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Week of 10/12

Tia Rodemeyer showing tonight in the Limited Space pop up event. (source)

limited space

Rooftop Art Show & Dance Party No Cover Charge | Light fare provided | BYOB 21+ We have an indoor party room so you will be cozy regardless!! Rain or shine we have got you covered. Come to see some of the best artists in Des Moines from one of the best vantage points downtown—The Des Moines Building’s Rooftop Lounge—and then dance the night away with DJs Lyndrum (www.mixcloud.com/itslyndrum) and Rock Paper Scissors. The limitations we face are often the genesis of creativity, and that is the idea Limited Space was born from. In the spirit of this creativity, artists have been limited to less than 25 square feet of display space to push them to find a new approach to show their work. See a complete list of the artists exhibiting here.

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friday

5 PM Mending Fractures: Kim Hutchison & Lee Emma Running Olson-Larsen Galleries ***Valley Junction Gallery Night*** 5 PM RECLUSE Bodega Art Installation Third Space 5:30 PM Laura Palmer & Michelle Wiedman Outlets of Des Moines 6 PM Liminalisms Viaduct Gallery 7 PM Limited Space The Des Moines Building 7 PM Vertigo: Melissa Airy & It's Time We Talk Waterloo

saturday

11 AM RECLUSE Bodega Art Installation Third Space 2 PM Light & Dark Paintpushers member + guests Polk County Heritage Gallery 4 PM Bazaar After Dark: Hocus Pocus The Barnum Factory 6 PM Regarding the Unknown & Salon #15 Yellow Door Gallery

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opportunities

**new and last chance**

**Call-for-entries Greater Des Moines Exhibited Deadline Oct 15**

**Ballet Des Moines Artist In Residence Deadline Oct 19**

Finding Inspiration-CFE Deadline November 11th

**Octagonal: The All Media Exhibit Deadline November 30th**

**DES MOINES ARTS FESTIVAL® APPLICATIONS Jan 7th**

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10/5

Wangechi Mutu’s "Water Woman" (source)

relative of the manatee

Wangechi Mutu is a Kenyan born internationally renowned artist who has studied in both New York and Nairobi. She will speak about her work and developments in her art and how the events in her life have influenced and shaped her practice. The Des Moines Art Center accessioned Mutu's stunning black bronze "Water Woman" in 2017, a sculpture of a Nguva, a water-woman of East African folklore that blends human characteristics with those of the endangered Dugong, a relative of the manatee. The Art Center also featured two of Mutu’s films "Cutting," 2004, as part of the exhibition Wanderlust: Actions, Traces, Journeys 1967 – 2017 and "The End of eating Everything," 2013 as part of the Single-channel series Journey into Peripheral Worlds.

Registration is Free

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thursday

5 PM Bob Cooper & Douglas Morgan Ankeny Art Center 5 PM State Change, works by Emily Jalinsky CSPS 5:30 PM Bread and Puppet Theater Grinnell 7 PM Artist Lecture: Wangechi Mutu Des Moines Art Center

friday

5 PM The Art of Momentum Mainframe Studios 5 PM Meet the Artist in Washington LET's Center for the Healing & Creative Arts 5 PM Spooky House PS1 6 PM Katelynn Tracy DSM Brew 6 PM Rain on Vacation / New Work by Whitney Nastanovich The Lift

saturday

10 AM 2018 Ames Area Studio Tour

sunday

Noon 2018 Ames Area Studio Tour 4 PM dumb mud // Rebecca Beachy Rush Hall at Wilkins

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opportunities

**new and last chance**

Waubonsie Iowa State Park Artist-in-Residence Apply Now

**Ballet Des Moines Artist In Residence Deadline Oct 19**

Finding Inspiration-CFE Deadline November 11th

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Week of 9/28

Guy Loraine, www.guyloraine.com: (source)

do you see in full color?

via larassakabel: I am so excited to be able to include Guy Loraine's deceptively simple gouache paintings in the upcoming show The Space Between: Truth, Fiction and the Artistic Imagination at Moberg Gallery opening Friday September 28, 2018. Driven by the pursuit of perfection, his work highlights the gap between human endeavors and real life outcomes. In this body of work, he attempts to recreate the glow of the moon at different times of the day and night. The problem? He is color blind. Each attempt is a blind attempt, and though I have full color spectrum vision (at least I think I do), I can't help but wish I could see what he sees in these paintings. His work can be viewed (in full color) at www.guyloraine.com. You should definitely check him out.

