(Radio Iowa) — The Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs has awarded two million dollars in grants for projects across that state. Department spokesman Michael Morain says the grants are awarded on a competitive basis.

Locally, the grant applicants and the funding they received includes:

• Nodaway Valley Elementary School, Greenfield – $750 for an in-school residency with Poet Linda Wolfe.
• Project Restore Foundation (Stuart, IA) – $3,000 for an art project: “Musical Instruments of the World.”
• Guthrie County Arts Council – $5,000 for operational support/expenses.
• Logan-Magnolia High School – $1,000 for the purchase of art drafting tables.
• Winterset Art Center – $5,000 for operational support/expenses.
• Golden Hills R-C & D, in Oakland – $10,000 for the Southwest Iowa Art Tour.
• Council Bluffs Guild of the Omaha Symphony – $10,000 for “Mission imagination: Mozart’s Missing Memory.”
• Avoca Public Library – $7,392 for the “Libraries Rock!” music program.
• Mount Ayr Elementary School – $1,000 for the purchase of a Smart Board for the music classroom.
• Shelby County Historical Museum – $732 grant for exterior painting of the Jackson Schoolhouse (preservation project).
• Museum of Danish America – $20,000 for operational support/expenses.
• Creston High School – $887 for the purchase of a Raku kiln for the Art Dept.

The grants are awarded in a variety of categories. That includes through the Historic Preservation Office.