September 24, 2024
The Des Moines Art Center has received a $20,000 Cultural Leadership Partners Program Operating Support Grant. Support for this grant is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Iowa Arts Council...
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September 20, 2024
The Des Moines Art Center has received a $4,100 grant from Variety – the Children’s Charity for youth art programs...
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September 19, 2024
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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