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Justin Favela on Grant Wood’s “Birthplace of Herbert Hoover”
Artist Justin Favela shares how artwork from the Des Moines Art Center’s permanent collection inspired his exhibition Justin Favela: Central American.
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Paper Plant Making with Justin Favela
Create a paper plant along with artist Justin Favela in this 25-minute virtual workshop. Workshop created in collaboration with the NMSU University Art Museum and generously shared with the Des Moines Art Center.
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Paper Plant Making for ‘Justin Favela: Central American’
You’re invited to contribute to Justin Favela: Central American by creating paper plants for garden beds that appear in the exhibition. This craft is appropriate for all ages and abilities. Click below for step-by-step instructions.
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In Conversation with Karla Black
This Artist Talk with Karla Black is a prelude to her exhibition Karla Black: 20 Years.
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Hedda Sterne Mini Lectures + Conversation
Shaina Larrivee, director of the The Hedda Sterne Foundation, Nathan Augustine, art collections manager at Deere & company, and Jared Ledesma, Art Center assistant curator, introduce one of the most fascinating artists of the twentieth century that you've likely never heard of - Hedda Sterne.
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Inspired Conversations: Episode #1 Amy Putney Koenig
Inspired Conversations is an audio program revolving around major exhibitions at the Des Moines Art Center, hosted by Museum Educator Mia Buch. Inspired Conversations are unscripted gallery explorations, unfolding meeting making and the thing that...
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Virtual Viewing: Wanda and Daughters by Deana Lawson
Practice the art of slow looking with these brief videos focusing on an artwork in the Des Moines Art Center's permanent collection narrated by an Art Center Docent.
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Active Voice: Contemporary Art, Storytelling, and Advocacy
This program explores identity, activism, storytelling, and aesthetics in the work of contemporary Indigenous creators.
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The Possibility of Queer Abstraction
David J. Getsy, Professor of Art History at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, discusses the ways in which some queer artists have addressed the problem of representation by pursuing abstraction.
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