Art is the Word: Text in Art February 7 –May 17, 2026

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Len Davis, A Thousand Words #9, 2010, collage and graphite on newsprint on panel, 8 x 5 inches, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, museum purchase, 2011.070.
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Jesse James Sinclair, Mile 198, 2010, photograph, 29 7/8 x 34 inches, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, museum purchase, Bertha Cowles Quarton Fund, 2011.044.
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Roger Brown, Great American Farmer, 1990, oil on canvas, 72 x 72 inches, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, museum purchase, Bertha Cowles Quarton Fund, 2002.007.
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Annette Lemieux, Popular Wall Painting (after Ken), 1997, acrylic and tempera with graphite on graph paper, 8 ½ x 11 inches, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States, 2009.023.

Art is the Word: Text in Art 

February 7 –May 17, 2026

Text has been incorporated into artwork for centuries.  Some artists use it as another pictorial element, adding shape, texture, or detail to their work.  Others use it linguistically to create a narrative or convey a message in their work.  No matter how text is used, it can have a huge impact in an artwork.  This exhibition explores how text appears in work within the collection of the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art. 

This exhibition and accompanying educational programming have been made possible in part by a Program Support Grant from the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation, members of the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, and contributors to the Museum’s Annual Fund.  Annual educational programming support has been provided in part by Transamerica.