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thursday

5 PM All Local Artists Exhibit The Great Frame Up, St. Charles 5 PM Exhibition Opening: Neo Rauch: Aus dem boden / From the Floor Des Moines Art Center 6 PM PIECES Mainframe 7 PM Cultural Impressions: Identities Molded in Clay UNI

friday

8 AM Art Hang - Breakfast at Ritual Cafe 3 PM Artist Talk by Katie Baldwin Iowa City 4 PM 13 Phases Barnum Factory 5 PM The Space Between Moberg Gallery 6 PM Skeleton Tarot / Cat Rocketship Art Terrarium

weekend

Maximum Ames Luminarium Cowles Commons 5th Annual Art Harvest Tour 2018 Des Moines River Valley SAT 10 AM Art Showcase Hosted Created In Johnston

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opportunities

**new and last chance**

Waubonsie Iowa State Park Artist-in-Residence Apply Now

**2019 Art on the Campus Deadline September 30th**

**PLAY: Call for Art Deadline Oct 3rd**

**Ballet Des Moines Artist In Residence Deadline Oct 19**

Finding Inspiration-CFE Deadline November 11th

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Week of 9/14

Madai Taylor’s “In The American Spirit One Hundred Years of Lynching” 2015, Braided Cotton Cord and Iowa Earth on Roofing Paper (source)

cotton rope and roofing

Fort Dodge, Iowa artist Madai Taylor uses a mix of non-traditional materials to create his paintings. The rich layering of Iowa Earth, cotton rope and roofing paper produces visually complex surfaces and results in a powerful accumulation of symbolism.

Opening at the Waterloo Center for the Arts is Taylor’s “An Elegy to America in Black and White”. It’s a poignant and provocative exhibition of non-subjective works of art with accompanying poetic writings that detail the reason for the pain and suffering of black folk brought by ship and sold into bondage, as it relates to biblical prophecy, against the backdrop of American history, as exacted by the American spirit.

From the Fort Dodge Messenger:

“I believe we are the Hebrews of the Bible, or the Jews of the Bible. I say that because there are several identifying characteristics that point to the Jews of the Bible, and black America fits all of them,” he said.

The key verse, Taylor said, speaks of the Hebrews being taken back into bondage in ships, just as black Americans were brought to the country in bondage in ships.

“You’re going to be sold into slavery. You will get married, but he will sleep with your wife,” he said, paraphrasing Deuteronomy. “You’ll build houses, but you can’t stay in them. You’ll plant vineyards, or gardens, but you won’t be able to prosper from them. You will see your children sold into bondage, but you will have no power to do anything about it.”

Reception & Gallery Talk September 13, 5:00pm; Gallery Talk at 6:00pm Refreshments and light hors d'oeuvres provided by Friends of the Art Center. Free and open to the public.

An Elegy to America in Black and White I Madai Taylor On view September 13, 2018 - January 22, 2019 Forsberg Riverside Galleries, Waterloo Center for the Arts

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thursday

9 AM Cedar Valley Arts Summit 2.0 Waterloo Center for the Arts 5 PM Reception & Gallery Talk: Madai Taylor Waterloo Center for the Arts 5 PM #SPOTTEDINDSM - Ben Schuh Polk County Heritage Gallery 6 PM 10 Lessons Learned After One Year As A Full-Time Artist Drake University 9 PM Pattern and Shadow: work by Stacie Johnson Prairie Lights Cafe, Iowa City

friday

5 PM RJ's Daily Dick Doodles Rewind The Barnum Factory 6 PM kNOw Spaces by Jordan Weber Minnesota

saturday

9 AM South Des Moines Sculpture Park Art Festival SW 8th and McKinley 10 AM Southwest Iowa Art Tour Multiple communities 5 PM Speakeasy 2 Anomaly Gallery, Ottumwa

sunday

NOON Southwest Iowa Art Tour Multiple communities

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opportunities

**new and last chance**

Luminarium Volunteers Needed! Sign Up Now

Waubonsie Iowa State Park Artist-in-Residence Apply Now

Quad City Arts’ Rock Island Gallery Deadline September 16

**Call for Public Art & Urban "Prototype" Proposals Deadline September 21**

2019 Art on the Campus Deadline September 30th

Finding Inspiration-CFE Deadline November 11th

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Photo Credit: Courtesy of Tom Sachs Studio

