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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHumanities Iowa-Grant Application-06.23.2008 wJ o m m r�z'Y��.l�'P DU���� / J � f Humanities Iowa n n e Conditions of Award Please Sign and Return One Original to Humanities Iowa If you accept this grant,you also accept the following responsibilities: • As a condition of this award,the authorizing official should sign and return this Conditions of Award form to the HI office. No funds will be released until the form has been received. • Expenditure of grant funds can occur only during the term of this grant as defined by the beginning and end dates of 7/1/2008-10/31/2008,and must be for materials,services and grant activities conducted during this time. • The uses of this award are limited to those specified in your proposal.They are subject to the conditions and requirements of the NEH and HI. A summary of those requirements,entitled "Administrative and Fiscal Requirements,"is included in the Project Director's Handbook,which will be sent to the project director. • You must generate in-kind and/or cash support for this project in an amount at least equal to your grant award amount,$10,965.00. • Requests for changes in the scope of the project,project personnel and/or project budget must be submitted by letter or email to HI for approval as specified in the Handbook. • Humanities Iowa and the National Endowment for the Humanities will be credited as funders of the project in all promotion,print or otherwise. If you accept this award offer,please sign a copy of this letter and return it to the HI office,100 Oakdale Campus,N310 OH,Iowa City,IA 52242-5000 within two weeks of receipt of the grant award letter.You may not commit any funds until HI receives this countersigned copy. Signature of AuthorizingfFicit� Date Waterloo Center for the Arts GRANT NAME: Inception,Intersections,Connection,Directions:Exanting Haitian&Afro- Caribbean Art GRANT NUMBER: 30-2-009;CFDA#45.129 100 Oakdale Campus N310 OH Iowa City, Iowa 52242-5000 (319) 335-4153 [voice] • (319) 335-41 54 [fax] info@humanitiesiowa.org [e-mail] • www.humanitiesiowa.org [website] HUMANITIES IOWA MAJOR GRANT APPLICATION COVER SHEET Application submission date: April 30, 2008c,vint gitstr„, Applicant organization: Waterloo Center for the Arts r' Address: 225 Commercial Street City State ZIP: Waterloo, Iowa 50701 Phone: 319-291-4490 C(51k)1 Applicant organization's authorizing official (executive director, board president, etc.) Name & title: Cammie Scully Address (if different from above): City State ZIP: Phone: Email: cammie.scully@waterloo-ia.org Project director name: Kent Shankle Address (if different from above): City State ZIP: Phone: Email: kent.shankle@waterloo-ia.org Project title: Inception, Intersections, Connections, Directions: Examining Haitian&Afro-Caribbean Art Project Summary (brief paragraph describing the project): This project includes various facets of interpretation for the Waterloo Center for the Arts'Haitian art collection including the upcoming exhibit"Haitian Art: 30 Years of Collecting."This exhibit, planned in honor of the 30th anniversary of the Center's collection of Haitian Art, will be accompanied by a large-scale program and extensive didactics to provide interpretation/education for the exhibition and the collection. The Center will host an International Haitian Art Conference,present a three-day symposium with scholars as presenters, develop&distribute a comprehensive catalog with scholarly essays, and lead a regional tour to several art museums during the September 26—28, 2008 weekend. The Center's collection, started in 1977 through the generosity of locals Dr. and Mrs. F. Harold Reuling, has grown to become the largest public collection in the United States. It was started to provide a link with Waterloo's African American community through the art of another new world black culture with shared African roots.This project will address the importance of art and religion for the Haitian people; it will include a new catalog for interpretation of the collection; and the symposium will provide an opportunity for participants to trace Haitian art's inception, explore intersections, make connections&define new directions. The symposium will be videotaped,with an edited version being used as interpretation for the collection,for docent training,&school programs. The humanities disciplines of history, anthropology, arts and religion will be utilized in planning the public programs,essays, and exhibitions and will offer global and historical education for a broad audience. ' PLEASE ATTACH PROJECT NARRATIVE *** Date you plan to begin making expenditures for project activities: July 1, 2008 Date you plan to finish making expenditures for project activities: October 31,2008 Anticipated audience (the total number of people expected to participate in all activities): 350-500, plus outreach List U.S. Congressional District(s) where project activities will occur: 1st Dates, times, locations