Fiscal Year 2006 / Mini Grants: July
pARTners Unlimited, Des Moines
Artist Training
$1,500
pARTners Unlimited will facilitate an artist retreat designed to provide
comprehensive training for artists who have been accepted into the pARTners Unlimited
roster of artists. Due to needs identified in previous residencies, this training
will be designed to address critical components of artist programming and provide
tools on how to work successfully with high risk populations and staff.
City of Corydon
Des Moines Symphony and Corydon Old Settlers Celebration
$1,250
Funding will bring the Des Moines Symphony to the Corydon Old Settlers
Celebration.
Iowa Composers Forum, Cedar Rapids
An Indianola Festival of New Music
$1,250
An Indianola Festival of New Music will feature four concerts of new
works by Iowa composers and a one-day residency by professional composers in Irving
Elementary School. Concert performers will include the Ames Quartet, the Simpson
College Choir, and professional performers from the Indianola area.
Ushers Ferry Historic Village, Cedar Rapids
Ushers Ferry Folk Festival
$1,250
Ushers Ferry Folk Festival interprets the musical heritage of Iowans
to modern audiences by presenting the finest traditional and contemporary folk
music. The Festival has grown in the last four years to be, in the words of the
Cedar Rapids Gazette, “one of the best summer musical venues in the Midwest.”
Jon Voigt, Cedar Falls
Acon Grey & Skylar Johnson Split EP
$1,000
Acon Grey & Skylar Johnson will record a hip-hop CD with two EPs
on one CD.
Michael Betancourt, Des Moines
Surveillance State
$1,000
Surveillance State is a site-specific public installation that
places metal signs stating “You Are Being Watched” throughout the Carpenter neighborhood
in Des Moines.
Summer Music Association, Des Moines
Summer Music 2005
$1,000
Summer Music 2005 takes place August 7-9 at the State Historical Building
and also includes a free outreach performance at Des Moines’ Nollen Plaza. Performers
include ISU faculty member Jonathan Sturm, artistic director Bruce Brubaker, cellist
Soo Bae, and other outstanding young American chamber players invited to Iowa.