Art Week Des Moines2020

The organizing committee of Art Week Des Moines is looking for 3 artworks to be donated as prizes for an art activity. Each selected artist will receive a $300 honorarium. The 3 selected pieces will be awarded to the top 3 winners of the "Public Art Scavenger Hunt", a virtual competition taking place throughout the art week (June 19-26th, https://artweekdesmoines.com/), with sponsorship from the Greater Des Moines Public Art Foundation (https://dsmpublicartfoundation.org/). The Scavenger Hunt encourages Des Moines area residents to explore and find existing public art in the metro area via web mapping services such as Google Maps or Apple Maps. 

To submit your artwork for consideration, please email good quality images of the works that you are offering to donate to tibich72@gmail.com with the subject line "Donation: Public Art Scavenger Hunt Prizes". Please limit your entries to 3 images, and include artwork details for each one. There is no fee to submit.

The deadline for submissions is Sunday, May 31st, 2020 11:59pm. You will be notified by Wednesday, June 3rd if your artwork was accepted.

You are invited to virtually play the Des Moines Public Art Scavenger Hunt game. Part of the Virtual Art Week, use your knowledge or any maps site (such as Google’s or Bing’s) to locate where the following public art pieces are located in the Des Moines area. Top 3 contestants will win works by local Des Moines artists (scroll to the bottom of the page for the artwork images). The contest is free to enter.

Clues will be posted here.

Below you can see the public artworks that you must to find virtually; click on each to see a larger version. Once you’ve found them, press the “Click to Enter Your Responses” button to fill out the contest form. Once done, please click “Submit”. You will be notified within a week of the end the Virtual Art Week if you have won one of the prizes.

The Des Moines Public Art Scavenger Hunt was designed by Tibi Chelcea. Special thanks to the Art Week Des Moines organizing partners Art Beacon Des Moines and Visionary Services, Inc.

You are invited to virtually play the Des Moines Public Art Scavenger Hunt game. Part of the Virtual Art Week, use your knowledge or any maps site (such as Google’s or Bing’s) to locate where the following public art pieces are located in the Des Moines area. Top 3 contestants will win works by local Des Moines artists (scroll to the bottom of the page for the artwork images). The contest is free to enter.

Clues will be posted here.

Below you can see the public artworks that you must to find virtually; click on each to see a larger version. Once you’ve found them, press the “Click to Enter Your Responses” button to fill out the contest form. Once done, please click “Submit”. You will be notified within a week of the end the Virtual Art Week if you have won one of the prizes.

The Des Moines Public Art Scavenger Hunt was designed by Tibi Chelcea. Special thanks to the Art Week Des Moines organizing partners Art Beacon Des Moines and Visionary Services, Inc.