July 13, 2021
Des Moines Art Center Receives Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs Award
The Des Moines Art Center is thrilled to announce it has been awarded an Arts and Culture Grant from the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs.
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May 18, 2021
Des Moines Art Center to exhibit Justin Favela: Central American
On July 17, Justin Favela’s exuberant, large-scale installations will fill two gallery spaces at the Des Moines Art Center with the exhibition Justin Favela: Central American.
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May 6, 2021
Des Moines Art Center Seeks Submissions for 2021 Dia De Los Muertos Celebration Honoring Covid-19 Victims
This year, the Art Center is remembering the names, faces, and stories of Latinx Iowans who have lost their lives as a result of COVID-19 with Dia de los Muertos: Recuerdo.
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February 25, 2021
ISU Professor Olivia Valentine featured in Des Moines Art Center Iowa Artists Exhibition Series
On March 12, the Des Moines Art Center will open Iowa Artists 2021: Olivia Valentine, featuring two bodies of work by the artist and Iowa State University professor.
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January 28, 2021
Des Moines Art Center to present The Path to Paradise: Judith Schaechter’s Stained-Glass-Art
On Saturday, February 13, the Des Moines Art Center will open The Path to Paradise: Judith Schaechter's Stained-Glass Art. Organized by the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, the exhibition will be on view in the Anna K. Meredith Gallery through May 23, 2021.
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December 14, 2020
Des Moines Art Center Exhibition, Queer Abstraction, Receives National Award for Outstanding Exhibition and Catalog
The Des Moines Art Center is proud to announce that the groundbreaking exhibition Queer Abstraction has received the 2020 SECAC Award for Outstanding Exhibition and Catalog of Contemporary Materials.
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October 27, 2020
Des Moines Art Center Awarded Student Arts Education Investment Grant
The Des Moines Art Center is thrilled to announce it has been awarded a Student Arts Education Investment Grant from Bravo Greater Des Moines and the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines.
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September 21, 2020
Des Moine Art Center to Feature Iowa City Photographer Rachel Cox for Iowa Artists: 2020 Exhibition
The Des Moines Art Center is proud to continue their almost 70 year tradition of hosting an Iowa Artists exhibition. This year the Blank One gallery will feature the work of Iowa City-based photographer Rachel Cox. Iowa Artists 2020: Rachel Cox will open October 16, 2020 and close January 3, 2021.
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July 28, 2020
Des Moines Art Center Receives Grant Award from Iowa Arts Council
The Des Moines Art Center is pleased to announce that it has received a Cultural Leadership Partners Operating Support grant for $20,000 from the Iowa Arts Council, a division of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs.
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June 30, 2020
Des Moines Art Center Receives Iowa Arts & Culture Emergency Relief Fund Grant from Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
The Des Moines Art Center has been awarded a grant of $18,000 from the Iowa Arts & Culture Emergency Relief Fund*, administered by the Iowa Arts Council, a division of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs. Grant funds will support general operating costs of facilities, including utilities and maintenance expenses, as the Art Center responds to the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
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