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	Art On The Road - Des Moines Art Center
		The project took root at the Des Moines Art Center a few years ago when the artist became intrigued by the dense, pewter-colored limestone used by architect Eliel Saarinen to construct the first of the Art Center’s three buildings.
		The Des Moines Art Center (which doesn’t like to call itself a museum) prefers to be known as a user-friendly place where you can come acquaint yourself with art, but not feel overwhelmed by structural immensity.
		Recognized by international art critics as a world-class museum in the heart of the Midwest, the Des Moines Art Center has amassed major works of contemporary art from the nineteenth century to the present.
	www.dreamsalivemagazine.com /autumn2003/columns/living (1652 words)

	About Des Moines
		The name Des Moines came from the river that early French explorers called "La Riviere de Moingona," most likely derived from the French words "de Moyen" meaning the middle.
		"Des Moines MSA" refers to the Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area composed of Dallas, Polk and Warren counties.
		Des Moines is 326 miles from Chicago; 189 miles from Kansas City; 361 miles from Milwaukee; 246 miles from Minneapolis/St. Paul; 132 miles from Omaha; and 370 miles from St. Louis.
	www.ihsdesmoines.org /body.cfm?id=41 (602 words)

	Des Moines Art Center - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Des Moines Art Center is an art museum, with an extensive collection of paintings, sculpture, modern art and mixed media.
		The original museum wing was designed in a combination of Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles by Eliel Saarinen in 1945 and completed in 1948.
		This wing was designed to allow as much natural ambient light in as possible, but the Art Center later decided to cover the external windows with rattan blinds when concerns over light damage to the paintings arose.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Des_Moines_Art_Center (389 words)

	Des Moines Hotels and Destination Guide
		Des Moines is headquarters for many and varied businesses but in the forefront is the Insurance industry.
		The Des Moines Botanical Center displays a rich collection of exotic plants under a 75-foot dome, and the Blank Park Zoo affords visitors a delightful walk through natural-habitat exhibits.
		Next to the Center is Nollen Plaza, a park that features a waterfall, a reflecting pool, and a 2,000 seat amphitheater.28 blocks of downtown Des Moines are connected by several miles of enclosed, climate-controlled skywalks which provide total comfort in navigating from place to place for shopping, dining, and business.
	www.destinationdesmoines.net (1047 words)

	Andy Goldsworthy's Nation-wide Lanscape Project - Neuberger Museum of Art - Absolutearts.com
		The Neuberger Museum of Art is participating in a unique project centering upon the work of world-renowned artist Andy Goldsworthy in collaboration with Iowa’s Des Moines Art Center and San Diego’s Museum of Contemporary Art.
		Des Moines’ first phase was completed on the Iowa plains in May 2001.
		Andy Goldsworthy: Three Cairns was initiated by the Des Moines Art Center and organized in collaboration with the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego and the Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York.
	www.absolutearts.com /artsnews/2001/10/29/29299.html (924 words)

	DesMoinesRegister.com \| Entertainment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		With this exhibit, Des Moines is taking part in a recent trend to resurrect these retro selections.
		In August, the Whitney Museum of Art in New York City also opened an exhibit focused on Kelly's work, and the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art is planning a minimalist show in 2004.
		The Des Moines Art Center's show is called "The Space Program" because the linchpin of minimalism is space, as in expanses or areas, not the kind of space that evokes martians or heavenly bodies, although there is something a little cosmic about these works.
	desmoinesregister.com /entertainment/stories/c2121111/22314707.html (470 words)

	Julien R. Fielding - Freelance Writer and Editor
		To accommodate these works, all of the center's walls, except for ones used to create a reading and study room, had to be removed from the main exhibition space.
		The Des Moines Art Center is the final stop for the exhibition's four-venue tour, which began at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Va., then continued onto the Miami Art Museum in Florida and the University of California Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.
		Talbott has been the director at Des Moines Art Center for about three years, and said she was excited about having an artist of Puryear's stature come to the center.
	www.jrfielding.com /live/viewstory.cfm?StoryIndex=234 (1045 words)

	My Reality: Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation - Museum of Glass, International Center for ...
		My Reality: Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation, an exhibition that investigates the impact of Japanese animation, commonly called anime, on contemporary art in Asian countries and in the West opens at the Museum of Glass on July 12, the second to last stop on a national tour.
		The exhibition at the Des Moines Art Center was made possible by support from the Jacqueline and Myron Blank Exhibition Fund of the Des Moines Art Center, The Bright Foundation, the Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Fund, and the Greater Des Moines Community Foundation.
		The Museum of Glass is a fine arts museum dedicated to the presentation of the medium of glass within the context of contemporary art in all media.
	www.absolutearts.com /artsnews/2003/07/14/31206.html (783 words)

