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In This Issue · Reminder: Challenge America Grants Due June 2 · Cultural Express: Vietnamese Tet Celebration · Upcoming Grantwriting Workshops and Office on the Road Locations · Iowa Cultural Trust Workshops Begin May 19 · Save the Date: Cultural Leadership Forum June 3 · Iowa Dance Network Gathering June 29 · As Film Industry in Iowa Grows, So Do Opportunities · “One’s Company” for Pippa White · Four Students Receive Arts Scholarship · IAC Announces Major Grant Awards · Interstate Signage for Cultural Attractions · New Arts Management Course at UI · Prairie Arts Management Institute June 3-6 IAC Calendar
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A major holiday for which families clean and decorate their homes, prepare special foods, and entertain guests, Tet celebrates a break in agricultural activities. It also marks the time when the Kitchen God journeys to Heaven to make his annual report on household activities to the Jade Emperor. The Vietnamese, like many other ethnic groups, follow a lunar calendar. This means that Tet, which occurs in the 12th moon month and lasts for three days, takes place sometime between the last 10 days of January and the middle of February on the western calendar. Tet involves rituals that pay homage to the ancestors. Women prepare |
elaborate traditional food to be offered to the
ancestors and served to family and friends. While dishes vary by region in
Funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, Am
Basic grant writing workshops focus primarily on Iowa Arts Council Major and Mini Project Grants, though we will also briefly discuss other grant programs of the IAC and the Department of Cultural Affairs. Presenters speak very specifically about the process of submission and how to plan and prepare for writing an IAC Major or Mini Grant.
IAC will schedule about 6 workshops a year – you’ll find the dates, places and times below. The standard workshop lasts about 3 hours and is held from 1 to 4 p.m. If you’re interested in adding one to the schedule in your community, see the website for more info on how to do that.
Office on the Road offers the opportunity to meet with IAC
staff – about whatever topics you desire -- without having to come to
Grantwriting
Workshops:
Office on the
Road:
Le Mars: May 15, 1-5 p.m.
Visit http://www.iowaartscouncil.org/programs/workshops/index.shtml for complete schedule and registration details.
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The Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs will present
workshops about the Iowa Cultural Trust next month in The workshops will include an overview of the Iowa
Cultural Trust; a two-hour interactive
session focusing on board development and short and long-term strategic planning, conducted by Michael
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The workshops require a $15 registration fee, payable at the event. RSVP by contacting Barb Filer at (515) 281-8823 or barb.filer@iowa.gov. Following is the Iowa Cultural Trust workshop schedule for May 2008:
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Spencer: May 21, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.,
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The Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs wants to “CHAT” with Iowans about culture, history and arts through a new program being launched this month.
CHAT – Culture, History, Arts Teams – is a new
networking program for
In response, DCA designed CHAT to strengthen
DCA will hold CHAT at 13 different regional town hall meetings in May, June and July. The first three meetings will be:
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Red Oak: May 8, 7 p.m.,
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Ten additional regional meetings are tentatively scheduled for June and July and will be announced as they are confirmed.
To RSVP for a town hall meeting, to find your CHAT region or for more information on CHAT, visit www.culturalaffairs.org.
The Iowa Arts Council will host a forum on cultural leadership as part of the MetLife Foundation National Arts Forum Series for arts and business leaders. The 2008 series— New Frameworks for The Changing Face of America—examines models that provide a new way to look at diversity in the United States and how it is reshaping our culture.
The first forum
featuring keynote speaker, author and cultural analyst Patricia Martin will
take place June 3 from 9 a.m.-Noon at the State Historical Building, 600 E.
Locust, Des Moines. Lunch (with continued conversation) following the event
is optional. Admission to the forum is free; a fee will be charged for those
staying for lunch.
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The 2008 MetLife Foundation National Arts Forum Series looks at how both arts and business address the issue of increasing diversity in this country as it relates to |
workforce development, leadership and management, and product offerings through a new theory being advanced by Martin. Martin is a recognized expert in cultural marketing and president of the Chicago-based firm LitLamp Communications Group, which she founded in 1995. The firm serves a variety of clients who need to forge and manage innovative communications through marketing alliances. She is also the author of RenGen: The Rise of the Cultural Consumer and What It Means to Your Business.
Watch for more information at www.iowaartscouncil.org.
In the coming year, forums will take place in 11 cities
nationwide and will investigate new frameworks for cultural leadership.
Excerpts from each forum will be posted on the Americans for the Arts Web site,
www.AmericansForTheArts.org,
and a forum will take place in June at the Americans for the Arts 2008 Annual
Convention in
The Iowa Dance Network will hold its first gathering from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 29, at the State Historical Building, 600
E. Locust, Des Moines. This new group is meant to serve
This gathering will offer a variety of sessions specifically geared toward dancers 18 years old or older, including grant writing for IAC grants, information about IAC performing and teaching artist rosters, how to use new media for marketing and more. There will be opportunities to network and collaborate with colleagues from across the state as well as dance breaks!
Registration information will be posted on the IAC Web site on or about May 15. The event is free and open to all interested dancers!
