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Grinnell College has collected a wide variety of artwork related to the college's location in the middle of the country.
The Center of Prairie Studies in Harry Hopkins House is the home for the following pieces.
- The Prairie Suite: A Study of Place is a collection of 12 original prints commissioned by the Center from as many artists examining many aspects of prairie and place. Available as a traveling exhibition.
- Dakota, by Bill Innis, an abstract landscape (oil pastels and oilstick on paper)
- Tom's Circuit, by John Preston, rural Iowa landscape (oil)
- East of Hydro No. 3, by Robert Dorlac, an Oklahoma landscape (monotype) (gift of the artist)
- Prairie History, by Catherine Macey, a suite of five prints depicting the transformation of the Iowa landscape from native prairie to agriculture to prairie reconstruction. (monoprint)
- Capricious Boundaries II, by Rachel Melis, abstract (monoprint)
- Containment, by Anthony Crowley, abstract (charcoal)
- Burst, by Anthony Crowley, abstract (charcoal and oil pastel)
These two works, by former Grinnell faculty member and professor of art, Tony Crowley, were inspired by his contact with the prairie ecosystem.
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