2004 Grant Awards: State Listings
Creativity/Leadership Initiatives/Literature Fellowships
Services to Arts Organizations & Artists
Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change,
contingent upon prior Endowment approval.
IOWA
Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre
Cedar Rapids, IA
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
$10,000
To support a production of La Traviata by Guiseppi Verdi.
Two performances of the opera sung in Italian with projected
English supertitles will be held at Theatre Cedar Rapids.
Edmundson Art Foundation, Inc.
Des Moines, IA
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
$40,000
To support the touring exhibition Contested Fields: Identity in
Sports and Spectacle, with accompanying catalogue, education
programs, and artist residencies. The exhibition will present
contemporary artwork that examines the role of sports culture in
shaping human identities.
Price, John T.
Fort Dodge, IA
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$20,000
To support a creative writing fellowship.
Sioux City Symphony Orchestra Association
Sioux City, IA
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$10,000
To support the Dvorak in America festival, including concerts,
educational programs, and art exhibits commemorating the 100th
anniversary of Antonin Dvorak's death.
University of Iowa (on behalf of Museum of Art)
Iowa City, IA
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
$10,000
To support the planning of a touring exhibition African
Fashion/Global Style, an exploration of Africa's role in global
fashion markets. The exhibition will present dramatic garments by
African, European, and American designers that are based on, or
inspired by, distinctly African forms.
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$8,000
To support publication costs and related expenses for winning
selections from the Iowa Short Fiction Award and John Simmons Short
Fiction Award competitions. Launched in 1970, the awards are given
to two emerging writers each year.
Iowa Total Dollars Awarded: $98,000
Iowa Total Grants Awarded: 6
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