The Des Moines Art Center will be closed Friday, February 20. All studio classes, gatherings, and events are cancelled. // The elevator in the Richard Meier building is temporarily closed; all levels of the building are accessible by stairs. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Publication
Des Moines Art Center NEWS: September to December 2025
HomeArtResourcesDes Moines Art Center NEWS: September to December 2025
I love learning. I was reminded how much I love to learn, and how important learning is to my personal and professional well-being, this summer, when I attended the executive education course Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management at Harvard Business School, presented in conjunction with the university’s Social Enterprise Initiative. For a full week, I was immersed in the study of systems change, innovation, community development, fundraising, crisis communication, artificial intelligence, and more. We read more than a dozen case studies on trailblazing nonprofits from California to Ireland to India.
It takes a village to do the work of our museum and school. Everything functions as a collaboration with many talented individuals working behind the scenes to make our operations appear seamless. Through their collective...
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...