Des Moines Art Center NEWS: September to December 2024

I have always found the end of summer and the beginning of fall to be a particularly bittersweet time of the year. It is a moment of transition, as the weather begins to change and schools reopen. The Art Center, too, is entering a period of great transformation. For the last eight months, we have been crafting a strategic plan that will shape our work for the next five years. All such plans are important, but this one is especially so, pointing us in the direction of the Art Center’s 100th anniversary, in 2048. Twenty-four years might seem like a lifetime, but we need to be bold and future-forward in a rapidly evolving world if we are to keep pace with the cultural, social, economic, and environmental changes to come. I am planning not just for tomorrow or next year, but for the next few decades. I am aiming for the future, and my horizon line is long.

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