Grant Wood’s story is an inspiration for all Americans, particularly Iowans, and a shining example that world-influencing achievements can occur in this state that we call home.

This animated presentation, with archival photographs and video segments, looks at Wood’s personal life story, his artistic development and meteoric rise to international prominence as the leader of Regionalism, his controversial professorship at the State University of Iowa and his enduring legacy in art history, having lived nearly his whole life in Iowa. Original Grant Wood works may be available for viewing.