Eleven Sioux City venues and one artist have received a Recovery Grant from the Iowa Arts Council, a division of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs.
Director Chris Kramer says the one-time grants provide relief to cultural nonprofit organizations and individual artists that can demonstrate lost income and extra expenses incurred due to the pandemic:
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The Sioux City Community Theatre received a $5000 grant to be used to support projects and programs of the theatre during its phased re-opening.
Funding for the grants was made possible by the federal CARES Act:
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The largest local grant, $90,800, was awarded to the Sioux City Symphony.
Orpheum Theatre $56,600
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center $42,000.
Sioux City Art Center $27,400
The Marquee $12,800
Lamb Theatre & School $11,000
Sioux City Conservatory of Music $8500
LaunchPad Children’s Museum $7600
Mid America Museum of Aviation & Transportation $6400
Vangarde Arts $5600
Richard Steinbach $1800