JAN FEB MAR 2018 FROM THE DIRECTOR A collaborative effort between Findley Elementary School students, their teacher Lisa Hesse, and artist Dave Eppley, whose major site-specific installation is included in the In late September, The Links, Drawing in Space exhibition, resulted in Mile-a-Minute Rainbow Incorporated, a not-for-profit corporation Ivy, 2017, being installed on the Richard Meier building during of African-American women leaders, held the month of November. their 60th anniversary celebration at the Art Center. The evening also showcased the many works by African-American artists in our permanent collections. It was an especially rewarding collaboration for everyone involved. The Links is now continuing this special partnership with a gift of $1,000 to support an education- based internship at the Art Center in 2018 for African-American students. The Art Center, like many museums across the country, is striving to introduce young persons of color to employment in the field in an attempt to increase their numbers in the museum career pipeline. This project will help do so. Another exciting partnership occurred in October with the Iowa Civil Rights Commission. The group held a board meeting at the Art Center where the members toured our recent exhibition, I, too, am America, with Assistant Curator Jared Ledesma. Later in October, the Iowa Civil Rights Commission organized a public symposium, which featured a break-out session entitled, I, too, am America, inspired by the show. This is a wonderful example of the power of art to inspire, illuminate understanding, and engage broad audiences. In early November, the Art Center celebrated the creation of a temporary, large-scale mural on the exterior of the Richard Meier building with a public reception. One hundred and twenty third- and fifth-grade students at Findley Elementary School created the artwork, which was displayed during most of November and was highly visible from Grand Avenue. These students worked with the artist Dave Eppley, whose major site-specific installation is included in the Drawing in Space exhibition. This collaboration between the community, a contemporary artist, and the Art Center proved to be an extraordinary and unexpected experience for all involved.

JEFF FLEMING

2 | JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH 2018 SENIOR CURATOR ALISON FERRIS NAMED FELLOW BY THE CENTER FOR CURATORIAL LEADERSHIP

The Art Center is proud to announce that Senior Curator Alison Ferris has been selected by the Center for Curatorial Leadership (CCL) as one of 12 curators to participate in its annual fellowship program for 2018.

ounded in 2007 by Agnes Gund A committee of museum directors F and Elizabeth Easton, CCL trains and CCL alumni chose the 11th class of curators to assume leadership positions Fellows from a highly competitive pool of in museums in the rapidly evolving cultural applicants. Accepted Fellows come from climate of the 21st century. Located in 10 institutions including the Harvard Art New York City, CCL runs programs at Museums, The Metropolitan Museum of home and in other cities, drawing upon the Art, The Museum of Modern Art, The Andy diverse resources of museums and academic Warhol Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, institutions across the United States. It has Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, transformed the model for developing leaders Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, in art museums with a singular program that Los Angeles County Museum of Art, as involves a combination of teaching and doing, well as the Des Moines Art Center. The including mentorships with top museum 2018 cohort exemplifies a commitment to directors and exposure to a wide network of scholarly excellence, collaborative thinking, trustees, philanthropists, business leaders, and inclusive practices within museums and and innovators. the visual arts. Ferris says of her selection, The incoming class of Fellows will join the “I’m honored to be chosen to be a 2018 organization in New York City in January for Fellow at the Center for Curatorial Leadership an initial two weeks of instruction, followed and I look forward to bringing back to the by residencies with leading museum Art Center the knowledge and skills I gain directors, the development of an individual from participating in the program.” Diversity Mentoring Initiative, and a final week of coursework in May.

DESMOINESARTCENTER.ORG | 3 FEBRUARY 17 – MAY 13, 2018 ANNA K. MEREDITH GALLERY ORGANIZED BY THE UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO ART GALLERIES, BUFFALO, NEW YORK AND CURATED BY RACHEL ADAMS, UB ART GALLERIES SENIOR CURATOR, AND ART CENTER CURATOR LAURA BURKHALTER Wanderlust ACTIONS, TRACES, JOURNEYS 1967–2017

