2002 Grant Awards: State Listings
Creativity/Organizational Capacity/Literature Fellowships
Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change,
contingent upon prior Endowment approval.
IOWA
Allen, Mary
Iowa City, IA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a Creative Writing Fellowship.
Des Moines Art Center (Edmundson Art Foundation, Inc.)
Des Moines, IA
$45,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support a public art project and exhibition of the work of contemporary English artist Andy
Goldsworthy. Titled Three Cairns, the project involves collaboration with two other East and
West Coast American venues.
Des Moines Symphony Association
Des Moines, IA
$5,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the creation and presentation of a new work for young audiences by David Ott, including
residency activities. The production, to be premiered in the spring of 2003, is expected to include
dramatic and visual components such as actors, costumes and lighting.
Hill, Ingrid M.
Iowa City, IA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a Creative Writing Fellowship.
University of Iowa (on behalf of University of Iowa Press)
Iowa City, IA
$8,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support publication costs and related expenses for two winning selections from the Iowa Short
Fiction Award competition. Titles will be selected by Barry Hannah, author of High
Lonesome.
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the commission and presentation of chamber dance works with live music. The program will
premiere at the University's Hancher Auditorium and will be performed on national tours over the
following year.
Valentino, Russel
Iowa City, IA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the translation from Serbo-Coatian of Predrag Matvejevic's Between Exile and Asylum:
An Eastern Epistolary. Through the author's personal journey into his family's past, this work
of creative nonfiction explores the historical role of the Russian intelligentsia and the
responsibilities of European public intellectuals.
Total Dollars Awarded: $128,000
Total Grants Awarded: 7
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