Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutIowa City Public Art Matching Fund ProgramIowa City Public Art Matching Fund Program Introduction Thank you for your interest in this grant opportunity. Prior to completing this application form, please review the Public Art Matching Grant Frequently Asked Questions at www.icgov.org/publicart. If your project takes place on City-owned or privately-owned property, you must provide evidence in the following application that you have support and approval from the appropriate parties to proceed with this project. Failure to obtain prior approval could disqualify or delay an otherwise good proposal. If you aren’t sure if you need prior approval from a project partner, please contact Neighborhood Outreach & Engagement Specialist T'Shailyn Harrington at THarrington@iowa-city.org or 319-356-5093. Beyond initial siting approvals obtained prior to submitting this application, please be advised that some projects may be required to obtain additional permits or approvals as determined necessary by the City. Any such requirements would be outlined in the grant agreement. Regardless of whether the project is located on public or private property, the project must be freely accessible by the public. Awarded applicant(s) are responsible for performing or coordinating the execution of all phases of the project, including but not limited to site prep, installation, etc. If any component of the proposed project is beyond your capabilities, please explain in the application. * I acknowledge that I have read and understand the information above. General Information The Public Art Matching Grant Program aims to increase public art access and opportunities in Iowa City. The program funds visual, audio, or performance-based art projects that are located in Iowa City and accessible to the general public. Successful grant applications will show evidence of a specific planned project which can be completed before December 31, 2025. Please complete the following application in its entirety. If you have questions or need assistance completing this application form, please contact Neighborhood Outreach & Engagement Specialist T'Shailyn Harrington at THarrington@iowa-city.org or 319-356-5093. It is recommended applicants save the form every 5-10 minutes to avoid losing progress. To do this, click “Save as Draft” at the bottom of the File Uploads page. Project Name * FAMILY FOLK MACHINE: Love Applicant Name * FAMILY FOLK MACHINE (Jon Ranard, Associate Director) Applicant Email * Note58us@yahoo.com Applicant Phone * 319-321-1219 Applicant Address * Street Address P.O. Box 1421 Address Line 2 City Iowa City State/Province/Region IA Postal/Zip Code Country 52244 USA Are you the project artist * Yes No Briefly describe who will be completing the project, including a URL to the artist webpages if available. If unknown, explain how an artist(s) will be recruited for the project. Members of the FAMILY FOLK MACHINE, Iowa City’s intergenerational choral ensemble, will be completing the concert project on May 4, 2025 at 2 p.m. at the Englert Theatre with 100+ singers (young adults to Senior Citizens), 15-20 kids (Pre-K through 5th grade), and a 10-piece instrumental ensemble, with a potential collaboration with the U.I. School of Dance. For more information about the FAMILY FOLK MACHINE, please visit our website at www.familyfolkmachine.org Have you received Public Art Matching Grant Funds in the past?* Yes No Please share if the proposed project has changed or expanded in any way. This concert project, entitled Family Folk Machine: LOVE, is an ever-evolving project as we continue to rehearse and learn musical selections. Specially-crafted vocal and instrumental arrangements that specifically cater to our diverse membership roster (from kids to mature adults) continue to be adjusted and adapted throughout our spring session. Because we now have the highest recorded number of participants in a single session in our 12-year history, physical staging and placement has expanded, and is also ever-changing. Through songwriting workshops and specific programming for our kids choir, we will also be able to add original compositions and presentations to our already-established concert repertoire. We have recently been in contact with a representative from the U.I. School of Dance to include students for a choreography collaboration during one of our concert pieces. Project Details To save progress, click “Save as Draft” at the bottom of the File Uploads page. Provide a brief description of the proposed project * Family Folk Machine: LOVE is a concert slated for May 4, 2025 at 2 p.m. at the Englert Theatre in Iowa City. We will be presenting songs about love in all of its forms, emphasizing compassion, care, friendship, family, comfort, community support, acceptance, and