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SUMMARY:Social Saturday: Plot Twist
DESCRIPTION:Join the Des Moines Art Center’s April Social Saturday event: Plot Twist! Enjoy crafts in the Art School studios\, a free guided tour\, a unique performance in Levitt Auditorium\, treats in the Art Center Café\, and so much more! \nSchedule of Events:\n11:15 | Storytime with guest reader Amanda Cawthorn from CultureALL\nLevitt Auditorium\n11:30 am – 12 pm | Stilt Walking Performance by Simone Harris\nLocation TBD\n12 – 12:30 pm | Open Book with CutureALL\nLevitt Auditorium\nThis CultureALL Open Book program\, where a community member tells their personal story in a group setting\, features “Legends from Oneida” by Amanda Cawthorn.\n1 – 2 pm | Themed Guided Tour (all ages)\nMeet in the Macomber Lobby\n1:30 pm | Christine Rebet and Simone Harris: Live Performance\, Film Screening\, and Artist Conversation around “The Fall”\nLevitt Auditorium\nRegistrations recommended. \nDrop-in Activities (11 am – 2 pm):\nMuseum Galleries\nFind the Social Saturday interactive Art Cart in the galleries.\nRelax for a while and enjoy a book nook reading setting among the art\, set up throughout the museum galleries.\nScavenger Hunt throughout the museum.\nMacomber Lobby\nBrowse a variety of books available through the Museum Shop\, plus grab a free Social Saturday bookmark! Art Center members get 10% off everyday in the Museum Shop!\nArt School Studios\nExplore creativity and your inner artist! Free drawing available in Studio 5\, as well as zine/mini-comic book making and flip stick animations in the other studio spaces.\nArt Center Café\nStop by for a sit-down lunch or a delicious la mie pastry; a full hot/cold espresso menu is available. Art Center members receive a 10% in the café every day.\nSee our special exhibitions before they close!\n“Honey\, You’re a Wonderful Model: Maria Lassnig’s Animated Films” (Anna K. Meredith Gallery)\n“Iowa Artists 2026: Henry Payer: Aagakinąk Haciwi: We Live Opposite Each Other” (A.H. Blank Gallery and Krause Atrium)\n“Bill Owens: Work and Leisure” (John Brady Print Gallery – Closes April 19!) \nSocial Saturdays occur at the Des Moines Art Center on the second Saturday of the month. This event is free to attend\, and no registration is required. Social Saturdays will be documented with photography. \nFor programs in Levitt Auditorium:\nWe strive to provide live captioning for all events offered in Levitt Auditorium. Due to interpreter shortages throughout Iowa\, American Sign Language interpretation is only available upon request. ASL and other accommodation requests can be made by emailing jfeatherstone@desmoinesartcenter.org. \nGenerous support provided by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program.
URL:https://desmoinesartcenter.org/event/social-saturday-plot-twist/
LOCATION:Des Moines Art Center\, 4700 Grand Ave\, Des Moines\, IA\, 50312\, United States
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SUMMARY:Live Performance\, Film Screening\, and Artist Conversation: “The Fall”
DESCRIPTION:Christine Rebet\, the 2026 Toni and Tim Urban Artist-in-Residence\, has an exhibition on view at the Des Moines Art Center\, “Christine Rebet: Sound of Time\,” April 11 – August 23 in the Pamela Bass-Bookey and Harry Bookey Gallery. During this special live artistic performance\, visitors are invited to experience “The Fall” featuring Simone Harris as Lady Blake Ophelia Stratum\, followed by a screening of Rebet’s film “The Fall” (2025). After the screening\, sit in for a dialogue between Harris and Rebet\, moderated by Art Center Associate Curator Ashton Cooper. \nIn the early 18th century\, in the blue mountains of Jamaica\, enslaved Africans who had escaped from plantations founded autonomous communities of Maroons. Queen Nanny\, their supreme leader\, led their struggle for freedom. She is one of the most celebrated figures from Jamaica and embodies the victorious fight against slavery and colonialism\, as well as the resistance of the island’s women. Her spirit remains very much alive. The Windward Maroons\, from the community of Moore Town\, celebrate their Queen every year in dance ceremonies. Simone Harris\, one of the Queen’s descendants\, revisits the history of this legendary figure in her performance. \nFree; registration required. \nImage: Simone Harris as Lady Blake. Photo by Kevin Tschierse. \nWe strive to provide live captioning for all events offered in Levitt Auditorium. Due to interpreter shortages throughout Iowa\, American Sign Language interpretation is only available upon request. ASL and other accommodation requests can be made by emailing jfeatherstone@desmoinesartcenter.org.
URL:https://desmoinesartcenter.org/event/live-performance-film-screening-and-artist-conversation-the-fall/
LOCATION:Levitt Auditorium\, 4700 Grand Ave\, Des Moines\, IA\, 50312\, United States
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