Octagon Shop

07/01/2025

The Octagon Shop and the Octagon Center for the Arts are merging socials! Everything Octagon will be posted under the Octagon Center's Facebook and Instagram. Please make sure you're following us at Octagon Center for the Arts and so you don't miss anything from the Shop or the Center!

06/11/2025

The Shop will open at Noon this Saturday. We encourage you to join us in support of our veterans and our country on this Flag Day. We are stronger together!

06/11/2025

Opening late on Saturday!

We encourage you to join us in support of our veterans and our country on this Flag Day. We are stronger together!

06/05/2025

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05/01/2025

Claire Elise is our Featured Artist for May! All of Claire's work is 15% off all month lonh. Claire Elise is a ceramicist based out of Des Moines, IA. In 2019 she received her B.A. in Studio Art with a Ceramics emphasis, from the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, IA. She has exhibited both her functional and sculptural work nationally. While creating her own work, she teaches ceramics at The Des Moines Arts Center, (Des Moines, IA) The Octagon Center for the Arts, (Ames, IA) and the Ankeny Arts Center (Ankeny IA). Recently she has become the Ceramics Studio Manager at the Ankeny Arts Center.