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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...

Join us for the opening celebration of “Transform Any Room.” The exhibition features subversive, politicized, and sometimes glamorized versions of the textiles and objects we bring into our homes that inevitably reveal much about who...

Embark on a sensory journey at the Art of Wine Dinner presented by BrownWinick, where art, wine, and exquisite cuisine intertwine. The pairings for the evening have been inspired by four Des Moines Art Center...

The Iowa Commission of Latino Affairs will be inducting six Latinos into the Iowa Latino Hall of Fame. This event is free and open to the public.

Join Senior Curator Laura Burkhalter for an overview of “Transform Any Room” followed by a conversation with visiting Artist Max Colby. Comprised of colorful materials and fabrics, Colby’s multi-piece work, “They Consume Each Other,” will...