Iowa’s 2023 census data cites that of the 3,207,004 people in the state, 84.4% or 2,702,598 of the population are white. Growing up in a state with such low rates of racial diversity is an experience shared by multidisciplinary artist b. Robert Moore, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, and regenerative land sculptor and activist Jordan Weber. On July 28, 2024, these Iowa natives gathered at the Des Moines Art Center for a conversation on how this has been a catalytic factor in their pursuits to bring wider and more nuanced stories of our American history to the forefront. The Art Center’s Senior Curator Laura Burkhalter posed topics for conversation and the speakers take the dialogue in authentic and compelling directions.
Cover Photo: Tobias Tyler
Generous support provided by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All programs.