of public programs for which you seek funds (use separate sheet if necessary): Date Time City/County Location/Facility September 26-27 Various times Waterloo/Black Hawk Waterloo Center for the Arts Please see attached sheet for details Operating budget of applicant organization (total annual expenditures): $1,170,648 Project budget Total grant funds requested from Humanities Iowa: $15,000 Total cash and in-kind cost share (see Budget Form): $76,334.13 Total project cost(grant funds + cost share): $91,334.13 Signature of applicant organization's authorizing official: Date: L;(6, Gz�I�C t Oie,ee/7/_cv �3�/�� : i ` R:Cu enteF for the , Humanities Iowa Grant Proposal:May2008 Inception. Intersections. Connections, Directions. Examining Haitian&Afro-Caribbean Art ATTACHMENT FOR COVER SHEET All public programs will take place at the Waterloo Center for the Arts in Waterloo, Iowa/Black Hawk County. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 11:15 Roundtable: Ann Enderlein, Clarence Ailing, Cammie Scully and Kent Shankle "Inception" 1:15 Presenter: Marilyn Houlberg "Intersections" 2:30 Presenter: Patrick Malloy"Intersections" SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 9:45 Presenter: Maggie Roche"Connections" 11:00 Presenter: Sarah Clunis"Connections" 1:15 Panel Conversation: Lionel St. Eloi, Bill Bollendorf, and Kurk Lyons "Connections" 2:30 Presenter: Neysa Page-Lieberman "Directions" HUMANITIES IOWA MAJOR GRANT BUDGET FORM Income you will use to match grant funds 1. Will admission or registration fee will be charged? Yes® No❑ Fee per person $65 Haitian Art Society members; $25 non-members If yes, estimated total of admission or registration fees $ 9,000 2. Cash contributions from other sources—Private, Corporate or Government List donor's name and whether contribution is projected(P) or confirmed (C). Attach separate sheet if necessary. (C) Clarence Ailing, donor $ 10,000 (P) Marketplace Sales $ 500 (P) Optional fee to participate in traveling tour to Milwaukee Art Museum ($50.22/person) $ 2,008.83 $ 3. Cash from applicant's own funds (everything paid for by organization's operating budget) $ 50,825.30 4. Total Cash (from 1, 2 and 3 above—equals total of column B below) $ 72,334.13 5. In-Kind Contributions from third parties (equals total of column C below) $ 4,000 6. TOTAL MATCH —total of lines 4 and 5 above $ 76,334.13 7. REQUEST FROM HUMANITIES IOWA—equals total of column A below, must be equal to or less than line 6 above $ 15,000 8. TOTAL PROJECT COST—total of lines 6 and 7 above $ 91,334.13 A. Expenses Funds From HI Project Cost-Sharing A. GRANT REQUEST B. Applicant contributions and C In-kind contributions cash from 3rd parties from 3rd parties 1. Salaries & Fringe (please NIA $10,000 list in budget narrative) 2. Honoraria (please list in $7,300 $2,300 budget narrative) Humanities evaluator 200 3. Supplies & Equipment $32,000 4. Telephone 5. Postage $500 6. Travel Costs $5,000 $3,034.13 $.40/mile, $85 meals&lodging per day 7. Printing/Duplicating $2,500 $15,000 8. Promotion/Publicity $5,000 $2,500 9. Facilities $1,000 10. Other (please list in budget $3,500 $1,500 narrative) TOTALS $15,000 $72,334.13 $4,000 *****Attach detailed budget narrative***** \Aiaterloo center t c t 11 e t Humanities Iowa Grant Proposal:May 200E Inception. Intersections. Connections. Directions. Examining Haitian&Afro-Caribbean Art BUDGET NARRATIVE The Waterloo Center for the Arts is asking consideration of Humanities Iowa to fund the Inception. Intersections. Connections. Directions. Examining Haitian &Afro-Caribbean Art project at the$15,000 level. Below outlines the project's additional sources of revenue and explanation of expenses. REVENUE Tot Source of Revenue Revenue I Description Status International Haitian $9,000 Haitian Art Society(HAS)members participating in the 3-day symposium and Pending Art Conference and conference will pay a registration fee of$25/person. Symposium fees Anticipated attendance: 100=($2,500) Non-HAS members will pay a registration fee of$65/person. Anticipated attendance: 100($6,500) Marketplace Sales $500 Collectors and gallerists will have the opportunity to sell works of art during the Pending Marketplace for$50/booth rental fee. Anticipated booth rental: 10 Clarence Ailing $10,000 A long-time supporter of the Waterloo Center for the Arts and its Haitian Art Confirmed Collection,Clarence Ailing has contributed a personal donation towards the production of a catalog commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Center's collection. City operating budget $50,825.30 $10,000 salaries for staff time Confirmed $30,000 Framing of Haitian art collection at the Waterloo Center for the Arts $2,500 promotional postcard and brochure mailers $1,025.30 for travel costs $2,300 for honorariums $500 postage for promotional materials $1,000 in-kind facility rental $1,000 in-kind Junior Art Gallery programming Optional Milwaukee $2,008.83 i Optional fee to participate in traveling tour to Milwaukee Art Museum Pending Art Museum