joy. This project is designed to reach out to the very community that our own membership represents: kids, teens, young and mature adults, parents, grandparents, families, senior citizens, and people of all backgrounds, cultures, and walks of life. The audience(s) will hear and see familiar and not-so-familiar songs, and will be treated to three original compositions, written by members of our own Family Folk Machine. Featuring accompaniment by an instrumental ensemble (piano, synthesizer, guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, flute, violins, violas, cello, ukuleles, and saxophone), we will have a combined total of approximately 130 onstage participants, including a potential collaboration with the U.I. School of Dance. Explain how the project is defined as “public art.” Please include how the artwork will be located in an area open and freely accessible by the public; and describe how you envision the artwork engaging the public.* The concert is open to the public with no admission fee, and will be held at the fully-accessible Englert Theatre. The concert itself engages those in attendance through audience participation, with lyrics to each song included in our printed concert program for specific sing-along moments. The concert also engages other aspects of the public by offering opportunities for local businesses, organizations, and entities to become involved through sponsorship or advertising within our printed concert program. We will also have a lobby display on the day of the concert featuring information about the Scattergood Friends School, one of our advertising sponsors for this project. By engaging our local and area businesses, we celebrate teamwork, community, and collaboration, both on and off the stage. In addition, members of the FAMILY FOLK MACHINE also contribute their own visual art and graphic designs for inclusion in our printed concert program and publicity posters, fliers, postcards, and other materials. Describe the intended audience for this project, why public art is important to that audience, and any efforts you will make to benefit the broader community, especially populations which have faced systemic barriers to art access or opportunities * The intended audience for this project includes absolutely anyone who chooses to attend the live performance, experience it through the live stream on the day of the concert, and/or view it at a later date through our eventual edited and filmed version (available on the Iowa City Senor Center and Family Folk Machine YouTube channels.) By striving to offer our concerts free of any admission fee(s), we hope to remove any systemic barriers, and to provide unlimited access to art opportunities. One of our prominent goals is and always will be to offer an experience (onstage and off) that is available to every interested person, regardless of age, gender, socioeconomic status, nationality, or culture. How will you know your project was successful? Please list specific outcomes or measures (qualitative or quantitative).* It is nearly impossible to determine a specific level of success for a concert such as ours, but we can certainly reflect upon the impact that music and the arts can have in the long term. Music and the arts speak an international language that seemingly knows no boundaries, and they serve as a connection through melodies, thematic lyrics, images, and spirit, and can resonate long after a public display, concert, show, or exhibit. The FAMILY FOLK MACHINE had its largest live audience on record in November of 2024 at the Englert Theatre, with 500+ in attendance, including family members, friends, at-large community members, and the general public, many who had never seen a FAMILY FOLK MACHINE concert before. Now having our largest number of participants in our 12-year history for our May 2025 concert, we anticipate that our live audience attendance may well exceed our previous count of 500+, and that our online audience numbers may reflect a significant increase as well. Beyond audience attendance (in person and/or via live stream or YouTube channels), we see, feel, and hear the joy experienced by our own members during rehearsals and on performance day. We are also so fortunate to receive positive written and oral communication by those who attend our concerts, either through letters, emails, personal conversations, or social media posts. We also hear from community sponsors and advertisers about the impact that a FAMILY FOLK MACHINE concert day provides for their own businesses and organizations through our printed concert program, not to mention the increased presence of concertgoers for the downtown business district (restaurants/retailers/parking facilities, etc.) Will this project take place on public or private property?