FY 2012 Grant Awards: State Listings

Art Works II/Arts in Media/Partnerships

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 Orchestra Iowa)
Cedar Rapids, IA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support concerts, educational activities, and tour performances by Orchestra Iowa in celebration of the re-opening of the Paramount Theatre, which was destroyed by a flood in 2008. The program will include premiere performances of American Gothic, a previously commissioned new work by composer Michael Daugherty inspired by the painting of the same name by Grant Wood, who was from Iowa.

Des Moines Metro Opera, Inc.
Indianola, IA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support the Opera Iowa Touring Educational Troupe, a program that will engage artists to reach students in underserved rural Midwestern schools. In partnership with Iowa City's school district, activities will include fully-staged, touring productions of Little Red Riding Hood, a one-act opera for grades K-6; Bizet's Carmen for grades 7-12; and teacher training to air on Iowa's public television network in real-time available to every school in Iowa.

Des Moines Symphony Association (aka The Des Moines Symphony Orchestra and Academy)
Des Moines, IA
$12,500
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park Commission Outreach Project. In celebration of the newly opened sculpture park containing 27 sculptures by mid-20th-century artists, composer Steve Heitzeg will create a new work for orchestra which will be premiered during the symphony's 75th-anniversary season and will feature outreach programs including free public lectures, college and community performances in outlying areas, and school performances for fourth and fifth grade students.

Edmundson Art Foundation, Inc. (aka Des Moines Art Center)
Des Moines, IA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support educational programming related to the Des Moines Art Center's exhibition Leslie Hewitt: Untitled (Structures). A contemporary American artist, Hewitt's (b. 1977) work is conceptually-based and explores how photographs create meaning and history. Her work came about through her interpretation of hundreds of Civil Rights-era photographs in The Menil Collection in Houston.

Iowa Arts Council
Des Moines, IA
$645,510
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Mount Mercy University
Cedar Rapids, IA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support conservation of the William Lightner's (1885-1968) Our Mother of Sorrows Grotto with related documentation and educational programs. The contemplative outdoor environment was built between 1929-41 using cement, semi precious stone, and Italian glass mosaics. It consists of two mosaic arches, an elaborate bridge over a lagoon, a 10-column structure representing the Ten Commandments, and a central shrine.

Red Cedar Chamber Music
Marion, IA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Rural Outreach Concerts, including educational events in small rural Iowa communities. Up to twelve concerts and six educational events will be offered in venues such as community centers, libraries, schools, and an opera house.

University of Iowa (on behalf of Hancher Auditorium)
Iowa City, IA
$50,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Iowa Experience Project at Hancher Auditorium. The project will consist of residencies and performances in dance, theater, and music, including artists such as singer Lila Downs, AXIS Dance Company, writer Oren Jacoby, and producer/director Christopher McElroen.

Number of Grants: 8          Total Amount: $823,010

 
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