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Join the Des Moines Art Center and Wander Women Midwest for a three-part guided hiking series that invites you to experience the same landscape across changing seasons. Centered on connection, reflection, and time outdoors, each...

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...

Visitors are invited to learn more about the exhibition “Elle Pérez: La Despedida” during this free guided tour. The show, on view in the A. H. Blank Gallery, highlights Bronx-based photographer Elle Pérez’s practice as...

Spend Saturday afternoon at the Art Center with our Summer Music Series! Every Saturday afternoon in June and July enjoy music in the beautiful Bookey Family Courtyard, with meals, treats, wine, and other beverages available...

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...

Join Associate Curator Beth Gollnick for a gallery talk about the exhibition “Topographies: Mapping Being and Belonging” on view in the Anna K. Meredith Gallery from June 13 – September 20, 2026. Topography (drawn from...

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. During this gallery series, an Art Center...

Join Associate Curator Ashton Cooper for a gallery talk about the exhibition “Elle Pérez: La Despedida” on view in the A. H. Blank Gallery from June 25 – November 29, 2026. Bronx-based photographer Elle Pérez...

To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the Des Moines Art Center will be offering several public guided tours titled, “The American Experience: Semiquincentennial.” These tours will highlight works on view in...

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. These sessions will offer a social atmosphere...

Join the Des Moines Art Center’s August Social Saturday event: Silent Disco! Enjoy crafts in the Art School studios, a scavenger hunt, a special Silent Disco to dance your heart out, a guided tour, storytime,...

Join the Des Moines Art Center and Wander Women Midwest for a three-part guided hiking series that invites you to experience the same landscape across changing seasons. Centered on connection, reflection, and time outdoors, each...