State Humanities Program

FAIN: SO-262199-19

Humanities Iowa (Iowa City, IA 52242)
Jack Wertzberger (Project Director: April 2018 to December 2018)
Kurt Meyer (Project Director: December 2018 to June 2020)
Charissa Menefee (Project Director: June 2020 to August 2020)
Kurt Meyer (Project Director: August 2020 to present)

Funding details:
Original grant (2019) $100,210.00
Supplement (2019) $497,990.00
Supplement (2020) $615,100.00

General operating support for state or territorial humanities council

To promote the understanding and appreciation of the people, communities, culture, and stories of importance to Iowa and the nation.

Associated Products

Monument Valley (Exhibition)
Title: Monument Valley
Curator: Des Moines Art Center
Abstract: Monument Valley is a group exhibition of multi-media contemporary art that questions and deconstructs stereotypes and mythology about the American West.
Year: 2019
Primary URL: http://desmoinesartcenter.org/

Electric Railroads of Iowa (Exhibition)
Title: Electric Railroads of Iowa
Curator: Iowa Railroad Historical Society
Abstract: Electric Railroads of Iowa is an upcoming exhibit at the James H. Andrew Railroad Museum and History Center to debut May 20, (Memorial Day Weekend) 2020. It will explore the evolution of electric railroads in Iowa and their impact on the public, beginning with their infancy, zenith and eventual downfall due to external factors. We will highlight the people who operated these lines, crews, depots and administration. Assisting will be sixteen 4-color banners, two interactive kiosks as well as a highly designed graphic video monitor displaying seldom seen photos. In addition, Electric Railroads of Iowa will cover this unique form of transportation which benefitted Iowa citizens by making inter-city travel easier, growing businesses and enlarging cities. In addition, we will focus, through the use of rare photos and city maps the following: Trunk Lines, Terminal and Short lines, Suburban, City Transit, and Power Generation while always asking the question “Why go Electric and what are the public benefits?” and how this form of transportation has been a vital catalyst contributing to Iowa’s growing populace from the turn of the century going forward.
Year: 2019
Primary URL: https://bsvrr.com/wp/

Rise Above Featuring the P51C Mustang Tuskegee Airmen and the Rise Above Traveling Exhibit (Exhibition)
Title: Rise Above Featuring the P51C Mustang Tuskegee Airmen and the Rise Above Traveling Exhibit
Curator: Herbert Hoover Presidential Library
Abstract: At the end of August 2019, the Hoover Presidential Fdn will partner with the Hoover Presidential Library and Museum and Park Service to bring the RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibition to West Branch and eastern Iowa audiences.
Year: 2019
Primary URL: https://hoover.archives.gov/

Where Social and Environmental Justice Meet: Pearl Hogrefe Visting Writer Series (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: Where Social and Environmental Justice Meet: Pearl Hogrefe Visting Writer Series
Abstract: The 2019-2020 Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writer Series plans to bring central Iowa and ISU campus eight writers of high reputation whose work addresses global issues of culture and environment, as well as question of identity, race, ethnicity, and social justice.
Author: Iowa State University
Date: 8/1/2019
Location: Ames, IA
Primary URL: https://engl.iastate.edu/graduate-students/mfa-program-in-creative-writing-and-environment/pearl-hogrefe-fellowship-in-creative-writing/

The Influence of Women in the Film Industry (Conference/Institute/Seminar)
Title: The Influence of Women in the Film Industry
Author: Siouxland Institute of Film
Abstract: On the eve of the 100th anniversary of passage of the 19th Amendment, our 15th annual film festival will feature an arts education program entitle 'The Influence of Women in the Film Industry'.
Date Range: 8/1/19-6/30/2020
Location: Sioux City, IA
Primary URL: http://www.siouxcityfilmfest.org/siouxland-institute-of-film

Hard Won. Not Done. 19th Amendment Centennial Commemoration Kickoff (Conference/Institute/Seminar)
Title: Hard Won. Not Done. 19th Amendment Centennial Commemoration Kickoff
Author: Iowa State University
Abstract: This application requests funding from Humanities Iowa to support a half-day event to kickoff a statewide, year-long commemoration of the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution.
Date Range: 7/1/19-6/30/2020
Location: Ames, IA
Primary URL: https://www.iastate.edu/

Middle Ground: Rediscovering Iowa and the Greater Midwest (Web Resource)
Title: Middle Ground: Rediscovering Iowa and the Greater Midwest
Author: Central College
Abstract: This project will introduce the public to the craft of oral history and storytelling through a podcast, website and accompanying launch events.
Year: 2019
Primary URL: https://central.edu/

"Resurrecting Forest Grove" Documentary Film (Film/TV/Video Broadcast or Recording)
Title: "Resurrecting Forest Grove" Documentary Film
Writer: Kelly Rundle
Director: Kelly Rundle
Producer: Kelly Rundle
Abstract: In 2011, the 1873 Forest Grove Schoolhouse No. 5 in Easter Iowa near Bettendorf was in danger of collapsing in on itself.
Year: 2019
Primary URL: https://docublogger.typepad.com/resurrecting_forest_grove/
Access Model: Open
Format: Film

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