The University of Iowa
Year of the Arts and Humanities Grants

Charlotte Adams, Dance
Dance Gala, $2,750
To increase the value of the annual Dance Gala, YAH funds will help promote the event with increased marketing and outreach.
UI Sponsor: Dance

Venise Berry, Journalism and Mass Communication
Free Within Ourselves: A Celebration of Black Art and Literature, $2,000
To increase the visibility of black artists and authors, YAH funds will help bring high profile visitors to a Black Art and Literature celebration.
UI Sponsor: Journalism and Mass Communication

Jen Bills, Writers' Workshop
United Action for Youth Writing Studio, $1,000
Writers’ Workshop students will mentor high school students in two ten-week semesters.
UI Sponsor: Writers' Workshop

Stephen Bloom, Journalism and Mass Communication
Shoedog Travels to the Iowa Heartland, $5,000
Bloom’s play, Shoedog, will be performed around Iowa by the Actors’ Studio.
UI Sponsor: Journalism and Mass Communication

Julie Bobitt, Center on Aging
Janet Specht, Nursing
The Arts and Humanities as Intervention: Affirming Identity Through Creative Group Storytelling, $5,000
Stories will be collected from senior centers and then used as inspiration for art to be displayed in the spring.
UI Sponsor: Center on Aging

Matt Brown, English
Book Arts at the Public Library, $2,500
UI Center for the Book affiliates will go into public libraries and teach workshops on calligraphy, bookbinding, papermaking, etc.
UI Sponsor: English

Howard Collinson, Museum of Art
Art Museum Week, $5,000
To celebrate Museum Month in Iowa, the last week will be declared Art Museum Week. YAH funds will help promote this event in the Des Moines Register.
UI Sponsor: Museum of Art

Diana Davies, International Programs
The Czech and Slovak 20th Century in Retrospect: Czechoslovakia Behind the Iron Curtain, 1948-1970, $1,000
As part of the series, The Czech and Slovak 20th Century, YAH funds will support a conference: Czechoslovakia Behind the Iron Curtain.
UI Sponsor: International Programs

Denise Dooley
Iowa Writes, $604
Showcasing the wealth of resources available to writers and readers, Iowa writes is a weeklong celebration of the craft.
UI Sponsor: English

Denise Filios, Spanish & Portuguese
Linda Kroon, WRAC
Celebrating Arab Women, $4,000
For International Women’s Day, YAH will support a celebration in music, dance, etc. of Arab women.
UI Sponsor: Women's Resource and Action Center

Leslie Finer, Performing Arts
Arts Share, $5,500
Arts Share will extend its reach, taking artists and authors to underserved counties, creating theater and opera programs, and sponsoring collaborations with schools.
UI Sponsor: Arts Share

Nona France, Nursing Services
Dialogo della Musica Antica et della Moderna II, $1,285
Dialogo della Musica Antiga will bring woodwinds artists to Iowa for musical performances and workshops.
UI Sponsor: French and Italian

Carin M. C. Green, Classics
From Villa to Grave: the Defeat of the Roman Legions, $1,500
UI Sponsor: Classics

Loreen Herwaldt, Internal Medicine
Blessing the Boats, $1,000
UI Sponsor: Internal Medicine

Linda Kerber, History
Collaboration with historical societies and museums in Iowa, $4,000
The history department will develop a deeper and sustaining collaborative relationship with historical societies across Iowa.
UI Sponsor: History

Joan Kjaer, Ben Kieffer, Alan Kern, Gayane Torosyan, Broadcasting Services
KSUI/WSUI YAH Programming, $5,000
UI Sponsor: Broadcasting Services

Lauren Klich, Fine Arts Council
Fine Arts Council Shows, $500
YAH funds will help the Fine Arts Council promote their arts markets and activities to new communities.
UI Sponsor: Fine Arts Council

Rudi Kuenzli, English
Kembrew McLeod, Communication Studies
Collage as Cultural Practice, $3,000
YAH will help support a conference on Collage as Cultural Practice.
UI Sponsor: English, Communication Studies

Aviya Kushner and Lara Trubowitz, English
Jewish Writers Series, $1,000
The Jewish Writers Series would allow visiting Jewish writers to stay on at UI for an extra day or two to teach a master class on Jewish literature.
UI Sponsor: English

