Community Resources | Iowa Arts & Culture

Opportunities for Communities

Iowa Cultural Entertainment Districts

Apply to have your district recognized as a cultural destination in Iowa. Iowa Cultural & Entertainment District designation recognizes areas in communities where arts, culture and entertainment thrive.

Iowa Great Places

The Iowa Great Places program provides a ten-year designation as an Iowa Great Place, professional development and technical assistance resources, and competitive funding opportunities for new and existing infrastructure projects included in a vision plan and supported by a mix of partners and strategies.

Community Visioning and Planning

This list provides resources a community or organization can use to integrate arts and culture into their placemaking initiatives.

Public Art

This list of resources includes tools artists and communities can use to explore and successfully develop public art in Iowa.

Iowa Creative Places

The State of Iowa offers numerous programs, resources and tools to support communities at all stages of envisioning, developing and preserving creative places.

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Art Project Grant

Note: This funding opportunity is no longer currently accepting applications. See below for resources to manage your grant award.

Iowa Great Places

Iowa Great Places seeks to cultivate the local character and authentic qualities of Iowa neighborhoods

Creative Catalyst Project Grant

Apply for funding to develop arts and culture projects that advance creative placemaking as a community workforce or tourism strategy.