Articles Tagged: Grant Wood

Right inside the door of the Marion Heritage Center, you can find Dan Rhodes’ 1939 fresco.

Before the Linn County rest areas were even constructed, there were issues with water quality at various existing stops across the state.

A temporary exhibit looks at the re-interpretation of impressionism through the works in the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art collection. The exhibit is open through Sept. 14.

The mural, painted by Grant Wood student William E. Henning, will hang in the district’s Educational Leadership and Support Center while Harrison Elementary School is being renovated, which should take about two years.

Iowa artist didn’t care for the painting, but many other people did

Grant Wood & friends were seriously kind to lecturers in Iowa City

Since 1893, it’s been a quarry office, a post office, a home, a pub

Ninety years after the University of Iowa opened its 53,000-square-foot Art Building along the Iowa River in 1936 -- hosting renowned artist and educator Grant Wood until his death in 1942 -- the campus is eyeing a long-awaited modernization of the vacant building, which has been unoccupied since the 2008 flood.

Free admission returns July 2 to Sept. 1

Stories on why the railing is there, the ‘bucket of blood gym,’ the art collection

Hotel Montrose owner hired artist to paint 7 scenes for coffeeshop in 1932

‘Gianni Schicchi’ and ‘American Gothical’ full of humor and heart

Grant Wood’s overalls spark dual exhibitions with differing views

Three Iowa high school students were recognized for their talents through the Grant Wood Legacy Prize from the University of Iowa’s Grant Wood Art Colony.

A loft apartment with amenities like no other would have been a treat for its occupants