FY 2007 Grant Awards: State Listings
Access to Artistic Excellence II/American Masterpieces/
Arts on Radio and Television/Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth/Partnership Agreements/Summer Schools in the Arts
Some details of the projects listed in this grant announcement are subject to change, contingent
upon prior Endowment approval.
IOWA Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra Association, Inc. (aka Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra)
Cedar Rapids, IA
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Pied Piper, an interactive chamber music concert series for children. Performed at the Cedar Rapids Public Library, the 32 concerts for pre-school age children and special elementary school populations will feature strings, brass, woodwinds, and percussion ensembles. Dubuque Symphony Orchestra
Dubuque, IA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support The Final Four project, a free 50th-anniversary community concert. Patterned after a college basketball tournament, the project will entail audience members voting for their favorite classical music work to be performed at the concert. Edmundson Art Foundation, Inc. (aka Des Moines Art Center)
Des Moines, IA
$215,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts Touring
To support the touring exhibition After Many Springs: Art in the Midwest in the 1930s, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The Des Moines Art Center exhibition examines the intersections between painting, photography, and film that grew out of the Midwest during the Great Depression. Iowa Arts Council
Des Moines, IA
$563,000
CATEGORY: Partnership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities. Old Creamery Theatre Company
Amana, IA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support an outreach initiative to expand the company's touring activities. Productions by the Young People's Touring Company will travel to an increased number of schools, and a new tour of works for adult audiences will be launched. Red Cedar Chamber Music
Marion, IA
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Reaching Out: Rural Outreach Concerts. The project will include a series of chamber music concerts and educational events in small rural Iowa communities. University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production of a documentary film about a painting by Grant Wood. American Gothic: Portrait of a Nation will tell the story of one of America's best-known paintings. University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support Spot: The Hancher Family Arts Adventure, a series of residencies and performances targeting an audience of Gen-Xers (ages 25 to 35). Activities will take place in the Iowa communities of Spencer, Perry, Marshalltown, and Iowa City.
Number of Grants: 8 Total Amount: $848,000
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