	Des Moines Arts Festival [ Nurturing A Students Vision ] The Nation's 3rd Best Arts Festival \| Des Moines, Iowa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Artwork from some of Central Iowa's youngest artists will be on display this year, as Hubbell Homes, in association with the Des Moines Art Center and the Des Moines Arts Festival, presents Nurturing A Student's Vision: Celebrating Artists K-12 Student Art Exhibition.
		At the conclusion of the Festival, the exhibition and the banners will be on display in the Kaleidoscope Mall throughout July and later moved to the Des Moines Art Center's Maytag Reflecting Pool Courtyard until late October.
		Two students will be presented Des Moines Art Center scholarships and a family membership to the Art Center.
	www.desmoinesartfestival.org /festival_information/nurturing_a_students_vision.php (207 words)

	Des Moines Art Center
		The Des Moines Association of Fine Arts was established in 1916 under the leadership of J.S. (Sanny) Carpenter, a bridge builder who was the leading art collector in the city.
		The Des Moines Association of Fine Arts was renamed the Des Moines Art Center in March of 1941.
		The opening of the Des Moines Art Center on June 2, 1948 in Greenwood Park meant the culmination of more than three decades of planning and work on the part of a group of people who looked forward to having a museum in the city.
	www.volunteersolutions.org /uwoci/org/8648965.html (421 words)

	Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau - Sample Itineraries
		Art is all around Des Moines, no matter where you go.
		Des Moines Art Center - nationally known for it’s permanent collection of major 19th, 20th, and 21st century paintings, sculptures and recognized masterpieces in a striking contemporary building.
		Fort Des Moines Memorial and Education Center, - honors the U.S. Army’s first officer candidate class for African American men in 1917, and the establishment of the first Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC’s) in 1942.
	www.seedesmoines.com /asp/planners/sample_itineraries.asp (1621 words)

	Images of the Des Moines Art Center by Eliel Saarinen, I. M. Pei, and Richard Meier
		Images of the Des Moines Art Center by Eliel Saarinen, I. Pei, and Richard Meier
		Comprised of three interconnected buildings, each by the signature architect of the era, this art center represents the styles of each major architect at the same time that it represents a unique collaboration.
		Left: north and east sides of addition; center: east side primarily; right: east side with a bit of the back (south) and some of the front (north)
	www.bluffton.edu /~sullivanm/iowa/desmoines/artcenter/artcenter.html (375 words)

	Principal.com - News Release: The Principal Riverwalk Receives Monumental Public Art Gifts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		and the Des Moines Art Center announce the procurement of two significant sculptures through a generous gift made by Melva Bucksbaum of Aspen, Colo., and her daughter Mary Bucksbaum Scanlan of Aspen, Colo., to be included as part of The Principal Riverwalk.
		During its Sept. 27 meeting, the Des Moines City Council approved the three sculptures to be placed within The Principal Riverwalk after the Public Art Commission "enthusiastically and gratefully" recommended their addition to the riverfront project.
		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.
	www.principal.com /about/news/riverwalk100504.htm (1067 words)

	Art/Auctions: Lee Krasner at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Des Moines Art Center, the Akron Art Museum and ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Art/Auctions: Lee Krasner at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Des Moines Art Center, the Akron Art Museum and the Brooklyn Museum of Art, 1999-2001
		After a hiatus of four years, she returned to school in 1937, attended Hans Hofmann's School of Fine Arts for several years, continuing even as late as 1940 to give it as a reference whenever the WPA periodically needed to verify her occupation as a practicing artist.
		His three-step understanding of this process depended on, first, a comprehension of nature's laws, second, the artist's empathy for both nature and a chosen artistic medium, and third, the ability of an artist to translate his or her inner world into a medium, being careful to acknoledge both its limitations and its strengths.
	www.thecityreview.com /krasner.html (2458 words)

	Des Moines, Iowa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Des Moines is the headquarters for the Principal Financial Group, the Meredith Corporation, and Ruan Transportation.
		In November 2005, Des Moines voters approved a measure that allowed the city to annex certain parcels of land in the northeast, southeast, and southern corners of Des Moines, particularly areas bordering the Iowa Highway 5/U.S. bypass.
		The Des Moines-Newton-Pella Combined Statistical Area consists of those five counties plus Jasper and Marion counties; the 2000 census population of this area was 550,659 and the estimated 2005 population was 593,112 [4].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Des_Moines,_Iowa (3126 words)

	Des Moines Jaycees Art Center Tour
		Jaycees and guests meet at the Art Center at the appointed time, rendezevous with the guide, and tour the center. After the tour, attendees would be free to either examine the exhibits more closely or leave, as they wish.
		Diana Banks, an Education Assistant for the Des Moines Art Center, is acting as liason for this project. She said a tour would include a “Docent” (a volunteer art expert lecturer and museum guide) who would provide the guided tour of the premises.
		To demonstrate to what Art Center Staff, volunteers, and others we encounter that the Des Moines Jaycees are a well-behaved, cultured group of young people intent on improving their artisitc appreciations.
	www.justanyone.com /jaycees/arttour.html (2032 words)

