Grant supports expansive Art Center plans for ‘Women Artists and Minimalism’ exhibition
Business Record Staff Sep 12, 2024 | 10:50 am
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163 wordsAll Latest News, Arts and CultureA $63,000 grant will assist the Des Moines Art Center in presenting its 2027 exhibition “Whisper to a Scream: Women Artists and Minimalism,” according to a news release. The Art Center said that works from its permanent collections inspired the plans and that “Whisper to a Scream” will feature a multigenerational group of female-identified artists, mostly American. “Moving beyond the traditional definition of Minimalism, which has long centered around a group of predominately white male, New York-based artists, this exhibition will instead consider a continuum of women painters, sculptors, and more who have often been overlooked or underappreciated in the narrative of art history,” the news release said. The money is a Collections Grant from the Terra Foundation for American Art. It will be used to support planning and development. The project plans also include research on Louise Rosenfeld Noun, the Des Moines philanthropist, activist and historian who is a pivotal part of the Art Center’s history, the news release said.