2017 ANNUAL REPORT
“I’ve never done anything like that before!” VISITOR COMMENT AFTER EXPLORING TAPE DES MOINES BY ARTIST COLLECTIVE NUMEN/FOR USE, PART OF THE BLOCKBUSTER 2017 DRAWING IN SPACE EXHIBITION.
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR AND THE PRESIDENT
Cutting-edge, interactive exhibitions. Expanded Art Access partnerships. Major acquisitions of artwork by important national and international artists. New scholarship surrounding works in the collection. Dynamic special events. Increased efforts toward being a welcoming institution for all. Enhanced building and grounds. Our staff, board of trustees, community partners, members, donors, and volunteers made all of this possible.
The year 2017 was extraordinary in drawing on the Richard Meier building numerous ways for the Art Center. We in conjunction with Drawing in Space, had tremendous attendance fueled by as well as two collaborations with Ballet thought-provoking exhibitions, rewarding Des Moines in response to Drawing in education events, Art Access programs, Space and Ruptures. In addition, we studio classes, public collaborations, partnered with The Links, Inc. to begin and member group activities. In an internship with African-American addition, we saw record-breaking college students. fundraising, including an unforgettable Our capital projects concentrated on gala in an airport hangar, and renovations of the front parking lot and noteworthy art acquisitions. 2017 was new parking lot lighting to enhance the also the first year of our current three- visitor experience and safety at night. year strategic plan, focusing on four We also completed the Levitt Auditorium commitments: enhancing our exhibitions renovations, which included new carpet, and collections, improving audience new lighting, and new technology and we engagement, securing our financial also created two new coat closets off the future, and building awareness, which lobby. In addition, new components were includes planning for our upcoming added to the Meier building restrooms to 75th anniversary campaign. make them more accessible. Huge crowds enthusiastically All of these achievements lay the embraced the exhibition Drawing groundwork for a successful future, in Space, while projects such as including our 75th anniversary celebration I, too, am America invited personal in 2023. We would not be the museum introspection. We traveled exhibitions and school we are today without the to the Contemporary Arts Center, support and participation of our board of Cincinnati; and Akron Art Museum. The trustees, our members, our community Art Center accessioned 166 works of art of donors, our dedicated volunteer in 2017, including objects in all media by docents, and our extraordinary staff. artists from diverse areas of the globe such as China, Germany, Great Britain, Jeff Fleming Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Vietnam, and, DIRECTOR
not surprisingly, Iowa. Art conservation Jim Wallace projects included major sculptures in PRESIDENT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES the Pappajohn Sculpture Park by 2017–2018 Mark di Suvero, Olafur Eliasson, and Keith Haring. Our Art Access program grew in 2017 to include 28 partners and 39 programs. Museum Education focused on families with children and community collaborations, including High school students from Central Academy create a tape installation inspired by Numen / a partnership with Findley Elementary For Use’s Tape Des Moines, 2017. School students to create a major
2017 ANNUAL REPORT 3 EXHIBITIONS
Throughout 2017 the Art Center organized and presented major exhibitions responding to contemporary approaches to art making, as well as more intimate projects focusing on the work of an individual artist or on themes drawn from the permanent collections. Projects like Drawing in Space saw extraordinary attendance and public participation, while I, too, am America touched on the diversity that embodies American society today. All 2017 exhibitions were organized by the Des Moines Art Center.
Wild Life Single Channel 7: Single Channel 7: Journeys into January 13 – April 16, 2017 Journeys into Peripheral Worlds, Peripheral Worlds, Michael Najjar John Brady Print Gallery Ethan Murrow May 4 – July 16, 2017 February 23 – April 30, 2017 Pamela Bass-Bookey and Harry Bookey Giacometti Pamela Bass-Bookey and Harry Bookey Video Gallery January 20 – April 23, 2017 Video Gallery Blank One Gallery 2 Ruptures Planetarium June 3 – September 3, 2017 1 Alchemy: Transformations in Gold April 21 – August 13, 2017 Anna K. Meredith Gallery February 11 – May 5, 2017 John Brady Print Gallery Anna K. Meredith Gallery Studies | Drafts | Sketches April 28 – August 30, 2017 Blank One Gallery 2 OPPOSITE From Ruptures exhibition Beth Lipman (American, born 1971) InEarth, 2017 Glass, wood, metal, paint, enamel, and adhesive 1 Installation of work by Zarina (American, born India, 1937) in Alchemy: Transformations in Gold. 112 × 98 × 112 inches Courtesy of Luhring Augustine / Photo: Rich Sanders, Des Moines Photo: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
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Single Channel 7: 4 Drawing in Space Journeys Into Peripheral Worlds, September 29, 2017 – January 21, 2018 Wangechi Mutu Anna K. Meredith Gallery July 20 – October 15, 2017 I. M. Pei Galleries Pamela Bass-Bookey and Harry Bookey Richard Meier Atrium Video Gallery Single Channel 7: Journeys into 3 I, too, am America Peripheral Worlds, Alex Pragar August 18 – November 26, 2017 October 19 – January 7, 2018 John Brady Print Gallery Pamela Bass-Bookey and Harry Bookey Video Gallery Iowa Artists 2017: Yun Shin August 25 – December 3, 2017 Fink/Winogrand Blank One Gallery December 1, 2017 – March 25, 2018 John Brady Print Gallery The Toni and Tim Urban International Artist-in-Residence The Irrational and the Marvelous ABOVE 2017: Monika Grzymala December 8, 2017 – March 25, 2018 Luis Alfonso Jimenez (American, 1940–2006) September 20 – November 10, 2017 Blank One Gallery Tan Lejos de Dios; Tan Cercas de los Estados Unidos (So Far from God; So Close Tifereth Israel Synagogue to the United States), 2001 Lithograph (litho pencils, crayons, rubbing ink) 25 × 50 1/4 inches Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections; Purchased with funds from the Kay Reynolds Stroud Art Fund, 2007.6 Photo: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
4 OPPOSITE Heeseop Yoon (Korean) Still Life Chandelier, 2017 Masking tape and polyester film Courtesy of the artist Photo: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
6 DES MOINES ART CENTER 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 7 SELECTIONS FROM THE NEW ACCESSIONS
The Art Center accessioned 166 works of art in 2017. Purchases included major paintings, sculptures, and cutting-edge video installations, as well as prints and drawings by contemporary masters. Gifts came from a variety of sources, including funded acquisition endowments, the Des Moines Art Center Print Club, and generous donors.
