DES MOINES – The Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs is dividing $ 1 million among 118 Iowa arts and cultural groups to encourage people to safely “Re-imagine, Re-engage, Reconnect” with concerts, museums, festivals and among them. Released in time for the holidays, one-time prizes range from $ 1,500 to $ 18,000. About 20 organizations in Linn and Johnson counties are among the recipients, including the Hancher Auditorium, the Iowa African American Museum, Brucemore, Orchestra Iowa and Chorale Midwest. The money comes from the Iowa Arts & Tradition Advertising Grant program, created with federal funds from l. to. CARES Act that l. to. Governor Kim Reynolds assigned the Department of Cultural Affairs to provide financial assistance to Iowa organizations challenged by him. to. pandemic. “These advertising and marketing grants and l. to. promotional campaign ‘Re-imagine’ will help the arts and cultural sector of Iowa to give l. to. welcome visitors during l. to. the holiday season, when many organizations depend on increased attendance and income to make ends meet, ”said Director of Cultural Affairs Chris Kramer. “This statewide investment will also help drive major exhibitions, presentations and events now and into the new year.” Iowa’s creative sector generally contributes $ 4.2 billion to it. to. state economy, employing more than 43,000 creative workers in more than 5,000 businesses across the state, according to the department of cultural affairs. However, in 2020, the arts sector and l. to. Iowa culture nonprofit lost millions in revenue and at least 4,500 arts, entertainment and recreation jobs as a result of event cancellations and closures due to it. to. COVID-19 pandemic. Eastern Iowa Grant Recipients and Amounts: Johnson County Hancher Auditorium, Iowa Town, $ 7,500 International Academy of Russian Music, Art and Culture, Iowa Town, $ 3,700 Children’s Museum of Iowa, Coralville, $ 16,900 Fab Lab by l. to. Iowa City, $ 5,000 PromptPress, Coralville, $ 4,300 Public Area One, Iowa Town, $ 12,600 Linn County Iowa African American Museum, Cedar Rapids, $ 12,400 Brucemore, Cedar Rapids, $ 18,000 Cedar Rapids Opera, $ 9,200 Chorale Midwest, Cedar Rapids, $ 6,300 Cohesion School of Music, Cedar Rapids, $ 4,000 Iowa Center for Ceramics and Glass Study, Cedar Rapids, $ 4,500 Kirkwood Neighborhood School, Cedar Fast, $ 8,700 Czech and Slovak National Museum and Library, Cedar Rapids, $ 11,300 NewBo Town Marketplace Advertising, Cedar Rapids, $ 1,900 Orchestra Iowa, Cedar Rapids, $ 10,000 Revival Theater Company, Cedar Rapids, $ 5,600 Black Hawk County Cedar Falls Community Theater, $ 15,000 Grout Museum District, Waterloo, $ 18,000 James & Meryl Hearst Middle for the Arts, Cedar Falls, $ 17,700 University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, $ 10,000 Playhouse of l. to. Waterloo Community / Black Hawk Children’s Theater, $ 17,000 Youth Art Team, Waterloo, $ 10,500 Cedar County Hoover Presidential Foundation, West Department, $ 18,000 Clayton County Guttenberg Construction & Tourism, $ 7,700 Guttenberg Gallery and Creativity Center, Guttenberg, $ 3,900 Dubuque County Bell Tower Theater, Dubuque, $ 10,800 Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs of l. to. City of Dubuque, $ 15,000 Inventive Journey Lab Inc., Dubuque $ 17,000 Dubuque Chorale, Dubuque, $ 3,200 Dubuque County Historical Society, Dubuque, $ 6,100 Dubuque Museum of Art, $ 9,500 5 Flags Middle Theater, Dubuque, $ 11,300 Grand Opera Space, Dubuque, $ 8,000 Heritage Middle, Dubuque, $ 18,000 Julien Dubuque International Film Competition, Dubuque, $ 3,500 Loras School, Dubuque History Center, Dubuque $ 1,500 Steeple Sq., Dubuque, $ 8,800 Henry County Swedish Society of l. to. Heritage, Sweden, $ 1,000 Iowa County Society of l. to. Amana inheritance, $ 4,000 Jackson County Ohnward Center for the Fine Arts, Maquoketa, $ 7,500 Muscatine County Eulenspiegel Puppet Theater Company, West Liberty, $ 3,500 Muscatine Art Center, $ 15,500 Scott County Davenport Junior Theater, $ 5,000 Figge Museum of Art, Davenport, $ 10,000 German-American Center of l. to. Inheritance, Davenport, $ 15,000 Putnam Museum and Science Center, Davenport, $ 18,000 Quad Town Symphony Orchestra, Davenport, $ 11,400 Winneshiek County Oneota Cinema Competition, Decorah, $ 3,500 Oneota Valley Community Orchestra, Decorah, $ 3,100