trip fee ($40.18/person);Anticipated attendance: 50 EXPENSES Salaries &Fringe $10,000 Confirmed:$10,000 from Waterloo Center for the Arts Waterloo Center for the Arts Staff time towards research, planning,and execution of this project (see credentials in Project Narrative):Shannon Farlow, Johanna Kramer-Weston, Maureen Newbill, Chawne Paige,Kent Shankle,Cammie Scully, Bonnie Winninger Honorariums $9,800 $7,500 Request from Humanities Iowa for Honorariums Estimated:$2,300 from Waterloo Center for the remaining honorarium fees $200 Humanities evaluator, Mary Huber $3,200 Presenters©$500/each:Marilyn Houlberg, Patrick Malloy,Maggie Roche, Sarah Clunis, Lionel St. Eloi, Neysa Page-Lieberman Presenters @$100/each:Bill Bollendorf, Kurt Lyons $400 Honorariums to museums on tour: Figge, Milwaukee,University of Iowa,UNI $6,000 Essays©$750/each: Bill Bollendorf, Dr. Bob Brictson,Dr. Sarah Clunis, Dr. Marilyn Houlberg, Dr. Patrick Malloy, Neysa Page-Lieberman,Maggie Roche, Ute Stebich Supplies& $32,000 Confirmed:$30,000 from Waterloo Center for the Arts Equipment Framing of Haitian art collection at the Waterloo Center for the Arts Estimated:$500 Marketplace booth equipment and supplies,covered through booth rental Estimated:$1,500 Conference and Symposium supplies,setup and equipment,covered through registration fee revenue Postage $500 Estimated:$500 from Waterloo Center for the Arts Mailing of 4,000 promotional postcards,brochures and information to potential attendees and media outlets(bulk postal rate) Travel Costs $8,034.13 $5,000 Request from Humanities Iowa for travel costs Estimated:$1,025.30 from Waterloo Center for the Arts Mileage for presenters $107,60 Marilyn Houlberg&Maggie Roche(269 miles*$0.40 from Chicago) • -, Qt � v sly e1�...v center �t_f" Ttl�' �:; $ HumanitiesOrrery n^t� t�i Iowa Grant, ,� r,, ,, May 2 8 inception. Intersections. Connections. Directions. Examining Haitian&Afro-Caribbean Art $107.60 Neysa Page-Lieberman (269 miles*$0.40 from Chicago) Airfare for presenters $695 Lionel St. Eloi from Haiti $695 Lionel St. Eloi's translator from Haiti $240 Bill Bollendorf from Pittsburg, PA Meals&Lodging $510 $85/day for each of the above 6 presenters Travel expenses for traveling bus tour Estimated:$4,365.10 One-day bus rental from Northwest Iowa Transportation for 2 buses from Waterloo to Cedar Rapids, Marion,and Davenport for traveling tour of regional museums. Estimated:$2,008.83 Registration fees will cover this expense. One-day bus rental from Waterloo to Milwaukee Art Museum for traveling tour. Printing/Duplicating $17,500 $2,500 Requested from Humanities Iowa to print the commemorative catalog Confirmed:$10,000 Donation from Clarence Ailing to print the commemorative catalog Estimated: $2,500 Waterloo Center for the Arts to print promotional postcards,brochure&mailers Estimated:$2,500 Printing of conference booklet and brochure featuring all elements of the conference and symposium for the participants,covered through registration fee revenue Promotion/Publicity $7,500 Estimated:$2,500 in-kind Waterloo Center for the Arts Development of promotional postcard,brochure and ads in local media Estimated:$2,500 Conference attendee packet, event and exhibit signage,paid advertising in in ArtScene and VUE,among others, covered through registration fee revenue Estimated: $1,000 In-kind Promotion on Haitian Art Society,Waterloo&Cedar Falls'Convention&Visitors Bureau's website, Iowa Museum Assoc.'s websites Estimated:$1,500 In-kind Space and promotion time with The Courier newspaper and KWWL-TV Facilities $1,000 Confirmed:$1,000 in-kind Waterloo Center for the Arts Rental of entire Waterloo Center for the Arts building from 9/25-28 Other $5,000 Estimated:$1,000 in-kind Waterloo Center for the Arts Junior Art Gallery programming in the Haitian-themed"Caribbean Kinder Island"(an interactive space in the Phelps Youth Pavilion at the Waterloo Center for the Arts) Confirmed: $500 in-kind Friday night opening reception including food and hors d'oeuvres by the Friends of the Art Center Confirmed:$500 in-kind Thursday night's Director's Reception,including food and hors d'oeuvres hosted by Executive Director of the Waterloo Center for the Arts Confirmed:$500 in-kind Friday morning's welcome breakfast, hosted by Ann Enderlien,daughter of the donors who established the Center's Haitian Collection 30 years ago Estimated: $2,500 Conference dinners, receptions,snacks, and beverages for all attendees, presenters,and volunteers,covered through registration fee revenue CO ' ` : � �$ Humanities Iowa Grant Proposal:(!J7a4 2 '!