WE ARE IOWA / Local makers encourage Iowans to shop local this holiday season
Before you visit Target or Walmart for your holiday shopping, local artists and business owners are asking you…
IN THE NEWS // Iowa artist Jill Wells uses 'the power of touch' to make art accessible
Inside the Tom and Ruth Harkin Center at Drake University, a short trail of…
ARTFORUM | ALEX BROWN FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES 2023 ARTIST RESIDENCIES
The Alex Brown Foundation in Des Moines, Iowa, today announced the six artists…
IN THE NEWS // Contact Buzz: What’s in a name? In his, musician DK Imamu Akachi finds, and spreads, empowerment
DeAn Michael Kelly has a vision. A creative one. He’s manifesting it through…
PRESS RELEASE // Short Film Headed to Rome
Amenda Tate’s dance film Sapient_2.021 is an official selection of the X World Short Film Festival in Rome…
PRESS RELEASE / AXA MENTORSHIP PRESENTS COLOR BOMBS
With boundless, joyful installations booming off the walls, 2D works, and interactive LED mood lights…
PRESS RELEASE / Mainframe Studios Begins Final Renovations as $1M Lauridsen Family Matching Gift is Achieved
Mainframe Studios Begins Final Renovations as $1M Lauridsen Family Matching Gift is AchievedDes Moines, Iowa…
IOWA ARTS SUMMIT | Biennial Iowa Arts Summit Returns
Join your creative colleagues at the 2022 Iowa Arts Summit to learn, experiment, and collaborate…
IN THE NEWS | Iowa Artist Molly Spain
Spain created “Totemic Timber I” from charred wood and tar paper beads….
Des Moines Register | Mural of El Chapulín Colorado at East High shows joy, hope and strength: 'It's us."
Melissa Perez was pumped when she learned her Spanish Heritage class would be painting…
IN THE NEWS | Contact Buzz: Momentum Studio gives artists with disabilities space to create, relax and heal
Momentum Studio artists participate in a Bob Ross style painting workshop…
IN THE NEWS | Iowa artist hopes to paint picture of social justice through creative lens
An Iowa artist hopes to paint a picture of social justice through a creative lens.
IN THE NEWS | Where to find 8 new sculptures and murals that went up in the Des Moines metro area
A man in the moon, a giant leaf, a whirlpool and rotating sculptures are just a few of the new pieces of art…
PRESS RELEASE | The Stars Align for “Man with the Moon” at Mainframe Studios
A collaboration between famed album cover designer Jay Vigon and revered sculptor James Bearden launches…
IN THE NEWS | Tone the MoveMaker hopes to make Des Moines into a little Atlanta for hip-hop culture
If Antonio Roddy had his way, Des Moines would turn into a little Atlanta, where hip-hop artists come to be discovered…
IN THE NEWS | Rapper and entrepreneur Marquas Ashworth is working to build up Black-owned businesses
It's early December and Marquas Ashworth is sick…
Match that Million / 2021 Achievements
In another year of challenging times, Mainframe Studios is pleased to share news of making a positive impact on our community…
IN THE NEWS | John Ravet: Into the Fold
Step into John Ravet’s kite-shaped third-floor artist’s studio and let the layers of texture draw you in…
Reframing Racial Justice in Creative Communities: 2021 Speaker Series
In collaboration with Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ-DSM) and with support from Iowa Arts Council's Cultural Leadership…
Pliés and empowerment: Des Moines programs aim to offer dance and magic to children
Jae’Auna Brantley likes to round her hands up toward the sky and plié…