Some Iowans have lobbied for years to implement tax
incentives that would draw film production to
A recent article in the Des Moines Business Record highlights the effect one of these productions
is having on
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Like any performance, a theatrical production about a historical figure or period must engage audiences. Iowa Arts Council rostered artist and actor Pippa
White has tackled topics like the orphan trains, White has taken her productions across Her role as a professional actress began when she was
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regularly on television. Her aspirations to perform led
her to the
White’s cross section of knowledge in theater acting and teaching make her a vibrant choice as a performer that appeals to a wide range of audiences. Though two of her shows are specifically for children, she says most of her pieces appeal to ages nine to 99. One of her current projects, “I Can’t Give You Anything But Songs: The Life and Works of Dorothy Fields,” is a mini-musical that features the unforgettable hit songs, the stories behind the songs and allows the audience to get to know the fascinating woman who wrote them.
“It’s not children’s theater or family theater,” White says. “It’s theater built on stories that have a universal appeal.”
More about Pippa White can be found on her IAC Roster page at http://roster.iowaartscouncil.org/portfolio.cfm?id=733.
By Gordon
Hendrickson
The 2008 session of the General Assembly concluded its work Friday, April 25. My review of the session shows some successes and some near successes. The Department of Cultural Affairs proposed two bills this session and both were passed and have been signed. In addition, some other legislative pieces affect our department and our constituents. As expected the budget bills were the last to be considered and are complex pieces of legislation that still need additional review. However, I do not expect any surprises in the bills. The budget bills have not yet been signed.
The department asked to have the art indemnification program removed from the code based on lack of use in the last 20 years and that was done. The department also asked the legislature to authorize the Culture History Arts Team (CHAT) program which was enacted as well.
Included amongst the near successes was the performing arts centers sales tax
exemption proposal, which failed to get out of the
On the budget side, funding for the Department of
Cultural Affairs remains essentially unchanged. We received a one-time
appropriation of $20,000 to support the mandated 2009 Cultural Caucus. The grant funds available to the department
are essentially the same as last year with a couple of exceptions. Most
notably, the Great Places Program
grant funds were reduced by one-third to $2 million. Cultural grants remain
as they were last year with $299,240 from the general fund and an additional
$520,000 from gambling revenue. The Historical
Resources Development Program (HRDP) benefits from an increase in funding
for the Resource Enhancement and Protection
(REAP) program. With $18 million appropriated to REAP, the HRDP program
will have approximately $900,000 for grants to preserve cultural resources in
the state. The Department also received an appropriation of $500,000 in FY
2009 and $486,000 in FY 2010 for a directed grant to the
Please remember that it is always appropriate to contact your legislators to discuss the value of culture, arts and history to the state. Stress how important it is fund cultural activities by reminding them about your programs and the value they bring to your community.
The Iowa Arts Council has selected four
The award is given to
This year’s recipients are:
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Shelby Hendryx,
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Nicholas Anderson,
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Jennifer Pray, Johnston: Plans to major in dance at the
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Richard Fortney, Eldon: Plans to major in instrumental music education at the
Congratulations to these talented students!
May 2-4: Riki
Saltzman to
May 6: Cyndi
Pederson, Lara Kramme, Linda Lee, and Bruce Williams attend Cultural
Leadership Partners site visit at Iowa Youth Chorus in
May 8: Cyndi Pederson to Red Oak for CHAT meeting
May 10: Dawn
Martinez Oropeza attends Iowa Alliance for Arts Education’s board meeting in
May 15: Mary Sundet Jones and Sarah Ekstrand to LeMars for IAC Office on the Road
May 15: Cyndi
Pederson to
May 19: Mary
Sundet Jones to
May 22: Mary
Sundet Jones to
May 27: Riki
Saltzman and Sarah Ekstrand to
May 30: Bruce
Williams to attend dedication of
The Iowa Arts Council has awarded 26 major arts and organizational grants totaling $194,600 to individuals and organizations serving Iowans across the state.
IAC, a division of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, received 78 Major Grant requests totaling $668,000 this spring to fund projects developed by individual artists, arts organizations, community groups and schools working to bring excellence in the arts to all Iowans. The program emphasizes artistic excellence, service to Iowans, and solid project planning and implementation. Applicants may request up to $10,000 in matching funds but no more than 50 percent of the project’s total expenses.
To see a list of major grant recipient projects, visit www.iowaartscouncil.org and click on “Funding,” then “Recently Awarded Grants.”
Do
The Center for Credit Programs at the
Introduction to Arts Management will allow students to log onto lessons on a flexible schedule. There will be five group sessions that will meet online through software provided by the university: Aug. 27, Sept. 17, Oct. 15, Nov. 12 and Dec. 3 from 7:30-9 p.m.
For more information on the course, please visit http://www.continuetolearn.uiowa.edu/ccp/whatsnew/ or contact the instructor, David McGraw at david-mcgraw@uiowa.edu.
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The 8th Annual Prairie Arts Management Institute will be
held June 3-6 at
The registration fee is $400. Events included in the registration are:
· Opening night dinner featuring artist or national speaker;
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Tour of
· Special dessert evening and Zandbroz Variety Shop;
· Sculpture Walk 2008; 50 new sculptures downtown; and
· “Closing graduation” dinner Friday evening.
Scholarships are available. Visit www.sdarts.org
for Institute information and registration. Prairie Arts Management Institute
is sponsored by