student art exhibition

• If your child/student is in Kindergarten through 4th grade, the ceremony will begin at 10:00a.m. We ask that you please arrive at 9:45a.m.
• If your child/student is in 5th through 12th grade, the ceremony will begin at 11:45a.m. We ask that you please arrive at 11:30a.m. for this ceremony.

Read Official Guidelines.

Complete the School and Student Artwork Information Form

Select your student artwork (up to four per school)

Send the Student/Parent letter home with participating students to inform them of upcoming events.

Mail or Deliver Student Artwork. Specific date and location will be announced at a later time.

View Student Artwork from participating schools on display at the Des Moines Arts Festival, June 25-27.

Attend Visionary Artists Ceremony at the Festival on June 26, 2021.

View Student Artwork from participating schools on display at the Central Library following the Festival through September 8, 2021.

Attend Student Art Exhibition Reception on Wednesday, September 8, 2020 at 6 p.m. at the Central Library. We strongly encourage students and their families to attend so please remind them. Artwork can be taken home that evening.

• IMPORTANT: Students will be required to SIGN for artwork taken from the Library.
• Pick-up artwork immediately following the Student Art Exhibition Reception on September 8, 2021, at 6 p.m. or from the Greater Des Moines Partnership September 9 – September 30, 2021. The reception will be held at the Central Library, 1000 Grand Avenue, Downtown Des Moines.
• Artwork will NOT be sent to schools or students.
• Artwork not picked up at the Central Library will be taken to the Greater Des Moines Partnership (address above) and can be picked up Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For questions regarding pick-up, contact Daphne Dickens (ddickens@desmoinesartsfestival.org).
• Please make arrangements to pick-up the artwork by September 30, 2021. After this date, artwork will be disposed of.

Please direct questions to:

Lydia Tobin, Program Intern
Des Moines Arts Festival^®
E-mail: ltobin@desmoinesartsfestival.org

Prairie Ridge Middle School, Ankeny

Rock Creek Elementary, Ankeny

Sacred Heart School

Saydel High School

Southeast Polk High School

Southview Middle School, Ankeny

St. Augustin Catholic School

Stuart Elementary, West Central Valley

Sully Christian Elementary

Sully Christian Middle School

Thomas Jefferson Elementary, Newton

Timber Ridge Elementary, Johnston

Travnicek Homeschool

Twin Cedars High School, Bussey

Urbandale Middle School

Valerius Elementary, Urbandale

Valley High School, WDM Public

Walnut Hills Elementary, Waukee

Walnut Street School, DMPS

Waukee Middle School

West Des Moines Schools Homeschool Enrichment Program (HSAP)

Willowbrook Elementary, Southeast Polk

Woodrow Wilson Elementary, Newton

Wright Elementary, DMPS

Zearing Elementary