Adele Lozano, Opportunity at Iowa
Hispanic Heritage, $3,000
In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, a prominent Latino/a writer will be brought to UI.
UI Sponsor: Opportunity at Iowa

Phillip Lutgendorf, Asian Languages and Literature
Satish Rao, Internal Medicine
Srutilaya Dance Troupe, $4,000
The Ideal King, an Indian classical ballet, will be performed.
UI Sponsor: International Programs

Alan MacVey, Theatre Arts
Theatre International, $4,000
A series of international playwrights will come to UI for performances and workshops.
UI Sponsor: Theatre Arts

Karen Mason, Iowa Women's Archives
Mujeres Latinas: Preserving the History of Iowa Latinas and their Families, $2,000
YAH funds will help the Iowa Women’s Archive gather the stories of Latina women.
UI Sponsor: UI Library

Jennifer Proctor, Cinema and Comparative Literature
Shannon Silva, Cinema and Comparative LIterature
IC Microcinema Series, $2,000
To support IC Microcinema’s work promoting independent film, YAH will help fund a video race (24-hour filmmaking competition) and visit by the director Matt McCormick
UI Sponsor: Cinema and Comparative Literature

Buffy Quintero, International Programs
Understanding the World of Child Labor through the Visual Arts, $3,310
Workshops will teach children about the practice of child labor and guide the creation of artwork to be displayed later.
UI Sponsor: International Programs

Gary Race, Music
Amahl and the Night Visitors, $5,000
The opera Amahl and The Night Visitors will be performed at the Englert Theater and include local talent.
UI Sponsor: Music

Laura Rigal, American Studies
American Studies Public Programs, $3,000
A lecture tour of the Brucemore National Historic Site will be conducted by their lead historian. KSUI will produce a Know the Score program with Dave Zollo and Dan Knight. Kelly McLaughlin will install a new media project and work with 8th graders.
UI Sponsor: American Studies

Helen Shen, Asian Languages and Literature
Chuanren Ke, Asian Languages and Literature
Chinese Brush Painting Across Iowa, $5,000
Guiyuan Liang, a noted Chinese brush painter, will visit Iowa for demonstrations, workshops, and exhibitions in conjunction with several larger events including Asian Heritage Month.
UI Sponsor: Asian Languages and Literature, Center for Asian and Pacific Studies

Dorothy Simpson-Taylor, Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity
Nancy Humbles, Opportunity at Iowa
Dream Sharer, $3,500
To help at-risk youth with literacy and community building, the project will work with children to take oral histories, learn storytelling techniques, and perform their work.
UI Sponsor: Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity

Margaret Stratton, Art and Art History
Thunder Over Iowa, $5,000
YAH will help fund a documentary on community fireworks celebrations put on by the Iowa Pyrotechnics Association.
UI Sponsor: Art and Art History

Bonnie Sunstein, English
Writers Gone Public, $1,000
To increase awareness of nonfiction as a genre, writers from UI’s Nonfiction Writing Program will conduct readings at the semester’s end.
UI Sponsor: English, Curriculum and InstructionCharles Swanson, Hancher Auditorium

Judith Hurtig, Hancher Auditorium
Outreach Activities, $7,500
The Living Language of Bebop, a residency by musician Joe Lovano, will include an appearance on KSUI, an Iowa City jam session, and workshops with students around eastern Iowa.
UI Sponsor: Hancher Auditorium

Steve Thunder-McGuire, Art and Art History
Iowa Stories, $7,000
Story swaps will be conducted from locations around Iowa and broadcast on KSUI.
UI Sponsor: Art and Art History

Myron Welch, Music
UI Symphony Band performance, $4,025
Iowa Symphony Band will attend the Iowa Bandmasters’ Association conference.
UI Sponsor: Music

Burns Weston, Center for Human Rights
The Kite Runner, $1,300
UI Sponsor: Center for Human Rights

Rachel Williams, Art Education
Devery Mock, Curriculum & Instruction
The Lost Girls: Stories from the Iowa Juvenile Home, $6,000
Girls from the Iowa Juvenile Home will participate in workshops, performances, and recordings of their stories.
UI Sponsor: Teaching and Learning

Jon Winet, Art and Art History
The Daily Palette, $7,500
Work by UI artists will be rotate as desktop backgrounds on UI public computers and be featured in links on the UI homepage.
UI Sponsor: Art and Art History