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Established in New York City in 1997, the MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival receives more than 500 entries from over 40 countries each year. Ten entries are selected as finalists in the annual event and are...

Established in New York City in 1997, the MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival receives more than 500 entries from over 40 countries each year. Ten entries are selected as finalists in the annual event and are...

Established in New York City in 1997, the MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival receives more than 500 entries from over 40 countries each year. Ten entries are selected as finalists in the annual event and are...

In partnership with MercyOne Richard Deming Cancer Center’s Integrative Medicine program, the Des Moines Art Center offers quarterly meditative art tours in the museum. The program titled “Being with Art Together” invites community members impacted...

Join us for the opening celebration of “Transform Any Room.” The exhibition features subversive, politicized, and sometimes glamorized versions of the textiles and objects we bring into our homes that inevitably reveal much about who...

The purpose of Art Spectrums is to enable children with autism and their families to engage with artwork and have fun at a museum. In this program, children, ages 5 – 12 years old, on...

In this lecture, Artist Liza Lou will discuss the process and meaning behind her labor-intensive work, beginning with “Kitchen” (1991-1996), to subsequent work that has taken her around the world and is now centered in...

Embark on a sensory journey at the Art of Wine Dinner presented by BrownWinick, where art, wine, and exquisite cuisine intertwine. The pairings for the evening have been inspired by four Des Moines Art Center...

The Iowa Commission of Latino Affairs will be inducting six Latinos into the Iowa Latino Hall of Fame. This event is free and open to the public.

Join Senior Curator Laura Burkhalter for an overview of “Transform Any Room” followed by a conversation with visiting Artist Max Colby. Comprised of colorful materials and fabrics, Colby’s multi-piece work, “They Consume Each Other,” will...

During this three-day Art & Activism workshop, “Examining Gendered Aesthetics: Queer/Trans studies and the Mundane,” Des Moines Teens are invited to work with Artist Max Colby. Through an investigation in collage, participants will dissect objects...

This trip has sold out. If you would like to be added to a waiting list, please contact Cassandra Tant, Senior Manager of Membership and Development at ctant@desmoinesartcenter.org. Special Member Travel Opportunity – Crystal Bridges...