Interactive Arts

Interactive arts activities are one of the four main pillars of the arts featured each year at the Des Moines Arts Festival^®. Throughout the Festival, guests of all ages have the opportunity to get creative and hands-on with art, music, dance and more! These activities can be found throughout the Festival at sponsor booths, the Creative Kid’s Zone and even electronically though texts.

Des Moines Art Center Interactive Sculpture Project
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.

Balloons
Stop by the WHO-HD Channel 13 booth on the Meredith Corporation Lawn to meet on-air personalities and get a balloon.

Coloring Contest
Show your creative edge at the Principal Finance Group®’s booth and enter our drawing contest for a chance to win a $25 gift card to spend on the art supplies.

Passport
Use the Clear Channel Radio passport to register for great prizes from any of our 7 Stations! Just visit 12 of the community outreach groups at the festival, get a signature, and return your passport before the end of the day! New passports will be distributed daily.

Spin Art
Children will have a great time at the Prairie Meadow’s booth spinning their own art creation.

Fence Painting
Festival attendees will also have the chance to share in the creative side of the Blitz Build by painting a picket fence assembled around the house as the weekend goes by. After the close of the Festival on Sunday the picket fence with be displayed at a community garden in the metro area.

Resuable Bag Decorating
Guests will design and decorate their own reusable bag with friends from Hy-Vee.