Date

Friday, June 20, 2025

Time

5:30 pm

Event Details

Offered in recognition of World Refugee Day, join Associate Curator Elizabeth Gollnick, Ph.D. for a gallery talk about the exhibition “Light Within Ourselves: Haitian Art in Iowa” in the A.H. Blank gallery.

Organized in partnership with the Waterloo Center for the Arts (WCA), this exhibition showcases a selection of the rich holdings of Haitian Art in the WCA’s collection—the largest public collection of Haitian Art in both Iowa and the United States. The show explores a vibrant diversity of Haitian artwork, featuring paintings, metalwork, sculpture, and drapos (beaded and sequined banners).

Free; no registration required.

Ezene Domond (Haitian, born 1956)
Untitled (Market Scene with Madan Sara)
Oil on canvas
29 3/4 x 40 inches
Courtesy of the Waterloo Center of the Arts

Location

Des Moines Art Center
4700 Grand Ave
Des Moines, IA 50312 United States