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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 (Haitian Creole/English) is perfect for food lovers eager to expand their cooking skills and...

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...

Join us for the opening celebration of a new, traveling exhibition at the Des Moines Art Center, “Firelei Báez,” organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston. This exhibition is the first North American survey dedicated...

Join John and Mary Pappajohn Director Kelly Baum in conversation with artist Firelei Báez, as Báez visits the Des Moines Art Center for the opening celebration of the exhibition “Firelei Báez,” organized by the Institute...

Join fellow students for this one-day workshop where you will learn the history of gilded letters and choose a piece to construct and design. They will imitate traditional pieces from the Middle Ages and/or contemporary...

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...

Offered in recognition of World Refugee Day, join Associate Curator Elizabeth Gollnick, Ph.D. for a gallery talk about the exhibition “Light Within Ourselves: Haitian Art in Iowa” in the A.H. Blank gallery. Organized in partnership...