September 20, 2024
Des Moines Art Center receives grant from Variety – the Children’s Charity for Youth Art Programs
The Des Moines Art Center has received a $4,000 grant from Variety – the Children’s Charity for youth art programs...
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September 19, 2024
Des Moines Art Center’s John and Mary Pappajohn Director, Kelly Baum, Joins Association of Art Museum Directors
The Des Moines Art Center is pleased to announce that Dr. Kelly Baum, John and Mary Pappajohn Director of the Des Moines Art Center, has been admitted to the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD)...
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September 13, 2024
A Taste of ReelAbilities Film Festival comes to Des Moines October 4 – 6, 2024
The Des Moines Art Center and The Harkin Institute, together with support from Principal® Foundation, are presenting “A Taste of ReelAbilities,” a film festival exclusively dedicated to showcasing films by and about people with disabilities...
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September 6, 2024
Terra Foundation for American Art Awards $63,000 Grant to Des Moines Art Center for Future “Whisper to a Scream” Exhibition
The Des Moines Art Center has received a $63,000 Collections Grant from the Terra Foundation for American Art to support our upcoming exhibition “Whisper to a Scream: Women Artists and Minimalism,” which is...
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September 3, 2024
Des Moines Art Center Announces New Associate Curator: LA Curator and Writer Ashton Cooper
The Des Moines Art Center is excited to announce that Ashton Cooper will be joining the curatorial team as Associate Curator beginning in October...
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August 13, 2024
Des Moines Art Center Receives Grant Award from the Teiger Foundation
The Des Moines Art Center has received a $5,000 grant award from the esteemed Teiger Foundation for the second year in a row. Based in New York City...
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August 8, 2024
Des Moines Art Center Receives $50,000 Grant from The Fred Maytag Family Foundation to Expand Sculpture Collection
The Des Moines Art Center has received a $50,000 grant from The Fred Maytag Family Foundation to significantly expand its collection of sculptures...
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August 7, 2024
Des Moines Art Center Receives Catalyst Grant Award from the Frankenthaler Climate Initiative
The Des Moines Art Center is honored to have been selected to receive a Catalyst Grant award through the Frankenthaler Climate Initiative, a grantmaking program established by...
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August 6, 2024
Des Moines Art Center Receives Community Betterment Grants from Prairie Meadows
The Des Moines Art Center has received two Community Betterment grants from Prairie Meadows to support its School Tours Program and the Community Art Access Program...
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July 8, 2024
An Artist, an Activist, and a Journalist: How Three Iowans are Taking the World Stage
Iowa’s 2023 census data cites that of the 3,207,004 people in the state, 84.4% or 2,702,598 of the population are white. Growing up in a state with such low rates of racial diversity is...
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