Award-winning program expands opportunities for emerging artists – Voice Of Muscatine

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The Des Moines Arts Festival will expand opportunities for emerging artists at the 2023 Des Moines Arts Festival® presented by Nationwide.

The Festival’s award-winning Emerging Iowa Artist Program presented by Principal annually welcomes Iowa residents who are enrolled in or recently graduated from a university, college or art school. It gives them the opportunity to exhibit for free at the summer festival.

New this year, the program expands to individuals making a new career in art at any stage of their life. Collectively, the programs will welcome 12 emerging artists to the 2023 Festival, June 23 – 25, in downtown’s Western Gateway Park.

The Emerging Iowa Artist booths will be grouped together on Grand Ave. near 13th Street while the Emerging Artists will be mixed with other artists throughout the Juried Art Fair.

The following artists were selected by the jury for the Emerging Artist Programs:

Emerging Iowa Artists:

Emma Bolles, Chicago, IL
Iowa State University

Mira Jung, Ames, IA
Iowa State University

Olivia Palmer, Peculiar, MO
Grand View University

Emma Reed, Cedar Rapids, IA
Savannah College of Art and Design

Audrey Stirling, Runnels, IA
Iowa State University

Emerging Artists:

Andrew Arkell, Chicago, IL

Stephanie Barenz, Madison, WI

Christian D’ Cruz, Leander, TX

Karen DeGuire, Saint Louis, MO

Elizabeth Oehler, Centerville, IA

Hannah Wave Flower, Glenshaw, PA

Zitong Yin, Ankeny, IA

About the Des Moines Arts Festival
The Des Moines Arts Festival® is committed to strengthening a vibrant and creative community. Dedicated to the principles of collaboration and creative expression, Des Moines Arts Festival inspires engagement with the arts, fosters and celebrates inclusion, values professionalism and quality, and champions new and emerging ideas.

The Des Moines Arts Festival produces an annual outdoor festival celebrating arts and culture, provides programming and support to artists and arts organizations, advocates for a “arts first” leadership model, and inspires individuals to find their creative voice.

The mission of the Des Moines Arts Festival is to Impact Lives through the Arts.

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