John Baldessari and Wanderlust: Actions, Traces, Journeys working in this particular way—demonstrating George Nicolaidis California Map Project Part I: 1967–2017 questions and explores the that artists who step outside of their studio California, 1969 complex nature of artists as voyagers—those have a shared sensibility, yet approach art Courtesy of John Baldessari Studio who depart their studio to create work outside making in a spectrum of ways. of the confines of four walls. This exhibition Artists featured in Wanderlust include is a comprehensive survey of the artist’s Vito Acconci, Janine Antoni, John Baldessari, need to roam and the work that emerges David Hammons, Mona Hatoum, Richard from this need. No longer separately Long, Marie Lorenz, Ana Mendieta, Wangechi relegated to “walking” art or “land” art, but Mutu, Gabriel Orozco, and Carmen Papalia, including an array of action-based processes, among many others. Wanderlust allows viewers to experience The exhibition will also feature a variety 50 years of artistic practices that are of public programming, allowing visitors intertwined, while highlighting diverse to depart the gallery and explore the approaches to contemporary art. Des Moines landscape. Artist Todd Shalom Each work recognizes the walk and the will lead a newly-commissioned walk journey as much more than just a basic through the skywalks in March and artist human act. Author Rebecca Solnit observes Mary Mattingly will lead public participants that walking replicates thinking, adding in a workshop and pilgrimage walk in April “the motions of the mind cannot be traced, (dates opposite page). The Art Center’s but those of the feet can.” The exhibition website and next Art Center NEWS will encompasses a broad spectrum of artists provide additional information.

4 | JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH 2018 EXHIBITION OPENING THE PARTICIPATORY WALK: Friday, February 16 Performance Art Workshop 5 –7 pm with Todd Shalom RSVP encouraged* Four classes: March 19 – 22 / Noon – 4 pm GALLERY DIALOGUE (daily attendance is required) with Curator Available in English and Spanish Laura Burkhalter Thursday, March 8 Culminating performance: 6:30 pm March 24 / Noon – 4 pm Anna K. Meredith Gallery Limited to 12 participants Send paragraph stating interest TONI AND TIM URBAN to Laura Burkhalter at INTERNATIONAL [email protected] ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE: by February 19, 2018 Todd Shalom Todd Shalom is the third ARTIST LECTURE: Toni and Tim Urban International Mary Mattingly Artist-in-Residence. Funding for “The Supply Chain this residency was established and the Sublime” in 2015 with the aim of bringing Thursday, April 12 / 6:30 pm artists from foreign countries, Levitt Auditorium particularly of Jewish heritage, Reservations required* to the Des Moines Art Center and the communities we serve. COMMUNITY COLLABORATION WITH MARY MATTINGLY: PUBLIC PERFORMANCE The Bundle and the Pilgrimage ART TOUR: Todd Shalom, Part One: Sky Highlighting Help us create the Bundle Thursday, March 22 Friday, April 13 / 11 am – 4 pm 6:30 – 8:45 pm Saturday, April 14 / 10 am – noon Friday, March 23 Lobby 6:30 – 8:45 pm Part Two: Ages: 16+ / Open to all abilities Join us for the Pilgrimage Meeting Location: Saturday, April 14 / 1– 4 pm Lobby and Greenwood Park 400 Locust Street, Des Moines (inside Capital Square in front More information at of the Post Office) desmoinesartcenter.org Reservations required* Limited to 12 participants

Wanderlust: Actions, Traces, and Journeys 1967–2017 is organized by the University at Buffalo Art Galleries, Buffalo, New York and curated by Rachel Adams, UB Art Galleries Senior Curator. This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Generous support for the exhibition and catalogue has also been provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Additional support comes from Charles Balbach and the Techne Institute for Arts and Emerging Technologies at the University at Buffalo with in-kind support provided by Squeaky Wheel Film and Media Art Center and Eleven Twenty Projects, Buffalo, New York.

Mary Mattingly (American, born 1979) Pull, 2013 C-print 30 x 30 inches Courtesy of the artist DESMOINESARTCENTER.ORG | 5 THROUGH MARCH 25, 2018 JOHN BRADY PRINT GALLERY ORGANIZED BY SENIOR CURATOR ALISON FERRIS

FINK / WINOGRAND

GALLERY DIALOGUE Larry Fink and Garry Winogrand were both manipulated in the darkroom when making with Alison Ferris actively taking photographs in New York straight photography; the goal was to make Sunday, January 28 City in the 1970s. Winogrand primarily made sharp photographs that depicted the subject 1:30 pm John Brady Print Gallery photographs during the day of people on the city “as the camera sees it.” streets exemplified here in a selection of work Fink and Winogrand were committed to from his “Women are Beautiful” series that was making work “as the camera sees it,” but they made into a book. Larry Fink’s series “Social were just as interested in Henri Cartier-Bresson’s LEFT Graces,” also resulting in a book, consists of concept of the “decisive moment,” which he Larry Fink (American, born 1941) photographs depicting wealthy Manhattanites explains is “… a creative fraction of a second Tavern on the Green, New York in the evenings at museum openings, balls, and when you are taking a picture. Your eye must City, October 1976, 1976, galas. In an effort to acknowledge the fact of see a composition or an expression that life printed 1983 Gelatin silver print social class in the United States, Fink juxtaposes itself offers you, and you must know with 19 7/8 × 15 7/8 inches the photographs of socialites with images of his intuition when to click the camera.” Fink and Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections; Gift of Jeff Perry in working-class neighbors at family gatherings Winogrand pushed the definition of straight honor of Myron and Jacqueline and events in rural Pennsylvania. While the photography with their spontaneous, brazen Blank, 2006.111 photographers’ subject matter was different, and furtive shooting styles — there was no time

