Fiscal Year 2009 Grant Awards
The Department of Cultural Affairs received 80 eligible Iowa Community Cultural grant applications for the 2009 fiscal year. Applicants requested a total of $1,146,357 for ICCG projects. Twenty-one projects were selected for funding, with grant awards totaling $327,420 There is a possible total score of 110 points. Although a score of 82.5 or above would be considered fundable, available funding did not allow for grants scoring below 92, leaving many worthwhile projects unfunded.
Amana Heritage Society, Amana
History in Motion: Interactive Tours of the Amana Colonies
$2,880
ICCG grant funding supports the History in Motion: Interactive Tours of the Amana Colonies: This project will present a program of specialized, thematic guided tours of the Amana villages, landscape and natural areas for visitors and area residents to experience the Amana Colonies in new, exciting ways. The tours will use a variety of transportation modes: walking/hiking, biking, wagon rides, motor coach, and canoeing.
City of Dubuque, Dubuque
Arts and Cultural Affairs Coordinator Position
$12,330
ICCG funding is awarded for the Arts and Cultural Affairs Coordinator Position. The City of Dubuque is creating a new part-time contract position to administer arts and cultural affairs initiatives including the Arts and Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission's operating and project support grant programs. It will include management of Art on the River, the city's public art program and will also involve developing an inventory and conservation plan for other city public art.
Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque, Dubuque
Historical Preservation of the Iowa Legends: Ghost Players/Field of Dreams
$18,000
ICCG funding is for the salary support for a director/producer. Historical Preservation of the Iowa Legends: Ghost Players/Field of Dreams. The project exists to edit, archive and preserve a permanent part of Iowa history and make this resource accessible to the public. The collection tells of our rural community, culture and values through the unique stores of the Ghost Players.
Des Moines Playhouse. Des Moines
"Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters"
$19,980
ICCG funding supports the"Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters". The Des Moines Playhouse will produce the play, "Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters" by Karen Abbot, which emphasizes diversity for upper elementary and junior high youth. It will tour central Iowa schools, linking theatre, literature and social studies, enriching curriculum and underscoring the Six Pillars of Character. We will create study guides and opportunities for student/actor interaction.
Dubuque County Historical Society, Dubuque
Great Rivers Center Building Preparation
$22,500
ICCG funding supports the Great Rivers Center Building Preparation. The Great Rivers Center Building Preparation project is a crucial step in the expansion of the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium. The project will provide for demolition of interior space in a 52,000 square foot building. The expansion along the water's edge will create national center for interpretive exhibits and research, to explore the Mississippi and the Rivers of America.
Dubuque Symphony Orchestra, Dubuque
Classical Madness Free Community Concerts
$17,370
ICCG funding is for the Classical Madness Free Community Concerts. Dubuque Symphony Orchestra patrons and citizens of Dubuque are currently voting for their favorite classical music selections, starting with 64 and eventually narrowing it down to just four. Those selections will comprise the repertoire for two free community concerts in September, which mark the beginning of our 50th anniversary season.
Employee and Family Resources, Inc., Des Moines
KFMG-LP Radio, the "Voice of the Community"
$22,500
ICCGrant funding is awarded to KFMG-LP Radio, the "Voice of the Community". By restoring local radio arts/cultural programming, KFMG-LP showcases the diverse and exciting cultural environment within Iowa and promotes Iowa artists and cultural activities in ways that actively attract and engage Iowans. In so doing, KFMG-LP is an investment in Iowa's cultural resources, strengthening Iowa's arts and cultural environment.
Fairfield Arts and Convention Center, Fairfield
Fairfield Arts & Convention Center Grant Writer Position
$22,500
ICC Grant funding will allow the Fairfield Arts & Convention Center to support a Grant Writer Position. To provide first year funding in order to establish a fulltime grant writer position for an Iowan, whose goal is to write grants and develop a grant system that will support the needs of the Fairfield Arts and Convention Center, its theatre and to fund educational, entertainment and capital programs.
Felix Adler Memorial Association Inc, Clinton
Discovery Guaranteed: Children's Center Director
$22,500
Discovery Guaranteed: Children's Center Director. This project funded by the ICC Grant will fund an Associate Director for the Felix Adler Children's Discovery Center in Clinton, Iowa. The center's founder/CEO and her husband will retire from their ten-year, fulltime, volunteer positions. This funding will create needed employment for an Iowan. It will guarantee continued enrichment of children and families as well as discovery of the world around us.
French Icarian Colony Foundation, Corning
French Icarian Village Horticultural Program Position
$2,070
French Icarian Village Horticultural Program Position. ICC Grant funding will support the continued restoration and rebuilding of the French Icarian Village site with the hiring of a part-time horticultural specialist by the French Icarian Colony Foundation to recreate the vineyards, orchards and gardens of the 1852-1898 Icarians, develop a children's garden project and expand the Adams County Family Heritage Garden.