Greater Des Moines Public Art Foundation receives gift in memory of Melva Bucksbaum

Des Moines, IA (Monday, September 10, 2018) — The children of the late Melva Bucksbaum, daughter Mary Bucksbaum Scanlan, and sons Gene Bucksbaum and Glenn Bucksbaum, have gifted Miffy Fountain (2008) by American artist Tom Sachs, to the Greater Des Moines Public Art Foundation (Public Art Foundation). The gift of Miffy Fountain is in memory of Melva Bucksbaum.

Tom Sachs enlarged the petite Miffy to a scale of 10-feet-tall. The artist then uses her tears to create a fountain. The millions of Miffy images are slick, simple and insubstantial, but Sachs made his version in an obviously hand-made way and then cast it in bronze, a very expensive material used throughout history for grand statues.

Miffy Fountain will be located on the north side of Locust Street between 12th and 10th Streets, near the Des Moines Public Library.

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September First Friday

John Schlue’s Belly of the Whale (source)

don’t forget to chew

Head to the Viaduct tonight for John Schlue’s EatChewAlive, the collision of oil paint and acrylic felt is on full view. Some of the paintings are dominated with oil paint, others are entirely felt, and some use the felt as a frame for the paint.

Schlue was raised in Belle Plaine, Iowa, graduating from BPHS in 1998. He attended the University of Iowa, earning a degree in Studio Art with a minor in Religious Studies. Upon graduating he moved to New York City for a short time and relocated to Los Angeles, CA where he now lives and works.

On your way to the to the Elizabeth Moen (Album Release) w/ The Vahnevants & Pink Neighbor concert, don’t neglect the The East Winds opening reception in the Basement Bar.

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friday

5 PM FIRST FRIDAY / Get Styled Mainframe 5 PM Urban Gardening // Penny Adam Frame Works 5 PM Visual Worlds: "Nothing by Chance" Anderson Gallery, Drake University 5:30 PM Give And Take Public Space One, Iowa City 6 PM EatChewAlive Viaduct Gallery 7 PM There's no one here but me // Michael Watson The Lift 7:30 PM The East Winds The Basement Bar

saturday

NOON Des Moines All Arts Festival The Underground Rock Shop 6 PM Nature vs Nature vs Nature vs & Salon #14 Yellow Door Gallery

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opportunities

**new and last chance**

Luminarium Volunteers Needed! Sign Up Now

**Waubonsie Iowa State Park Artist-in-Residence Apply Now**

Quad City Arts’ Rock Island Gallery Deadline September 16

Call for Public Art & Urban "Prototype" Proposals Deadline September 21

2019 Art on the Campus Deadline September 30th

Finding Inspiration-CFE Deadline November 11th

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Week of August 31

dance-painting-happening

Manibus is a robotic painting device that translates motion to linear renderings in acrylic on paper. Meet the artist and inventor, Amenda Tate, and participate in a dance-painting, or come to watch the process. See the exhibit of Manibus paintings on display in the Pioneer Room through September 11. Facebook Event

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thursday

4 PM Polish Your Pitch: A Panel Discussion Ames 6 PM Collaborative Dance-Painting-Happening with Amenda Tate Ames

friday LAST CHANCE Art at the Library: Benjamin Gardner 8 AM Art Hang - Breakfast Ritual Cafe 5 PM RJ's Daily Dick Doodles Barnum Factory 6 PM Art Show - Michelle Holley Firecracker Brewery 6 PM For the Common Good: AVC Faculty Ames

labor day 9 AM 5th Annual Des Moines Mini Maker Faire Science Center

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opportunities

**new and last chance**

**Luminarium Volunteers Needed! Sign Up**

**Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden Call for 2019 Exhibitions Deadline September 1**

**BVU Art Gallery Call for Exhibition Proposals Deadline September 1**

Quad City Arts’ Rock Island Gallery Deadline September 16

Call for Public Art & Urban "Prototype" Proposals Deadline September 21

2019 Art on the Campus Deadline September 30th

Finding Inspiration-CFE Deadline November 11th

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Week of August 24

#colorcodes #scarceelementz #prepwork#man meetsmachinenaturemeetsman (source)

color codes 3

This weekend marks the return of Iowa's 100% freehand spraypaint, invitational frenzy. Inviting returning graff writers from Iowa, California, Denver, Vegas, New Mexico, Arizona, Chicago, and more. This year will also feature the addition of SOL, WISHEZ & ZERO, all Des Moines Public School students who qualified to rock after burning walls at Scarce Elementz Crew's 2017 event, Color Control.

