The Italian-American Cultural Center of Iowa will present the 4th Annual Italian American Heritage Festival on July 26th and 27th, 2013 in the Western Gateway Park in downtown Des Moines, IA.

The Festival will once again be awarding $3,000 in Artistic Scholarships to talented young artists or photographers of Italian descent residing in Iowa who will be attending a college, university, or art institute in the fall.

New this year is a Multimedia contest for high school or college/university students of Italian descent. Multimedia entries in this year's contest will use the theme, "The Influence of Italian Culture in America" for their presentation.

For more information and entry forms, please visit our festival contests page.