US EditionMigrants to Iowa strike different portraits where 'American Gothic' was created
Immigrant and refugee communities in Cedar Rapids contribute to diverse religious and cultural life, with recent baptisms, mosque attendance, and new businesses, despite immigration challenges.
- In Cedar Rapids, the site where Grant Wood painted `American Gothic`, migrants and refugees are creating new cultural portraits and reshaping faith communities amid long-term migration.
- Faith-Based resettlement efforts have shaped Cedar Rapids, Iowa through more than a century of migration, with The Catherine McAuley Center resettling hundreds of refugees before Trump's halt.
- Mohamed Mahmoud opened a halal store within ten months, St. Jude Catholic Church built ministries soon, and Immaculate Conception Catholic Church recently baptized five children.
- Being able to worship in their native language gives parishioners and migrants a sense of belonging, but many also face anxiety as immigration enforcement detains some and disrupts families.
- Beyond new arrivals, established cultural threads such as the Czech community of Cedar Rapids preserve heritage through choirs, schools, and festivals, while the pastor and his wife from Burundi, nearly 20 years in the U.S., embody deep settlement as citizens and grandparents.
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Santa Maria TimesCEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — It was in Cedar Rapids, surrounded by cornfields, that Iowa artist Grant Wood painted “American Gothic,” the iconic 1930 depiction of a stern-looking woman and a…
Migrants to Iowa Strike Different Portraits Where 'American Gothic' Was Created
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — It was in Cedar Rapids, surrounded by cornfields, where Iowa artist Grant Wood painted “American Gothic,” the iconic 1930 portrayal of a stern-looking woman and a man with a pitchfork in front of a white frame house.
Migrants to Iowa strike different portraits where 'American Gothi
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — It was in Cedar Rapids, surrounded by cornfields, where Iowa artist Grant Wood painted “American Gothic,” the iconic 1930 portrayal of a stern-looking woman and a man with a pitchfork in front of a white frame house. The city presents many different images today, after more than a century of international migration and faith-based resettlement efforts. To many newcomers as well as lifelong residents, this heartland rive…
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