Elie Nadelman (American, 1882 – 1946) Standing Female Nude (also called Gertrude Stein), c. 1907, cast 1926 Bronze Overall: 28 1/2 x 9 x 7 inches Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections; Gift of Melva Bucksbaum, 2017.1
1 Glenn Brown (British, born 1966) Swing Time, 2016 India ink and acrylic on panel Overall: 44 7/8 × 35 13/16 × 1 3/16 inches Purchased with funds from the Coffin Fine Arts Trust; Nathan Emory Coffin Collection of the Des Moines Art Center, 2017.3 Photo: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Rachel Sussman (American, born 1975) Sidewalk Kintsukuroi (Des Moines Art Center), 2017 Resin, gold dust, and metallic dust Overall: 31 feet, 10 inches Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections; Purchased with funds from ASK Architecture, 2017.4
Cornelia Parker (British, born 1956) My Soul Afire / Just When I Need Him Most, 1997/2005 Hymnals retrieved from a church struck by lightning in Lytle, Texas and from the Baptist Church of Green Ridge, Kentucky that was set ablaze by arson Overall (a): 3/4 × 8 1/4 × 5 inches Overall (b): 1 × 8 × 5 1/4 inches Overall (c): 3/4 × 8 × 5 5/8 inches Overall (d): 3/4 × 8 × 5 5/8 inches Des Moines Permanent Collections; Purchased with funds from the Edmundson 1 Art Foundation, Inc., 2017.5.a .d
Catherine Opie (American, born 1961) Ron Athey and Daryl Carlton, 2000 C print Frame: 30 1/2 × 25 1/2 × 1 1/2 inches Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections; Gift of Jim and Ellen Hubbell, 2017.13
2 Yue Minjun (Chinese, born 1962) The Grassland Series, Woodcut 2, 2008 Lithograph on paper Frame: 39 1/4 × 51 × 2 inches Sheet: 35 × 47 inches Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections; Gift of Jim and Ellen Hubbell, 2017.17 Photo: Rich Sanders, Des Moines 8 DES MOINES ART CENTER 2
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In addition, major gifts of photography came from Philip A. Bernstein and Luisa Recalcati, Mark Greenberg, and Steven Schwartz. We are grateful to all of our donors for partnering with the Art Center to continue to grow the strength of our collections.
Jorge Méndez Blake (Mexican, born 1974) Sin título (Acto V, Escena II), 2016 Bronze / Overall (The Queen Falls): 14 15/16 × 109 7/16 inches Overall (The King Dies): 13 × 93 5/16 inches Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections; Gift of Pamela Bass-Bookey and Harry Bookey, 2017.20.a .ee
3 The Propeller Group (founded in Vietnam in 2006) AK 47 vs. M16, 2015 Fragments of AK 47 and M16 bullets, ballistics gel, custom vitrine, and digital video Overall (sculpture): 7 1/8 × 16 7/8 × 7 1/4 inches Overall (custom vitrine): 54 × 24 1/2 × 14 inches Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections; Purchased with funds from Pam and Harry Bookey, the Pamela Bass-Bookey and Harry Bookey Moving Image and Time Based Art Fund, and the Kyle J. and Sharon Krause Family Art Acquisition Fund, 2017.21.a .f Photo: Rich Sanders, Des Moines 4 (Image page 9)
Steven Young Lee (American, born 1975) 5 Grayson Perry (British, born 1960) 7 Ai Weiwei (Chinese, born 1957) Maebyeong Vase with Mushroom Vine, 2015 Animal Spirit (blue), 2016 Self Portrait in LEGO, 2017 Porcelain, copper inlay, glaze Color etching on paper LEGO bricks Overall: 15 × 12 × 10 inches Sheet: 25 1/4 × 30 3/4 inches Image: 15 × 15 inches Des Moines Art Center Permanent Image: 23 1/2 × 29 1/2 inches Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections; Collections; Purchased with funds from Des Moines Art Center Permanent Gift of John and Mary Pappajohn, 2017.33 the Kyle J. and Sharon Krause Family Collections; Partial gift of the Des Moines Art Photo: Rich Sanders, Des Moines Art Acquisition Fund, 2017.22 Center Print Club in memory of Peg Buckley, Clarence Morgan (American, born 1960) and purchased with funds from the Keith 4 Peter Doig Ordinary Wonders, 2017 Shaver Trust for Acquisitions, 2017.24 (Scottish, active in Trinidad, born 1959) Three color lithograph and screen print on paper Photo: Rich Sanders, Des Moines Canoe-Island, 2000 Sheet: 15 1/2 × 15 inches Silkscreen on paper 6 Wangechi Mutu Image: 12 × 12 inches Frame: 33 5/8 × 44 1/8 inches (Kenyan, active United States, born 1972) Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections; Sheet: 28 7/8 × 39 1/4 inches Water Woman, 2017 Gift of the Des Moines Art Center Print Club, Des Moines Art Center Permanent Bronze 2017.34 Collections; Purchased with funds from the Overall: 36 × 65 × 70 inches / 400 pounds Henri Cartier Bresson (French, 1908 – 2004) Peg Buckley Acquisition Fund, 2017.23 Des Moines Art Center Permanent Elderly woman at market, c. 1960 Photo: Rich Sanders, Des Moines Collections; Purchased with funds from the Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print Edmundson Art Foundation, Inc., 2017.25 Image: 10 × 6 5/8 inches Photo: Rich Sanders, Des Moines Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections; Monika Grzymala Gift of Mark Greenberg, 2017.36 (Polish, active Germany, born 1970) (American, born 1959) Formation #21, from the series “Making Maya Ying Lin Honey Moon, 1997 Paper,” 2017 Beeswax Relief drawing cast on handmade Washi paper Overall: 9 3/4 × 9 3/4 × 3 inches Overall: 63 3/4 × 63 3/4 inches Des Moines Art Center Permanent Des Moines Art Center permanent Collections; Collections; Gift of Maureen Mondora in Purchased with funds from Toni and honor of Colleen Vojvodich, 2017.160 Tim Urban, 2017.30 10 DES MOINES ART CENTER 5
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2017 ANNUAL REPORT 11 EDUCATION PROGRAMS
TOURS DOCENTS
73 volunteer docents led 19,276 visitors Art Center docents facilitate meaningful on 575 guided tours of the museum experiences for visitors in dialogue with art, and Pappajohn Sculpture Park in 2017. architecture, and each other to promote Of those visitors, 14,084 took part visual literacy through creative, critical, in guided tours of the museum, and and empathetic thinking. The following 5,192 attended guided tours of the dedicated individuals gave their time, Pappajohn Sculpture Park offered demonstrated their engagement, between April 1 – October 31. and shared their excitement about the Art Center in 2017. More than 5,700 fourth-grade students All tours are offered free of charge. from Des Moines, Indianola, Prairie In addition to requested tours, the Sherry Bergerson Roxie Key City-Monroe, Saydel, Southeast Polk, Art Center offers drop-in tour experiences Marty Boesenberg Sandra Koll Urbandale, Waukee, and West every Saturday, Baby and Me tours the Buffalo Bonker Ann Koopal Des Moines Public School Districts were third Wednesday of each month, and Susan Brown Diane Krell among the thousands who took part drop-in tours as a feature of various Susan Burgess Angela Lampe in guided tours. The Art Center covers special events. The tours program serves Sally Case Alison Lang the transportation expenses for these additional audiences through audio Len Cockman Gillian Madigan schools districts as part of the funded tours and facilitates self-guided group Jean Combs Sue Markow tours program. visits at both the museum and Pappajohn Amenda Tate Corso Madelyn Mayberry Sculpture Park. Martha Damon Nancee McDowell Susy Damon Stanley Miller Patricia Davis Dianne Milobar Nena Denman Robin Mohrfeld Jacci Dewdney Betty Mond Mary Doidge Saraleigh Monroe Bette Donovan Diane Myers Cecilia Ehrecke Roy Nilsen Sally Davis Ellwein Nancy Norman Jan Evans Jon Oakland Mia Farrell Sue Ortale Chris Fischer Muriel Pemble Jane Flager Bette Penniman Carol Frank Becky Pepper Don Gage Sandy Percy Eileen Gloor Rosemary Rahm Allan Goldberg Dianne Richardson Marty Gross Jane Rider Deb Hansen Lavonne Rus-Ogilvie Chris Hartoft Susan Seidenfeld Christine Hines Sharon Simmons Jane Hinson Michele Slawson Susan Holderness Sharyl Smith Teresa Holton Linda Solar Mary Holtze Dawn Taylor Jane Ibsen Sandy Thompson Mary Josten Kay Ward Paul Kasal
12 DES MOINES ART CENTER Dr. Johnetta Betsch Cole entertained a full house with her humor and thought-provoking perspectives on diversity and inclusion.
