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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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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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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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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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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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The Des Moines Art Center is unveiling a textural feast with an exhibition titled “Underneath Everything: Humility and Grandeur in Contemporary Ceramics” on Saturday, June 3. The exhibition runs through...
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For Immediate Release Contact: Amy Day Tel: 515.271.0344 (o) 515.612.0775 (c) aday@desmoinesartcenter.org DES MOINES, IA (May 2023) – With support from the Principal® Foundation, the Des Moines Art Center has partnered with the By Degrees...
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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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As part of the Des Moines Art Center's 75th anniversary year, a new collections catalog showcasing the works of art installed in the John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park has been published. Dedicated to...
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The latest addition to the John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park is an imposing bronze sculpture entitled, "Even Stones Have Eyes," 2023, by Pakistani-American artist, Huma Bhabha. In this 12-foot-high bronze sculpture...
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