Jess Quinn is a botanical oil painter. Her work highlights the beautiful and often exotic…

IOWA ARTIST // Melynda Van Zee // By Jackie Wilson

As a long-time art instructor and educator, Melynda Van Zee knew the techniques she needed to teach her students…

Mainframe Artist in Residency Jill Wells recently finished a collaborative project…

News from the largest nonprofit creative workspace in the nation, located in the heart of downtown Des Moines. Read our latest issue of The Studios: Directory + Dispatches…

The Executive Director will be a visionary arts leader, guiding Mainframe Studio’s advancement…

EVERY MONDAY FROM 10:30 A.M. TO 1:30 P.M. ON MAINFRAME'S 2ND FLOOR …

A collective of local artists working in the growing designer toy scene have come together…

On a Thursday afternoon at the beginning of February, I joined an unusual Zoom broadcast linking Cathouse Proper in Brooklyn…

Thank you, Megan Ruether for helping to spread the word…

Poetry& is working in partnership with Humanities Iowa, Mainframe Studios, Franklin Jr. High Event Center, and the Iowa Poetry Association…

Curated by Josh Sorrell, this inaugural show examines perspectives of the human form…

Please mark your calendars for Brittany's artist talk and reception March 18, 1-3 p.m. (artist talk at 1:30)…

Raised on the south side of Chicago, he grew up in the shadow of skyscrapers…

On Friday, February 3, 2023, 5 – 9 pm, Mainframe Studios, located at 900 Keo Way in Des Moines…

Seso Marentes is to be known as an Iowa artist — not just an artist whose ancestors…

In her Des Moines TEDx Talk earlier this year, Wells recounted creating her first piece of public art…

Good morning, Des Moines! I’m arts/entertainment reporter Isaac Hamlet and because…

Before you visit Target or Walmart for your holiday shopping, local artists and business owners are asking you…

Inside the Tom and Ruth Harkin Center at Drake University, a short trail of…

The Alex Brown Foundation in Des Moines, Iowa, today announced the six artists…