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Des Moines Art Center Associate Curator Dr. Ashton Cooper has been named a 2025 Étant Donnés Contemporary Art Curatorial Fellow, one of only three curators nationwide — and the only from the Midwest — to receive this award...
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For Immediate Release Contact: Amy Day Tel: 515.271.0344 (o) 515.612.0775 (c) aday@desmoinesartcenter.org DES MOINES, IOWA (October 2025) – The Des Moines Art Center presents an exhibition by Manuel Álvarez Bravo, known as the father of...
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Spanning the Art Center’s Anna K. Meredith, W.T. & Edna Dahl, and I.M. Pei galleries, “Firelei Báez” is the Des Moines Art Center’s latest exhibition featuring more than 30 works and showcasing nearly two decades of the artist’s paintings, drawings, and multi-media installations that transport viewers through time and space...
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Organized in partnership with the Waterloo Center for the Arts (WCA), “Light Within Ourselves: Haitian Art in Iowa” showcases a selection of the rich holdings of...
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The Des Moines Art Center is taking visitors on an exploration of the past and the future with their newest exhibition, “Time Travelers,” on view February 14 to May 11, 2025 in the Anna K. Meredith Gallery...
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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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b. Moore explores Black identity from the lens of a Des Moines native DES MOINES, IOWA (May 30, 2024) – Self-taught multi-disciplinary and independent Black contemporary artist, b. Robert Moore, is set to unveil a...
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The Des Moines Art Center is preparing for waves of excitement with the opening of a new, thought-provoking exhibition, “Hurricane Season: Caribbean Art + Climate Change,” on view June 8 to September 22, 2024...
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The Des Moines Art Center announces the opening of its newest exhibition in the Anna K. Meredith Gallery, “Transform Any Room” running now through January 14, 2024...
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The Des Moines Art Center has been approved for a $20,000 Grants for Arts Projects award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support the exhibition "Underneath Everything: Humility and Grandeur in Contemporary Ceramics," slated to be on view...
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