Fiscal Year 2009 / Mini Grants: June
The Iowa Arts Council received 23 eligible Mini grant applications for the June round. Applicants requested a total of $33,550 for Arts projects. Eight projects were funded totaling $10,200. 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 38.67, leaving seven additional worthwhile projects unfunded. With $10,500 in additional funding those seven applicants could have been funded.
Phillip Chen, Des Moines
Solo Exhibition Catalogue, $1,275
Artist Phillip Chen has been invited to mount a solo exhibition of his prints at Three Shadows Photography Art Center, Beijing, to open August 1, 2009. He will use IAC grant funding to produce an exhibition catalogue, and for expenses related to the publication project.
University of Iowa, Iowa City
Works-in-Progress Festival, $1,275
Works-in-Progress is an interdisciplinary, non-competitive public arts festival inspired by the "workshop" model used by MFA programs at the University of Iowa. IAC funding will allow us to showcase the work of students, locally, and nationally recognized artists. The festival offers a unique opportunity for Iowans to participate in the creative process by encouraging dialogue between artists and spectators.
Irene Schroeder and The Mad River Duo and Band, Coralville
The Mad River Duo performs daily at Little Farm Coffee en route on RAGBRAI, $1,275
IAC grant funding will allow Irene Schroeder and Joe Rebik, the Mad River Duo, will give 7 free morning performances for RAGBRAI riders at Little Farm Organic Fair Trade Coffee, July 19 to 25, promoting their new album, bicycling and working with Geoffrey Hennies to redesign their website. On July 26 fellow Mad River Band members Laurie Haag and Brian Cooper will join them for a final free show for thousands of Iowa cyclists.
University of Iowa School of Social Work, Iowa City
Strengthening and Valuing Latino/a Communities Conference, $1,275
The 11th Annual Strengthening and Valuing Latino/a Communities Conference will be October 9th at Grand View University Des Moines IA. IAC funding will support the fees needed to hire featured artists Calle Sur and Teatro Indocumentado for this event.
Florina Titz, Iowa City
Trip, $1,275
From 2007 to 2009 Florina Titz, directed and edited a feature movie of 116 minutes in Romania, with a main cast of professional theater actors. Shooting took place entirely in Romania. IAC grant funds will allow her to submit the film to US and international film festivals and thus make it visible to a larger audience.
Brian Goedde, Iowa City
Hip-Hop in the Heartland, $1,275
Filmed by Jessica Wolfson and Paul Lovelace in May 2009, this documentary captures Iowan hip-hop culture through three profiles: Nate McKeen and Melanie Wright discuss their unlikely hip-hop fandom in rural and small-town Iowa, respectively, and Cedar Rapids rapper Krummie details his plan for fame. IAC grant funding will support the post-production work which begins in July.
Ames Town & Gown Chamber Music Association, Ames
Musicians from Marlboro, $1,275
Ames Town & Gown Chamber Music Association will use IAC grant funds to bring five members of "Musicians from Marlboro," to Ames on February 28- March 1, 2010. Four string players and a clarinetist will perform a concert including masterworks for two, four, and five instruments, and they will also work with the Ames High School orchestra.
Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College, Grinnell
Eulenspiegel Puppet Residency , $1,275
IAC Roster Artists Eulenspiegel Puppets will provide a series of puppet making and performance workshops and two performances, engaging multi-generational audiences from across the community to the Faulconer Gallery. IAC grant funding will allow participants to learn about Japanese folklore, and Spanish/American folklore in a bilingual performance, learn puppetry, early American music/folklore, visual/performing arts with professional artists.