	Artcom Museums Tour: Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines IA
		It is the largest ART museum in Iowa, and a major resource for 20th century art, architecture, and art education.
		Located in the city's beautiful Greenwood Park, the Art Center's buildings are, themselves, works of art.
		The Des Moines Art Center's permanent collections, developed over the last 52 years, include an outstanding selection of works of art from the 19th and 20th centuries.
	www.artcom.com /Museums/nv/af/50312-20.htm (240 words)

	Drake University - Des Moines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Des Moines is a lot like Drake - big enough to have lots of resources and opportunities but small enough to be accessible.
		The capital city of Iowa and a center for insurance, government, publishing, business, and much more, Des Moines is a great place to land internships or start a career, enjoy modern art or classic architecture, experience metropolitan amenities or explore scenic bicycle trails.
		Drake and Des Moines have enjoyed a mutually advantageous relationship since the University was founded in 1881.
	www.choose.drake.edu /admissions/life/desmoines.asp (368 words)

	Karlin's Notebook: Art Center Exhibit Features Everyday Items - Karlin Covers Central Iowa
		DES MOINES, Iowa -- Balloon sculpture isn't what visitors might expect to see in the August galleries of the Des Moines Art Center.
		That's what is being created at the center in a new exhibition, along with artwork made of other materials such as toothpicks to packing peanuts.
		The center said that the idea is to demonstrate that art can be found anywhere -- even aisle five of any convenience, grocery or hardware store.
	www.kcci.com /karlin/10140112/detail.html (334 words)

	Byron Burford
		His extensive list of exhibits includes one man shows at the Walker Art Center (1958), the Des Moines Art Center (1961 and 73), Babcock Galleries, New York (1966, 67, 69 and 75), the American Academy of Arts Annual, New York (1966, 72, 79, and 96), and Foslley/Leach Gallery, Washington (1987 and 92).
		Selected group exhibits include the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1942), the Chicago Art Institute (1943 and 59), the Corcoran Biennial (1952), the Venice Biennale, Italy (1968), the Bienal Arte Coltejer, Colombia (1970), and the Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland (1972).
		The Tornabuoni Twins is a 1983 etching donated to Luther by the University of Iowa Museum of Art.
	finearts.luther.edu /artists/burford.html (411 words)

	PORT - Portland art + news + reviews
		The Art Of Richard Tuttle at the Des Moines Art Center
		While at the wonderful Des Moines Art Center a few weeks ago I was able to take in their fantastic version of The Art of Richard Tuttle retrospective.
		Art doesn't so much cheat death as prolong the elements of life.
	www.portlandart.net /archives/2006/06/the_art_of_rich.html (1131 words)

	Ana Mendieta: Earth Body, Sculpture and Performance 1972 - 1985
		At her untimely death in 1985 at the age of 36, Mendieta played a critical yet under-recognized role in the land, body, and feminist art of the 1970s and 80s, which is only now coming into focus.
		Prior to traveling to Des Moines, this exhibition was hosted by the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
		Julia P. Herzberg is a specialist in art of Latin America and independent curator and her 1998 dissertation, "Ana Mendieta: The Iowa Years: A Critical Study, 1969 through 1977," brought to light critical information about Mendieta's formative influences and the impact of the Intermedia Program at the University of Iowa.
	www.tfaoi.com /aa/5aa/5aa224.htm (1105 words)

	Des Moines Arts Festival [ Home ] The Nation's 3rd Best Arts Festival \| Des Moines, Iowa
		The 2006 Des Moines Arts Festival, Iowa's premier celebration of the arts, was a success at its new location in Downtown Des Moines' Western Gateway Park!
		Join us for the 2007 Des Moines Arts Festival on June 29-July 1 for Iowa's only free, three-day celebration of the arts!
		Artists for the juried art fair of the 2007 Des Moines Arts Festival have been selected.
	www.desmoinesartsfestival.org (112 words)

	Amazon.com: Work Ethic: Books: Baltimore Museum of Art,Des Moines Art Center,Wexner Center for the Arts,Helen ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The exhibition, "Work Ethic," will be at The Baltimore Museum of Art from October 12, 2003, to January 11, 2004, and at the Des Moines Center for the Arts from May 15 to August 1, 2004.
		Helen Molesworth is Chief Curator of Exhibitions at the Wexner Center for the Arts.
		Chris Gilbert is Associate Curator at the Des Moines Center for the Arts.
	www.amazon.com /Work-Ethic-Baltimore-Museum-Art/dp/0271023341 (1266 words)

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		“Des Moines Botanical Center is reaching out to the community and beyond to educate and promote awareness of high level horticulture and environmental stewardship through; positive partnerships, education programs, opportunities for tourism, a quality venue for social events and meetings, unified grounds and unique horticulture collections.”
		The botanical center is pleased to announce the arrival of two outstanding art displays that will be at the center through the first of the year.
		The Des Moines Botanical Center welcomes your comments and questions.
	www.desmoinesbotanicalcenter.com (141 words)

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