Arts Projects
DES MOINES ART CENTER INTERACTIVE SCULPTURE PROJECT presented by Bank of 
America
Join Bank of America and the Des Moines Art Center to create a larger-than-life inverted ice cream cone. Thousands of people will contribute their personal touch in creating this 30 foot by 25 foot public work of art! Guests will create flowers made from recycled plastic bags that are bright and colorful. Volunteers will help guests place the flowers into the sculptural form. Guests can watch this large-scale sculpture come together, literally piece-by-piece, over the course of the three days of the Festival. The Interactive Sculpture Project will be at the corner of 13th and Grand Avenue. Special thanks to Jessica Hensley, Hubbell Homes, Tim Hickman, Gilcrest/Jewett, Tyler Kirkholm, Salon W., Substance Architecture Interiors Design, and Brett Wilson for their support.
GREEN ARTS ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM
Winner of a GOLD Pinnacle Award from the International Festivals & Events Association. 
The Des Moines Arts Festival® and official sponsor, Hy-Vee join forces to reduce, reuse and recycle at the 2011 Festival with enviornmentally-friendly initiatives and a little creativity.
Back by popular demand are three of the award-winning recycling stations created by local artists Rob Reeves, Staci Nevinski and Teri Breck. In addition to these unique works of art, the Festival has engaged local airbrush artists Dave Connor of Mid Air & Ink and Robert Allison of Allison Originals to create three more boxes of original art. Dave and Robert will be on-site Friday of the Festival so guests can experience their technique firsthand.
The result will be an art gallery of creative one-of-a-kind functional art placed throughout the Festival site for guests to deposit their bottles and other recyclables.
• All paper correspondence, such as welcome packets and handbooks to artists, sponsors, vendors are printed on recycled paper and postconsumer waste materials
• Artists will be given access to water stations to fill reusable bottles. This will eliminate waste from thousands of disposable plastic bottles
• Wine sold by the glass will be dispensed in compostable cups made from corn based materials.
• All volunteer and staff shirts will be printed on 100% organic cotton. (Organic cotton is grown with low
environmental impact)
• All generators, refrigerated, and freezer trucks on the Festival site will run on a biodiesel blend
• The application process for the juried section of the Des Moines Arts Festival is completely paperless with an online application system called ZAPPlication.
• Vinyl banners used for the Festival are recycled
• The Festival partners with Friends of Central Iowa Trails to offer a bike valet service as an alternative to driving
• All food vendors are required to use biodegradeable plates, utensils, napkins, and containers
• Six recycling stations are positioned throughout the Festival site to accommodate efforts
• Merchandise includes 100% organic cotton selections as well as non-woven materials that can be reused
