River City Art and Music Des Moines

River City Art and Music Des Moines River City Art and Music DSM (RCAM) shares art & music news and information from Iowa and around the world.

Since 2014, River City Art and Music (RCAM) has supported Iowa’s creative industry and shared local and global art and music news through Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and its website, https://rivercityartandmusic.com. RCAM’s founder continues to elevate Iowa’s creatives through Riverview Artist Salon, now known as the Salonnière DSM Salon Series. Salonnière DSM Salon Series
Salon Series events a

re two-hour programs held at xBk Annex, giving Iowa creatives an opportunity to share their words, passions, sounds, and works with the public. Programming includes spoken word, art advocacy, community outreach, creative showcases, and visual art. Salonnière DSM Salon Series mission is to “elevate the status of creatives living in our city and state and provide a center for networking, public engagement, new ideas, personal development, and artistic growth.”

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Iowa creatives are invited to join Atelier des Moines, Salonnière DSM’s Facebook group, for open calls, opportunities, and resources to stay connected: https://www.facebook.com/groups/atelierdesmoines. Events & Experiences
Salonnière DSM’s Salon Series is one initiative connecting Iowa’s creative economy with individuals who value the state’s art, culture, and music. Future events may include travel experiences and small-group outings such as gallery openings, studio visits, museum exhibitions, live music, festivals, dinner theatre, comedy, open mics, book signings, and poetry readings paired with dining.

09/04/2026

Mural 2 WIP

09/03/2026
Opening Exhibition (Not) At HomeThursday, September 10th 5:00 - 7:00 pm(Not) At Home features the work of five artists: ...
09/03/2026

Opening Exhibition (Not) At Home

Thursday, September 10th
5:00 - 7:00 pm

(Not) At Home features the work of five artists:

Katie Garth Katie Garth
Lois Harada Lois
Tom Jones Tom Jones
Sean Morrissey Sean P. Morrissey
Henry Payer Henry Payer

The selected works offer a space to consider ideas of home and in many cases, dislocation from home. The works also explore the tensions between the built and natural environment.

(Not) At Home is curated by Lilah Anderson.

The exhibition will be on display at the Anderson Gallery in the Harmon Fine Arts Center at Drake University from Sept 11 to Oct 18, Tues-Sun from 12-4pm and until 8pm on Thursdays.

Artists will be visiting campus throughout the show for programming. We will be posting about this more but you can find details now on our website.



Reposted With Respect For Anderson Gallery

08/28/2026

ART IN MINNESOTA

Every year the Minnesota State Fair shows thousands of art pieces submitted by Minnesotans for judging and display. Throughout the disciplines, one theme was clear — Minnesotans were profoundly affected by the presence of federal agents in the state this winter.

Video captured by Alex Cipolle and Ben Hovland
Photos captured by Ben Hovland and Sam Stroozas
Video edited by Anne Guttridge

Read more with the link in their bio.

Reposted With Respect For MPR News

08/28/2026
08/25/2026
08/25/2026

MURAL 1

08/25/2026

FUN ART

Artist Grace Baldwin—who goes by Grace of Spades on social media—has been quietly building the most iconic functional art you’ve ever seen. She’s transforming the exact relics of our 90s and early 2000s childhoods into actual furniture you can put in your actual home.

And the internet is absolutely losing it.

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722 DIY Giant PayDay



Excerpt From:

https://www.lifeandstylemag.com/posts/this-functional-art-has-the-internet-feeling-nostalgic/

IOWA ARTIST Dan Perry of Waterloo, Iowa is an award-winning interdisciplinary artist who works in a variety of media and...
08/22/2026

IOWA ARTIST

Dan Perry of Waterloo, Iowa is an award-winning interdisciplinary artist who works in a variety of media and scales from gallery-sized sculptures to monumental public sculptures. The imagery in his work is an amalgamation of the familiar and the abstract composed in ways that tell a story to which the viewer becomes a witness - part of a scene; a moment suspended in time. He believes in form, invention, and objects well made.

Dan was honored with a commission to create the Iowa State Fair Legacy sculpture. This permanent sculpture, aptly titled: “Legacy”, celebrates the fair and its story. It will be a permanent fixture on the Iowa State Fairgrounds for years to come.

If you happen to be at the check it out from the or the ! It will light up at night too!

Iowa State Fair

Reposted With Respect For Dan Perry

ARTSVOTE Americans for the Arts Action FundCreativity is not optional. Vote for the Arts.For too long, the arts have bee...
08/21/2026

ARTSVOTE

Americans for the Arts Action Fund

Creativity is not optional. Vote for the Arts.

For too long, the arts have been treated as a luxury. But the reality is that art, culture, and creativity are inextricably linked to thriving communities and a healthy democracy. Creative expression is powerful, but voting is how we protect it. This election season, we are mobilizing everyone who values the impact of the arts to show up and make their voices heard at the ballot box.

https://www.artsvote.org/

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