Canvas and Composers

You are invited on Thursday night at the Canvas & Composers event, featuring the composer-librettists who created The Grant Wood Operas: Strokes of Genius:

With the presence of the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art staff:

  • Executive Director Sean Ulmer
  • Associate Curator Kate Kunau

They are going to discuss the Grant Wood painting that inspired the three new operas.

Canvas & Composers

Thursday, March 14, 7-8 pm
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
410 Third Avenue SE, Auditorium
Free and open to the public

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