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Des Moines Art Center
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 18 มี.ค. 2009
Recognized by international art critics as a world-class museum in the heart of the Midwest, the Des Moines Art Center has amassed an important collection with a major emphasis on contemporary art. Learn about artwork in the collection, past exhibitions and programming, as well as Art Center history here: desmoinesartcenter.org/
Des Moines Art Center: Mission in Action
The Des Moines Art Center is a museum of Modern and Contemporary Art located in Des Moines, Iowa. The Art Center includes the John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park and a school for studio art education. There is no cost to visit the museum; admission is always free.
The Des Moines Art Center commits to exhibiting and exploring thought-provoking modern and contemporary art. We connect people and art by offering opportunities for feeling, imagining, dreaming, and creating. We promote curiosity and embrace critical and empathetic thinking with a spirit of openness. We strive to be a welcoming and equitable cultural resource. This effort to ensure access to art for everyone has been a core tenet of the museum since its founding.
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The Des Moines Art Center commits to exhibiting and exploring thought-provoking modern and contemporary art. We connect people and art by offering opportunities for feeling, imagining, dreaming, and creating. We promote curiosity and embrace critical and empathetic thinking with a spirit of openness. We strive to be a welcoming and equitable cultural resource. This effort to ensure access to art for everyone has been a core tenet of the museum since its founding.
desmoinesartcenter.org/
Follow the Des Moines Art Center:
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Panel Discussion Featuring b. Robert Moore, Nikole Hannah-Jones, and Jordan Weber
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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 an experience shared by multidisciplinary artist b. Robert Moore, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, and regenerative land sculptor and activist Jordan Weber. On July 28, 2024, these Iowa nat...
Artist Lecture: b. Robert Moore “Art should be felt, not just seen” + SEEDS ballet performance
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Des Moines Art Center's 2024 Iowa Artist, b. Robert Moore delivers a lecture, “Art should be felt, not just seen,” filled with intimate details about his solo exhibition “In Loving Memory.” The event begins with a contemporary ballet performance from SEEDS of Des Moines, IA. Generous support provided by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All programs. desmoinesartcenter.org/
N'Jelle Gage Thorne: Whispers of Guabancex, A Shamanic Dance of Healing and Release
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Performed in the Des Moines Art Center’s exhibition "Hurricane Season: Caribbean Art Climate Change" on July 11 and 12, 2024. About the Artist: Inspired by the poetry of Celia Sorhaindo, N’Jelle Gage Thorne embodies the role of a contemporary dance ritualist shaman and guide, leading participants into a liminal space between worlds. Here, emotions stored in both body and mind find a sanctuary f...
Teresita Fernández: From the Subterranean to the Cosmos
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This is the 34th program in the Fingerman Lecture series, made possible through generous gifts by Lois and the late Dr. Louis Fingerman. desmoinesartcenter.org/
“Reconfiguring the Canon: Instructions for a White Cube” by Helina Metaferia, April 2024
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Watch as Helina Metaferia performs a newly commissioned live work from her Refiguring the Canon series. In this series, Metaferia transforms history into mythology, and interrogates its emphasis on western male exceptionalism. Transforming iconic abstract artworks from museum permanent collections into backdrops for performance interventions, Metaferia uses simple gestures to assert her Ethiopi...
“Reconfiguring the Canon: Making Marks” by Helina Metaferia, April 2024
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Watch as Helina Metaferia performs a newly commissioned live work from her Refiguring the Canon series. In this series, Metaferia transforms history into mythology, and interrogates its emphasis on western male exceptionalism. Transforming iconic abstract artworks from museum permanent collections into backdrops for performance interventions, Metaferia uses simple gestures to assert her Ethiopi...
"States of Becoming" Exhibition Overview and Artist Discussion
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On February 11, 2024 at the Des Moines Art Center, "States of Becoming" curator Fitsum Shebeshe provided insight into the premise of the exhibition and introduced the work of 17 African artists working in the United States. One artist from each of the exhibition's three thematic sections of the show then gave a more in depth preview of their work: Chukwudumebi Gabriel Amadi-Emina, Miatta Kawinz...
