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These are the events that are confirmed for Art Week 2020. Check back often as more venues are contacting us with great ideas! Sign up for the Art Beacon Weekly for insights about the artists exhibiting in 2020!
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Sunday, May 31
 

TBA

Call for artwork donation (with $300 honorarium) Greater Des Moines Public Art Foundation Limited Space: Call For Artists & Photographers Des Moines Art Center
 
Monday, June 1
 

TBA

Art Adventures: FOLLOW THE CLUES, KEEP THE ART Polk County Parks
 
Friday, June 5
 

9:00am CDT

CALL FOR ART: MICROCOSM Community Coloring Book Online
 
Friday, June 12
 

9:00am CDT

CALL FOR ART: Encapsulated Motions (Deadline Extended) Online
 
Monday, June 15
 

9:00pm CDT

Call for Entries: (Digital) Iowa Exhibited XXXV
 
Friday, June 19
 

9:30am CDT

Dan Troxell Interview: Rachel, Soren & Tatiana artweekTV

11:00am CDT

Jess Quinn's 20 Paintings 20 Days Urbandable
 
Saturday, June 20
 

9:30am CDT

Dan Troxell Interview: Renee Watkins artweekTV

11:00am CDT

Jess Quinn's 20 Paintings 20 Days Urbandable

1:00pm CDT

Kelsey Bigelow Poetry Live Stream Online

8:30pm CDT

Limited Space: Quarantine Edition Des Moines Art Center
 
Sunday, June 21
 

10:30am CDT

Dan Troxell Interview: Mary Jones artweekTV

11:00am CDT

Benjamin Gardner - Folk Meditation Online

1:00pm CDT

900Views Podcast: Live interview with Emmet Phillips artweekTV

2:00pm CDT

Where You Go, I Go Live Podcast artweekTV
 
Monday, June 22
 

9:30am CDT

Dan Troxell Interview: Tia Jacobs artweekTV

12:00pm CDT

Got Bias with Black Benatar Iowa Arts Council

6:00pm CDT

Performative Gestures - Brittany Brooke Crow & Michelle Marie Twitch

8:00pm CDT

Benjamin Gardner - Live Reading of "The Cabin" Online
 
Tuesday, June 23
 

9:30am CDT

Dan Troxell Interview: Steven Vail artweekTV

11:00am CDT

Live Painting with Hannah Claire Instagram

12:00pm CDT

Lunchtime Potionmaking Sessions: Justice Iowa Arts Council

7:00pm CDT

900Views Podcast: Live interview with Leo Bird artweekTV
 
Wednesday, June 24
 

10:00am CDT

Mona's Drawing Club with Mel Instagram

10:30am CDT

Dan Troxell Interview: Becky Beckett artweekTV

12:00pm CDT

Lunchtime Potionmaking Sessions: Equity Iowa Arts Council

2:00pm CDT

Flyest Hobo You Know Live Art! Facebook

5:30pm CDT

Leo's Comedy Art Discussion Facebook

6:00pm CDT

Virtual Life Drawing: presented by Arcadian Tattoo Arcadian Tattoo

7:00pm CDT

Midsummer Couch Concert: the Moffetts Grinnell Area Arts Council
 
Thursday, June 25
 

9:30am CDT

Dan Troxell Interview: Sarah Spain artweekTV

10:00am CDT

LIVE FAIL w/ Karen Lewis Instagram

11:00am CDT

Alan Jacobs: Saving Found Film YouTube

12:00pm CDT

Lunchtime Potionmaking Sessions: Diversity Iowa Arts Council

5:00pm CDT

between systems and grounds artweekTV

7:00pm CDT

Awards Ceremony: Iowa Exhibited XXXV Polk County Heritage Gallery
 
Friday, June 26
 

TBA

(all week long) Amanda Tate's Memento Ol Guild (all week long) Dan Welk's To My Eye Trixie's Salon Des Moines (all week long) DSM Emerald City: All Yards Art Show All Yards Everywhere (all week long) Jim White - Art Show Subsect Skateshop (all week long) John Huffman & Jim White - Art Show GT (all week long) MICROCOSM Coloring Book Art Beacon (all week long) Shutter Priority - Art Sale Broadlawns Medical Center (all week long) artweekTV artweekTV (all week long) Below the Median Income: the audio component Below the Median Income Website (all week long) Art Adventures in Polk County 2020 Polk County Parks (all week long) Des Moines Public Art Scavenger Hunt Greater Des Moines Public Art Foundation

9:30am CDT

Dan Troxell Interview: Jacob Kuperman artweekTV

10:00am CDT

INTERROBANG FILM FESTIVAL Des Moines Arts Festival

12:00pm CDT

Lunchtime Potionmaking Sessions: Inclusion Iowa Arts Council

8:00pm CDT

Amenda Tate's Memento Ol Guild

8:15pm CDT

Dan Welk's To My Eye Trixie's Salon Des Moines

8:30pm CDT

Digital Iowa Exhibited XXXV Annual Juried Show Polk County Heritage Gallery

8:45pm CDT

DSM Emerald City: All Yards Art Show All Yards Everywhere

9:00pm CDT

Jim White - Art Show Subsect Skateshop

9:15pm CDT

MICROCOSM Coloring Book Art Beacon

9:30pm CDT

Riverview Artist Salon 20: Grass Roots River City Art & Music Shutter Priority - Art Sale Broadlawns Medical Center DSM Underground Film Fest 2020: Drive In Fever Reliable Street

9:45pm CDT

artweekTV artweekTV

10:00pm CDT

Below the Median Income: the audio component Below the Median Income Website

10:15pm CDT

Live Mural Painting: Eight seven central (new location) Pinot's Palette

10:45pm CDT

Live Mural Painting: Teehee's Comedy Club Teehee's Comedy Club

11:00pm CDT

Art Adventures in Polk County 2020 Polk County Parks

11:15pm CDT

Des Moines Public Art Scavenger Hunt Greater Des Moines Public Art Foundation

11:45pm CDT

Art Beacon Weekly Forecast - Subscribe Online Iowa Artist Virtual Tip Jar Online
 
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