July 25, 2023
The Des Moines Art Center recently received two Community Betterment grants from Prairie Meadows supporting education programs: a $15,000 award supporting the School Tours Program and a $5,000 award supporting...
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July 25, 2023
The Des Moines Art Center received a Community Betterment grant from the Polk County Board of Supervisors supporting Community Access programs...
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July 11, 2023
The Des Moines Art Center recently received a Legacy Grant totaling $100,000 from Prairie Meadows. The grant will help fund lighting upgrades and renovation in...
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July 5, 2023
The Des Moines Art Center has been named a recipient of a grant from the Art Bridges Foundation to support The Belonging Project. The Belonging Project is a two-year initiative from the Des Moines Art Center created to bring...
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July 5, 2023
The Des Moines Art Center has received a major grant award of $5,000 from Humanities Iowa, a state-based independent humanities council, in support of exhibition programming for “Transform Any Room,” on view...
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May 24, 2023
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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May 8, 2023
The Des Moines Art Center is grateful to be the recipient of a gift from the Ellsworth Kelly Foundation. As reported by the New York Times, this gift...
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December 13, 2022
The Des Moines Art Center is honored to receive a 2023 Cultural Leadership Grant from Bravo Greater Des Moines that will support free admission and programming throughout the year. Bravo’s grant-making programs enable the Art Center to provide...
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December 1, 2022
The Des Moines Art Center has again achieved accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums, the highest national recognition afforded to the nation’s museums. Accreditation signifies excellence to the museum community, to governments, funders, outside agencies, and...
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July 15, 2022
The Des Moines Art Center is honored to receive a 2022 Cultural Leadership Grant and a 2022 Capital Project Grant from Bravo Greater Des Moines that will support free admission and programming throughout the year and advance facility...
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