LECTURES
946 people attended seven lectures. The keynote lecture of the year was presented by Dr. Johnetta Betsch Cole, a prominent academic and consultant on After participating in Saturday morning yoga under the umbrella of Tape Des Moines, 2017 issues of diversity and inclusion, and the by Numen / For Use in the I. M. Pei building, participants stayed for an interactive gallery experience. recently retired director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art. Dr. Cole’s exhibition of Grzymala’s large Scholars working at Iowa State lecture, “My Love of Art: A Lifelong handmade paper reliefs at Tifereth University, Jelena Bogdanovic´ and Journey,” was the 28th Fingerman Lecture. Israel Synagogue in Des Moines. Dušan Danilovic´, lent their expertise to Three artists featured in the exhibition The final event of the year featured two of our exhibition conversations. Alchemy: Transformations in Gold, an interview led by Director of Education Bogdanovic´, an art historian, discussed Luis Gispert, Charles Lindsey, and Jill Featherstone and Director the use of gold in art and architectural Rachel Sussman, gave illustrated talks Jeff Fleming in the café where guests history at an event with Burkhalter about their work. learned about the many facets of regarding Alchemy: Transformations in In March, the Art Center welcomed running the Art Center. Gold. Danilovic´, a physicist, spoke about Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief and the science of space in a gallery talk, also co-founder of the online magazine GALLERY DIALOGUES with Burkhalter, looking at the artwork
Hyperallergic; and Sharon Louden, in the exhibition Planetarium. 481 people participated in 20 gallery artist, advocate, and editor of the book, Artist Caryn Kepford sketched dialogues and experiences throughout “The Artist as Cultural Producer,” for a from a live model in the museum to the year. Art Center curatorial staff Laura conversation with Director Jeff Fleming demonstrate the value of preparatory Burkhalter, Alison Ferris, Jared Ledesma, on the topic of living and sustaining a drawings in tandem with Burkhalter’s and Director Jeff Fleming engaged creative life. talk about the exhibition Studies / visitors in their respective exhibitions. In the fall, audiences were treated to a Drafts / Sketches. Chief Preparator of Installations Jay Ewart preview lecture about the Whitney Museum also spoke on several occasions with of Art’s major retrospective Grant Wood: FILMS Ferris about the fascinating technical American Gothic and Other Fables by demands of Drawing in Space. 484 people attended five film screenings Whitney Curator Barbara Haskell. The Art that featured artists or influential art Center’s jointly owned painting with the personalities that are reflected in the Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Birthplace Art Center’s exhibitions and collections. of Herbert Hoover, 1931, and the recently Each film was followed by commentary acquired preparatory drawing, Sketch by invited speakers or Art Center staff. No. 3 of the same title, were key loans to the Whitney’s show. YOGA Monika Grzymala, an artist featured in Drawing in Space, served as the 550 people practiced yoga at the Toni and Tim Urban International Art Center with instructor Ben Spellman. Artist-in-Residence in 2017. In addition to More than 180 of the participants stayed giving a moving lecture about her artistic for interactive gallery experiences evolution, the residency included an after class.
RIGHT Tim and Toni Urban with 2017 International Artist-in-Residence Monika Grzymala (center).
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EXHIBITION SPECIAL PROJECTS
“Conceptualizing Time” Seminar with Rachel Sussman
Eighteen young artists and college students participated in an informal foray into transdisciplinary thinking around the concept of deep time with artist Rachel Sussman, whose work Sidewalk Kintsukuroi (Des Moines Art Center) was featured in Alchemy: Transformations in Gold. The three-part seminar titled “Conceptualizing Time” used Sussman’s interest in creating “ephemeral artworks about eternity,” and challenged students to reframe the concepts of different types of time such as: personal, geologic, deep, cosmic, infinite, and infinitesimal. Collectively, the group Ballet Des Moines dancer Ashton Plummer performs in front of Anne Wilson’s Burst as part of the developed its own taxonomy of time. Ruptures exhibition collaboration.
Ruptures Ballet Collaboration from and talk with Ruptures curator “Collections, Materials, Placement, Alison Ferris, Usta, and the dancers. and Meaning” Workshop with Ballet Des Moines and the Art Center Additionally, more than 90 students Lauren Fensterstock presented a moving collaboration of watched rehearsals in the exhibition dance and visual art in concert with the In August, artist Lauren Fensterstock, and practiced their life drawing skills exhibition Ruptures. Four vignettes were whose sculpture The Order of Things with the dancers posing as models. choreographed by Ballet Des Moines was featured in the exhibition Ruptures, The ballet vignettes were recorded Artistic Director Serkan Usta, which led two workshops titled “Collections, and displayed in an adjacent space responded to artworks in the exhibition, Materials, Placement, and Meaning.” to the exhibition and shared on social with original music composed by Nine Art Center faculty and staff media. Since they were first posted Lindsay Keast. The works in the populated the morning session and five in July, the four videos have been exhibition were rife with emotion and teen students comprised the afternoon viewed more than 10,100 times. physicality, qualities also fundamental class. Participants spent time discussing The recordings may be viewed on to dance. The dancers performed the nuances of different kinds of the Des Moines Art Center’s YouTube in intimate proximity to the artwork, organizational systems and collections Channel by searching Ruptures. revealing the objects in powerful new such as wonder cabinets, natural history ways. Eighty members of the public collections, surrealist collage, and attended two performances followed by modern art assemblages. wine and hors d’oeuvres receptions in the courtyard of the Art Center, where guests also had the opportunity to hear
Workshop participants proudly show off projects they created using new organizational systems in collaboration with Ruptures artist Lauren Fensterstock.
14 DES MOINES ART CENTER Drawing in Space Videos
Knowing the installations of giant artworks made from tape would be irresistible to watch, the Art Center recorded the processes to make them accessible to onsite and virtual visitors alike. The local company Applied Art & Technology produced four videos that sensitively captured the personalities and motivations of the artists, demonstrated their varied uses of the sticky material, and beautifully conveyed the physical and emotional impacts of the installations. These videos were not only used to great advantage in the galleries; they also had enormous This video still captures one of the artists in the Drawing in Space popularity online, receiving more than exhibition, Heeseop Yoon, installing her Still Life Chandelier, 2017 20,000 views, totaling more than in the Kyle J. and Sharon Krause Atrium in the Richard Meier building. 9,600 minutes. Videos of each of the four installations in the exhibition may be Mile-a-Minute Rainbow Ivy: viewed on the Des Moines Art Center’s YouTube Channel by searching Collaboration with Findley Drawing in Space.
