The Des Moines Art Center has appointed Jordan Powers as its new director of marketing and public relations. The Chicago native was most recently the communications manager at Catch Des Moines. Before that, she was an account executive at Iowa Public Radio. She began her career in the museum industry with the National Public Housing Museum in Chicago as the programs and communications coordinator. Powers said she is “thrilled to have the opportunity to lead marketing efforts to shine a local, national and international spotlight on the exhibitions, programs and events that make the Art Center and the John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park such magical spaces.”