Spanning the Arts Center’s 16,000 square feet of gallery space, the works of art in American Story are as rich and diverse as the individuals who created them. A blind African American from Memphis, a Hawaiian woman living in New York, a Vietnam veteran, a Navajo medicine man, and a Hmong refugee are among those united by their desire to use art to tell the story of their innermost feelings and record life as they have witnessed it. Fusing personal identity and cultural heritage, the powerful sagas of trained, self-taught, and folk artists alike come to life in paintings, sculptures and major site-specific installations.