RIGHT their working style and resulting photographs are to consider the shot before making it. While they Garry Winogrand similar in that they employed what was called upheld the commitment not to make changes to (American, 1928–1984) “the snapshot aesthetic.” their photographs in the darkroom like straight Centennial Ball, Metropolitan Museum, New York 1969, from Fink, Winogrand, and others were following photographers, unlike them, they embraced their his “Women are Beautiful” series, in the footsteps of their predecessors such photographic “mistakes.” Compositions are often c. 1970 Gelatin silver print as Walker Evans and Harry Callahan, both of askew; prints have blurs caused by a subject’s 8 13/16 × 13 1/8 inches whom practiced “straight photography.” Straight movement and the lines of raking shadows Des Moines Art Center Permanent photography entails visualizing an image, setting caused by flash bulbs. These flaws are frequently Collections; Gift of Jeff Perry in honor of Myron and Jacqueline the exposure, and then taking the photograph. found in amateur photography, hence the term Blank, 2016.56 Neither the setting nor the photograph is “snapshot aesthetic.”

6 | JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH 2018 THROUGH JANUARY 21, 2018 I. M. PEI BUILDING / RICHARD MEIER BUILDING ANNA K. MEREDITH GALLERY / LOBBY ORGANIZED BY SENIOR CURATOR ALISON FERRIS

DRAWING IN SPACE

Drawing in Space includes the work of three artists and one artist collective: GALLERY DIALOGUE with Dave Eppley (New York), Monika Grzymala (Berlin), Numen/For Use Jay Ewart, chief preparator (Vienna, Zagreb), and Heeseop Yoon (New York). Uniting these artists are installations explorations of line and space—basic components of art making—through Thursday, January 11 6:30 pm the creation of large-scale, site-specific installations using the novel yet Meet in the lobby humble medium of tape.

Reservations required* Heeseop Yoon / Still Life Chandelier, 2017 (detail) / Masking tape and polyester film / Courtesy of the artist

EXHIBITION DROP-IN TOURS offered on Sundays, January 7, 14, and 21 at 1 pm

INSTALLATION VIDEOS On view adjacent to each artwork: Lobby Anna K. Meredith Gallery Krause Atrium in the Richard Meier building Cowles Sculpture Court in the I. M. Pei building

DESMOINESARTCENTER.ORG | 7 THROUGH MARCH 25, 2018 BLANK ONE GALLERY ORGANIZED BY ASSISTANT CURATOR JARED LEDESMA

THE IRRATIONAL AND THE MARVELOUS

Sophia S. Ahmad

LECTURE + DADA PIANO PERFORMANCE Jared Ledesma with pianist Sophia S. Ahmad Sunday, January 7 / 1:30 pm Snow date: Thursday, January 18 6:30 pm Levitt Auditorium / Cowles Sculpture Court, I. M. Pei building Reservations required* Limited to 100 guests

Hannah Höch (German, 1899–1978) A little more than a century ago, a group of European artists banded together Der Weg (The Path), 1927 and formed Dada, an art movement that responded to the trauma of World War I Oil on canvas 36 1/2 x 24 3/4 inches and challenged the concept of fine art. Dada’s irrational tactics later paved the Des Moines Art Center’s Louise Noun Collection way in the 1920s for Surrealism, a movement that encouraged participating of Art by Women through Bequest, 2003.326 artists to look to the subconscious for inspiration. The Irrational and the Marvelous celebrates both Dada and Surrealism, and features the work of Dada icons Marcel Duchamp and Hannah Höch, and surreal explorations by William Baziotes, Roberto Matta, and Dorothea Tanning, among others.

