iowa artists and performing groups to booking agents and others who want to hire or schedule artists for their organization, business, event or venue. |
• Conferences, Workshops & Forums |
| Activities that show a clear learning experience for students, connected to the curricular goals of the school, and with appropriate plans for assessment of learning. |
• Arts in Education |
| Activities that develop or advance collaborative partnerships between one or more school(s) and one or more arts organization(s) or individual artist(s). |
• Arts in Education |
| Activities that model or share best practices in arts education among educators. |
• Arts in Education |
| Extended residencies of 10 or more days. |
• Artists in Schools & Communities Residencies |
The IAC Does Not Fund:
• Projects without a clear and strong arts component
• Expenses that occur prior to or after the project dates
• Fund raisers, benefits, prizes, and projects for which resulting earned income will be donated to a cause or organization
• Lobbying activities
• Deficit and debt reduction
• Projects or activities presented in the context of a religious service or event
• Any activities in which the participant receives course credit, a degree, teacher certification, etc.
• Activities that already receive financial support from other Iowa Arts Council, Department of Cultural Affairs or State Historical Society of Iowa granting programs (unless this is a distinct and successive phase of a multiphase project)
• For individual artist applications: Projects, exhibitions or events for which an organization should be seeking the funding, rather than the individual artist. For instance, projects initiated or managed by an organization, or projects in which an organization has invited or selected the artist to participate.
• General operating expenses, including salaries - Exceptions: for organization applicants (including schools), project staff salaries may be used as match; for individual artist applications, the artist's salary may be part of the request
