Art Noir

02/02/2021

Who’s in the mood for some Make + Mingle fun? Check it out! ⬇️

Make + Mingles are now virtual ... perfect for the busy adult who can only spare one afternoon to learn a new skill! Students will meet via Zoom from the comfort and safety of their home. After registering, plan to pick up your supply kit from the Art Center. When it's time for your Make + Mingle class, fix yourself a beverage and prepare to learn, laugh, and engage with others. This is a relaxed environment for friends to hang out and get creative. Make + Mingle classes cover a variety of artistic mediums from zentangle coasters to hand-dyed scarves!

Virtual classes offered:
🔸 Block Printed Cards
🔸 Zentangle Coasters
🔸 Gelli Prints
🔸 Watercolor Spring Florals
🔸 Hand-dyed Scarves
🔸 Mixed Media Postcards

🔵 Register now: https://my.desmoinesartcenter.org/overview/7383

12/17/2020

A friendly reminder to those registered for (SOLD OUT) Art Noir: Home for the Holiday Studio that kit pick-up is today at the Des Moines Art Center from 4-7pm!

12/11/2020

Thanks to your overwhelming interest, Art Noir: Home for the Holiday DIY kits have sold out! We are so appreciative to our community for supporting small businesses like red's bakery and Allspice Culinarium, and for making Art Noir part of your annual holiday traditions. ❤️

12/11/2020

All wine is better with a holiday kick. Included in this year’s Art Noir: Home for the Holiday Studio take-home kit, we’re giving you everything you need to make a mulled wine sachet—complements to Allspice Culinarium in the Historic East Village! We’re thrilled to partner with them to make these tasty treats a reality.

Sign up for your holiday take-home kit, including 4 DIY projects to try, on the website: www.desmoinesartcenter.org/calendar/eid/45B3DB35A8536619/art-noir/an-h4hs/. The kits will be available to pick up at the Des Moines Art Center on Thursday, December 17.

12/10/2020

What's included in your Art Noir: Home for the Holiday Studio DIY kit? Enjoy a DIY origami ornament set, a DIY tree tassel garland bundle, four cookies with decorating supplies from red's bakery, and one mulled wine sachet from Allspice Culinarium.

Reserve yours today: https://my.desmoinesartcenter.org/5306/8415

12/08/2020

With all things COVID, we’re not able to host the beloved Art Noir Holiday Studio as usual, but we’ve created a similar experience in its place—a take-home holiday kit full of DIY holiday goodies! They make great gifts for friends and family or to keep as something special for yourself. The kit will include everything you need to make origami ornaments, tree tassel garlands, cookies to decorate and a mulled wine sachet. We’re thrilled to partner with local businesses, Allspice Culinarium and red's bakery, to make these kits a reality. Learn more on the FB event, Art Noir: Home for the Holiday Studio! #homefortheholidaystudio

10/28/2020

Reopening - Des Moines Art Center

Make a day of it! Swing by the Des Moines Art Center tomorrow afternoon to get inspired prior to art trivia and then pickup your take-home trivia kit at The Bartender’s Handshake following. Reserve your visit time on the website beforehand and register for the trivia on the FB event, Art Noir @ Home: Spooky Trivia Kits & Cocktails—there's still time!

Click below to view the calendar of available time slots. Free tickets may be reserved 30 days in advance and up until one hour before museum opening. Your timed ticket includes:

10/21/2020

Art Noir is a special member group of the Des Moines Art Center that provides unique opportunities you wouldn’t find otherwise. One of those opportunities being exclusive, special events like Art Noir @ Home: Spooky Trivia Kits & Cocktails! COVID-19 has changed a lot of Halloween plans (and all of 2020), so we wanted to offer a safe-at-home activity to celebrate the season. View the event details to learn more!

10/01/2020

Art Noir enthusiasts, this looks like the perfect way to spend a Sunday Afternoon!

Create colorful accessories in Make + Mingle: Felted Beads! Learn to water-felt wool into beads that can be strung into a necklace or turned into earrings. Students will meet via Zoom from the comfort and safety of their home.

Ready to get crafty? Register now: https://my.desmoinesartcenter.org/3998/4015

07/08/2020

Des Moines Art Center Reopening Procedures

Great information for those ready to return to the Art Center!

We are thrilled to reopen our doors to you, our visitors beginning Tuesday, July 7, 2020. In planning for reopening, the health and well-being of visitors, m...

06/09/2020

Can’t wait! 👏

Welcome home! ❤️ Months after closing our physical doors in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are thrilled to announce the museum will re-open to the community on Tuesday, July 7, 2020.

In planning for reopening, the health and well-being of visitors, members, students, and staff are top of mind. The Art Center will be taking numerous steps to ensure the safety of visitors and staff, including timed and ticketed entry, heightened cleanliness, added wayfinding, mandatory masks for staff and visitors, as well as a phased approach to programming.

