In 2009, John and Mary Pappajohn, a Des Moines venture capitalist and his wife, provided funding for and donated more than 30 sculptures to the Des Moines Art Center. Their donation transformed an ...

The mural was lost for years. A teacher vowed to restore it. Now, it's a memorial to Concetta Morales, who taught hundreds of ...

It’s tranquil at the park, tucked past the Des Moines Art Center off 45 th Street. Visitors are greeted with a multitude of trees, barren during the winter, trails and sloped hills that lead to ...

Outside the conservatory, there are numerous themed gardens interspersed with sculptures, including a rose garden and a water garden. In total, the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden spans 7 acres.

A life-size ofrenda is coming to the Des Moines Art Center in celebration of Día de Los Muertos, honoring youth lives lost ...

Halloween concerts across Des Moines proved for a fun, spooky weekend. Local acts Druids, Haploid, Night Stories and Traffic ...

The Oskaloosa Art Center opened an exhibit Sept. 12 featuring the sleek, framed photography of Anthony Arroyo, a lifelong Des ...

This year Des Moines celebrated Day of the Dead or Día de Los Muertos a little early, hundreds gathered for the 24th Annual ...

Thursday evening, a lifelong dream of artist Kristine Souder’s was realized with the opening recepetion for her art ...

As an ongoing feature, staff members at the Des Moines Public Library will recommend a business-related book to add to your ...

“It’s kind of a combination for most of us of collecting, not just history and things that are historically significant, that ...

Her time running the cafe at the Des Moines Art Center - and being an art major in college. <(CLIP 8284 09;17;48;27): "I WAS ABLE TO USE MY FATHER'S ARTWORK TO BUILD A RESTAURANT HERE AT TRELLIS." ...