For Immediate Release: September 25, 2007
Contact: Jeff Morgan
Public Relations
515.281.3858
Jeff.Morgan@iowa.gov
Iowa Arts Council Announces Mini Grant Awards
(DES MOINES, Iowa) –The Iowa Arts Council has awarded $8,625 in Mini Grants to organizations and individuals in Des Moines, Greenfield, Pella and Iowa City. IAC received 18 eligible applications with requests totaling more than $25,000.
The Iowa Arts Council works to enrich the quality of life and learning in Iowa communities by encouraging excellence in the arts through leadership, grants and technical assistance.
Mini Grants are awarded each month, and applicants may request up to $1,500 in funding, which they must match.
“Each month we get applications for such an amazing range of projects,” said Mary Sundet Jones, Iowa Arts Council administrator. “It really varies – we don’t know from month to month what kinds of applications will come in. What we do know is that these will be terrific projects, and the arts are alive and well in Iowa.”
Applications for Mini Grants must be received the first working day of the month before the intended activity begins. More information and application guidelines and rules can be viewed at www.iowaartscouncil.org.
Iowa Arts Council September 2007 Mini Grant Awards
John Jannenga Artist in Residency
Nodaway Valley Community School District, Greenfield
$1,500
Nodaway Valley Schools and E.E. Warren Opera House will host the International Children’s Art Exhibit (ICAE) and John Jannenga artwork Nov. 7-28. Jannenga will also conduct an artist-in-residency in the schools Nov. 12-16.
Orchestrations for CAUCUS! THE MUSICAL
Robert John Ford, Des Moines
$1,125
Funding will be used to pay a portion of the fee to David Sharp, an acclaimed Iowa-based music arranger, for his instrumental orchestrations for CAUCUS! THE MUSICAL, an original play that received major grant funding from the Iowa Arts Council earlier this year. The play will be presented in December and January at the State Historical Museum in Des Moines.
CD Recording of Cello Transcriptions
Ashley Sandor Sidon, Des Moines
$1,500
Ashley Sandor Sidon will record classical cello music for a professional label. This recording will reach a wide audience, expose listeners to new transcriptions and provide recognition for Drake University. The key participants are Nicholas Roth, assistant professor of piano at Drake University and Tony Schmitt, Des Moines recording engineer.
Margolis Brown Performing Theatre
Central College, Pella
$1,500
The Margolis Brown Performing Theatre will host “The Human Show” Oct. 10-13 at Central College. Six workshops will be held in conjunction with the performances and are open to students and the community. Students in “Intersections” will be required to attend one performance as a part of their coursework on the topic “Perspectives on Human Nature.”
Iowa City Experimental Film Festival 2007
Iowa City Experimental Film Festival, Inc.
$1,500
The Iowa City Experimental Film Festival will take place Oct. 4-6 in Iowa City and consist of competition film programs chosen from more than 180 submissions; two juror screenings of work by Naomi Uman and Bill Brown and numerous participatory community events.
Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh
Autumn Hill Books, Inc., Iowa City
$1,500
Slobodan Novak is a major 20th century European prose writer whose works include a half dozen novels and story collections. Funding will support translation by Celia Hawkesworth of Novak’s Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh (1968) an award-winning novel in Croatia over three decades.
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