The Grant Wood Art Colony celebrates the life and legacy of Iowa’s most famous artist, Grant Wood. After painting one of the most recognizable images in the world, American Gothic, Wood joined the University of Iowa faculty. Each year, the Colony provides three Fellowships in Painting & Drawing, Printmaking , and Interdisciplinary Performance. Fellows teach courses, engage Iowans, and pursue their artistic endeavors. The Colony also hosts a biennial symposium and provides outreach to perpetuate Wood’s legacy as an artist and advocate of contemporary art.

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GWAC 2015 Fellow Careena Melia speaks to Coe College students

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The Grant Wood Art Colony is a featured program of the University of Iowa Provost’s Office of Community Engagement. The program exemplifies the University of Iowa’s historic commitment to creative work and pioneering of the Master of Fine Arts degree. New and Enhanced Programs Catalogue Raisonn é...Read more
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Former Fellow Neal Rock Opens Solo Show in London

New Art Projects (London) is delighted to present the solo exhibition; Elegies & Flesh Poems, by Welsh, US-based artist Neal Rock. His first in over seventeen years in London. Rock’s work gained attention throughout the 2000s, with an expanded painting practice, making decorative and politically charged silicone paintings that incorporated assemblage, object-making and architectural interventions. In recent years he has introduced line drawing and adapted mono-printing techniques into his practice. While making these works, Rock has explored the poetic form of the elegy, using line as a carrier of emotion and affect within these works.Read more

Events

Body of Noise.

Body of Noise.

Friday, April 5, 2024, 8:00pm

Body of Noise. is a performance by Grant Wood Fellow Jessica Tucker. Performances: Friday, April 5 at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 6 at 8 p.m. Sunday, April 7 at 2 p.m. All performances will be in the Motion Capture Studio in the Performing Arts Annex (PAX) building.

Performing Arts Annex (PAX)

Body of Noise.

Body of Noise.

Saturday, April 6, 2024, 8:00pm

Body of Noise. is a performance by Grant Wood Fellow Jessica Tucker. Performances: Friday, April 5 at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 6 at 8 p.m. Sunday, April 7 at 2 p.m. All performances will be in the Motion Capture Studio in the Performing Arts Annex (PAX) building.

Performing Arts Annex (PAX)

Body of Noise.

Body of Noise.

Sunday, April 7, 2024, 2:00pm

Body of Noise. is a performance by Grant Wood Fellow Jessica Tucker. Performances: Friday, April 5 at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 6 at 8 p.m. Sunday, April 7 at 2 p.m. All performances will be in the Motion Capture Studio in the Performing Arts Annex (PAX) building.

Performing Arts Annex (PAX)