Cultural Caucus delegates to be elected at CHAT meetings
For Immediate Release January 23, 2009
Corning, Des Moines, Fairfield, Grinnell, Osceola, Sioux City, Spencer, Waterloo
(DES MOINES, Iowa) – In the next few weeks, Iowa’s cultural leaders, workers and supporters will gather at regional CHAT meetings and elect delegates to next month’s Cultural Caucus in Des Moines.
CHAT – Culture, History, Arts Teams – is a networking program for Iowa’s cultural organizations and a reporting tool that helps document their activities and generate more data about the economic impact they have on the state.
During the regional CHAT meetings, Iowans will elect delegates to the Cultural Caucus, which will be 1-4:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009, at the Wallace Building, 502 E. 9th Street in Des Moines.
At the Cultural Caucus, held every four years, delegates will review and assess the state’s current cultural landscape and collaborate with DCA to formulate a plan to move culture, history and arts in Iowa forward.
“Now, more than ever, we need Iowa’s cultural leaders, workers and supporters to attend their regional CHAT meetings,” DCA Director Cyndi Pederson said. “Their ideas and visions will help us develop a strategic statewide plan that will take our creative economy into the next decade.”
Below is the schedule of regional CHAT meetings. Additional meetings will be announced as they are confirmed.
January 27
Region 13 CHAT Meeting/Cultural Caucus
State Historical Building
600 E. Locust Street
Des Moines, Iowa
3:30 p.m.
Contact: Sandi Yoder
sandi.yoder@mchsi.com
515-205-0379
Region 1 CHAT Meeting/Cultural Caucus
Spencer Schools Central Office
23 E. 7th Street
Spencer, Iowa
5:30 p.m.
Contact: Oxana Bedore
mobedore@smunet.net
712-262-8392
January 28
Region 6 CHAT Meeting/Cultural Caucus
Sullivan Brothers Iowa Veterans Museum
Corner of Park Avenue and Washington Street
Waterloo, Iowa
1:30 p.m.
Contact: Candy Streed
cstreed@silosandsmokestacks.org
319-234-4567
Region 10 CHAT Meeting/Cultural Caucus
Corning Center for the Fine Arts
706 Davis Avenue
Corning, Iowa
6:30 p.m.
Contact: Jacky Adams
jacky@depothill.net
712-623-6340
February 3
Region 7 CHAT Meeting/Cultural Caucus
Voodoo Lounge
924 Main Street
Grinnell, Iowa
4:30 p.m.
Contact: Bill Menner
bill@powi80.com
641-236-1626
February 5
Region 11 CHAT Meeting/Cultural Caucus
Redman’s Restaurant
123 S. Main
Osceola, Iowa
7 p.m.
Contact: Doug Jones}
doug@hdhunt.com
641-784-8484
February 7
Region 12 CHAT Meeting/Cultural Caucus
Revelations Bookstore and Café112 N. Main
Fairfield, Iowa
1 p.m.
Contact: Connie Boyer
connieb@isbff.com
641-919-0837
February 9
Region 4 CHAT Meeting/Cultural Caucus
Sioux City Art Center
225 Nebraska St.
Sioux City, Iowa
1 p.m.
Contact: Al Harris-Fernandez
712-279-6272 ext 212
Iowa’s 13 CHAT regions are comprised as follows:
Region 1: Lyon, Osceola, Dickinson, Sioux, O’Brien, Clay, Plymouth, Cherokee, Buena Vista
Region 2: Emmet, Kossuth, Winnebago, Worth, Palo Alto, Hancock, Cerro Gordo, Pocahontas, Humboldt, Wright
Region 3: Mitchell, Howard, Winneshiek, Allamakee, Floyd, Chickasaw, Fayette, Clayton
Region 4: Woodbury, Ida, Sac, Monona, Crawford, Carroll, Harrison, Shelby, Audubon
Region 5: Calhoun, Webster, Hamilton, Greene, Boone, Story, Guthrie, Dallas
Region 6: Franklin, Butler, Bremer, Hardin, Grundy, Black Hawk, Buchanan
Region 7: Marshall, Tama, Benton, Jasper, Poweshiek, Mahaska
Region 8: Linn, Iowa, Johnson, Cedar, Keokuk, Washington, Muscatine
Region 9: Delaware, Dubuque, Jones, Jackson, Clinton, Scott
Region 10: Pottawattamie, Cass, Adair, Mills, Montgomery, Adams, Fremont, Page, Taylor
Region 11: Madison, Warren, Marion, Union, Clarke, Lucas, Ringgold, Decatur, Wayne
Region 12: Monroe, Wapello, Jefferson, Henry, Louisa, Des Moines, Appanoose, Davis, Van Buren, Lee
Region 13: Polk
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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.
