Des Moines Art Center: A History (2013)
In 2013 Amy N. Worthen, curator of prints and drawings, delivered a lecture on the history of the Des Moines Art Center from 1948 through 2012.
Posts by Maddie MacFarlane
Architectural Trinity: 50 Years of the Des Moines Art Center (1998)
In 1998, Cal Lewis (Architect/Principal at Herbert Lewis Kruse Blunck) moderated a panel of experts who analyze the three generations of architectural responses that have gone into making the Des Moines Art Center such a...
Eliot Nusbaum on Des Moines Art Center Architecture (1998)
During the Art Center’s 50th anniversary, Eliot Nusbaum, Architecture Editor of Traditional Home Magazine, speaks about the unique achievement of twentieth century architecture, a collaboration by three of the most noteworthy architects of modern times,...
The Creation of “Greenwood Pond: Double Site” by Artist Mary Miss located in Greenwood Park (1999)
Summary of the creation of the site-specific artwork “Greenwood Pond: Double Site” featuring the artist Mary Miss, among other key stakeholders involved with the project.
Jim Demetrion Lecture in honor of Louise Noun’s 94th Birthday (2002)
Beloved Des Moines Art Center Director from 1969-1984 Jim Demetrion, is welcomed back the museum to give a public talk about significant artworks that were added to the collection during his tenure on the occasion...
Des Moines Art Center NEWS: January to April 2023
The staff, board, and community celebrate the Art Center’s 75th anniversary in 2023, and we have many projects in the works to mark this extraordinary milestone. Our three major exhibitions during the year will focus...
November 2022: Peter Larsen
Peter Larsen applied to My Museum Monday with the desire to revisit a childhood favorite book – “From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler,” a story by E.L. Konigsburg about two siblings who...
Iowa Artists 2022: Miriam Alarcón Avila, Artist Lecture
Miriam Alarcón Avila, the Des Moines Art Center’s 2022 Iowa Artist, participates in a conversation with Laura Burkhalter, curatorial manager, about her trajectory and passions as an artist.
October 2022: Mary Duvall and Milton Cole
As part of the Des Moines Art Center’s My Museum Monday program, each month an Art Center member is invited to spend time in the museum when the building is normally closed to the public....
Conjectural Thinking and the Look of Meaning
“Conjectural Thinking and the Look of Meaning” was the topic of discussion in the 32nd annual Fingerman Lecture series at the Des Moines Art Center; listen to the conversation between Artist Lari Pittman and Jeff...