Music: Dj TouchNice x Dj ISM x Dj Episode

LIVE PERFORMANCES

Offwhyte (Galapagos4)

Controlled Substance (Vuelo x Exo x Dj DMWright)

Graff Workshop: Free w/ Admission on Day 2 – Ages 8+

Bboy Cypher & Cypher King

Get tickets or pay at the door. Details.

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THIS WEEK

thursday 7:30 PM disrupt DSM Des Moines Social Club, The Basement

friday 5 PM Strohbeen & Luchsinger + Sculpture Moberg 5 PM Color Codes 3 Des Moines Social Club

saturday 10 AM Art Mart Barnum Factory 2 PM CraftTEA! Little Woods, Ames 5 PM Color Codes 3 Des Moines Social Club 5 PM Not What You Might Expect: Art in Iowa Grinnell Area Arts Council

sunday 11 AM Meet the artist: Jahan Hari First Unitarian Church of Des Moines Iowa

tuesday 6 PM "Drop Shadow" and "Visions" UNI Gallery of Art

wednesday 5 PM Open House Phenix School

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opportunities

**new and last chance**

**Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden Call for 2019 Exhibitions Deadline September 1**

BVU Art Gallery Call for Exhibition Proposals Deadline September 1

Quad City Arts’ Rock Island Gallery Deadline September 16

Call for Public Art & Urban "Prototype" Proposals Deadline September 21

2019 Art on the Campus Deadline September 30th

Finding Inspiration-CFE Deadline November 11th

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Week of 8/17

The young artists affectionately call their work space, “Mural HQ,” or mural headquarters. (source)

coexist

via Iowa City Downtown District: Sayuri Sasaki Hermann worked with twelve young artists in creating the mural “Coexist” now living on a wall in downtown Iowa City. Sayuri began laying the groundwork for this project back in April when she met with groups of young people at United Action for Youth to collect input and inspiration about the visual content of the mural.

Youth were given the opportunity to answer questions such as “How do we learn to live together in harmony? How do we relate to each other? How can we keep our vibrant, individual colors, patterns and textures, and still thrive, flourish and compliment each other?” Following a series of writing, drawing, and interactive exercises with the young artists, Sayuri arrived at an overarching theme for the mural: co-existence.

“Through numerous prompts and activities, we decided that a community consists of many ecosystems working together as a whole on many different levels,” said Sayuri. The mural’s design will reflect the way that different parts of the community can live in harmony with one another.

The site of the mural is 220 E. Washington Street. A public reception will be held at the site Thursday, August 16th from 4-6pm. Facebook Event

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THIS WEEK

thursday 4 PM Cathedrals of the Plains: A Photo Series of Midwest Grain Elevators Ames 4 PM "Coexist" Mural Project Reception Iowa City 5 PM Joanne Alberda & Artisans Roadtrip Octagon Center for the Arts 5:30 PM Quilts by Peggy Leonardo Polk County Heritage Gallery 6 PM Designer Drink Up Peace Tree Brewery Peace Tree 7 PM 48HFP Best of Des Moines Screening and Awards 2018 The Fleur Cinema & Cafe

friday 6 PM POST NO BILLS Art Terrarium After Hours 6 PM Caleb Henkelman Mars Cafe 7 PM Scarce Elementz Presents: Gloom's Oasis Viaduct Gallery

monday 5 PM City Ride on The Avenues Begins at Moberg Gallery

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opportunities

**new and last chance**

**Ballet Des Moines Artist in Residence Deadline August 20**

BVU Art Gallery Call for Exhibition Proposals Deadline September 1

Quad City Arts’ Rock Island Gallery Deadline September 16

Call for Public Art & Urban "Prototype" Proposals Deadline September 21

2019 Art on the Campus Deadline September 30th

Finding Inspiration-CFE Deadline November 11th

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“Coexist” at 220 E. Washington Street in Iowa City. (source)

