2005 Grant Awards: State Listings

Access to Artistic Excellence II/American Masterpieces/
Folk Arts Infrastructure/Learning in the Arts/Partnerships

Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

IOWA

Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra Association, Inc.
Cedar Rapids, IA
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music 
To support Pied Piper, interactive chamber ensemble music concerts for children. Performed at a public library, the 32 concerts will be performed by ensembles of strings, brass, woodwinds, and percussion for preschool-age children and special elementary populations.

Des Moines Metro Opera, Inc.
Indianola, IA
$18,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth 
To support OPERA Iowa, an educational program that will include a tour to rural Midwestern schools. Featuring John Davies' Three Little Pigs, the program will offer more than 90 opera performances and 360 classroom workshops.

Iowa Architectural Foundation
Des Moines, IA
$14,700
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design 
To support architectural field trips for public school children. Des Moines public school third-graders will take field trips led by architects and designers to downtown.

Iowa Arts Council
Des Moines, IA
$543,000
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional 
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Quad City Symphony Orchestra Association (consortium)
Davenport, IA
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music 
To support educational outreach and touring performances, a consortium project with Iowa Communications Network. Touring performances by three ensembles of the orchestra will be recorded and broadcast throughout central and eastern Iowa.

University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting 
To support community residencies and performances designed to engage Gen-Xers (ages 25-35) in the arts. The activities will take place in the communities of Spencer, Perry, Marshalltown, and Iowa City, Iowa.

IOWA total grants: 6
IOWA total dollars: $615,700

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