School of Art and Art History

The Grant Wood Art Colony

Resources

Office of Visual Materials

The School of Art and Art History Office of Visual Materials is an instructional resource of 350,000 35mm slides documenting major works in the fields of African, Asian, European, and American art. The collection is used by faculty and teaching assistants to present visual information in the classroom as well as for research.

Office of Visual Materials
130 Art Building West
(319) 335-1787

MDID

Digital Image Library

OVM Database - All Records - slides and digital images

Artist Authority Search Tool

New slides added to the collection

OVM Video Collection

SAAH Quick Facts

The Master of Fine Art program at the School of Art and Art History is one of the top ten programs among public universities.
The Printmaking Program is ranked #4 in the country.
The Painting & Drawing area is ranked among the top ten graduate programs (currently #6) in the country among public universities.

Current statistics:

121 Graduate Students
663 Undergraduate majors
258 enrolled in the University Honors Program
104 selected to pursue a BFA degree
511 selected to pursue a BA degree
The BFAs comprised 50% or more of the graduating class (Fall 10 and Spring 10)
325 have double majors

Art majors also pursue double majors - certifications in the following areas:

- Communication Studies
- Journalism and Mass Communication
- English
- Education
- Business
- Psychology
- Informatics
- Art History
- Sciences
- Engineering
- Nursing
- Pre-Med and Pre-Law
- Languages