* Public/City-Owned Private Property Owned by the Applicant or project partner listed below Private Property not owned by the applicant Please provide the names and contact information of private property owners where the project will take place, and describe whether they are supportive of the project. Failure to obtain prior approval from private property owners where the project is proposed to take place may result in disqualification or delay of the project application. The Englert Theatre (Keegan Colletta Huckfeldt, contact person) email: keegan@englert.org Location of Project * The Englert Theatre, 221 E Washington Street, Iowa City, IA Project Partner(s) (if any) Describe the role of any project partners listed Please check any of the following project aspects that apply to your project. Note: These selections do not impact scoring, but are informative for the selection committee. Functional Art: Art that also serves a practical, everyday purpose (i.e. bench, lighting, shelter, timepiece, etc.) Unexpected Art: Art that offers an element of surprise, perhaps occuring at a place or time where it is unexpected. Participatory Art: Art that directly engages the audience in the creative process, so they become participants in the event (i.e. an interactive performance or participation in creation of an artwork). Ephemeral Art: Art that is intended to be temporary, short-lived, or disappear over time. Contemplative Art: Art that encourages self-reflection and mindfulness. Timeline To save progress, click “Save as Draft” at the bottom of the File Uploads page. Project Timeline Tell us about the proposed timeline and action steps needed to complete this project. Use one line for each milestone and add additional lines as needed. Action Step/Milestone Completed by Song selection and choral and instrumental arrangements 01/12/2025 Rehearsal Tracks 03/02/2025 Concert Program/Publicity Artwork 03/31/2025 Kids' Choir songwriting project 03/09/2025 Advertising and Sponsorship 04/21/2025 Band/Instrumental Rehearsals 05/03/2025 Printed concert program duplication 05/01/2025 Publicity Poster/Flier printing and duplication 04/11/2025 Choir rehearsals and preparation 05/03/2025 Singer placement and staging 04/27/2025 Budget To save progress, click "Save as Draft" at the bottom of the File Uploads page. Please use the budget templates below. A completed budget should tell us what sources of funds your project will use and how you plan to spend the grant money. Project Funding Sources Total Project Cost * $15,245.00 Matching Grant Request * $3,300.00 Please list any other funding sources supporting your project. Add additional rows as needed.  Other funding source *Amount *Committed or Anticipated?* Hill Bank $200.00 Committed Anticipated Preucil School of Music $75.00 Committed Anticipated West Music $75.00 Committed Anticipated Astraea Legal $75.00 Committed Anticipated Suzanne Stock, D.D.S.$200.00 Committed Anticipated Martin Construction $75.00 Committed Anticipated Phoebe Martin Real Estate $75.00 Committed Anticipated Wig and Pen $75.00 Committed Anticipated Scattergood Friends School $500.00 Committed Anticipated The Dental Lab, Inc.$250.00 Committed Anticipated Murphy-Brookfield Books $100.00 Committed Anticipated Veterans for Peace $100.00 Committed Anticipated Please describe any project supplies, equipment, or labor which are being donated in-kind Hospers and Brother Printers are donating 100% of our printing and materials for this concert (approximately $1,000+). The Englert Theatre provides an in-kind discount for this concert of approximately $1,900. Project Budget Please list a breakdown of project expenses and funding sources.  Funding for personal property or gain will not be authorized. Example: Amount:Describe Expense Item:Amount paid by Matching Grant:Amount paid in-kind or by other funding source: $400 Paint $400 $200 Paint Supplies $200 $1,500 Artist labor $500 $1,000 $150 Plaque/signage $150 Amount Expense Item Amount paid by Matching Grant Paid in-kind or by other funding source $4,645.00 Englert Theatre Rental $0.00 $1,900.00 $650.00 Rehearsal Childcare $0.00 $0.00 $300.00 Music and supplies $250.00 $0.00 $1,000.00 Printing/Publicity $0.00 $1,000.00 $300.00 Bass Guitarist $300.00 $300.00 Cellist $300.00 $300.00 Violin #1 $300.00 $300.00 Violin #2 $300.00 $300.00 Synthesizer $300.00 $100.00 Flutist $100.00 -Next $100.00 Viola #1 $100.00 $100.00 Viola #2 $100.00 $950.00 Kids' Program Director $950.00 $2,500.00 Director $0.00 $2,500.00 Associate Director $0.00 $3,500.00 Associate Director $0.00 $300.00 Percussionist $300.00 File Uploads Letters of support, if available (?) SUPPORT LETTER Hospers.pdf 42.13KB SUPPORT LETTER Janet Lessner.pdf 32.04KB Images (?) Site Plan (?) Englert Stage Layout May 2025.pdf 121.16KB Additional Information (?) FAMILY FOLK MACHINE COLLAGE 2025.pdf 1.86MB Signature