Art of the State: Iowa

“Iowa is that special place which has crafted itself to claim a big part of the future but never sacrificed those values of person and community on which a successful society must rest….The deep black earth and vaulted sky speak Iowa’s language.”
— Hugh Sidey, Iowa: A Celebration of Land, People & Purpose

Portrays the state of Iowa through pictorial and textual images of the Native Americans who once roamed the woodlands, the immigrants who tamed the fields, and Iowa’s writers, poets, preachers, musicians, and politicians.