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Week of 8/10

Taylor Yocum’s “for the nice girls in shows by bad men”, detail (source)

done with being nice

via tayloryocom: FRIDAY at the Des Moines Social Club, I am debuting a new installation! I’m inviting the public to share their #metoo stories on these notepads to be on display for the duration of the opening or to shred them as soon as the viewer writes it, acknowledging that not everyone is ready to share their story. There will be a counselor from Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault at the event for anyone who needs to talk. In addition to the installation, I’ll be screening my video “for the nice girls in shows by bad men,” and I’ll be bringing a bunch of snacks. Hope to see you there!

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thursday 6:30 PM DRINK & DRAW - Going to Disney Capes Kafe 6:30 PM Feminist Film Series: The Life and Times of Rosie Riveter Des Moines Art Center

friday 7 PM Beneath The Lilacs//Tia Rodemeyer The Lift 4 PM Pop Up Exhibit: we are done with being the nice girls Des Moines Social Club, Handball Court

saturday 5 PM Iowa Authors Beaverdale Books 6 PM Art for Art- the Iven Jones Experience The Barnum Factory

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opportunities

**new and last chance**

**Oskaloosa Art Center and Studios Gallery Deadline August 10**

Ballet Des Moines Artist in Residence Deadline August 20

BVU Art Gallery Call for Exhibition Proposals Deadline September 1

**Quad City Arts’ Rock Island Gallery Deadline September 16**

**Call for Public Art & Urban "Prototype" Proposals Deadline September 21**

**2019 Art on the Campus Deadline September 30th**

**Finding Inspiration-CFE Deadline November 11th**

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August First Friday

Catkins — Maggie Vandewalle (source)

a world existing beneath

via Little Village -- Raised just outside Iowa City, Maggie Vandewalle went to the University of Iowa on an art scholarship and has been painting ever since. Although her studies at UI were focused initially on printmaking, she fell in love with watercolors.

Now, painting is her primary medium, and she creates beautiful, off-kilter work that makes you question the evidence of your eyes. Vandewalle paints what should be there instead of what is, teasing at a world existing beneath, or beside, our own. Her paintings are reminders of the truths we saw more clearly as children.

Vandewalle left Iowa for Tennessee 14 years ago, but her work is still carried by Catiri’s Art Oasis, a gallery in Amana that has grown up alongside her, carrying her early work when it first opened 17 years ago.

“It has been amazing to see her develop as an artist, going from a gifted young artist to a talented, accomplished, well-rounded one,” gallery owner Jenise Catiri said in an email.

This weekend, Vandewalle is heading back home to Iowa to open a full solo show at the gallery. She’ll have 20 “fresh-off-the-easel” originals as well as numerous prints. The opening reception, with Vandewalle in attendance, will run from 2-6 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 4 (the gallery is open until 8 p.m.).

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thursday 5 PM Janet Hart Heinick & Pam Hibbs Ankeny Art Center

5 PM David Kamm & Amber Morris CSPS, Cedar Rapids

friday 8:30 AM 2018 Iowa Arts Summit 4 PM 60fps Expo Mainframe Studios 4:30 PM Space Plants: Jeff Shinrock Art Opening + Happy Hour Gravitate Downtown 7:30 PM Restless Gaze The Basement

saturday 2 PM The Magnificent Maggie Vandewalle Amana, IA

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opportunities

**new**

**Oskaloosa Art Center and Studios Gallery Deadline August 10**

Ballet Des Moines Artist in Residence Deadline August 20

**BVU Art Gallery Call for Exhibition Proposals Deadline September 1**

The Printmaker Cooperative Shared Studio. Space Available

Phenix School, Affordable Artist Apartments Valley Junction APPLY NOW

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Week of 7/27

LAWRENCE LEE Media: Archival pigment print Dimensions: 20 x 16 (source)

photo sensitive

The factories in Dubuque’s Millwork District were, at the beginning of the Twentieth Century, the largest producers of windows, doors, blinds, and mill products in the nation. But by the 1960s the millwork industry in Dubuque started a slow decline as companies pulled out of the district one by one. The last plant shut down in 2014.

In 2014 Tim Olson photographed and interviewed over forty men and women who once worked in Dubuque’s Millwork District. A selection of these portraits can be seen in the group photo show, Photo Sensitive, opening Friday, July 27th at Olson Larsen Galleries.

