The Des Moines Art Center has been awarded a $150,000 Responsive Grant from the Henry Luce Foundation’s American Art Program to support its upcoming exhibition, “Whisper to a Scream: Women Artists and Minimalism,” scheduled for early to mid-2027. The exhibition, inspired by works in the Art Center’s permanent collection and the Louise Rosenfield Noun collection, will bring together a multigenerational group of female-identified artists who have significantly contributed to the development of minimalist abstraction, a news release said. This marks the Art Center’s first Luce Foundation grant in more than a decade. The funding will enable the museum to secure loaned works, publish a scholarly catalogue, and host educational and community programs, according to the release.