Elementary School, Dave Eppley, and the Art Center
In October, approximately 120 third- and fifth- grade students at Findley Elementary in Des Moines composed hundreds of “bouquets” using various sizes and colors of vinyl hexagons prepared by artist Dave Eppley. Eppley, whose vinyl installation, Set One, Set Two, was featured in the lobby of the Art Center as one of four artworks in the exhibition Drawing in Space, designed the collaborative project. As the students embarked on the design, they engaged in a 30-minute Skype call with Eppley in his Brooklyn, New York studio. Not only did they learn about Eppley’s process and the idea for the project, they also asked him about his biggests challenges and successes, and how he became an artist. After the bouquets were created, they were installed on vinyl vines that crawled up the north wall of the Art Center. The grand opening of the collaborative artwork, which the students titled Mile-a-Minute Rainbow Ivy, was held on November 5 with a bona fide art reception complete with kid-fancy appetizers and lemonade. 250 Findley Elementary students, family, friends, teachers, and administrators attended. The installation was on view Findley Elementary participants and family members celebrate the grand opening of the the students’ collaborative artwork, Mile-a-Minute Rainbow Ivy. for all Grand Avenue passersby to see through mid-December.
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SCHOOL PROGRAMS FAMILY LEARNING 225 children on the autism spectrum and their families were served through Art Spectrums. This program provides an opportunity for participants to exercise creativity and build self-esteem through sensory experiences that aid in the development of cognition, communication, and motor skills. Participants visited and discussed a work of art in the museum for inspiration, and made artwork in the studio.
655 second through fourth grade students from five rural school districts engaged in the museum’s Creativity Days an aerospace engineer from NASA. program. Participants rotated through This family event was inspired by docent-led tours of the museum, moved Planetarium, an exhibition featuring their bodies in creative ways with a space, stars, planets, and comets. professional performing artist in Levitt 36 young children and families dropped Auditorium, and created 3-D sculptures in for Books + Blankets. This literacy inspired by Drawing in Space. program provides an opportunity to 129 high school students toured listen to stories and discuss various Drawing in Space and made large-scale topics from artwork in Drawing in collaborative sculptural installations as Space, Ruptures, and the permanent part of the High School Days program. collections. Students explored the elements of art and principles of design, primarily working in the medium of tape and cardboard in the studios.
14 Des Moines area teachers were welcomed for a professional development \ workshop in July. Participants enjoyed a behind-the-scenes tour of the 689 children and families visited the Art Center and screen printed t-shirts. Art Center during Staycation: Treasures They engaged in conversations with in Your Town. Participants listened to curators and educators about modern child-friendly live music, read a story and contemporary art and learned in the galleries, stayed for original new ways to use the museum in caricature drawings, and created their teaching. hands-on golden art projects inspired by Alchemy: Transformations in Gold. 396 student works were displayed in the Student Art Exhibition at the Des Moines 703 children and families merged RESPONSIVE PROGRAMMING
Arts Festival. This program highlights science and art at Planetarium: Educational events served more the artwork of children in kindergarten Space for Kids. Children and families than 1,300 additional people through 12th grade who attend schools viewed stars in a constellation dome, through numerous off-site speaking in Central Iowa. In addition to the made space themed artwork, and engagements delivered by docents exhibition, students are recognized in a discussed rockets with Kathryn Crowe, and staff, as well as customized ceremony and their work is displayed at on-site experiences such as staff the Des Moines Central Library. The interviews, career talks, tours, and Art Center presents year-long household hands-on activities. memberships to participating students
and teachers.
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Studio class enrollment served 3,089 children and adults in the community through 454 classes, workshops, and daycamps.
3,089 youth and adults enrolled 78 preschool students from three in 454 classes, with a combined early education centers participated attendance of 15,464. in museum-inspired art activities in their classroom. This program was 131 children, teens, and adults from developed to introduce the museum the community were enabled to take to young learners using art activities classes thanks to the Art Center’s designed to aid in the development vital scholarship funds. 216 children of fine and gross motor skills. participated in scholarship classes at their schools. The scholarship program 31 students participated in the enriched the lives of students at more Teen Art Academy and 24 students than 75 elementary, middle and high 500 people attended West Des Moines participated in the Clay Academy, schools, and colleges in the Des Moines Community Schools’ Impact of Art. This merit-based scholarship programs metropolitan area. guest exhibition celebrates the visual arts designed for college-bound teens who accomplishments of students from all excel in the visual arts. The program 420 people attended Art Sampler, 14 schools and recognizes scholarship consists of a nine-month curriculum a free community event for families recipients from their district. that introduces teen students to a variety to participate in art activities, view of art media, promotes collaboration demonstrations, meet instructors, and Throughout the year, the Art Center and dialogue, and assists with the learn about educational offerings at collaborated with Blank Park Zoo, development of college portfolios. the Art Center. Des Moines Community Playhouse, Des Moines DanzArts Studio, 9 exhibitions featuring youth, adult, Des Moines Symphony Academy, and faculty artwork made in Art Center Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden, classes were installed in the Adrienne and Science Center of Iowa. and Charles Herbert Galleries throughout 2017; the accompanying receptions 3,370 youth and adults attended drew 1,202 people. customized education classes at the Art Center and in the community, while 55 seventh-grade and 54 eighth-grade students from St. Augustin Catholic School visited the Art Center weekly to participate in art classes for school credit. Local high school teams compete in a toss-off to break a tie for first place in the 2017 Clay Games.
2017 ANNUAL REPORT 17 ART ACCESS
Art Access programs use art education as a tool to help people in underserved communities acknowledge their unique identities and use artistic expression to overcome adversity.
Attendance of 4,491 in the Art Access program in 2017 demonstrated continued growth for this important Art Center endeavor. The program’s growth was marked by the development of seven new community partnerships and programs. Six tracks of programming provide a framework for the Art Center’s Access curricula.
ART AND LITERACY
The Art Center offered Art and Literacy programs that are designed to encourage reading and literacy to school-age children through the use of art and creativity. These programs engage participants in art activities related to age appropriate children’s books, core curriculum subjects, and critical thinking and reading skills.
Partners
Children and Family Urban Movement served 145 youth with attendance totaling 416
Martin Luther King Neighborhood Summer Camp served 35 youth with attendance totaling 128 GENDER SPECIFIC Partners Oakridge Neighborhood Services served 120 youth with attendance These programs provide art classes Children and Family Urban totaling 421 that encourage creativity and healing Movement: Backyard Boyz served to youth struggling with gender and 30 teens with attendance totaling 64 Pace Juvenile Center served identity challenges. Students worked Children and Family Urban 70 students with attendance totaling 261 on art projects specifically designed Movement: Whyld Girls served to give participants the momentum 15 teens with attendance totaling 85 to immerse themselves in the creative This vital community process, promote self-expression, Des Moines Public Schools’ endeavor continues to grow build confidence, and create a safe Des Moines Alternative Girls and engage a larger audience space to discuss issues while working Program served 20 students with with new opportunities with other students facing the same attendance totaling 134
through the Art Center’s life experiences. Pace Juvenile Center: Girl’s Group educational programs. Additionally, an LGBTQIA Teen served 6 teens with attendance Summit served eight youth with totaling 71 attendance totaling 24. This was a weekend workshop that became the catalyst for the Art Center’s art and activism workshops in 2018.
