. . "ity and the Des Moines Art Center, the event is a forum to showcase the students' exploration of disabilities, poetry and art.In October, the students traveled from Ames to the Iowa Department for the Blind (IDB) in downtown Des Moines where they met and interviewed two blind staff members, toured the building, took brief instruction on using a long white cane to maneuver, and donned blind folds s" . .