8 | JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH 2018 New Accessions

The Des Moines Art Center Print Club has given the Art Center an image from the edition of its 2017 commissioned print by artist Clarence Morgan entitled Ordinary Wonders (photo next page). A three-color lithograph and screen print, this work exemplifies Morgan’s use of abstract imagery and drawing methodology, which embraces chance associations. Morgan lives and works in Minneapolis, where he is a professor of art at the University of Minnesota. His work is found in major museum collections around the country, including the Walker Art Center and the Minneapolis Institute of Art. This is the first work by Morgan to enter the collections. The Art Center has purchased Wangechi Mutu’s Water Woman (see cover) with funds from the Edmundson Art Foundation, Inc. Water Woman is a stylized, black bronze sculpture of a nguva, a water-woman of East African folklore that blends human characteristics with those of the dugong, an endangered relative of the manatee. The artist has said the nguva represents a “bewitching female aquatic being with powers to entrance and drown susceptible mortals.” In contrast to Ai Weiwei ohn and Mary Pappajohn have given the ubiquitous Western iconography rooted in (Chinese, born 1957) the Art Center a new work by the Hellenic, Nordic, and Anglo-Saxon depictions Self-Portrait in LEGO, 2017 J LEGO bricks Chinese artist and political activist Ai Weiwei. of silken-haired women with pale skin, here the Board: 15 × 15 inches Entitled Self Portrait in LEGO, 2017, Ai created siren is represented by the luminous, charcoal- Des Moines Art Center this image from white, gray, and black LEGOs colored female body, which is a vein of inquiry Permanent Collections; Gift of John and Mary as part of an edition of 50 commissioned by central to Mutu’s work. This is the first work by Pappajohn, 2017.33 the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Mutu to enter the collections. in Washington, D.C. in conjunction with the The Art Center purchased three works from artist’s recent exhibition at the museum. Anne Wilson’s “Dispersions” series (nos. 2, Ai’s use of LEGOs was first seen in his major 24, and 25) with funds from the Keith Shaver installation at Alcatraz Prison in 2014 –15, Trust. In addition, the artist and Rhona Hoffman where he created large-scale portraits of Gallery have given one work from the series: political prisoners from around the world in no. 15. These works are fragments from her multi-colored LEGOs. This is the second work family’s damask table linens presented in the by the artist to enter the collections. three standard sizes of traditional, formal table

DESMOINESARTCENTER.ORG | 9 Clarence Morgan napkins. Holes in the cloth are accentuated to her large-scale, site-specific installations, (American, born 1960) with a few strands of human hair and these works are hand-made with soft, heavily Ordinary Wonders, 2017 Three-color lithograph and countless minuscule stitches of colored textured white paper using fibers from the screen print on paper thread sewn by hand. From a distance, the mulberry tree, similar to that of traditional Sheet: 15 1/2 × 15 inches Image: 12 × 12 inches embroidered holes suggest evidence of Japanese Washi paper. Embedded in Des Moines Art Center gunshots or burns. At first it may appear that Grzymala’s paper are her signature lines that Permanent Collections; the fabric was stitched with an urgency, as are raised on the paper, like a subtle relief. Gift of the Des Moines Art Center Print Club, 2017.34 if to take control of a situation resulting from The crossing lines that form grids in various the disorienting conditions of violence, the sections of the composition contrast with the stitching an act of compulsive repetition in organic structure of the natural rag paper. response to trauma. Up close, however, one These are the first works by Grzymala to enter can see that each stitch is perfectly formed the collections. with what appears to be great patience. Muro is a conceptually political work by Time functions at a slower pace in Mexican artist Bosco Sodi, and features five “Dispersions,” one that is a reminder of the clay lumbers that were once part of a 26-ft long physical and emotional catharsis born by wall the artist constructed in New York. The acts of making and healing. These are the wall was formed and dismantled in one day, first works by Wilson to enter the collections. which coyly references the building of walls at The Art Center purchased two works borders, but also the destruction of barriers. by Berlin-based artist Monika Grzymala: Muro is a gift from the artist and Paul Kasmin Formation #21 and Formation #22 from the Gallery, and is the first work by Sodi to enter series “Making Paper,” 2016, with funds the collections. from Toni and Tim Urban. In stark contrast

10 | JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH 2018 THIS LECTURE IS THE 29TH IN THE SERIES MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH GENEROUS GIFTS BY LOUIS AND LOIS FINGERMAN.