18 DES MOINES ART CENTER MULTICULTURAL Partners
The Art Center served four organizations Achieving Maximum Potential through the Multicultural Program. served 74 youth and young adults
This program offers culturally diverse SCHOOL ENRICHMENT Boys and Girls Club of Des communities the opportunity to 189 students from all 11 Des Moines Moines served 59 middle school experience the museum through tours and Public Middle Schools were served by students with attendance totaling 169 provides art education to communities the School Enrichment Program as that may not otherwise have access. The participants in the Art Center’s After FOCUS High School served 35 art activities are designed to celebrate students with attendance totaling 128 School Artist Program. This program is cultural exchange, understanding, and designed to engage students with art Iowa Women’s Correctional one’s heritage. Art is used as a tool to activities that provide a positive and safe Facility served 15 women with overcome educational obstacles, and “no-fail” environment. Students learn a attendance totaling 174 language and socioeconomic challenges. variety of art techniques that encourage The program aims toward making technical skill building and creativity. Link Associates served 33 individuals the museum a welcoming place for with attendance totaling 199 The classes provide students the diverse communities. opportunity to build confidence. Each Mainstream Living served 13
school is offered a four to six week class students with attendance totaling 49 Partners that includes a visit to the museum. Orchard Place: Residential Facility Al Exito served 24 students Attendance for this program totaled 510. served 84 youth with attendance Conmigo Early Education Center totaling 218 Partners served 160 students with attendance Veterans Affairs of Central Iowa totaling 393 Des Moines Public School Gifted and Talented Elementary Program served 48 adults with attendance Lutheran Services of Iowa’s totaling 133 served 41 students Refugee Connection Center’s Voices to be Heard served 8 youth Elderly Program served 24 individuals West Des Moines Community with attendance totaling 64 with attendance totaling 366 Schools after school art classes
served 204 students with attendance Youth Emergency Services and Monsoon / United Asian Women totaling 628 Shelter served 156 youth of Iowa served 55 teens West Des Moines Walnut Creek Campus served 23 students with MENTOR attendance totaling 235 Mentor programs are designed to encourage a healthy relationship CONFIDENCE AND between youth and an adult role model. STRENGTH BUILDING Experiences feature a guided tour of the These programs provide people in museum and an art activity inspired by adverse situations the opportunity to the collection. develop positive self-esteem through Partners creativity. The classes and projects are individualized to the students’ needs to Community Youth Concepts promote self-confidence, provide coping served 33 youth and mentors skills, and the opportunity to succeed. The students are encouraged to establish Mentor Iowa served 80 youth and mentors a positive relationship with the educator and their peers in a safe environment where they can explore self-expression through a variety of art media.
2017 ANNUAL REPORT 19 AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT
The Art Center engaged audiences in new and surprising ways in 2017, including holding its annual gala in an airport hangar.
DAY OF THE DEAD
The Art Center hosted its 17th annual Day of the Dead / Día de los Muertos celebration in October. Day of the Dead is a traditional Latino celebration that honors the lives of members of the community who have passed away. The event is a festive day of music, dancing, food and drink, art activities, and remembrances for the entire family. The 2017 celebration honored the influence of the many local Mexican bands that provided the community with traditional and modern sounds, playing an important role in the lives of many, from weddings to quinceañera celebrations, to family reunions. Musicians and bands honored were More than 300 guests supported the Art Center Primetivo Aguiniga, Perfidia Diaz, by attending the 2017 Gala, ART TRAVELS: GALA CELEBRATION Jesse Fernandez, Paul Gomez, A GLOBAL CELBRATION OF ART, fittingly held in ART TRAVELS: A GLOBAL an airplane hangar. Photo: Eric Salmon Latino Pride, John Luna, Mike Moreno, CELEBRATION OF ART and Spanish Candy. The Art Center imagined a party on Mariachi Zapata provided music a tarmac. That was the scene of the throughout the day. Day of the Dead SUMMER ON THE HILL 2017 Gala, ART TRAVELS: A GLOBAL art activities were offered in the studios. The Free Flicks series, shown on the CELEBRATION OF ART. More than Complimentary hot chocolate and Day front lawn of the Art Center in June, 300 guests attended this black-tie event of the Dead bread were provided for the July, and August, attracted hundreds in a 20,000 square-foot airplane hangar nearly 1,500 guests who attended the of movie fans. Iconic American cinema generously provided by Elliot Aviation one-day event. An altar with mementos was showcased with the screenings Services located at the Des Moines from the musicians’ lives was on display of Singin’ In The Rain, The Wizard Of International Airport. Chaired by throughout the following week. Oz, and Casablanca, which celebrated Board of Trustees Vice-President its 75th anniversary in 2017. These Darren Jirsa, ART TRAVELS showcased films brought back fond memories for the global reach and travel of works of some, and were revelatory experiences art in the permanent collections and the for others who had never had the artists whose works have traveled here opportunity to see these cinematic for exhibition from the far corners of the classics on a large screen in a group globe. It also honored the increasing setting. The courtyard was packed with variety of international birthplaces fans for the First Friday music series represented by artists accepted into during the summer, which featured the Art Center collections. The gala’s the musical stylings of a wide array special guest was Barbara Haskell, of entertainers including The Dirty curator at The Whitney Museum of Rotten Scoundrels, Los Saltinos, and American Art, who was in the midst Max Wellman. of preparing a major exhibition of works by Grant Wood, including two of the Art Center’s works by Wood. Gala 1,500 guests joined in the 17th annual Day of the Dead / Día de los Muertos celebration. patrons enjoyed a brunch with Ms. Haskell the day after the gala 20 DES MOINES ART CENTER at the Art Center restaurant. Instagram posts
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MUSEUM SHOP SOCIAL MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS DRAWING IN SPACE
The Museum Shop continued to engage In 2017, the Art Center continued The Art Center saw an outpouring of the community in a variety of unexpected to engage new audiences on social enthusiasm on social media during the ways along with being a shopping media. The Art Center’s Facebook run of this exhibition, with more than destination in the Des Moines metro. page continues to have the largest 400 photos posted on Instagram using the Spring Fling, Holiday in July, and Members audience with more than 24,000 hashtag, #DrawingInSpaceDSM, in addition Double Discount sales brought continued followers. Twitter offers the museum to the hundreds shared without it. Visitors success. The Museum Shop hosted its a unique way to engage with other shared a wide range of photos, from works second annual Artist Spotlight, featuring arts and cultural organizations through of art in the exhibition to embroidery to local artist and author, Christine Hilbert. international campaigns such as projects their children created at home This event coincided with the publication #AskACurator Day, #FreeMuseum Day, inspired by the exhibition. of Hilbert’s stunning new book, Echo Of #MuseumSelfie Day, #MuseumWeek, The Star. Come Out and Play in November and #SlowArtDay. Through the Art 52 MUSEUMS PROJECT invited visitors and their children to actively Center’s use of Instagram, the museum In early 2017, the Art Center participated engage with the shop’s entirely unexpected brings contemporary art, a glimpse at in the 52 Museums Project. Beginning collection of toys in plenty of time to make educational programming, and the joy in January 2016, 52 Museums began their selections for the holidays. of studio classes into the lives of more transferring ownership of a shared The shop’s annual gift wrapping event than 12,000 followers who may not Instagram account to a different inter- in December was revamped into Gift Wrap be able to experience the Art Center in national museum every week. Throughout SOS; outstanding Art Center volunteers person on a regular basis. the week the Art Center participated, it and staff made the shop available for shared 55 posts about a variety of topics everyone’s gift wrapping needs. The The Art Center’s Facebook ranging from the organization’s history second annual Holiday Artist Trunk Show page continues to have the and permanent collections to studio brought new artists and visitors to the largest audience with more programs and upcoming exhibitions. Art Center lobby to shop just in time for than 24,000 followers. The Art Center’s content saw significantly the holidays. The Museum Shop is proud higher engagement than some of the to showcase local talent in many ways, accounts of other featured organizations, and numerous local consignment artists are with posts having more than 8,900 likes featured in the shop throughout the year. throughout the week.
