Fiscal Year 2006 / Mini Grants: May
The Iowa Arts Council received 21 eligible Mini grant applications for the
2006 May round, totaling $27,435 in requested funds. Of those, 7 were selected
for funding, totaling $7350. The highest score of those selected for funding
was 37 and the lowest was 32.5.
National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
Living with Beauty: Creating and Caring for Embellished Textiles Symposium
Cedar
$1,500
The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library (NCSML) will offer a
symposium on making, identifying, and caring for traditional Czech and Slovak
folk textiles. On June 8 there will be a workshop to make a unique piece of
handwork. June 9-10 features noted experts Mary Kelly, Helene Cincebeaux,
and Elizabeth Kurella, tours, and an opportunity to have heirlooms identified.
Barbara D. Lau
"Raising Medusa" Script Reading, Writing Retreat & Poetry Workshop
$1,000
Barbara Lau will use IAC funding for a reading /critique of the first draft
of her play, Raising Medusa, on July 8, at the Riverside Theatre in Iowa City.
She will also write a revised script. In addition, she will lead a poetry
workshop for teenagers on July 11 via Mt. Vernon Parks & Recreation, helping
students articulate their feelings and offering insights into their lives.
Bo Ramsey
Stranger Blues Release & Promotion
$1,500
Bo Ramsey recently finished a recording of old blues songs. Being a long time
(lifetime) Iowa musician he used almost all Iowa musicians for this project.
He is preparing to release this recording, "Stranger Blues," (present
official release date is July 18, 2006) with the help of IAC funding, will
hire a publicist so that his work may reach not only statewide, but national
audiences.
Bethany Springer
C.O.P.Y.? Collaborative Project Exhibition
$600
IAC funding will provide support for the regional and national exhibition of project C.O.P.Y.?, a collaborative initiative combining automation technology with art, designed and executed by sculpture Prof. Bethany Springer of Drake University and engineering Prof. Bryan Burkhardt of Des Moines Area Community College. C.O.P.Y.? will exhibit locally this July and in Baltimore next spring.
Iowa State Historical Museum
River Voices Storytelling Festival
$700
River Voices Storytelling Festival June 2nd and 3rd, 2006 will teach and entertain
people from all over the Midwest, through historical, healing, entertaining
and moral tales, and workshops on the art of story telling, presented by National
teller Dr.Rex Ellis of the Williamsburg Foundation and regional and local
professional storytellers.
Performing Arts and Education Association of SW IA
Missoula Children's Theatre
$1,500
PAEA, in collaboration with the Wabash Arts Camp, is presenting the Missoula
Children's Theatre (MCT), July 10-15, 2006. MCT will conduct auditions and
be in residency for the week, coaching 60 students to produce "The Frog
Prince" with two performances at the Gladys Wirsig Jones auditorium at
Shenandoah High School.
Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities
Java Jews
$550
Funding will support a concert by Java Jews Klezmer band from Des Moines Iowa,
on June 21st 2006. Klezmer, a folk form of music found in Eastern Europe in
the 1800's, is not prevalent in the Quad Cities. We want to bring them to
the community to educate people on this rarely heard form of music and give
them the opportunity to enjoy it.