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Exploring the complexity of submission, the performance asks questions about grief, power, and vulnerability. It presents a spectacle of defeat masked in humor. Each performance will run approximately 60 minutes; viewers are encouraged to watch...

Join us for the opening reception of the Community Access Program Community Art Exhibition! Community Access discovers creative ways of making artworks and art-making accessible to those in our community that otherwise lack this access....

A performance-based commission by Des Moines-based artist Firat Erdim, in which volunteer performers will “play the weather” with instruments devised by Erdim. Four performances, each differing due to atmospheric conditions and unique performers, will be...

A performance-based commission by Des Moines-based artist Firat Erdim, in which volunteer performers will “play the weather” with instruments devised by Erdim. Four performances, each differing due to atmospheric conditions and unique performers, will be...

Join Des Moines Poetry Workshop for an immersive poetry event at the Des Moines Art Center in celebration of National Poetry Month. This afternoon of poetry will explore the idea of rest and all the...

A Collaborative Speaker Series Event with Capital City Pride – Join a conversation with Joy Episalla and James A. Baggett, friends of Mark and comrades of the ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) affinity...

The community is invited to an open house celebrating the tenure and legacy of retiring John and Mary Pappajohn Director Jeff Fleming. Join us for an evening of storytelling, memory sharing, and reminiscing as we...

Artist Duane Slick will join Art Center Senior Curator Laura Burkhalter to host a Gallery Talk of “Art Center: 75 Years of Iowa Art.” The exhibition includes a gallery dedicated to Slick’s work in the...

A performance-based commission by Des Moines-based artist Firat Erdim, in which volunteer performers will “play the weather” with instruments devised by Erdim. Four performances, each differing due to atmospheric conditions and unique performers, will be...

A performance-based commission by Des Moines-based artist Firat Erdim, in which volunteer performers will “play the weather” with instruments devised by Erdim. Four performances, each differing due to atmospheric conditions and unique performers, will be...

Mia Laufer, Associate Curator, will lead a gallery talk on the exhibition “Rembrandt and His World,” which features work by the artist and his contemporaries. Organized in honor of the museum’s 75th year, all the...

Join us for the opening celebration of “Underneath Everything.” Featuring artworks that honor the humility of clay while simultaneously evoking a sense of grandeur and possibility, this exhibition celebrates the robust ceramics tradition in Iowa...