Art Day in Des Moines

Who would have thought a city in the middle of the corn belt could have such good art. We started our morning downtown at the Pappajohn Sculpture Park. Our pictures speak better than words.





















































The weather was beautiful so we enjoyed a picnic in the park next to the Art Museum. The building had three designers, Eliel Saarinen, I M Pei and Richard Meier. The collection consists of one or two major works each by preeminent artists. Photos are not allowed so names such as O’Keeffe, Johns, Monet, Matisse, Rodin, and Davis, CA’s Arneson will have to do.



Next to the museum is a lovely rose garden that had been treated poorly by all the heavy rain we have experienced. The sculpture was fun though. Further down the area is a park lush with native plants and whose trails seem to go on for miles.