/f' Inception Intersections. Connections. Directions. Examining Haitian&Afro-Caribbean Art PROJECT NARRATIVE Applicant organization The Waterloo Center for the Arts is well suited to carry out a project of this nature because of its rich history and dedication to fostering and promoting and presenting Haitian and other Afro-Caribbean works of art. The Center has been collecting Haitian art and developing/presenting interpretive programming, exhibits, didactics and catalogs for 30 years. It also holds the largest public collection of Haitian Art in North America. The Waterloo Center for the Arts' collection includes narrative paintings that depict the life, culture and rituals of the Haitian people, wood and metal sculpture and Vodou ritual objects. This project includes an exhibition of this collection in all of the Center's gallery spaces, a lecture, symposium, and conference that will take place on-site in the Center's Law-Court Theatre, which will have participants surrounded by the artwork for which the programs will provide interpretation as well as a comprehensive catalog with essays and a CD of the Center's entire collection. Project Director: Kent Shankle, Curator, Waterloo Center for the Arts As Project Director, Shankle will serve as chair of the planning committee. He will work with the Waterloo Center for the Arts staff and members of the project planning committee to coordinate all aspects of the project including production of the catalogue and other printed materials, further development of symposium content, implementation of the publicity/promotional plan, budget oversight and financial documentation, coordination of required facilities, equipment, staffing (paid and volunteer) and other logistical concerns, as well as compilation and submission of evaluative tools and final reporting materials. Shankle, a graduate of the University of Northern Iowa, has served as Curator at the Waterloo Center for the Arts since 1995, and he has been working as a museum professional for over 20 years. Since joining the Waterloo Center for the Arts, Shankle has worked extensively with Haitian art, traveling to Haiti twice to study and document the contemporary artists of that country. Together with Cammie Scully, Shankle is serving as President of the Haitian Art Society, an international organization that promotes interest in and study of Haitian art. Shankle has been involved in planning and presenting numerous exhibitions and events and has served as Project Director on a wide variety of grant projects. Shankle is an active member of the Waterloo Public Art Committee and he serves on the grant review panel for the State of Iowa's Historic Resource Development Program. Most recently, Shankle has written and published a children's book and developed an accompanying exhibition, which is currently touring to venues throughout the state. Planning Committee The planning and development committee researches, develops, implements and secures support for the exhibition and program. Through the dedication and hard work of these contributors, this exciting project will become a reality. Below outlines the project personnel, their qualifications and their role in this project. Those with an asterisk (*) are Humanities Scholars. Clarence Ailing Planning Committee Director(retired), Waterloo Museum of Art Laurie Beasley Exhibitor Director,Ridge Art Bill Bollendorf* Essayist, Presenter,Exhibitor Photojournalist/Director, Gaterie Macondo Dr. Bob Brictson* Essayist Collector/Writer Laurie Carmody Ahner Exhibitor Director, Gaterie Bonheur Dr. Sarah Clunis* Planning Committee,Essayist,Presenter Assistant Professor of Art, Cornell College&former Curator of African Art,University of Iowa Museum of Art Dr. Betty DeBerg* Planning Committee Head, Department of Philosophy and Religion, University of Northern Iowa Shannon Farlow Publicity/Promotion Director of Marketing&Development, Waterloo Center for the Arts Dr. Sue Grosbol* Planning Committee,Presenter Director, University of Northern Iowa Museum&Collections Rosalyn Hodge Middleton Planning Committee President,African American Heritage League Dr. Marilyn Houlberg* Essayist,Presenter, Exhibitor Professor of Art&Cultural Anthropology,School of the Art Institute of Chicago Mary Huber* Project Evaluator Director, James&Meryl Hearst Center for the Arts Larry Kent Planning Committee Immediate Past President,Haitian Art Society Joe Ketner* Planning Committee,Presenter Chief Curator,Milwaukee Art Museum Johanna Kramer-Weston Planning Committee Public Program Coordinator, Waterloo Center for the Arts Dr. Patrick Malloy* Planning Committee,Essayist, Presenter Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Hawkeye Community College Maureen Newbill Gift StoreNolunteer Coordinator Visitors Services Manager/Waterloo Center for the Arts Neysa Page-Lieberman* Essayist,Presenter Director/Curator,[C]Space Galleries, Columbia College Chawne Paige Publication Design and Electronic Media Designer/Digital Arts Manager, Waterloo Center for the Arts Michelle Robinson* Planning Committee,Presenter Curator of Collections&Exhibitions,Figge Museum of Art Maggie Roche Essayist,Presenter Writer {, p ,;. i K-:r Humanities Iowa Grant Pro May rt! J l Inception, Intersections. Connections. Directions. Examining Haitian&1- ro Caribnear Art Lionel St. Eloi Presenter, Exhibitor Haitian Artist Cammie Scully* Planning Committee Director, Waterloo Center for the Arts Kent Shankle* Project Director,Planning