2018 FINGERMAN LECTURE Ed Ruscha

Ed Ruscha (born Omaha, Nebraska in 1937) LECTURE has been a major figure in the art world for Thursday, February 1 more than 50 years. The Des Moines 6:30 pm Art Center proudly owns six works by the Levitt Auditorium artist spanning the years 1969 to 1997, Reservations including This, That, 1970, one of his 381 required* drawings created with gunpowder. Ruscha will deliver a slide talk that traverses his career from his early pop images of gas stations and Hollywood logos through his artist’s books, drawings using unusual materials (think gunpowder, vegetable juice, and axel grease among others), and quirky phrases culled from the American vernacular. Thanks to the generousity of Louis and Lois Fingerman, this lecture series has brought an impressive list of 29 artists and Ed Ruscha / Photo: Sten M. Rosenlund scholars to speak at the Art Center. It has enriched the understanding of the works of art collected here, as well as provided the The Des Moines Art Center proudly owns opportunity for the community to become six works by Ed Ruscha spanning the years familiar with ideas and topics embodied in 1969 to 1997, including This, That, 1970, one the art of our time. of his 381drawings created with gunpowder.

Edward Ruscha (American, born 1937) / This, That, 1970 / Gunpowder on paper / 9 11/16 x 27 3/16 inches Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections; Bequest of Myron and Jacqueline Blank, 2006.33 DESMOINESARTCENTER.ORG | 11 FROM STUDIO EDUCATION DIRECTOR TRACY DURAN

New Veterans Program

he Art Center is partnering with the In addition to the weekly art classes for T Veterans Affairs Central Iowa Health residents at the DOM, veterans from the Care System to provide weekly art classes community will have the opportunity to for veterans currently in the Domiciliary participate in a four-week ceramic wheel (DOM) Rehabilitation Program. The art throwing class in May 2018, anticipating the classes provide the veterans the opportunity Sterling Ruby exhibition that will be featured to experience a variety of art media and at the Art Center this summer. The veterans techniques. The DOM is a short term will have the opportunity to study Ruby’s work rehabilitation program with a mission of and create their own functional pottery. providing an opportunity for at-risk veterans Many of the DOM veterans are suffering to reach their optimum functionality levels from conditions that affect their everyday and return to independent living in the life, including the anxiety and trauma from community. The recreational therapists traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress employed at the DOM use a variety of disorder, and the stress of transitioning modalities including arts and crafts to help back into civilian life, relationships, and jobs, maintain or improve veterans’ health. post deployment. The arts provide a means This program not only enables veterans to for expression of feelings and emotions in a learn a new skill but provides them with a safe place, enabling participants to lighten mode of self-expression and creativity, as their psychic load, and increase focus and well as an opportunity for healing. self-esteem through completion of an art project. These opportunities allow the veterans to be in an environment with teachers who help them reestablish social skills and connections, These classes provide veterans the with positive interactions and feedback, opportunity to reach their optimum especially after periods of extreme isolation. With programs such as this, the Art Center is functionality levels and return to able to provide veterans with a variety of skills independent living in the community. to help equip them for success in life.

Art access programming like the veterans DOM courses is made possible through Art Center membership and generous donors.

Veterans working on clay masks. 12 | JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH 2018 DESMOINESARTCENTER.ORG | 13 There is no better time than the new year to embrace trying something new! Studio Programs

SPRING CLASS REGISTRATION IS OPEN!

Studio classes are available for all ages in drawing, printmaking, painting, ceramics, sculpture, metals, digital photography, and more!

Register yourself and/or your budding artist at desmoinesartcenter.org.

MIMOSAS + ART GET DIRTY IN THE STUDIO

Spend an afternoon with friends You and your best guy/girl can enjoying a bubbly mimosa and fruit get dirty with hands-on art activities. while creating a work of art. Thursdays / 5:30 – 8:30 pm Sundays / 12:30 – 3:30 pm JANUARY 25 JANUARY 7 Dish: Handmade Clay Plates Mixed Media Postcards FEBRUARY 22 FEBRUARY 4 Pillow Talk: Simple Screen Printing Workshop Love Letters MARCH 22 MARCH 4 Wired: Create a Bracelet Simple Slab Platters

Students enjoy drawing in the museum 14 | JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH 2018 during a Digital Drawing & Painting class. DESMOINESARTCENTER.ORG | 15 DRAWING IN SPACE NUMEN / FOR USE TAPE DES MOINES

2017 STATISTICS

SCULPTURE More than 5,000 INSTALLATION visitors have explored REQUIRED inside the sculpture 2 artists 12 days to install “AWESOME.”2 artist assistants 25 miles of tape 5 Art Center staff Weighs 5 temporary staff 300 – 400 pounds

COMMENTS FROM VISITORS While visitors have been enjoying the video components of Drawing in Space in the galleries, they’ve also been extremely “Most profound, unexpected experience. popular on our social media channels. The Took all my favorite theories apart and Numen/For Use video has been particularly didn’t put them back together.” popular on the Art Center’s Facebook page, reaching more than 15,000 people and has been shared nearly 100 times. “We loved the interactive quality.” The Art Center thanks Applied Art + “I’ve never done anything like that before!” Technology for their support, which made these videos possible.

