Des Moines Playhouse Receives Iowa Arts Council Grant
The Playhouse grant award will support the continued operations of the community theatre – which provides 11 jobs with benefits in the arts sector.by BWW News Desk
The Des Moines Community Playhouse has announced that it has received an Iowa Arts & Culture Recovery Program grant from the Iowa Arts Council, a division of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs. Grant funds will support general theatre operations including planned spring shows with streaming components and classes both in-person and online.
The Iowa Arts & Culture Recovery Program is a one-time grant providing relief to cultural nonprofit organizations and individual artists that can demonstrate lost income and extra expenses incurred due to the pandemic. The grants may be used to offset operating expenses as well as costs associated with reopening in person and adapting programs to virtual formats.
State announces Arts & Recovery Program grants Wednesday, December 23, 2020 11:14 AM A total of $7 million in grants that was made available earlier this month to help arts and cultural organizations recover from the coronavirus pandemic will be divvied up among 267 organizations and 118 artists serving 118 Iowa communities. According to a news release from the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, the funding was made available when the state launched the Iowa Arts & Culture Recovery Program on Dec. 2. The state received more than 550 requests totaling more than $36 million by the Dec. 11 deadline. Among the groups receiving assistance are:
Des Moines Performing Arts - $175,000.
Greater Des Moines Botanical Center - $175,000.