Iowa Cultural Trust workshops scheduled for May
Marshalltown, Dubuque, Spencer and Sioux City first of 12 to be announced
For Immediate Release April 17, 2008
(DES MOINES, Iowa) – The Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs will present workshops about the Iowa Cultural Trust next month in Marshalltown, Dubuque, Spencer and Sioux City.
The workshops will include an overview of the Iowa Cultural Trust; a two-hour interactive session focusing on board development and short and long-term strategic planning, conducted by Michael Audino of Syverson Strege & Company of Des Moines; and a panel discussion about sustainable endowment funds and programs.
Iowa arts, cultural and historical organizations must send a leader, staff member or volunteer to an Iowa Cultural Trust workshop to become eligible for the Trust’s grant program that will be established in 2009. Eight additional workshops will be announced later this year as they are confirmed.
Iowa established the Cultural Trust in 2002 and provided funding of $1 million each year to it for 10 years beginning in 2005. Interest from the Trust will provide grant assistance for operational expenses and to enhance long-term sustainability of cultural organizations.
The workshops require a $15 registration fee, and RSVPs can be made by contacting Barb Filer at 515-281-8823 or barb.filer@iowa.gov. Following is the Iowa Cultural Trust workshop schedule for May 2008:
May 19, 2008
1-5 p.m.
Fisher Community Center
709 S. Center St.
Marshalltown, Iowa
May 20, 2008
8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Northeast Iowa Community College
680 Main Street
Dubuque, Iowa
May 21, 2008
8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Iowa Lakes Community College
1900 N. Grand Avenue
Spencer, Iowa
May 22, 2008
8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Sioux City Art Center
225 Nebraska Street
Sioux City, Iowa
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The Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs is responsible for developing the state’s interest in the areas of the arts, history and other cultural matters with the advice and assistance from its two divisions: the State Historical Society of Iowa and the Iowa Arts Council. DCA preserves, researches, interprets and promotes an awareness and understanding of local, state and regional history and stimulates and encourages the study and presentation of the performing and fine arts and public interest and participation in them. It implements tourism-related art and history projects as directed by the General Assembly and designs a comprehensive, statewide, long-range plan with the assistance of the Iowa Arts Council to develop the arts in Iowa. More information about DCA is available at www.culturalaffairs.org.