Also, join a lively discussion with 9 of the photographers in the exhibition on Saturday, guided by Des Moines Art Center curator, Laura Burkhalter. Enjoy a refreshment while gathering insights into the common themes found in such diverse photographic works.

Photo Sensitive Opening reception

Photo Sensitive Panel Discussion

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thursday 6:30 Feminist Film Series: Mildred Pierce Des Moines Art Center 6:30 The Lantern Cinema presents: Donnie Darko Vaudeville Mews 7 PM Strangers on a Train Fleur Summer Series

friday 8 AM Art Hang - Breakfast Ritual 5 PM Photo Sensitive Olson-Larsen Galleries 6 PM Nasty Boys - Collab Show between Meanz & Tia Closing Reception Mars Cafe 7 PM FAN EDIT- Second Party & Closing Reception The Lift

saturday 1 PM Photo Sensitive Panel Discussion moderated by Laura Burkhalter Olson-Larsen Galleries 3 PM The Art of Compassion: Community Art Installation Unveiling Jasper Winery

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opportunities

**new**

The Printmaker Cooperative Shared Studio. Space Available

**Elsewhere Residency Deadline July 27**

**Disrupt: Call for Video Submissions Deadline Extended July 31**

**Ballet Des Moines Artist in Residence Deadline August 20**

Phenix School, Affordable Artist Apartments Valley Junction APPLY NOW

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Week of 7/20

Cameron Gray carefully adjusts the noose holding the baby doll, the piece is titled "Equilibrium." (source: K. Rambo/Iowa State Daily)

gentrified experiences

Cameron Gray will present "Gentrified Experiences", taking place in the Des Moines Social Club Courtyard and Viaduct Gallery on July 21st, 2018 starting at noon. The event features an art exhibit, free food and drinks, live DJ, Spades, and a bounce house for kids. The artist invites neighbors of the downtown community and beyond to attend the event and engage in conversation about the political climate we face today. Facebook Event Read More at the Iowa State Daily

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friday 5 PM Des Moines Gun Safety Poster Show Raygun

saturday 11 AM Bemis Open House / Open Studios Omaha NOON Gentrified Experiences Opening Reception Viaduct Gallery 6 PM I hope you like it! / Salon #13 Yellow Door Gallery

tuesday 4 PM Fabricated Design of Main

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opportunities

**new**

**The Printmaker Cooperative Shared Studio. Space Available**

**Aperture: The Biennial Juried Photography Exhibit 2018 Deadline July 20**

**Call for Filmmakers: 48 Hour Film Festival Happening July 20 - 22, 2018**

Elsewhere Residency Deadline July 27

**Disrupt: Call for Video Submissions Deadline Extended July 31**

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Week of 7/13

via DSM Magazine “A Monumental Journey” uses the form of African “talking drums” to raise awareness of cultural communications through history. (source)

a monumental journey

via DSM Magazine “A Monumental Journey,” the new downtown art installation commemorating the 1925 organizers of the National Bar Association in Des Moines, will be dedicated in ceremonies at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 12, on Hansen Triangle, at the corner of Grand and Second avenues. The monument honors the determination of a dozen African-American lawyers who created an independent bar association after being denied membership in the American Bar Association. The Greater Des Moines Public Art Foundation commissioned Chicago-based sculptor Kerry James Marshall to create the work. He will discuss his career and the creation of this piece in a lecture at 6 p.m. Thursday in Drake University’s Sheslow Auditorium, 2507 University Ave. Admission is free, but seating is limited, so register here to be included. Learn the history behind the monument in this article from the current issue of dsm magazine.