Numen/For Use Tape Des Moines has been an enormous crowd pleaser, engaging new audiences in the art of today. 16 | JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH 2018 “AWESOME.” DID YOU KNOW? LUNCH The Pappajohn Sculpture Park has been named as one of the top five WITH “GREAT FRIENDS PLACES AND A VIEW

IN Enjoy hot homemade soups, fresh salads, sandwiches, pastas, and desserts.

AMERICA” Tuesday – Saturday 11 am – 2 pm in the American Planning Association’s 2017 annual Great Places in America contest. Menu changes weekly.

The other finalists were Douglas Avenue in View menu at desmoinesartcenter.org. Wichita, Kansas; Downtown Golden in Golden, Colorado; Rochester Public Market in Rochester, New York; and the winner — Greenville Health System Swamp Rabbit Trail: Greenville, South Carolina. chef’s palette ART CENTER CAFÉ

18 | JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH 2018 Photo: Caitlyn Cisar Photography

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DESMOINESARTCENTER.ORG | 19 FROM DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT TIFFANY NAGEL SPINNER MEMORIAL GIFTS

BEHIND THE SCENES: These gifts were received between September 1 and November 30, 2017.

FUNDRAISING In Memory of Pam Burkhead Don Burkhead

In order for the Art Center to meet grant writers, Kristen Daily and In Memory of Christine Hartoft its approximately $6 million budget Barbara Briggie-Smith, seek Jean and LaMonte Combs each year, major efforts are made funding both locally and nationally, Joe and Cyndy Coppola by staff in a number of ways. writing approximately 100–125 Lea Rosson DeLong Approximately one quarter of funds grants each year. Funding is Mary and Jon Doidge are raised by way of contributed sought for exhibitions, educational Jill and Jeff Featherstone support in the form of gifts and programming, marketing, outreach Vance and Christine Fischer grants, corporate and foundation gifts, (Art Access), school tours, Vicki Goldsmith Bravo Greater Des Moines Cultural scholarships, conservation, Theresa Graziano Enrichment grants, memberships, and community events, general operating Timothy and Rosemary Rahm trustee donations. In addition, the support, and other initiatives. Funds Art Center relies on revenue generated raised through their work recently In Memory of Betty Krantz from Studio Programs, the Museum realized the conservation of the Penny Brockelsby Shop, fundraising events, and Keith Haring sculpture, UNTITLED Jerri Davis endowment and trust income to meet (Three Dancing Figures, version C) Rachel Summers the entire budget. The Director, Senior in the Pappajohn Sculpture Park; Finance Director, and grant writers the exhibition Drawing in Space; In Memory of Richard Levitt work toward reaching these goals with and the partnership between the Pamela Bass-Bookey oversight by the Board of Trustees, Art Center, Findley Elementary, and and Harry Bookey in particular the Finance Committee. artist Dave Eppley, as mentioned in Jean Bell Grant writers are key to an the Director’s Message (page 2). Henry and Muffy Harmon institution’s fundraising efforts, The work of our team — indeed Mark Krasne helping to secure funding for all but the entire Art Center staff — is William and Kristi Lozier memberships and trustee donations. invaluable to everything the Anastasia Polydoran To break this down, the Art Center’s Art Center offers to the community. Elana and Philip Schneider Jan Sime It takes many hours of effort on the part In Memory of Robert Spellman 304 15th St, LLC of Art Center staff Kip and Debbie Albertson members to secure John and Sue Andrews and Family vital funding for Tyler Archer exhibitions, educational Art on the Prairie programming, Sheri Avis-Horner Delores and Mark Batchelder marketing, outreach David and Anne Baudler (Art Access), school Vincent and Roberta Bejarano tours, scholarships, Barry and Pat Bengtson conservation, Amy Bjork community events, Rahn and Maurine Bjornson general operating Connie Boesen Pat and Ken Boggs support, and other Secured funds were recently used to conserve the Berton and Mary Ann Borkowski Keith Haring sculpture in the Pappajohn Sculpture initiatives. Nicole Branstad Park: Untitled (Three Dancing Figures, version C), Teri Breck 1989, fabricated 2009 / Painted aluminum Overall: 120 × 135 × 125 inches / Des Moines Chad and Erin Breheny Art Center Permanent Collections; Purchased with funds from John and Mary Pappajohn, 2010.116

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DESMOINESARTCENTER.ORG | 21 For more information on these events / exhibitions / classes CALENDAR visit desmoinesartcenter.org.

