An Alphabet for Grant Wood

Adapted from the 2019 opera aria Grant Wood in Paris, which was written and composed by the director, commissioned by Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre, this short musical adopts the perspective of the iconic Iowa painter’s mother Hattie as she realizes her son might come out of the closet. The film references more than 20 works Grant Wood created in a small studio in Cedar Rapids, Iowa from 1924 to 1935.