Saturday, June 25, 2011

Des Moines Arts Festival

Joe and I made our way downtown for the Des Moines Arts Festival at the Western Gateway Park. We kept checking the radar before we left home because it rained in the morning and the clouds were dark the whole day. Luckily the rain held off and we enjoyed the festival.

There was a lot going on. There were street performers juggling bowling pins, a jazz and wine tent, beer, wine and smoothies. Habitat for Humanity was building a house right on the street. Pretty cool!

We viewed some of the sculptures in the park. This is the art donated by John and Mary Pappajohn. It's worth a combined $40 million dollars!



Joe and I actually walked away with some art. We bought an etching of Kinnick Stadium. We saw an etching of the old stadium first, but luckily we dug a little deeper because we found one after the renovation was done. Unfortunately the print won't see a wall for a while. We do need to buy a frame first, plus it'll go straight into a box for our move.

We had been wanting to go to the Arts Festival the last couple years. We're glad we made it before we move next week.

Tonight we're going out with some friends for a going away party. Should be fun!

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