2017 ANNUAL REPORT 21 MEMBERSHIP
From 2016 to 2017 the Art Center experienced an 11% increase overall in membership contributions.
3,297 members found themselves #ArtCentered in 2017.
Members participated in an array of member-only programs and events, including themed gallery talks, such as Pride @ the Art Center; Stop-and-Go tours of the Pappajohn Sculpture Park at night; exhibition related Family Gallery Explorations; Art for Lunch with Curator Laura Burkhalter and Assistant Curator Jared Ledesma; and brunch and tour of Drawing in Space with Director of Education Jill Featherstone. Member groups and committees volunteered more than 800 hours of time to plan entirely unexpected programs; volunteer hours alone were dedicated to planning the eighth installment of the Des Moines Art Center Big Hair Ball.
Families enjoy a kid-friendly gallery exploration, complete with a treasure hunt throughout the museum. ART NOIR
In 2017, Art Noir sponsored the Des Moines Art Center Big Hair Ball: Alchemy, inspired by the exhibition Alchemy: Transformations in Gold. This gilded night of luxury was an extravagant evening of fashion and entertainment, featuring a live runway show with some of Des Moines’ finest big hair creations from local salons, barbers, and stylists. The event was held in the I. M. Pei building, and was only the second time in Art Center history a party was held in this location. Art Noir strives to make contemporary art approachable to the next generation of art lovers, hosting many unconventional and unexpected experiences throughout the year. The group celebrated International Women’s Month with a gallery talk highlighting
The 2017 Art Noir Art Center Big Hair Ball: Alchemy, inspired by the exhibition Alchemy: Transformations in Gold, was an extravagant evening of fashion, hair artistry, and entertainment.
22 DES MOINES ART CENTER women artists in tandem with a beer tasting; got dirty in the studios with Alchemy + Airplants and perennial favorite Holiday Studio; and partnered with Pecha Kucha Des Moines for a series of rapid-fire presentations in the classic Pecha Kucha 20x20 format.
PRINT CLUB
Print Club members delighted in a robust year of social and educational opportunities. The group celebrated Print Club member Tina Dahl views Crossing the Line on a member trip to Grinnell College’s Faulconer Gallery. its founding members in a Throwback Thursday with Print Club Pioneers, and later in the year took to the streets of inside the Art Center’s vault, and later with the artists who created them. They downtown Des Moines to screen print joined Ruptures exhibiting artists Lauren ended 2017 with the third installment manhole covers with member group Fensterstock and Beth Lipman before of A Conversation with Creators, a Art Noir. Members also took day trips the exhibition opened to discuss the progressive evening conversing with local to Grinnell and Ames to view exhibitions nuances of onsite installations. artists and a breathtaking glass-blowing and absorb gallery talks to further their During the summer, members enjoyed demonstration at the newly opened knowledge of fine prints. They continued a private showing at Yellow Door Gallery, Mainframe Studios, in downtown to give back to the Art Center through the and then in September boarded a trolley Des Moines. 2017 annual gift print, Grayson Perry’s to visit Des Moines murals and speak stunning etching, Animal Spirit, 2016, and the conservation of Henri de Toulouse- Lautrec’s lithograph, Anna Held, 1898. Making the year all the more special, they met 2017 Commissioned Print Artist Clarence Morgan during the unveiling of his limited edition print titled Ordinary Wonders, created especially for Print Club.
SALON 4700
Salon 4700 members gained insider access to the Art Center with first looks and behind-the-scenes tours. In addition to experiencing the Art Center in entirely unexpected ways, members explored the Des Moines arts scene through immersive events, each designed to spark conversation by connecting members with contemporary art and artists. Salon 4700 members meet graffiti artist As Phate on their inaugural Murals in Motion trolley tour. Salon 4700 began the season with an unforgettable private collection tour at the home of longtime Art Center patrons, followed by a rare glimpse
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2017 ANNUAL REPORT 27 2017 DONORS
Kylee and Nick Krizmanic Madelyn and Phillip Mayberry Nancy O’Connell Jan Berg Kruse and Rod Kruse Thomas H. McBride, III Jeanne and James O’Halloran Marianne and Frank Ksiazak Judy McCarthy Joel and Kathy Olah Julie and Shaun Kunkle Maura McCarthy and Angie Knoblauch John and Rosemary Olds Ruth and Joseph Lakers Patrick and Barbara McClintock Doug and Heather Olson Bob and Nancy Landess George and Megan McDaniel Marlene and Gary Olson Shannon Langan Christopher and Stacey McDonald Susan J. Olson Jennifer Larsen and Joe Sisson Patrick and Claudette McDonald Martine and Nathan Olson-Daniel Kent and Beverly Larsen Michelle McGovern and Jack Janda Eileen O’Meara Mark and Kathy Larson John and Theresa McIlhenny Ellen O’Neil-Harris Paul and Sally Latta Edwin McIntosh and Jacque Fletcher Jean O’Shea Heather and George Lauber Bruce McKee John Outcelt and Mary Jane Cobb Steve Laudick Robert McLearen Jr. Larry and Mary Overton John Leachman Teresa McMahon and Garth Frable Elizabeth Owens and William Brock Heath Lee Sara McMillan Michael and Gail Pace Robert and Liz Lee Sandra McNeal Laura Palmer and Kevin Hansen Jennie LeGates and Fritz Wehrenberg Emily and Mike Mead Joe and Betsy Parker Ann Lehmann F. Terry Melton and Phyllis Blood Philip and Toni Parks Karen and Charles Leibold Sarah and Eric Osterhaus Melton Rosemary and Jonathan Parson Duane and Harriet Leitch Charles Mertes Cynthia and John Paschen Peggy and Jim Leonardo Raymond and Shirley Michel Tyler Patterson Janet and David Leslie Brent and Ann Michelson Judy and John Pauley Barbara and David Lettween MidAmerican Energy Foundation Donna L. Paulsen and Thomas E. Press Caroline Levine Daniela Milani and Roman Mirsky Christine Paulson and Kevin Armstrong Cooper Lewis and Lauren Burgeson Jim and Barbara Miles Kathleen and Dave Payne William Lewis and Darlene Lawler Amy Miller Phyllis Pearson and Daniel Bohner Elizabeth Lidgett and Nick Renkoski Keith and Liz Miller Sandra Percy and Henry L. Whitfield William and Kathleen Lillis Stanley and Esther Miller David and Georgiane Perret Kelli and Brian Linnemeyer Jami and Ben Milne Pamela Pertzborn Margey and Jack Lipovac Mike and Dianne Milobar Fred Peters Michael Lipsman James and Diana Mincks Nancy Peters LMC Insurance & Risk Management Jerry Minor Ann and Randall Petersen Damien Lock and Catherine Cownie Albert and Evelyn Mintzer John Peverill Edward Loeb Joseph and Meghan Mitros Dean and Diann Peyton Thomas and Jean Logan Robin Mohrfeld and Ryan Meier Christa and Matthew Phillips Steven Logsden