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Consultant outlines feasibility study for an arts alliance in Iowa City

5492763 · July 11, 2025
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Group Creatives presented a discovery-phase overview to the Public Art Advisory Committee about whether an arts alliance should form in Iowa City, how it might be structured and possible funding models; steering committee to refine scenarios by fall.

Teva Dawson, founder of Group Creatives, told the Iowa City Public Art Advisory Committee that her firm was hired by the Downtown District in collaboration with the city and local arts organizations to study whether an arts alliance should be created and, if so, what form it should take. “We are in the first phase of this effort,” Dawson said, describing the current discovery work of individual interviews, focus groups and a steering committee.

Dawson said the study is looking at whether membership should include individual…

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