Inland Visual Culture Studies Center   Generally, art and visual
culture have been narrowly defined as coastal and urban, despite
a high percentage of artists and designers who have emerged from
the unique population, landscape, and economy of the Midwest.
The mission of the Inland Visual Studies Center is to theorize a
more authentic and complex cultural identity of Middle America.
It seeks out patterns of cultural production that cross
disciplines to discover unifying themes and values in visual
practice in the region. It examines how Inland identifiers
impact the rest of the nation's visual discourse by documenting
and broadcasting sponsored research through lectures,
exhibitions and publications.  Inland Center Website