Fiscal Year 2009 / Mini Grants: July
The Iowa Arts Council received 19 eligible Mini grant applications for the July round. Applicants requested a total of $27,528 for Arts projects. Six projects were funded totaling $8,700. There is a possible total score of 44 points. Although a score of 33 or above would be considered fundable, available funding did not allow for grants scoring below 36, leaving many worthwhile projects unfunded.
AMOS, Des Moines
Immigrant Stories
$1,450
Funding for this project will commission Iowa playwright Lorenzo Sandoval, to write a play based on human and community impacts of the recent Marshalltown ICE raid. This dramatic story of conflict and transformation will be a vehicle for engagement of long-time Iowans-children of immigrants-and new immigrants in the universal immigrant question.
Nora Garda Marcos, Iowa City
Camera Dance (phase 2)
$1,450
Returning from Argentina, where they videotaped dances in the Milongas and on the streets of Buenos Aries, Nora Garda and Mark McCusker will use IAC grant funds to log over 40 hours of footage and digitize it for computer editing to create Camera Dance for presentation on the web and at Iowa art galleries and Tango groups.
Co'Motion Dance Theater, Ames
Harmony
$1,450
With IAC grant funding Co'Motion Dance Theater will produce a dance concert at Ames City auditorium on Aug. 1 and 2 using children from Kids' Co'Motion. WORLD PORT will perform a combination of extant WORLD PORT original material and music expressly developed for these performances.
Elkader Opera House Theater Board, Elkader
Manhattan Lyric Opera and Master Class
$1,450
With IAC grant support, The Elkader Opera House Theater Board will present the Manhattan Lyric Opera's Die Fledermaus October 26, 2008. In addition, the Manhattan Lyric Opera will conduct a master class for area high school students who will be included in the production.
Carl Homstad, Decorah
Homstad Mural Video and Photos
$1,450
IAC grant funding will allow artist Carl Homstad to hire a professional photographer/videographer to shoot photos and video of some of his murals to use in promotion of his mural work.
Celtic Cultures Alliance of the Quad Cities, Rock Island
Celtic Highland Games musical workshops and performances
$1,45
On August 23,2008, as part of the Celtic Highland Games in Davenport, Iowa, Celtic Cultures Alliance of the Quad Cities will use IAC grant funds to present a variety of music workshops and performances that will continue the Celtic tradition of integrating art with everyday life. Workshop leaders and performers will include Switchback(R) and Barley House, as well as individual musicians and volunteers.