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Creative Connections: Jean Dubuffet
Students will practice observation and critical thinking, while experiencing the joy of discovery. Creative Connections can be used online with virtual tours or in-person at the Art Center.
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The Art Center offers free educational resources for families, individuals, and educators. Explore artist talks, gallery guides, hands-on activities, and more.
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Pappajohn Sculpture Park Exploration Guide
Welcome to the John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park, an extension of the Des Moines Art Center. There are many ways to learn: start with a question, create, explore your passions and interests, challenge norms,...
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Creative Connections: Georgia O’Keeffe
Students will practice observation and critical thinking, while experiencing the joy of discovery. Creative Connections can be used online with virtual tours or in-person at the Art Center.
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Siendo con el Arte
Este programa de audioguía de 20 minutos convierte su visita a la galería en una experiencia llena de paz, inspiradora y de meditación. Al escuchar y seguir las amables indicaciones proporcionadas, verá las obras de...
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Creative Connections: Nick Cave
Students will practice observation and critical thinking, while experiencing the joy of discovery. Creative Connections can be used online with virtual tours or in-person at the Art Center.
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Being With Art
Being with Art is a peaceful guided audio tour grounded in mindfulness and slow-looking practices. Experience art with a new awareness by using the gentle prompts in this 20-minute audio exercise. LISTEN
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Artist on Art: Chitra Ganesh on Leonor Fini’s “La Gardienne des Phoenix”
Former Associate Curator Jared Ledesma was struck by visual and thematic parallels between Chitra Ganesh’s work Urgency (2020) and a long-term loan to the Art Center, Leonor Fini’s La Gardienne des Phoenix (1952) and invited...
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Des Moines Art Center NEWS: January to April 2022
Transforming the Art Center in the 21st Century, a comprehensive campaign in celebration of the Art Center’s upcoming 75th anniversary in 2023, announced its public phase in the fall of 2021. In July of 2019,...
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Virtual Gallery Talk: Manos
Former Art Center Associate Curator Jared Ledesma reviews many the exhibition Manos: Selections of Latin American Art from the Des Moines Art Center’s Collection as well as a new addition to the collection, Hermano y...
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Justin Favela, Artist Lecture
Justin Favela shares significant touch points about his artistic motivations, influences, and explorations, ending in a description of his exhibition at the Des Moines Art Center, Justin Favela: Central American.
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