Read our complete statement here: bit.ly/2XOcIXW

05/25/2020

Go! Go! Go! ⏳ Time is running out to enter to win a Des Moines Art Center prize package. Check out the original post with the social media challenge and comment with your photo of art in the everyday for a chance to win! 🏆 Comment by midnight tonight.

Ready for a challenge? Want to win an Art Center prize package? Look for art in the everyday, share a photo here, and you'll be entered to win!

🖼 Using a piece from the Art Center’s collection as inspiration, spend a few minutes examining and contemplating the inspiring artwork. What resonates with you—subject, mood, color, composition, gesture, contrast, etc.?

View the Art Center permanent collections here: https://t.ly/etIY

📷 Now, really look at the spaces around you with the inspiring artwork in mind. You’ll be surprised once you start looking it’s hard to stop seeing art in the everyday. Take lots of photos. Feel free to edit them.

📲 Share your work here! Add your photo to the comment section of this post. Photos can be added to the comment section anytime into perpetuity, but posts received by 11:59 pm on Monday, May 25, 2020 are eligible entries to win a prize. The winner will be contacted via Facebook no later than June 1, 2020 regarding the details of the prize.

Challenge yourself to observe, not recreate. It’s amazing how quickly you’ll discover that art is everywhere. We can’t wait to see the art you capture!

05/23/2020

Your Memorial Day weekend plans just got more creative! Be sure and check out the Des Moines Art Center's challenge and enter to win an awesome prize package! 🎁

Ready for a challenge? Want to win an Art Center prize package? Look for art in the everyday, share a photo here, and you'll be entered to win!

🖼 Using a piece from the Art Center’s collection as inspiration, spend a few minutes examining and contemplating the inspiring artwork. What resonates with you—subject, mood, color, composition, gesture, contrast, etc.?

View the Art Center permanent collections here: https://t.ly/etIY

📷 Now, really look at the spaces around you with the inspiring artwork in mind. You’ll be surprised once you start looking it’s hard to stop seeing art in the everyday. Take lots of photos. Feel free to edit them.

📲 Share your work here! Add your photo to the comment section of this post. Photos can be added to the comment section anytime into perpetuity, but posts received by 11:59 pm on Monday, May 25, 2020 are eligible entries to win a prize. The winner will be contacted via Facebook no later than June 1, 2020 regarding the details of the prize.

Challenge yourself to observe, not recreate. It’s amazing how quickly you’ll discover that art is everywhere. We can’t wait to see the art you capture!

05/21/2020

#ArtNoirCreates

Painting, Jean Art, Garden Signs- OH MY!!

Showcasing Art Noir Marketing At-Large Chair Tina Ehrlich's quarantine creativity!

Show us what you have been creating in the comments.

05/19/2020

#ArtNoirCreates

Wreathes, T-Shirts, and Earrings- Oh MY!!!

Art Noir Secretary Megan Vollstedt has been busy whipping up some #entirelyunexpected creations during Quarantine.

Comment below with what creations you have made.

05/14/2020

Marvelous Memories from Big Hair Ball 2017!!!
Share yours below! #entirelyunexpected #BHB17 🔮✨💋

05/06/2020

Hey Art Noir Members!

Join us tomorrow afternoon for Ask a Curator Anything Happy Hour! // Thursday May 7 // 4:00P.M. // Zoom

Comment below with your questions. 👇🎨🍹

If you cannot join, comment what you would like to find out.

Please register here: https://bit.ly/3bbtkw6

05/04/2020

Welcome and Thank You- New Art Noir Members- be on the look out for a note to hit your mailbox in the coming days...✉️🎨📬 #artmail #entirelyunexpected

04/28/2020

Art Noir was challenged to recreate works from the Art Center's permanent collections, and the results did not disappoint!

Art Noir was challenged to recreate works from the Art Center's permanent collections, and the results did not disappoint!

04/28/2020

The Art Center has extended the closure of the museum and school until Tuesday, May 26, 2020.

UPDATE: In keeping the health and wellness of our visitors, members, students, and staff at the forefront of our decision making, the Art Center has extended the closure of the museum and school until Tuesday, May 26, 2020.

As always, we will continually reevaluate our position as recommendations from the CDC and Iowa Department of Public Health dictate. Stay tuned to our website and social media channels for further updates and opportunities to engage with the Art Center online.

04/22/2020

Don’t miss this great opportunity for photographers and nature lovers! ⬇️

📸 CALL FOR PHOTOGRAPHY 📸 Inspired by the intersection of #EarthDay and the exhibition 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴: 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, we invite everyone to submit photography taken in the vibrant landscape of Greenwood Park. Your work will be assembled into a slideshow and shared with our online community.

To submit your photo, fill out the form here: https://www.desmoinesartcenter.org/exhibitions/earth-day-2020

04/21/2020

Sunny art for your feed! 🌞

04/17/2020

Pick your house.

