2015 Winter Arts Alive

Governor’s Awards
highlight of Arts Day in Pierre
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In a state that celebrates all of our
four distinct seasons, art is often
the window through which the rest
of the nation views South Dakota.
From the people who fire the
imaginations of the next generation
to painters who preserve our
heritage to those who bring our
cultures together in ways that make
us stronger, the Governor’s Awards
in the Arts recognize and honor the
strength of the arts across our state.
South Dakota’s arts community
will celebrate the 2015 Governor’s
Awards in the Arts on Tuesday,
February 10, at the Ramkota River
Center in Pierre. The biennial awards
presentation banquet honors the
achievements of South Dakota’s
fine artists and arts patrons.
Governor’s Award recipients are
selected from nominations submitted
in four categories reflecting the
work of professional artists and arts
The Jim Szana Trio will entertain during
the reception preceding the presentation of
this year’s Governor’s Awards in the Arts.
Below, the Governor’s Awards in the Arts
invitation cover featuring “Horse Mask,”
by Stephenie Hunter-Sorbel.
Whirlwind Soldier is 2015
LIVING INDIAN TREASURE
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Poet, educator and Native artist Lydia Whirlwind Soldier has been
chosen to receive the 2015 Living Indian Treasure Award. A Sicangu
Lakota born in Bad Nation on the Rosebud Reservation, Whirlwind
Soldier is a graduate of Sinte Gleska University with a graduate
degree from Pennsylvania State University.
A teacher and Indian Studies coordinator for 30 years with
the Todd County Schools in Mission, she has also taught in the
education department at Sinte Gleska and served on the Rosebud
Sioux Tribal Council.
A recognized poet, non-fiction
writer, business owner and
craftswoman, Whirlwind Soldier
is a founding member of the Oak
Lake Tribal Writers Society, which
has published a wide range of
books collecting written Native
thoughts on the Indian experience
from the time of the Lewis and
Clark expedition through today.
Whirlwind Soldier’s contributions
to those collections, both poems
and essays, have been among the
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strongest and most critically
acclaimed writing included.
Whirlwind Soldier won first place at the Northern Plains Tribal
Arts Exposition for a traditional cradleboard, but it is as a poet that
she is perhaps best known. Her Memory Songs, published by the
Center for Western Studies,
integrates traditional and
majority society forms and
modes of expression. The
lyricism and deep cultural
connections of her poetry
have made her a mentor
and example for a wide
range of writers throughout
the country. Her writing
and her work as an educator
and communicator of the
Native American experience
in South Dakota have made
her a respected elder and a
leading tribal voice in her community and her state.
The Living Indian Treasure Award will be presented to
Whirlwind Soldier at the biennial Governor’s Awards in the Arts
ceremony in Pierre February 10, 2015.
“Lydia’s has been a vital voice in aiding understanding among
culturally diverse groups in South Dakota,” said Michael Pangburn,
executive director of the South Dakota Arts Council. “Her work as
an artist, an educator and a cultural mentor is an inspiration to all
South Dakotans.”
“Lydia’s has been a vital
voice in aiding understanding
among culturally diverse
groups in South Dakota.
Her work as an artist,
an educator and a cultural
mentor is an inspiration
to all South Dakotans.”
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educators, and the support of
individuals, businesses and
organizations that encompass
South Dakota’s arts community.
The Living Indian Treasure Award,
presented to a South Dakota Native
American elder in recognition of
preservation of excellence in
traditional Indian art forms, will
also be presented that evening.
Receiving this year’s awards
are Jon Crane, Hill City, for
Distinction in Creative Achievement;
Jeannette Beemer, Pierre, for
Outstanding Support of the Arts
by an Individual; Milo Winter,
Rapid City, Outstanding Service to
Arts Education, and the Dacotah
Prairie Museum, Aberdeen, for
Outstanding Support of the Arts by
an Organization. The 2015 South
Dakota Living Indian Treasure
Award will be presented to Lydia
Whirlwind Soldier, Rosebud.
Festivities will begin with a
reception at 5 pm on February 10,
featuring entertainment by the Jim
Szana Trio and a gallery exhibition
of artwork by South Dakota visual
artists curated by the South Dakota
Art Museum. The reception will be
followed by a banquet honoring
the award winners at 6:30 pm.
Governor Dennis Daugaard will
deliver the State of the Arts Address
and present the 2015 Governor’s
Awards in the Arts.
The 2015 Distinction in
Creative Achievement Award goes
to Jon Crane of Hill City. Crane is
known for his realistic treatment of
subjects from rural America in
transparent watercolor. Using
washes and a dry brush technique,
he captures with exquisite detail
nostalgic landscapes from all
around America. Using the trademark “Art That Takes You Home,”
Crane’s paintings evoke emotions of
familiarity among an international
following of collectors.
Born in Morristown, New
Jersey, Jon discovered the West as
a teenager on a family trip and
resolved to return there at the
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earliest possible moment. He
attended college at the University
of Northern Colorado, where he
earned his degree in Fine Arts in
1971. After graduation, he spent
the next five years as an Air Force
pilot, logging combat missions in
Southeast Asia. He discovered the
Black Hills while stationed at
Ellsworth Air Force Base and,
enthralled by their beauty, decided
to remain there to begin his art
career. Now, after 35 years as a
watercolor artist and gallery owner,
Jon lives in the Black Hills with his
wife Gail in a home and studio that
he designed and built near Mystic.
In addition to preserving
historic South Dakota places in his
popular art, Crane has worked to
preserve historic sites in the Hills
from the wrecking ball. His
contribution of time and works of
art to causes that benefit South
Dakota children and organizations
are well known, as is his passion
for the natural beauty of his
adopted state.
“All our artists are treasured
in South Dakota,” said Bernie
Hunhoff, editor-at-large of South
Dakota Magazine. “All of our
community activists and leaders
are equally important. