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The Des Moines Art Center has received an Arts & Cultural Grant from Nationwide Foundation to support keeping admission for approximately 300,000 visitors free-of-charge to its museum galleries, public programs, and Pappajohn Sculpture Park in...
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The Des Moines Art Center has been awarded a $26,200 Bedrock Grant from Every Page Foundation to support art conservation and educational outreach. Every Page Foundation is a national organization dedicated to...
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The Des Moines Art Center has received a 2026 Operating Grant from Bravo Greater Des Moines, supporting free admission for nearly 350,000 people — 70% from Bravo partner communities...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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