Committee, Presenter Curator, Waterloo Center for the Arts Ute Stebich* Essayist Gallery Director and Guest Curator, Brooklyn Museum Darrell Taylor Planning Committee,Presenter Gallery Director, University of Northern Iowa Department of Art&Galleries Bonnie Winninger Education/Outreach programming Education Director/Waterloo Center for the Arts Dr.Anne Woodrick* Planning Committee Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Northern Iowa Marci Wright Planning Committee,Presenter Director,Lowe Park Art and Environment Center Collaborating Organizations With the collaborative support of many organizations and individuals, the Waterloo Center for the Arts will be the host site and the lead coordinator for the project. The University of Northern Iowa and Hawkeye Community College will lend its professors' expertise to participate as planning committee members and presenters; Cornell College and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago will provide presenters and professors. The Haitian Art Society will provide representatives for the planning committee and will also promote the conference, symposium, and catalogue to its network of constituents. The third day of the conference/symposium will include traveling tours to several regional museums that will display Haitian works of art from their own collection and from the Center's collection; these partners include the University of Northern Iowa Department of Art and Galleries, University of Northern Iowa Museum and Collections, University of Iowa Museum of Art, Figge Art Museum in Davenport, Milwaukee Art Museum, and the Lowe Park, Arts & Environment Center in Marion. Project Description In honor of collecting Haitian art, the Waterloo Center for the Arts has planned a comprehensive exhibition from its collection and a multi-faceted interpretive program for which funding is being sought from Humanities Iowa. With planned exhibitions, symposium, conference, tours, catalog, and programming, this project intends to provide exploration of the spirit in the arts of Africa and its evolution in the Caribbean and in North America. There are four primary objectives to this project: [1]to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Waterloo Center for the Arts' Haitian Art collection, [2] to interpret the Haitian collection, [3] to trace Haitian art's inception (history), explore intersections (syncretism), make connections (African Diaspora) and define new directions (current trends), and [4] to document the Haitian collection (produce a commemorative catalogue of works). To accomplish each of these objectives, the following components are being planned: an in-house Haitian and Afro-Caribbean exhibition, conference and symposium featuring scholarly speakers and presenters, exhibits and tours of other institutions, commemorative catalogue of Haitian works, and a marketplace of artwork available for purchase. Inception, Intersections, Connections, Directions: an examination of Haitian and other Afro-Caribbean Art; from African roots to current trends will stimulate meaningful community dialogue, attract and engage diverse audiences, and invite discovery of the humanities in interesting and exciting ways. With this project focused on the theme of examining and connecting the Haitian culture to that of our own, it will investigate the history, development, trends, connections and future of Haitian and other Afro-Caribbean artwork and collections. The symposium, exhibitions and related programs will help participants explore Haiti's history and learn how that history is narrated in their artwork. The event will also explore religion, showing how African religions combined with European Catholicism have changed to fit the needs of the Haitian people (syncretism). Haiti's ethnicity, diversity and identity are rooted in Africa and make connections with Caribbean, and African-American cultures through these roots. Consequently, the Center's permanent collection has built ties to the African-American community. Several diverse cultures will be addressed through additional exhibits, programs, and related Junior Art Gallery experiential exhibitions for school tours, community outreach, and public humanities programs. The Center's collection will be interpreted through its historical context, its culture and religion, and its ties to the Diaspora. The collection, the largest public and most significant in the US, is important not only for its aesthetic value but for the cultural/historical link it has provided with Waterloo's African-American community. The art has been interpreted in past exhibitions and programs through its African heritage and comparisons were made with other new world African cultures. Early gifts of Haitian art determined the initial direction of the collection but that direction has certainly broadened through 30 years of collections to include art of other African cultures, specifically African-Caribbean and African-American. As the collection expands, so must the interpretation. Interpretive