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Join us in partnership with the Zenith Chamber Music Festival for a unique musical experience featuring the world-renowned cellist Matt Haimovitz. This interactive music and art program promises a feast for the senses that you...

Notice: This lecture has been postponed; additional details will be provided as they are available. Edmund de Waal is an internationally acclaimed artist and writer, best known for his large-scale installations of porcelain vessels. These...

In partnership with the Latino Center of Iowa, get ready to celebrate Latino cinema while kicking off the 2023 Latino Film Festival! Join us while we gather to eat, drink, and enjoy a memorable evening...

Join the Art Center as we welcome Kelly Baum, our new John and Mary Pappajohn Director, at an open house reception! Enjoy complimentary refreshments and small bites by Tangerine at the Art Center, and meet...

Reservations have closed for this event. The Tangerine Food Company presents an evening of food and wine in the Art Center’s beautiful Bookey Family Courtyard. This produce-driven event features a 5-course dinner with wine pairings...

When the Des Moines Art Center opened its doors in 1948, one of the first celebratory events was a joyful gathering on the museum lawn. Our community came together, galvanized by a curiosity to experience...

The Des Moines Art Center, in partnership with Refugee Alliance of Central Iowa (RACI) and West Des Moines Public Schools’ Refugee and Immigrant Student Embassy (RISE) has brought together immigrant and refugee organizations to explore...

The Des Moines Art Center’s Museum Shop invites you to a special trunk show and sale featuring Durango, CO native Crystal Hartman, an artist and jewelry maker based in Urbana, IL. Hartman is committed to...

Join us and Artist Ingrid Lilligren for a gallery talk of the Art Center’s current exhibition “Underneath Everything: Humility and Grandeur in Contemporary Ceramics.” Lilligren’s work “Red Ice Dream” is on view in the I.M....

Join the Art Center for a Gallery Talk of the new print gallery exhibition, “Double Take.” Get an inside look into the creation of the gallery from Guest Curator and Photographer Ben Easter and Senior...

The Des Moines Art Center Gala is an annual celebration that serves as the organization’s only fundraising event. Funds generated by the gala support free admission, community access, and museum education-related programming. This year’s event...

In partnership with MercyOne Richard Deming Cancer Center’s Integrative Medicine program, the Des Moines Art Center offers quarterly meditative art tours in the museum. The program titled “Being with Art Together” invites community members impacted...