JANUARY 14 SUNDAY Art Sampler 4 THURSDAY 1 – 3 pm Books + Blankets 11 – 11:30 am 17 WEDNESDAY Baby + Me Drop-in Tour 7 SUNDAY 11 am – noon

*Mimosas + Art 21 SUNDAY Mixed Media Postcards / $ 12:30 – 3:30 pm *Art Spectrums Noon – 1:30 pm (for 11–16 year olds) *Lecture + Dada 2 – 3:30 pm (for 5 –10 year olds) Piano Performance Enjoy Oscar ® programs Jared Ledesma with Exhibition closes: on the big screen at the Sophia S. Ahmad Drawing in Space Art Center this month! The Irrational and the Marvelous 1:30 pm 25 THURSDAY *Get Dirty in the Studio / $ 11 THURSDAY Dish: Handmade Clay Plates FEBRUARY

*Gallery Dialogue 5:30 – 8:30 pm 1 THURSDAY with Jay Ewart Drawing in Space 28 SUNDAY Books + Blankets 6:30 pm Gallery Dialogue 11 – 11:30 am

with Alison Ferris *2018 Fingerman Lecture 13 SATURDAY Fink /Winogrand Ed Ruscha *Yoga + Gallery Dialogue 1:30 pm 8:45 am 6:30 pm

4 SUNDAY *Mimosas + Art The Art Center offers Free Drop-in Tours every Love Letters / $ Saturday at 1 pm. Meet in the lobby. 12:30 – 3:30 pm

9 FRIDAY *Film Oscar® Shorts Documentary Program 6 – 9 pm

10 SATURDAY *Yoga + Gallery Dialogue 8:45 am

11 SUNDAY *Film Oscar® Shorts Documentary Program (repeat of 2/9 films) 1:30 – 4:30 pm

15 THURSDAY *Film Oscar® Shorts Live Action Program 6 – 9 pm

RESERVATIONS / RSVPS / REGISTRATION An asterisk indicates that reservations, rsvps, or registration is required. Please visit desmoinesartcenter.org and click on EVENT RESERVATIONS or access the calendar from the homepage. After completing your online registration, you should receive a confirmation via e-mail. Please be sure *to enter your e-mail address correctly to receive this confirmation. If you do not receive an e-mail shortly after registering, please call 515.277.4405 and we will gladly check on your reservation. 22 Guests on a given reservation list are guaranteed for the event; others are welcome to attend if space becomes available. For more information on these events / exhibitions / classes Art Center MEMBERS visit desmoinesartcenter.org. membership SAVE THESE DATES FOR supports THE FOLLOWING MEMBER AND 16 FRIDAY AFFILIATE GROUP EVENTS Exhibition opening FREE Wanderlust programming TUESDAY, JANUARY 9 5 – 7 pm *The Scoop [on Art Noir] RSVP encouraged for all 5:30 – 8 pm FREE 17 SATURDAY Exhibition opens SUNDAY, JANUARY 14 Wanderlust *Print Club Studio Visit 18 SUNDAY at Red Door Press 18 SUNDAY *Art Spectrums 1:30 – 3:30 pm *Film Noon – 1:30 pm (for 11–16 year olds) FREE for Print Club Benefactors Oscar® Shorts 2 – 3:30 pm (for 5–10 year olds) $10 Print Club members Live Action Program (repeat of 2/15 program) 19 MONDAY WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24 1:30 – 4:30 pm *The Participatory Walk: *Salon 4700 and Contemporary Performance Art Workshop Collectors Private Wine Pairing 21 WEDNESDAY with Todd Shalom with Saxton Knoll Baby + Me Drop-in Tour Noon – 4 pm 5:30 – 7:30 pm 11 am – noon FREE for Contemporary Collectors 20 TUESDAY and Salon 4700 members 22 THURSDAY *The Participatory Walk:

Performance Art Workshop THURSDAY, JANUARY 25 *Get Dirty in the Studio / $ with Todd Shalom *Member Stop-and-Go Gallery Talk: Pillow Talk: Simple Screen Printing Noon – 4 pm The Irrational and the Marvelous with Workshop Assistant Curator Jared Ledesma 5:30 – 8:30 pm 21 WEDNESDAY 5:30 – 6:30 pm

