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Join fellow students for this one-day workshop of making 2D design project with nature made and traditional made materials. Students will work with pre-foraged items like crushed up rocks and pressed flowers for pigment and...

Join the Des Moines Art Center’s July Social Saturday event: Free To Be! Enjoy crafts in the Art School studios, a scavenger hunt, a screening of the “Powwow People,” a guided tour of the Art...

Join the Des Moines Art Center and Wander Women Midwest for a guided art and nature hike through Greenwood Park as part of Social Saturday: Free To Be. Led by the Art Center’s Senior Museum Learning...

Join us on this exploration of traditional mandala and henna patterns while learning about the history of art in India. From medieval times to the present day, students will be exposed to examples of traditional...

Join fellow students for this one-day workshop of bringing abstraction to calligraphy. Students will use various tools, including balsa wood and automatic pens, to make expressive calligraphic marks and letters on paper. Students will learn...

Visitors are invited to learn more about the exhibition “Elle Pérez: La Despedida” during this free guided tour. The show, on view in the A. H. Blank Gallery, highlights Bronx-based photographer Elle Pérez’s practice as...

Work on your own or team up with someone to create your own bottle design wrap and decoration for a carrying device in this workshop. While you are working on your design, you will have...

Join Associate Curator Beth Gollnick for a gallery talk about the exhibition “Topographies: Mapping Being and Belonging” on view in the Anna K. Meredith Gallery from June 13 – September 20, 2026. Topography (drawn from...

Join Associate Curator Ashton Cooper for a gallery talk about the exhibition “Elle Pérez: La Despedida” on view in the A. H. Blank Gallery from June 25 – November 29, 2026. Bronx-based photographer Elle Pérez...

To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the Des Moines Art Center will be offering several public guided tours titled, “The American Experience: Semiquincentennial.” These tours will highlight works on view in...

Creative Aging is a program designed for adults age 55+ to gather at the Art Center and learn about art while making community connections and fostering cognitive health. These sessions will offer a social atmosphere...