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Stop by the Museum Shop July 15 – 20 for Double Discount Days, plus our annual summer clearance sale! Shop a huge selection of items on extra discounted prices! Des Moines Art Center members receive 20%...

Join us for this exciting lecture featuring internationally recognized scholar, curator, and critic Tiffany E. Barber. She will discuss the origins and aesthetics of Afrofuturism in relation to artist Firelei Báez’s exhibition, on view at...

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...

Spend Saturday afternoons at the Art Center with a complimentary slice of pizza and live music in the beautiful setting of the Bookey Family Courtyard! Presented by the Art Center Café, sample artisan-made pizza* from...

Explore how folklore, Greek and Roman gods, and spiritual and majestic places inspired the imagination and creativity of artists in the Art Center’s collections. On this tour, you’ll uncover the stories behind these artworks and...

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 Associate Curator Elizabeth Gollnick, Ph.D., for a gallery talk of the extraordinary exhibition “Firelei Báez.” Organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, this exhibition is the first North American survey dedicated to the richly...

Join us for the opening celebration of “Iowa Artists 2025: Ben Millett,” a timely and groundbreaking entry into the Des Moines Art Center’s decades-long series presenting the best of Iowa-made art, and the first solo...

In this two-day workshop, students will learn about the many histories of witchcraft and the occult throughout the world. Tying together this vast amalgamation of “witchcraft” is the written word; from scrolls to medieval tomes...

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...

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. An Art Center docent will lead the...

Step into the intricate and thought-provoking world of “Firelei Báez” with a guided tour of the exhibition. Organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, this exhibition is the first North American survey dedicated to the...