material is crucial for visitors to the exhibit and future exhibits, for docent training, for school tours, and to provide background for public programs. • ` t ,,,r. -_;. { 3 'kJ .0 1 3 i. i !ol me L i Humanities' �, Grant Proposal: M,' 2008 o is ,, 1a1 Inception. Intersections. Conneci:Gli:_. Directions. Examining Haitian&Afro-Caribbean Ad The intended audience for this project is the general adult public, focusing on those with an interest in art and the cultural diversity. The audience will also include college students, professors, Haitian Art Society members and the African-American community. Over 100 art enthusiasts are expected to attend the International Haitian Art Conference, and an estimated 100-200 people will attend the symposium. With the promotion and publicity of this project, the Center anticipates future attendance to related programs and exhibits in its galleries will also be significant. Below outlines the schedule of events and programs for this project. Those presenters with an asterisk (*) are Humanities scholars. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 A Director's Reception will be hosted at the Waterloo Center for the Arts' Executive Director's home to welcome all presenters, participants and committee members to the weekend conference and symposium. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 Featuring scholarly presenters, the first day will examine the evolution and roots of the Waterloo Center for the Arts' Haitian collection and how it has and continues to intersect with other cultures around the world. Inception 9:00 Breakfast hosted by Ann Enderlien, daughter of the donors who established the Center's Haitian Collection 30 years ago, followed by a preview of exhibitions at the Center 11:00 Welcome Remarks 11:15 Collection Roundtable: Ann Enderlein, Clarence Ailing, Cammie Scully and Kent Shankle 12:00 Q &A 12:15 Lunch in Town Hall at the Waterloo Center for the Arts Intersections 1:15 Presenter: Marilyn Houlberg 2:00 Q & A 2:15 Break 2:30 Presenter: Patrick Malloy 3:15 Q &A 3:30 Travel to UNI Gallery of Art, remarks by Darrell Taylor 4:30 Travel to UNI Museum, remarks by Sue Grosboll & return to WCA 5:30 Break 6:30 Exhibition Opening To end the first day of the symposium and conference, the Friends of the Art Center will host an evening reception at the Waterloo Center for the Arts to celebrate the opening of new exhibitions featuring the art of Lionel St. Eloi, Bill Bollendorf, and new pieces from the Waterloo Center for the Arts' Haitian Collection. The event will also include delectable Caribbean food, sunny Caribbean music, a Haitian marketplace featuring collectors and artists offering fine art for purchase, and a gallery talk by photojournalist Bill Bollendorf. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 Using the Waterloo Center for the Arts' Haitian collection as a framework, artists, scholars, and collectors will examine and discuss Haitian and another Afro-Caribbean art- it's spiritualism, cosmology, iconography and evolution -during a Symposium. Through scholarly presentations from speakers around the globe, guided tours and panel discussions, participants will have the opportunity to enhance their understanding and gain new perspectives on Afro-Caribbean art and culture. The symposium will address the early beginnings of Haitian art, its influences, cultural connections and new directions. In the evening, participants will be treated to cocktails and an elegant, catered Caribbean banquet. Connections 9:30 Welcome remarks 9:45 Presenter: Maggie Roche 10:30 Q &A 10:45 Break 11:00 Presenter: Sarah Clunis 12:00 Lunch 1:15 Panel Conversation: Lionel St. Eloi, Bill Bollendorf, and Kurk Lyons 2:00 Q &A 2:15 Break ^ A e' i t t s' The CI ies Iowa G P os 1 f s v 2008 Hum�nit,.,� a.�. Grant .o.,� G. ��a: C� Inception. Intersections. Connections. Directions. Examining Haitian &Afro-Caribbean An Directions 2:30 Presenter: Neysa Page-Lieberman 3:15 Q & A 3:30 Break 3:45 Roundtable Discussion: Current State of Socio-Political Affairs in Haiti &Current Trends in Haitian Art 4:45 Break 7:00 Haitian Dinner featuring live Haitian and Caribbean music and the Haitian Marketplace where attendees can purchase artwork from collectors and gallerists SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 The conference will take to the streets on Sunday for participants to explore and experience several regional museums and galleries showcasing their connection to Haitian and other Afro-Caribbean artwork. Some of the artwork will be from each museum's own collection and some will be featured from the extensive Waterloo Center for the Arts collection of works. Participants will visit the University of Iowa for a guided tour of their Museum of Art's acclaimed African art collection and will also be treated to a special viewing of the Haitian collection at Davenport's new Figge Museum. Additional tours include the University of Northern Iowa Department of Art and Galleries, University of Northern