Which house of these deceased artist would you like to quarantine with?

Comment Below:

04/13/2020

What would you do if you had three hours to yourself in the Des Moines Art Center? 🤔🤔🤔

We are currently accepting applications for future My Museum Monday experiences.

#MyMuseumMonday #entirelyunexpected

Apply today: https://bit.ly/2xf8HkR

04/08/2020

I SPY... 👀

Has anyone found Art Center Director Jeff Fleming in the virtual tours?

You can find all seven tours here: https://www.desmoinesartcenter.org/visit/virtualtours

04/07/2020

Art Noir Trivia Night is postponed. In accordance with the Governor Kim Reynolds' April 6 proclamation calling for the closure of additional Iowa businesses, including museums, the Art Center has extended the closure of the museum and school until May 1, 2020.

If you had already registered for trivia watch your email, you will be contacted in the coming days regarding your refund. 📨

Don't worry, once the museum has resumed regular operations Art Noir Trivia will be rescheduled! 👏

03/31/2020

🏆🏆PRIZE ALERT 🎉🎉

Hey Art Noir, ready to win a prize from your couch? We’ve got a challenge for you! We convinced our one and only Director Jeff Fleming to appear in ONE of the 436 scans we took of the galleries when we created virtual tours. Can you find him? First person to send a private message with the right slide of where he is wins a contact free prize, and the next 10 people to do the same get entered into a giveaway drawing. Clock starts now! ⏳

You can find all seven tours here: https://www.desmoinesartcenter.org/visit/virtualtours

03/26/2020

‼️BIG NEWS‼️ Virtual tours of the Art Center are available now! We are presently closed, but you can explore the Art Center’s current exhibitions and permanent collections online, anytime.

This includes exhibitions 𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬: 20 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘏𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘢 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦: 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦, and 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴: 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦.

Ready to explore? Cruise on over to our website to see our complete virtual tour offerings: https://www.desmoinesartcenter.org/visit/virtualtours

03/23/2020

Des Moines Art Center

Tips on how to learn something new about art!!

The Des Moines Art Center Youtube page is full of informational and entertaining videos! Here are a few to get you started:

🔸 Joyce J. Scott: My Best Voice is an Artist bit.ly/3bmN6VI

🔸 A View from the Center of the Americas: Re-Envisioning Miami’s Art Museum by Franklin Sirmans bit.ly/2wx7a99

🔸 Art and Empathy: Wonder of Wonders by Kaywin Feldman bit.ly/3dn7GHn

02/25/2020

GOT ANSWERS?

We have Trivia!

It's baaaack! Join Art Noir for entirely unexpected trivia night in the Art Center's restaurant. Popular trivia mastermind Marnie Strate will host an evening of trivia - no art expertise required. Teams of four will compete for glory and prizes. Members and non-members are welcome - grab your friends and introduce them to the Art Center! Reservations can be made here- https://bit.ly/2SWLufg

02/19/2020

Art Center Drop-in Tour - Des Moines Art Center

Drop-in this Saturday at 1PM for an Art Center Tour: https://bit.ly/2HDNuCD

Stop in for a conversational docent-led exploration of the Art Center’s world-renowned collection and award-winning architecture.

02/13/2020

Meet Gaelen Renee Morgan!!
Art Noir Membership-Chair.

Gaelen was drawn to the Art Noir Board after she attended a few Art Noir events over the last year and really appreciated the way the group encouraged people to get involved with art in unique and exciting ways. I volunteered for the Membership Chair as a way to get involved behind the scenes, continue building relationships in the community, and help bring the mission of the board to life.

02/11/2020

Welcome, Jackie Akerberg!!!
Art Noir Events Co-Chair.

Jackie's fondest memory of the Des Moines Art Center is exploring the Wanderlust Exhibit a few years back and dining at what was then, The Chef's Palette, outside in the courtyard overlooking the water.

02/05/2020

Meet Zak Steib!!

Art Noir's New Events Co-Chair.

His favorite event is The Flashlight Tour! It was such a cool experience to get to travel through the museum and night and see exhibits in a “new light.”

01/31/2020

Welcome Tina Ehrlich!
Art Noir Marketing At-Large 💻

I discovered Art Noir within the last year and it’s been eye-opening. After hearing more about the mission from past presidents—Liz Lidgett and Maggie Glisan—I quickly realized that I wanted to be a part of it. When I first moved to Des Moines in 2012, I, myself, felt intimidated. After understanding Art Noir’s focus to invite, welcome and engage new (and younger) audiences to the Art Center, I was thrilled at their efforts. To this day, I still meet peers who have never been to the Art Center, thinking that it’s only for well-versed members of the art community. I’m excited to advocate for the Art Center, their ongoing programs and opportunities for all community members—artsy or not.