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This event is sold out. Experience the Des Moines Art Center like never before at the Art in the Dark – Flashlight Tour. This spine-tingling, after-hours adventure will leave you howling for more! Wander through...

Learn more about the 2025 Iowa Artists exhibition at the Des Moines Art Center, featuring local quilt maker Ben Millett. Based in Des Moines, Millett’s approach to textiles is literally multi-layered, employing traditional quilting techniques...

Day of the Dead: Celebrating 25 Years of Día de los Muertos at the Des Moines Art Center Join us for the 25th anniversary of Día de los Muertos at the Des Moines Art Center...

Join fellow students for this one-day workshop of bringing abstraction to calligraphy. Students will use various tools, including balsa wood and automatic pens, to make expressive calligraphic marks and letters on paper. Students will learn...

Creative Aging is a program designed for adults age 55+ to gather at the Art Center and learn about art while making community connections and fostering cognitive health. During this gallery series, an Art Center...

In recognition of Veterans Day, the Art Center is offering a free guided tour titled “Sailor, Soldier, Airman, Artist.” Join us for this themed tour that asks the question, “How did the military experience influence...

Founded in New York City in 2007, ReelAbilities challenges stereotypes, celebrates authentic disability representation in movies, and expands opportunities for disabled creators worldwide. The 2025 Des Moines festival is “A Taste of ReelAbilities,” screening a combination of...

Founded in New York City in 2007, ReelAbilities challenges stereotypes, celebrates authentic disability representation in movies, and expands opportunities for disabled creators worldwide. The 2025 Des Moines festival is “A Taste of ReelAbilities,” screening a combination of...

The purpose of Art Spectrums is to enable children and teens with autism, along with their families, to enjoy the Des Moines Art Center and make memories with art. In this program, kids, ages 5...

Join Art Center Associate Curator Ashton Cooper, Ph. D. and Michael Morain, Editor of dsm Magazine, for a gallery talk that explores the life and artistic pursuits of artist Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008). In the exhibition,...

Work on your own or team up with someone to create your own bottle design wrap and decoration for a carrying device in this workshop. While you are working on your design, you will have...

Join us before the film at The Varsity Cinema for an introduction by Art Center Senior Curator Laura Burkhalter about Manuel Álvarez Bravo, the “father of Mexican photography,” who worked on this and other films...