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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...

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 the rich...

Join fellow students for this one-day workshop making a 2D design project with nature made and traditional made materials. Students will work with pre-foraged items like crushed up rocks and pressed flowers for pigment and...

Members of Print Club are invited to a midsummer lithography workshop with fellow Print Club members and Tamarind trained master printer, Asa Wentzel-Fisher. Wentzel-Fisher, a 2008 Iowa State University graduate,honed his skills in lithography at...

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...

Join us on this exploration of traditional mandala and henna patterns while learning about the history of art in India. From medieval times to the present day, students will be exposed to examples of traditional...

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%...

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...

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...

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...