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Join the Des Moines Art Center’s June Social Saturday event: Pride and Seek! During Des Moines’ annual Capitol City Pride PrideFest, stop by the Art Center for a couple hours of fun, art making, and...

Spend Saturday afternoon at the Art Center with a complimentary slice of pizza and live music in the beautiful setting of the Bookey Family Courtyard! Presented by the Art Center Café, sample artisan-made pizza* from...

Join fellow students for this one-day workshop where you will learn the history of gilded letters and choose a piece to construct and design. They will imitate traditional pieces from the Middle Ages and/or contemporary...

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...

Discover the vast variety of the Des Moines Art Center’s permanent collection during our Museum Highlights Tour. This tour offers a unique journey through our galleries, featuring a selection of timeless paintings, sculptures, and more....

Spend Saturday afternoon at the Art Center with a complimentary slice of pizza and live music in the beautiful setting of the Bookey Family Courtyard! Presented by the Art Center Café, sample artisan-made pizza* from a...

Patrick Bringley is the New York Times bestselling author of “All the Beauty in the World,” a memoir about his decade as a guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This special Authors Visiting in...

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...

Spend Saturday afternoon at the Art Center with a complimentary slice of pizza and live music in the beautiful setting of the Bookey Family Courtyard! Presented by the Art Center Café, sample artisan-made pizza* from...

Get creative in this one-day workshop with the opportunity to make a unique design for your loved ones through greeting cards with ink, watercolor, and collage. Have fun, be inspired, and show off your creations...

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 fellow students for this one-day workshop of making 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...