Iowa

• Des Moines Art Center: Maytag Courtyard and Greenwood Park
• Iowa State University: Campus collection and The Elizabeth and Bryon Anderson Sculpture Garden
• Pappajohn Sculpture Park

Des Moines Art Center: Maytag Courtyard and Greenwood Park
www.desmoinesartcenter.org/
4700 Grand Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50312
Tel: (+ 1) 515 277 4405
E: jcooley@desmoinesartcenter.org

The Maytag Courtyard displays works by Carl Milles and Scott Burton.
The sculptures in Greenwood Park are by artists Bruce Nauman, Richard Fleischner, Mary Miss and Richard Serra. Nauman's Animal Pyramid is a literal stack of large bronze caribou, elk and foxes. Like much of Nauman's work it is enigmatic but impossible to ignore.

Tours can be booked by emailing jcooley@desmoinesartcenter.org.

Iowa State University: Campus collection and The Elizabeth and Bryon Anderson Sculpture Garden
www.museums.iastate.edu/
University Museums
290 Scheman Building
Ames, Iowa 50011
Tel: (+ 1) 515 294 3342
E: museums@iastate.edu

Iowa State is home to one of the largest campus public art programs in the country. Over 2000 works of public art are located across campus in buildings, courtyards, open spaces and offices with over 400 works by significant national and international artists. "Art on Campus" maps and information sheets are available from the above University Museums office. Sculptures that standout include work by Manuel Neri, Stephen De Staebler, Grant Wood, Beverly Pepper, Christoper Bennett and Christian Petersen.

New to the university campus, The Elizabeth and Bryon Anderson Sculpture Garden, located south of Morrill Hall, opened in 2008 to display contemporary pieces of sculpture. Currently on display until 2010 are sculptures by Bill Barrett.

Pappajohn Sculpture Park
www.desmoinesartcenter.org/downtown/index.html
www.desmoinesregister.com/sculpturepark
West Gateway Park
Grand Avenue
Des Moines
Iowa

Opened September 2009, the Pappajohn Sculpture Park features John and Mary Pappajohn’s impressive sculpture collection, including work by Ellsworth Kelly, Tony Cragg, Louise Bourgeois, Richard Serra, Deborah Butterfield and Jaume Plensa.

The sculpture park was established in collaboration with the Pappajohns, the city of Des Moines, the Des Moines Art Center, and numerous corporate and private donors.

An interactive map and podcast tour are available online, developed by the Des Moines Register.

The park is open from sunrise to midnight, daily. Admission is free of charge.

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