Iowa Museum and Collections, and the Lowe Park Arts & Environment Center in Marion. Traveling Tour 9:00 Depart from WCA 10:00 Lowe Park Art& Environment Center, remarks by Marci Wright 10:30 Depart for University of Iowa 11:30 University of Iowa Museum, tour of African Collection led by Sarah Clunis 12:30 Lunch in Iowa City (order from the menu) 1:30 Depart for Figge Art Musuem 3:00 Arrive at Figge Art Museum, tour led by Michelle Robinson 6:30 Arrive back at the Waterloo Center for the Arts MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 A one-day tour of the Milwaukee Art Museum will be coordinated for interested participants to view their collection of Haitian artwork. Traveling Tour 8:00 Depart from Waterloo Center for the Arts 12:00 Lunch in Milwaukee 1:30 Tour of Milwaukee Art Museum 2:30 Travel to Galena 5:30 Dinner in Galena or Dubuque 8:00 Return to Waterloo Center for the Arts Throughout the weekend exhibition, marketplace and symposium, participants will compare and contrast how the Haitian and other Afro-Caribbean cultures uniquely interconnect with other cultures around the world, learn about the history of Haitian art and people, and be enlightened with the new direction of Haitian and other Afro-Caribbean art. All participants of the conference and symposium, as well as all Haitian Art Society members, will receive a copy of a newly published catalogue commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Waterloo Center for the Arts' Haitian art collection. A variety of handouts from the presenters and speakers will also be distributed throughout the symposium. And, the planning committee will also produce a video record of the lectures and dialogues, which will be showcased on local public access television, utilized in school programming, and preserved in the Waterloo Center for the Arts' archives. The Haitian collection at the Waterloo Center for the Arts was started to attract the African American community. The Center's impressive collection is recognized internationally and is sited in most Haitian art catalogs produced today. From Haitian art we have learned that art can be found in unexpected places and that the creative of art is not confined to people with formal schooling. It can and has been employed for propaganda purses by the powerful but it can also be the voice of the suppressed. Art can build self-confidence and cultural identity. The connections between African, Caribbean and African American cultures that are made in this project's exhibits, catalogue and symposium will bring people from all over the country and world to explore and experience humanities principles. le l t- centei c - I he Humanities Iowa Grant Pr osal;May 2008 inception. Intersections. Connections. Directions. Examining Haitian &Afro-Caribbean Art Publicity Plan The International Haitian Art Conference, symposium and exhibition will attract the general public for its uniqueness, as well as art enthusiasts, collectors, artists, and supporters of the Waterloo Center for the Arts. Publicity will be generated locally, regionally and nationally through a variety of media contacts and resources. The Waterloo Center for the Arts' database of more than 4,500 supporters will be informed of this program via direct mail and email publicity, and the Center's on-site electronic marquee sign will provide daily exposure to local and tourism traffic to the area. The Center is actively involved in the Waterloo and Cedar Falls Convention &Visitors Bureaus who help promote all of its exhibits and programs. New releases, feature stories and the calendar of events in The Courier, the local newspaper, ArtScene Magazine and in the VUE will also promote the exhibit and programs locally. We will also directly market this project to related professors and administrators at regional colleges and universities via our email database. Promotions on Iowa Public television, Waterloo Cable Access television, and radio interviews on KBBG and KHKE will fully communicate information about this project. Members and scholars of the Haitian Art Society, Iowa Museum Association, Iowa Arts Council, and the Department of Cultural Affairs will also be notified of this project through each association's newsletter and email notification system. The mailing list for brochure, postcard and news release promotions will be generated from the Waterloo Center for the Arts, the Haitian Art Society, nearby museums and regional colleges and universities, as well as the 100+ regional media contacts listed below. Media Contacts for Inception, Intersections, Connections,Directions:an examination of Haitian and other Afro-Caribbean Art;from African roots to current trends 105.7-KOKZ Community Cultural Calendar KBBG Silos&Smokestacks 1220 AM-KQMG Culturetinder KCHA AM&FM St.Louis Post-Dispatch 1250 AM-KDNZ Cumulus Broadcasting KCNZ Star 1330-KWLO 1650 AM-KCNZ Daily Journal lKCRG-TV 9 Star Tribune 950 AM-KOEL Des Moines Register KFXA-TV ch 28 State Historical Society Of Iowa 97.7 FM-KCRR Dubuque Telegraph