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thursday 11 AM Public Dedication and Celebration of A Monumental Journey Hansen Triangle 6 PM Artist Lecture with Kerry James Marshall Sheslow Auditorium 6:30 PM Feminist Film Series: She's Beautiful When She's Angry Des Moines Art Center 7:00 PM Suitcase Series #2 Public Space One

friday 4th Annual Waukee Arts Festival 11:30 AM First Friday with Susan Watts of Olson-Larsen Galleries Iowa Center for Economic Success

saturday 4th Annual Waukee Arts Festival 5 PM Mahalaga Opening Reception The Basement at Des Moines Social Club

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opportunities

**new**

Phenix School, Affordable Artist Apartments Valley Junction APPLY NOW

**Call for Poetry Submissions: The Politics of Shelter Deadline July 15**

Aperture: The Biennial Juried Photography Exhibit 2018 Deadline July 20

Call for Filmmakers: 48 Hour Film Festival Happening July 20 - 22, 2018

Elsewhere Residency Deadline July 27

**Disrupt: Call for Video Submissions Deadline Extended July 31**

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Week of 6/29

This is a Junk Journal Bob Anders created as a guest book for the 4th of Julawesome. (source)

junk journal workshop

Junk Journal Workshop! Join the residence artists at Reliable X in making a journal out of, well junk! This is open to the public and all ages. No art experience required 😊 Cost is a $5 donation to the space. The address is 311 Main St in Downtown Ames.

Listen to Bob tell about Junk Journaling.

Listen to Bob on the radio.

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thursday 5 PM Adult Student Show, Des Moines Art Center 7 PM Junk Journal Workshop Reliable X, Ames Main Street 7PM Puzzle Projections CSPS

friday 8 AM Art Hang - Breakfast Ritual Cafe 7 PM It's Alive! A Frankenstein Art Show

saturday 11:30 AM Cheap Art Sale EIGHT Public Space One 6 PM Bazaar After Dark: Duality, Barnum Factory

sunday 10 AM Yarn House Live Internet NOON Member Sundae in the Park, Des Moines Art Center 2 PM We Wanna Write: Coffee and Prose Smokey Row Coffee

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opportunities

**new**

Phenix School, Affordable Artist Apartments Valley Junction APPLY NOW

**Disrupt: Call for Video Submissions Deadline July 10**

Aperture: The Biennial Juried Photography Exhibit 2018 Deadline July 20

Call for Filmmakers: 48 Hour Film Festival Happening July 20 - 22, 2018

Elsewhere Residency Deadline July 27

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City Sounds

Sounds of Art Week, by Trey Reis

Photo via Des Moines Social Club.

The stated mission of Art Week is to encourage broader participation and support of the local art scene, so it only made sense to join up with the Des Moines public piano project, City Sounds. Celebrating its fifth year, City Sounds has once again installed pianos decorated by local artists all around our fair city. The idea is to encourage impromptu performances and the casual soundtracking of Des Moines goings-on by its everyday citizens.

Be a part of the Art Week festivities and hold your own concert anytime at one of these public piano locations:

Raygun – 500 E Grand

Des Moines Social Club – 900 Mulberry St.

Ted’s Coney Island – 3020 Ingersoll Ave.

Woody’s Smoke Shack – 2511 Cottage Grove

Downtown YMCA – 501 Grand Ave.

Shops at Roosevelt – 833 42nd St.

Cowles Commons – 4th and Walnut St.

Windsor Heights – 6601 University Ave.

Smokey Row – 1910 Cottage Grove

Mainframe Studios – 900 Keosauqua Way

More information can be found here.

#art week #artweekdsm #art week dsm #des moines #artfest midwest #des moines art festival

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Required Reading

Get to know three of the eight artists participating in the new Artist Studio Visits.

Source: Karla Conrad

Amy Putney Koenig featured on Gestalt Creatives

“Amy Putney Koenig’s studio is like a cabinet of curiosities – the old wunderkammer—filled with relics and mementos of lives lived as well as the ethereal and palpable feelings of loss, mourning, and transition.” Read More

- Benjamin Gardner

Source: Paige Peterson-Connolly

Molly Spain featured on Lighting the Invisible

“I love to work with paper. I will tear paper for hours until I stop thinking about what I am doing and it just happens. Then I take a step back and sift through the shapes and see which ones speak to me.” Read More

-Molly Spain

Firat Erdim featured by Jami Milne

It was easy to become entranced in Firat’s language describing the historical context of the kite, something so simple and reminiscent of childhood. A once ceremonial act with roots in Southeast Asia that connects the practice of flying a kite with the ritualistic blessing of the air and land during farming cycles.

“The way that kites have come to the west, they’ve become recreational. That’s good, but we can’t create a religion out of it. How can one create another layer of meaning to it? These things are important in how we think about nature, landscape, environment, life. We can’t recreate the gods, but we can find ways to engage with them.” -Firat Erdim

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