Geode Resource Conservation and Development Inc, Burlington
Iowa-Shining NaturaLee: Exploring Natural Resources in Lee County
$22,500
Iowa-Shining NaturaLee: Exploring Natural Resources in Lee County. The ICC Grant will support the employment of an Iowa resident to serve as the fulltime project coordinator to develop, implement and promote a series of interactive, natural-resource based, interpretive tourism venues. This project will emphasize the influence of the Mississippi River, agriculture and forestland pertaining to the culture and heritage of Lee County and the surrounding area.
H W Grout Trust, Waterloo
Our History Unplugged: Living History Re-Enactments
$11,250
ICC Grant will fund the H W Grout Trusts program, Our History Unplugged: Living History Re-Enactments. Our History Unplugged, a new Living History program, will provide visitors with a dynamic live interpretation of how the community's ancestors lived. These will be adaptable live programs that will be offered during several different events, year round.
Iowa Fringe Festival, Des Moines
Iowa Fringe Festival
$9,000
Iowa Fringe Festival creates a nurturing environment for established and new producers to present performing arts works in a festival setting that draws patrons to experience cutting edge works. These companies have facilities and promotional support provided, and receive 70% of their ticket sales. ICCGrant funding will support wages for a part-time IT Manager,
Tech Director, Volunteer Coordinator, Videographer and Graphic Designer,Johnson County Historical Society, Coralville
Community and Special Events Coordinator
$22,500
Community and Special Events Coordinator. ICCGrant funding will support a staff position salary that will "leverage" professional expertise, by coaching volunteers in techniques to explore, discover, interpret and professionally document a rapidly vanishing township history. The results will be: 21 new township displays, a rotating Collectors Gallery and a 19th Century walking tour of homes and mini folk life festival.
Little Sioux Valley Conservation Association, Peterson
Place Based Archaeology
$8,820
Place Based Archaeology. This project funded by the ICC Grant, will develop hands-on archaeological programming for people of all ages. Programs would include landscape exploration, artifact investigation representing different cultures and time periods, a prehistoric tool-making station, and a virtual interactive computer game. The materials presented allow visitors to experience a variety of aspects within archaeological studies.
Metro Arts Alliance of Greater Des Moines, Des Moines
Metro Arts Jazz in July
$13,500
ICC Grant funding supports Metro Arts Jazz in July. Jazz in July is an annual series of jazz events, presented free to the public at venues throughout Central Iowa during the month of July. The program includes concerts by Iowa jazz artists as well as an education program that teaches young people about the history and traditions of jazz.
New Bohemia Group, Inc., Cedar Rapids
New Bohemia Arts and Music Festival
$10,350
New Bohemia Arts and Music Festival. The New Bohemia Arts and Music Festival celebrates local artists and musicians in the New Bohemia Cultural District and the Iowa City/Cedar Rapids Cultural Corridor. The ICC Grant will enable the hiring of a festival coordinator, to supplement performer and production staff salaries and to expand the festival to a two-day event.
Red Cedar Chamber Music, Marion
Roots: Influences on the American music we love
$10,800
ICC Grant funding supports, Roots: Influences on the American music we love reaches rural families, senior citizens and kids in Linn County with 26 chamber music events. The two-part project defines the roots of the music we love: the July/August 2008 program honors Jewish composers; the Winter 08/09 program celebrates the music of Stephen Foster and his European influences. They will hire nine Iowa musicians and others.
Subjective Theatre of Des Moines, Des Moines
The Des Moines Social Club Initial Development
$22,500
The Des Moines Social Club Initial Development: The Des Moines Social Club will offer classes, two resident theatre companies, a meeting space, a public restaurant, and a home for various Des Moines arts and artists. To open the performance space funding is provided by the ICC Grant to pay the architect, the Project Manager and the General Manager/Artistic Director of the company.
Villisca Historical Society, Villisca
Armory Preservation and Restoration
$11,070
ICC Grant funding will spuuort the Armory Preservation and Restoration. This project is to engage the services of an architectural/planning firm to study the opportunity for restoration of the historical Villisca Armory and the associated costs in order to bring it to a viable building for a small business hub, a location for permanent displays of Villisca's military history and other activities bringing new jobs to the community.
World of Difference, Grimes
Valuing Culture
$22,500
Valuing Culture. Teachers value our programs and want more of them, but schools don't have sufficient funding allocated for them. This project funded by the ICCGrant hires cultural advocates to help schools and their community supporters to understand the costs and benefits of high-quality cultural education and helps them budget accordingly.
