See the latest updates about the Des Moines Art Center.
The Des Moines Art Center is excited to announce that Ashton Cooper will be joining the curatorial team as Associate Curator beginning in October...
Read More
The Des Moines Art Center has received a $5,000 grant award from the esteemed Teiger Foundation for the second year in a row. Based in New York City...
Read More
The Des Moines Art Center has received a $50,000 grant from The Fred Maytag Family Foundation to significantly expand its collection of sculptures...
Read More
The Des Moines Art Center is honored to have been selected to receive a Catalyst Grant award through the Frankenthaler Climate Initiative, a grantmaking program established by...
Read More
The Des Moines Art Center has received two Community Betterment grants from Prairie Meadows to support its School Tours Program and the Community Art Access Program...
Read More
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...
Read More
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...
Read More
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...
Read More
The Des Moines Art Center has received an Inspire Iowa Cultural Tourism Grant totaling $40,000. This grant will help the Art Center to create a multi-channel marketing campaign to elevate Iowa as an arts and cultural destination...
Read More
In a decision issued on May 3, 2024, the court found that the Des Moines Art Center is not obligated to rebuild or renovate the work known as Greenwood Pond: Double Site. We are exploring our options as to how to resolve what has become...
Read More