Fiscal Year 2007 / Mini Grants: April
The Iowa Arts Council received 18 eligible Mini grant applications for the
2007 April round. We received a total of $25,465 in requested funds. Of those,
7 were selected for funding, totaling $10,400
Out of a possible score of 44, the highest score of those selected for funding
was 39.33 and the lowest at 36.00.
City of Des Moines Park and Recreation Department, Des Moines
Des Moines Parks Eco-Art Scavenger Hunt
$1,500
Funding will support a project in which participants will search for eco-art
sculptures, which will be constructed from natural materials and depict our
parks on environmental issues and solutions being undertaken to improve water
quality in our creeks, ponds, and rivers.
Iowa Valley Community College District, Marshalltown
Exposing At-Risk Families to Storytelling at the University of Iowa
$1,400
With grant support from the Iowa Arts Council, Iowa Valley Family Literacy
Program will partner with Marshalltown Education Partnership (MEP) and Marshall
County Arts & Culture Alliance to provide an opportunity for potential
first generation college attendees and their parents/mentors to attend a performance
of David Gonzalez, a professional storyteller, at Hancher Auditorium in Iowa
City, Iowa.
Bosnian Cultural Foundation, Waterloo
Waterloo Teferic
$1,500
Waterloo Teferic's (Waterloo Bosnian Congress of Game and Folklore)mission
is to provide a yearly event in which Bosnians currently living in the Cedar
Valley and Iowa can come together to celebrate our traditions and ethinic
heritage. In the summer of 2007, with grant support from the Iowa Arts Council,
the national Teferic will be held in Velika Kladusia in Bosnia. The event
in Waterloo will be a "mini" version of the U.S. event.
Lydia Diemer, Iowa City
Iowa and the Pearl River Delta: the miniscule correspondences between
$1,500
Support from this funding will allow artist Lydia Diemer to examine Iowa's
riverboat and land-bound gambling venues in conjunction with the rapid development
of the Pearl River Delta. Subsequently, she will use this research to create
a new installation and series of monoprints at Anchor Graphics, August 1st
through 19th, 2007.
Carnegie-Stout Public Library, Dubuque
The Gospel of Wealth: Andrew Carnegie Interpreted Through Sculpture
$1,500
Funding will support this exhibition for the Carnegie-Stout Public Library
in Dubuque, Iowa. It is a sculptural interpretation of the professional and
philanthropic life of the Gilded Age steel industrialist Andrew Carnegie.
The artist, John Anderson-Bricker intends to introduce patrons to the paradox
within Andrew Carnegie between Social Darwinism and the "Gospel of Wealth."
Vocal Arts Ensemble of Greater Des Moines, Indianola
VAE's Spring Concert, "Celebrations of the Heart"
$1,500
Grant funding will support the Vocal Arts Ensemble, conducted by Carol Stewart,
to present its Spring Concert "Celebrations of the Heart" 3:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 6, 2007 in the sanctuary of Central Presbyterian Church, Des Moines.
Pieces will reflect the theme,incl. "Come And Dance With Me," (J.
Brahms); "Cheek to Cheek," (G. Walker); "Sweet Home,"
(spiritual arr. W. Whalum); "You Stole My Love" (folk arr. W. MacFarren);
Pella Community Art Center, Pella
Eulenspiegel Puppets Workshops and Performances
$1,500
Funding supports a program in which the Eulenspiegel Puppets will work with
intergenerational community members to rehearse and perform "Immigrant
Stew," helping the community explore its current and past relationship
to immigration. Participants will make puppets, rehearse and perform with
professional artists/musicians.