and Brindusa Velica Lindsey Mollenhauer Alan Pickett Sarah and Eric Lohmeier Diane Morain Tome Plaza-Hope Lori and Brad Long Sharelle Moranville William and Carol Pollak Bill Lorenz and Saraleigh Monroe Paul and Gloria Morris Julita and Thomas Pollard John and Nicole Lozier Jean Mountain Robert and Mary Jo Pomerantz Richard and Kaye Lozier Bernard and Brenda Mouw Carla Pope and Sean Arndt Gene Lucht and Gail Sheridan-Lucht Mark Movic and Susan Skinner Judy Porter and Gary Cromer Anne and Erik Lundberg Michael and Sasha Mudlaff Allan Powers and Ann Mowery Rita and John Luther Robert and Tracy Mullen Lettie Prell and John Domini Barbara and Dick Lyford Mary Muller Anne Price and Jeffrey McMahon Jeanne and Mark Lyle Matthew Mundell and Elise Grantham Sheryl Prill Mary Lynch Nathan Mundy Marti Puff Jeanine and Stanley Lynch Clayton and Julie Murphy Timothy and Rosemary Rahm Carolyn Lynner and Keith Thornton Brian Murray and Jeff Hartman Donald Raker and Susan Roxburgh Andy and Joan Lyons Diane Myers Kelly M. Rawlings and Mark J. Hillenbrand Jill and Ronald Maahs Pauline K. Myers Sheila and Charles Rayburn David and Laura Mackaman Trish Myers Samuel Rebelsky Jim MacKay and Karen Reichardt William and Joan Nassif Michael and Kristin Reck LaRue and Robert Maddox Joe and Marla Naumann Dana Reed Petar and Emmeline Madjarac LaVonne Neerland and Stephen J. Voit James Reese and Peggy Van Kirk Patricia Maher and Robert Reklaitis Bill and Jennifer Nellans Elizabeth and Jeffrey Regenold Anita Mandelbaum Elaine and Jay Newell Treva Reimer and Keith Ratzlaff Justin Mandelbaum and Li Zhao Kent Newman Amy Jo Reimer-Myers and Thomas Myers Katherine and Joshua Mandelbaum Olga Nikolaenko and Jess Borysiewicz Fredrick Reindel Paul and Lynn Mankins Roy and Mary Nilsen Artis Reis and Mark Smith Joan Mannheimer Arthur and Patricia Nizzi David and Kimberly Reisner Ed and Elizabeth Mansfield Toni and Ron Noah Kevin and Robin Riggins Richard Margulies Nancy Norman and Keith Uhl Sandra Riggs Geoff and Cheryl Marsh Paul Novak Wes Ritchie Dawn Martino Jason Nunemaker and Carla Herling Brett Roberts James and Kara Mathis Jon Oakland John and Sarah Roberts Sue and Todd Mattison Sarah and Sam O’Brien Phil Roeder and Mary Tabor Jeanine and James Mauck Margaret O’Connell Craig Rogers and Margaret Wilcox
28 DES MOINES ART CENTER Don Rogerson and Darcy Horn Barbara and Dale Sorensen Michael Wallace Chris and Janece Rohwer Siobhan Spain Hal and Jan Walter Ann Rolow Lu Spaine Anne and William Waskom Joseph and Karen Romano Jamie and Julie Spellman Water Street Brownstone HOA Board Jessica Rooker Robert Spellman Ivan and Anne Webber Sol Rosenbaum and Maria Ricablanca Neal Spence and Suning-Cao Joseph and Theresa Weeg Brook and Dawn Rosenberg Jim Spevak Duane and Mary Rose Weiland Mark and Janet Rosenbury Tiffany Nagel Spinner and John Spinner Mark and Karrie Weinhardt Thomas Ross and Nanette King James Spooner and Judy Quick Douglas and Sarah Wells Joanne and Jonathan Roth Kathleen Stahl Travel Services Eric and Jamie West John and Alison Ruan Ryan and Susan Staiert James and Kathleen West Brenna and Craig Rueschhoff Lisa Stange and Jon Davidson Patricia B. Westphal Sandy and David Ruhs Marni Steadham John and Joan Wetherell Lori Sacco and Terry Sharp Sarah Steward and Jeff Bruning Bill and Toni Whitman Paul Sacks and I. Pour-El William and Nancy Steward Don and Jeannie Whitt Charles and Katherine Safris Clarke and Pamyla Stewart Leigh Wichern David and Kris Saggau Carolyn and Roger Stirler Malinda Wiesner Kathy Salisbury Nancy and David Stockdale Deb Wiley and John Schmidt Christine and Robert Sand Susan Stocum Joy and Kevin Wilhelm Valerie Sandford Philip and Margaret Stoffregen Dolores A. Willemsen Richard and Carolyn Santi Dusan Stojanovic and Marilyn Popovich Robert and Jean Williams James Sarcone, Jr. and Jenelle Sarcone Haley and Robert Stomp Beth Wilson Patrice Sayre Scott and Pat Stouffer Beth M. Wilson Rosina and German Schiff J. M. Sullivan George and Jean Wilson Mark and Barb Schmidt Jayne Sullivan Annabel Wimer Joseph Schneider Keith and Nancy Swanson Art and Sue Wittmack William and Karen Schoenenberger Lynn A. Swanson Paul Woodard Roger Scholten and Iris Post Mathilde Brown Swanson and Richard Swanson James C. Work Michael and Lynn Schoonover Vivian Swanson Sumner and Karen Worth Jack and Georgianne Schreiber Thomas Swartwood and Terri Combs Lesley Wright and Donald Doe Bert and Nancy Schroeder Benjamin and Joyce Swartz Jon and Barb Yankey Ben and Morgan Schuh David and Denise Swartz Ellen Yee Mary Ellen Schulte Michael and Laura Sweet David Yepsen and Mary Stuart Kenneth and Linda Schultheis Thomas Swegle Warren Young Ronald Schulz David and Diane Swieskowski Eric Youngberg and Gary Krogh Amy Scott Stacy Syroka Laurie Zaiger David and Mary Scott Kenneth and Cathy Talcott Dan Zimmerman and Cynthia and Carl Selden Robert and Sandra Tatge Jennifer Graham Zimmerman Jennifer Senne Dawn Taylor April Zingler Sara Sersland Ellen Taylor and Harvey Harrison Melanie Sextro John R. Taylor IN-KIND SUPPORT Katie Seymour and Wendell Shepherd Chuck and Sylvia Terlouw Applied Art & Technology Nancy and Scott Shafer Mary and Mike Thilges Big Green Umbrella Media Bridget Shapansky Brent and Laurie Thompson Boesen the Florist Howard Shapiro Charles Thompson Don Burkhead Dane and Christina Shelton William Tiffany, Jr. Business Publications Bruce and Barbara Sherman Timber Ridge Elementary Sandra Crees Craig and Kathy Shives John W. Tone Des Moines Rental Will and Joshua Signs Mary Pearsall Torgoman Elliott Aviation Charles Silet Jenny and Rod Townsend iHeart Media Jan Sime Leann Treloar and Scott Galenbeck Iowa Public Radio Jim and Kathy Simmons Beth Triebel Darren R. Jirsa, D.D.S. Dana and Ronit Simon Russ and Alana Trimble John and Penny Krantz Linda Simonton Paul and Eileen Tyler Kum & Go Manuel and Dawn Siprut University of Iowa Community Credit Union Poindexter Flooring, Inc. Karen Sisson and Enosh Kelley Valerie Van Horne RDG Planning and Design Patricia Skeffington and Jerry Vos Bruce and Joyce Vandegrift Register Media Gail and Ginger Smith Roberta Vann and Fred O. Lorenz Simonson & Associates Architects, PC Lorna J. Smith Andrew and Marilyn Varley Vincent Valdez Mary and Blair Smith Lisa Veach WorkSpace, Inc. Paula and Dennis Smith Robert and Molly Veenstra Rhonda and Michael Smith Dragana Kostic Veneziano Scott and Jeanne Smith and Louis Veneziano Stephen Smith Dirk and Adele Ver Steeg Maryanne and Robert Sobiech Kim and Barry Von Ahsen John and Kham Sodak Susan and Carl Voss Linda Solar and Alan Stern Zac and Sarah Voss James H. Sommers Marie and Marvin Walker
2017 ANNUAL REPORT 29 OPERATING RESULTS AND ATTENDANCE
The Des Moines Art Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to engage diverse local and international audiences with the art of today through its museum and school, adding to the cultural record through collections and programs.
