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In early 2025, the Des Moines Art Center launched a five-year strategic plan and one of the four exciting priorities for our efforts is to “Bring the World to Iowa, and Iowa to the World.”...

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...

Local highschoolers are invited to attend the third annual Safe Space Prom! This event, co-hosted by the Des Moines Art Center and the Queer Youth Resource Center, is for LGBTQIA+ highschoolers to enjoy a classic...

Whether you’re a beginner or an advanced student, this four-day workshop will be a fun way to teach participants how to design, cut, fabricate and solder sheet metal in a box shape form to create...

Members at the Curator’s Circle ($550) and above are invited to an exclusive curator-led gallery talk and reception on the upcoming exhibition “Light Within Ourselves: Haitian Art in Iowa.” We will be joined by Associate Curator Beth Gollnick Ph.D, Chawne...

Join us for a guided tour of the “Life Mask: A Celebration of Gifts from the Dale Jansen Estate” exhibition, on view in the John Brady Print Gallery April 25 through August 31, 2025. This...

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...

The Des Moines Art Center is partnering with the American Parkinson Disease Association to offer classes specifically for adults of any age impacted by Parkinson’s Disease. Connecting Through Art uses creativity to help improve motor...

Join us for a unique culinary experience! Inspired by the exhibition “Light Within Ourselves: Haitian Art in Iowa,” this bilingual class (Spanish/English) is perfect for food lovers eager to expand their cooking skills and connect...

Join us for a lecture led by Amy N. Worthen, Curator of Prints and Drawings, Emerita, Des Moines Art Center. This lecture is inspired by the exhibition “Life Mask: A Celebration of Gifts from the...

In this four-day workshop, students will create two stone settings on two separate rings, one readymade, and the other handmade. One of the stone settings will be a bezel-set cabochon and the other a handmade...

Learn more about the exhibition in the A. H. Blank Gallery, “Light Within Ourselves: Haitian Art in Iowa.” Organized in partnership with the Waterloo Center for the Arts (WCA), this exhibition showcases a selection of...