Herald KFXB-TV ch 40 Sumner Gazette 98.5 FM-KOEL Dysart Reporter KGAN-CBS News 2 The Courier AM 1540 KXEL ElderWay KGAN-TV ch 2 The Courier-The Insider American City&Country Essential Iowa KNWS The Forum AMM News Brief Farm Bureau Spokesman KPXR-TV ch 48 The Grundy Register Art in America Forum KQMG Lite 95.3 The Hudson Herald Art Knowledge News Globe Gazette KUNIIKHKE The In Box ArtScene Greater Cedar Valley Chamber IKWAY The Iowa Source Association of Midwest Museums Heartland View Magazine KWWL-TV ch 7 The Modernist Magazine Brem.Cty Independent Home&Away Laces The Progress-Review Brite 95.3-KQMG Hudson Herald (Lamont Leader The Radio Grout Cedar Falls Saver Humanities Iowa Meredith Corporation The Record Cedar Falls Times I.C.S.A.A. Midwest Living The Tripoli Leader Cedar Falls Convention&Visitors Bureau Indep.Bulletin-Journal Minneapolis-St.Paul Star Tribune The Waverl News taper Cedar Rapids Gazette Iowa Arts Council Mix 96-KCVM Tripoli Leader Cedar Valley Cultural Alliance Iowa Bystander Networking Newsletter UNI-The Northern Iowan Cedar Valley Family Magazine Iowa City Press Citizen New Horizon Chamber VUE Charles City Press Iowa Museum Association Oelwein Register Waterloo Convention&Visitors Bureau Chicago Tribune Iowa Source Offenburger.com Waverly Democrat Chicago Tribune Iowa Tourism Office On Exhibit Winthrop News City of Waterloo Iowan Magazine Reinbeck Courier W01 Public Radio City View Magazine !Jesup Citizen Herald Rock 108-KFMW IWSUI PSA Evaluation Plan The success of this project will be measured by attendance to the exhibition, symposium, and conference, sales in the marketplace, excitement generated from the publicity plan, inquiries received from local and national potential participants, sales of the commemorative catalog, and return visitors to the Waterloo Center for the Arts. The exhibition and symposium will be evaluated through the use of a written evaluative tool distributed to all attendees to gain insight and feedback, as well as through audience participation and discussion. Feedback from the participating scholars, presenters, humanities evaluator, and planning committee will also be gathered to gauge the overall success of this project. Aso Humanities Iowa Grant Proposal:May 200.8 inception. intersections, Connections. Directions. Examining Haitian&Afro-Caribbean Art PROJECT EVALUATOR : LIBER Director of the James & Meryl Hearst Center for the Arts 304 West Seerley Boulevard Cedar Falls, IA 50613 Ph: (319) 273-8641 Fax: (319) 273-8659 www.hearstartscenter.com Center Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 8 a.m. - 9 p.m. Wednesday and Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. CLOSED Mondays Education 1997 Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree Minneapolis College of Art and Design 1980 Bachelor of Science, Art Education Degree University of Minnesota Employment 1974 - 1988 Various positions Minneapolis Institute of Arts 1988 — present Executive Director James & Meryl Hearst Center for the Arts Other Professional Activities Huber is involved in various professional organizations including the American Association of Museums, the Association of Midwest Museums, and the Iowa Museum Association, and ha served in a variety of capacities on numerous community boards and planning committees. HUMANITIES IOWA AGREEMENT AND CERTIFICATIONS Sign and attach to application Certifications: The applicant organization certifies that it will comply with all federal, state and local statutes forbidding the exclusion of participants in the project on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, gender, sexual orientation or age. Furthermore, the applicant organization certifies that disabled persons will not be subjected to discrimination in the form of architectural, transportation and communication barriers. The applicant organization certifies that accounts and supporting documentation are within generally accepted accounting principles and will be adequate to permit an accurate and expeditious audit. The applicant organization certifies that it is not delinquent in the repayment of any federal debt, and that it is not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in this transaction by any federal department or agency. Where the applicant organization is unable to certify to any of the statements in the certification, an explanation will be attached to this Agreement and Certifications form. AGREEMENT: It is understood that funds granted as a result of this request are to be used for the purposes set forth in the enclosed application. The undersigned agrees that the conduct of this project will be in compliance with the grant provisions and relevant policies of the National Endowment for the Humanities and Humanities Iowa. Applicant Organization: Project Title: 4/:?67F Signature of Authorized Representative of Apcicant Organization Date Notice: All information disclosed in this application, except for the budget explanation, will be available for scrutiny by any member of the public.