REVENUES AND SUPPORT CONTRIBUTED SUPPORT
BRAVO 20% (6% OF TOTAL GIFTS REVENUE) AND CONTRIBUTED GRANTS SUPPORT 27% ENDOWMENT 27% MEMBERSHIPS AND TRUST 20% INCOME CORPORATE 55% SUPPORT 15% TRUSTEES 18%
EDUCATION 6% MUSEUM SHOP 4% OTHER SPECIAL 3% EVENTS 5%
EXPENSES 2017 FINANCIAL SUMMARY
Operating Revenues and Support $6 million
Total Assets $137 million EDUCATION MARKETING AND AND PUBLIC Total Net Assets $136 million ART ACCESS RELATIONS 22% 7% 2017 ATTENDANCE
COLLECTIONS, Des Moines Art Center 133,182 EXHIBITIONS, AND John and Mary Pappajohn 50,547 MUSEUM WORKS OF ART Sculpture Park SHOP 46% 5% Offsite Participation 6,997
Total Attendance 190,726 MEMBERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT 13%
ADMINISTRATION 7%
30 DES MOINES ART CENTER BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2017
OFFICERS BOARD HONORARY TRUSTEES Gregg Narber James Wallace Andrea Abel Mertze Anderson John Pappajohn PRESIDENT Joseph H. Ceryanec Woodward G. Brenton Mary Pappajohn Pamela Bass-Bookey Richard Deming Robert Burnett Katie Peverill VICE PRESIDENT Paula Feltner Elaine Estes Suku Radia Darren Jirsa Lois Fingerman Louis Fingerman Cynthia Rehm VICE PRESIDENT Jason Gross Mell Meredith Frazier Gail Richards Stacy Polydoran SECRETARY Christine Hensley Johnnie Friedman Lucia R. Riddle Graham Cook Ellen Hubbell Barbara Gartner Lou Schneider TREASURER Bruce Hughes Elise Shuler Geraghty Mary Seidler Kyle Krause Dale Jansen Michele Griswell Gaylord Torrence CHAIRPERSON AND EX-OFFICIO Mary Kelly James Hubbell, III Thomas N. Urban Dan Keough Charles S. Johnson Timothy J. Urban Raynard Kington Lana Jones-Gould Toni Urban Lisa Kruidenier John M. Krantz William F. Vernon Warren May Jeanne Levitt Fred Weitz Renne Montz Richard S. Levitt Wayne Reames Harriet Macomber Craig Shadur Marvin E. Mazie Sharon Simmons Patricia McFarland Mike Simonson Tom Meredith Doug West Judith Milligan Dennis E. Young Nancy Powell Montgomery
STAFF 2017
ADMINISTRATION EDUCATION MEMBERSHIP AND Daniela Buvat Jeff Fleming Jill Featherstone DEVELOPMENT Andrew Connett EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION Tiffany Nagel Spinner William Dawe Haley Babcock DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT Thomas Dodge BUILDING AND GROUNDS STUDIO EDUCATION MANAGER Kristen Daily Trudy Dolezal Don Burkhead Tracy Duran GRANTS ASSOCIATE Amy Fox ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR STUDIO EDUCATION DIRECTOR Julia Mason Gray Donald Gage Kevin Brown Kara Fedje MEMBERSHIP MANAGER Eileen Gloor Brian Evans MUSEUM EDUCATOR Debra Kurtz Ann Koopal DIRECTOR OF MEMBER EXPERIENCES Matthew Lewin Mia Fratto-Farrell Carrie Latovic STUDIO EDUCATION ASSISTANT Gene Swan Leslie Onthank Sean McDermott MAINTENANCE STAFF Alex Grapp MEMBERSHIP AND DATABASE Ernest Moore STUDIO EDUCATION ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR Mitchell Nicholson FINANCE & HUMAN RESOURCES Maggie Harlow-Vogt MUSEUM SHOP Cheryl Tuttle STUDIO EDUCATION MANAGER Zachary Quick SENIOR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE Sarah Jane Shimasaki Rachael Jackson Troy Smith RETAIL OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Sarah De Santis ACCESS PROGRAM MANAGER Dennis Stanton ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT / BOOKKEEPER Ellen O’Neil Harris Hannah O’Donnell Christopher Tucker LEAD SALES ASSOCIATE Marti Payseur STUDIO EDUCATION ASSISTANT SECURITY GUARDS COMMUNITY & RENTAL EVENTS MANAGER Mary Lou Grotewold Megen O’Toole SALES ASSOCIATE REGISTRATION Janet Weeden DOCENT AND TOURS MANAGER HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER Lauren Nelson Michelle Ryan INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SALES ASSOCIATE CHIEF REGISTRAR CURATORIAL Robert Reeves Megan Cohen SECURITY Alison Ferris SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR ASSISTANT REGISTRAR / CURATORIAL SENIOR CURATOR Brett Niederhauser ASSISTANT Laura Burkhalter INSTALLATIONS DIRECTOR OF SECURITY Sydney Royal-Welch CURATOR Jay Ewart Rhonda Fingerman ASSOCIATE REGISTRAR Jared Ledesma CHIEF PREPARATOR SECURITY SUPERVISOR VISITOR EXPERIENCE ASSISTANT CURATOR Mindy Meinders Ted Brubaker Staci Harper Bennett ASSOCIATE PREPARATOR Christopher Haines VISITOR EXPERIENCE MANAGER Marty Harter Jeff Ashe Inta Garrett TRAINING OFFICERS Brad Ball Ken James Vance Fischer Samantha Leitch Sharyl Smith INSTALLATION TECHNICIANS SECURITY OPERATIONS SUPPORT OFFICER VISITOR EXPERIENCE ASSISTANTS Mike O’Neal MARKETING AND DOCK OPERATIONS MANAGER COMMUNICATIONS Myron Anderson Christine Crawford Ralph Briggs DIRECTOR OF MARKETING Andrew Buch AND PUBLIC RELATIONS Milton Bunce, Jr. Megan Bannister SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER Barbara Briggie-Smith COMMUNICATIONS & GRANTS ASSOCIATE 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 31 EDMUNDSON ART FOUNDATION, INC. Non-Profit 4700 GRAND AVENUE DES MOINES, IOWA 50312 U.S. Postage WWW.DESMOINESARTCENTER.ORG PAID Des Moines, IA Permit No. 2881 entirelyunexpected
The Elliott Aviation hangar at the Des Moines International Airport provided the ON THE COVER More than 5000 visitors had the unique experience of interacting perfect venue for the 2017 Gala, ART TRAVELS: A GLOBAL CELBRATION OF ART. with Numen/For Use’s Tape Des Moines during the Drawing in Space exhibition. Photo: Eric Salmon Photo: Dan Hodges