May 2023: Victoria Herring
Art Center Member Victoria Herring has a passion for photography and applied to My Museum Monday to take advantage of the empty galleries to get the perfect shot. Victoria was interested in the architecture of...
Posts by Maddie MacFarlane
Student Artists Shine in 2022-23 My Voice Program
Throughout the galleries of the Des Moines Art Center, you will find endless inspiration in the form of artful objects on view and the contemporary ideas surrounding them. Recently, a new group of inspired works...
Des Moines Art Center NEWS: May to August 2023
I write this, my first introduction to the Art Center’s printed newsletter, from New York, where I’m currently finishing my tenure as The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon Polsky Curator of...
Exploring the Art Center Grounds – Walking Guide
This walking guide navigates the sculptures on the grounds of the Art Center nestled in Des Moines’ Greenwood Park. The guide includes information about the sculptures as well as open ended activities that provide pathways...
March 2023: Jen James
Art Center Member Jen James decided to bring a very special guest to join in her My Museum Monday experience, her daughter Jill. Jen and Jill took their time touring the current exhibition “Art Center:...
Prairie Cairn by Andy Goldsworthy (2002)
Artist Andy Goldsworthy creates Prairie Cairn, 2001 at the Conrad Environmental Research Area, Newton, Iowa and discusses the larger project titled “Three Cairns,” of which this piece is a first step. “Three Cairns” is cross-continental...
February 2023: Jonney Ambrose
Jonney Ambrose was the first member to participate in My Museum Monday during our 75th Anniversary year. “I so enjoyed my time at My Museum Monday—I wanted to say thank you!” Jonney told us. “I...
December 2022: Jody Gifford
Jody Gifford applied to My Museum Monday after reading about it in the Art Center newsletter. She wanted to use her time in the galleries to write in complete silence. Jody described her desire to...
Conversation with Jeff Fleming, John and Mary Pappajohn Director
In this interview, Jeff Fleming talks about his nearly 25-year career at the Des Moines Art Center. Michael Morain, editor of Business Publications Corporation’s magazine division moderates. Art Center staff members join Fleming on stage...
“Commitment, Community, and Controversy: The Des Moines Art Center Collections” (1998)
Interim Director M. Jessica Rowe leads a look at the 50th anniversary exhibition of the Des Moines Art Center, “Commitment, Community, and Controversy: The Des Moines Art Center Collections,” on view January 24 – May...