December 5, 2025
The Des Moines Art Center has received a $25,000 grant from EMC Insurance to enhance accessibility at the John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park. This generous gift will help support...
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November 24, 2025
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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November 4, 2025
The Des Moines Art Center has received a $50,000 grant from The Fred Maytag Family Foundation to help revitalize the John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park...
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October 21, 2025
The Des Moines Art Center has received a $113,000 Legacy Grant from Prairie Meadows to launch a transformational initiative that will see the John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park transformed and refurbished. This generous funding will support...
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October 14, 2025
The Des Moines Art Center has received a $4,750 grant from Variety – the Children’s Charity to support two impactful youth art programs: Creativity Days and Fine Arts Day. Both initiatives provide enriching, hands-on art experiences...
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October 10, 2025
Prairie Meadows recently awarded the Des Moines Art Center two Community Betterment Grants totaling $25,000 to help fund School Tours and Community Access Programs...
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September 29, 2025
The Des Moines Art Center has been awarded a $150,000 Responsive Grant from the Henry Luce Foundation’s American Art Program to support a ground-breaking exhibition, Whisper to a Scream: Women Artists and Minimalism, which is...
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March 18, 2025
Principal® Foundation, a global nonprofit organization committed to helping people and communities build financially secure futures, is deepening its partnership with the Des Moines Art Center through a new grant for...
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December 17, 2024
The Des Moines Art Center is honored to receive a General Operating Support Grant from Bravo Greater Des Moines that will be used to help support free admission for the more than 300,000 children, students, families, and individuals who visit the Art Center’s renowned museum and...
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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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