Artist Lectures: Ange Altenhofen and T. J. Dedeaux-Norris with Senior Curator Laura Burkhalter
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During this Artist Lecture Conversation, Ange Altenhofen and T. J. Dedeaux-Norris, two of the artists featured in the 2023 Des Moines Art Center exhibition “Transform Any Room,” introduced their work through a brief slide presentation and 13-minute film screening. The artists then joined Senior Curator Laura Burkhalter on stage for conversation about their creative practices. Program supported ...
Hank Willis Thomas in Conversation with Dr. Kelly Baum
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Hank Willis Thomas is interviewed by Dr. Kelly Baum, John and Mary Pappajohn Director, for the 33rd edition of the Des Moines Art Center’s Fingerman Lecture. The conversation largely focuses on Thomas’ public art practice and collaborations. The Fingerman Lecture series is made possible through generous gifts by Lois and the late Dr. Louis Fingerman. desmoinesartcenter.org/
Artist Lecture: “Liza Lou: The Marathon of Making”
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Liza Lou visited the Des Moines Art Center on the occasion of her work “Kitchen” (1991-1996) being featured in the exhibition “Transform Any Room” (October 6, 2023 - January 14, 2024). Covering bodies of work from the 1990s to the present, Lou gave us insight into her creative ethos by citing William Stafford’s poem titled “The Way It Is” and deftly paralleling the title of her talk “The Marath...
Prairie Cairn by Andy Goldsworthy (2002)
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Artist Andy Goldsworthy creates Prairie Cairn, 2001 at the Conrad Environmental Research Area, Newton, Iowa and discusses the larger project titled "Three Cairns," of which this piece is a first step. "Three Cairns" is cross-continental project by Goldsworthy, initiated by the Des Moines Art Center and organized in partnership with the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, California, and the N...
Conversation with Jeff Fleming, John and Mary Pappajohn Director
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In this interview, Jeff Fleming talks about his nearly 25-year career at the Des Moines Art Center. Michael Morain, editor of Business Publications Corporation's magazine division moderates. Art Center staff members join Fleming on stage and recount memorable stories.
Commitment, Community, and Controversy: The Des Moines Art Center Collections (1998)
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Interim Director M. Jessica Rowe leads a look at the 50th anniversary exhibition of the Des Moines Art Center, "Commitment, Community, and Controversy: The Des Moines Art Center Collections," on view January 24 - May 10, 1998
Artist Mary Miss, "Greenwood Pond: Double Site" located in Greenwood Park in Des Moines, IA (1999)
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Artist Mary Miss, "Greenwood Pond: Double Site" located in Greenwood Park in Des Moines, IA (1999)
Eliot Nusbaum on Des Moines Art Center Architecture, 50th anniversary (1998)
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Eliot Nusbaum on Des Moines Art Center Architecture, 50th anniversary (1998)
Jim Demetrion Lecture in honor of Louise Noun's 94th Birthday
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Jim Demetrion Lecture in honor of Louise Noun's 94th Birthday
Iowa Artists 2022: Miriam Alarcón Avila, Artist Lecture at the Des Moines Art Center
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Iowa Artists 2022: Miriam Alarcón Avila, Artist Lecture at the Des Moines Art Center
2022 Day of the Dead Des Moines Art Center: Our Luchador Ancestors
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2022 Day of the Dead Des Moines Art Center: Our Luchador Ancestors
Conjectural Thinking and the Look of Meaning: Lari Pittman in Conversation with Jeff Fleming
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Conjectural Thinking and the Look of Meaning: Lari Pittman in Conversation with Jeff Fleming
Visiting the Art Museum With Your Students
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Visiting the Art Museum With Your Students
Visiting the Art Museum With Your Family
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Visiting the Art Museum With Your Family
Artist Panel Discussion: Who Owns Images?
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Artist Panel Discussion: Who Owns Images?
Pressing Commitments: Women Printmakers and the Modern Family
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Pressing Commitments: Women Printmakers and the Modern Family
"My Voice" Student Exhibition and Reception
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"My Voice" Student Exhibition and Reception
Exploring Art And Audience: Music, Dance, And Moving Images
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Exploring Art And Audience: Music, Dance, And Moving Images