*Film FREE Baby + Me Drop-in Tour Oscar® Shorts 11 am – noon Animation Program WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7 6 – 9 pm *The Participatory Walk: *Print Club Curator’s Challenge: Performance Art Workshop “Glitz” with Senior Curator Alison Ferris 25 SUNDAY with Todd Shalom 6:30 – 8:30 pm *Film Noon – 4 pm FREE for Print Club members Oscar® Shorts Non-members welcome Animation Program 22 THURSDAY

(repeat of 2/22 program) SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17 *The Participatory Walk: 1:30 – 4:30 pm *Art Noir Aerobics Performance Art Workshop 8:15 – 9:45 am with Todd Shalom FREE Noon – 4 pm MARCH *Get Dirty in the Studio / $ SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24

Wired: Create a Bracelet Member Family Gallery Exploration: 1 THURSDAY 5:30 – 8:30 pm Art Adventurers Books + Blankets 1:30 – 2:30 pm 11 – 11:30 am *Public Performance Art Tour: FREE for members at the Household level Todd Shalom, Sky Highlighting and above 4 SUNDAY 6:30 – 8:45 pm *Mimosas + Art SUNDAY, MARCH 4 Simple Slab Platters / $ 23 FRIDAY *Print Club Movie Matinee: 12:30 – 3:30 pm *Public Performance Art Tour: “Art Is … The Permanent Revolution” Todd Shalom, Sky Highlighting 1:30 – 4 pm 8 THURSDAY 6:30 – 8:45 pm FREE for Print Club members Gallery Dialogue Non-members welcome with Laura Burkhalter 24 SATURDAY Wanderlust *The Participatory Walk 6:30 pm Culminating Performance with Todd Shalom NOT A MEMBER? 10 SATURDAY Noon – 4 pm *Yoga + Gallery Dialogue JOIN TODAY 8:45 am 25 SUNDAY at desmoinesartcenter.org. Exhibitions close 17 SATURDAY Fink / Winogrand Staycation and 10 am – 3 pm The Irrational and the Marvelous DESMOINESARTCENTER.ORG | 23

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DES MOINES ART CENTER Thank you to members and sponsors who make our 515.277.4405 exhibitions, programs, Art Access, and FREE admission possible. www.desmoinesartcenter.org

FREE ADMISSION FREE ADMISSION The Art Center is proud to continue to offer FREE ADMISSION to Art Center galleries, programs, MUSEUM HOURS and events, unless otherwise noted. Tuesday / Wednesday / Friday / 11 am– 4 pm Thursday / 11 am– 9 pm FREE ADMISSION IS SUPPORTED BY PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP AND ART CENTER MEMBERS. Saturday / 10 am – 4 pm Sunday / Noon– 4 pm Closed Monday DRAWING IN SPACE IS SUPPORTED BY MUSEUM SHOP Open during regular museum hours. Members receive discounts every day.

CHEF’S PALETTE - ART CENTER CAFÉ Lunch Tuesday – Saturday / 11 am – 2 pm SUPPORT OF THE DRAWING IN SPACE VIDEO SERIES PROVIDED BY CLASSES Humanities Iowa, a state-based affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Studio art classes and workshops are The views and opinions expressed by this program do not necessarily reflect those of Humanities available for students of all ages. Iowa or the National Endowment for the Humanities. Members receive 20% discounts on classes and workshops. Join today! WANDERLUST

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. ART CENTER TOURS Generous support for the exhibition and catalogue has also been provided by the Andy Warhol Free tours available year-round Foundation for the Visual Arts. Additional support comes from Charles Balbach and the Techne JOHN AND MARY PAPPAJOHN Institute for Arts and Emerging Technologies at the University at Buffalo with in-kind support provided SCULPTURE PARK by Squeaky Wheel Film and Media Art Center and Eleven Twenty Projects, Buffalo, New York. The sculpture park is open sunrise to midnight daily. ART ACCESS IS SUPPORTED BY Free tours available April – October

MORE INFORMATION AT desmoinesartcenter.org American Enterprise Farm Bureau Financial Services Art4Moore Gardner and Florence Call Cowles Foundation Margaret Brennan John Deere The Bright Foundation Randy E. McMullin Casey’s General Stores, Inc. Meier Bernstein Foundation

All photos by Rich Sanders, Des Moines, MEDIA SUPPORT IS PROVIDED BY unless otherwise noted. Business Publications COVER Wangechi Mutu (Kenyan, active United States, born 1972) GENERAL ART CENTER SUPPORT PROVIDED BY Water Woman, 2017 Bronze Overall: 36 × 65 × 70 inches Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections; Purchased with funds from the Edmundson Art Foundation, Inc., 2017.25

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