3 Day Professional Art Festival in Downtown Des Moines, IA
The Des Moines Arts Festival, Iowa's only free, three-day celebration of the arts, returns on June 24-26, 2011. For 11 years, the Festival has drawn over 1.5 million people and been crowned by its peers as one of the best festivals in the world!
The Festival features 175 talented artists. Their original artwork from 14 categories reflects the very best. The Festival features arts activities ranging from family and adult arts activities to live entertainment. More than 20 eclectic food booths are on-site providing patrons with a variety of culinary delights. Entertainment is also a memorable feature of the Des Moines Arts Festival.
The Des Moines Arts Festival is proud of its efforts to showcase the community and the state through programs and activities that reflect the vibrancy of the arts in action. Two programs presented by the festival are the Emerging Iowa Artists (EIA) and Nurturing a Student’s Vision (NSV). Iowa residents attending universities, colleges, and art schools across the nation were selected by the professional artist jury to feature their art at the festival in the EIA program. NSV is a program that allows students in Central Iowa school districts to submit work created through the year for presentation during the Festival.
Contact Des Moines Arts Festival on June 24-26, 2011:
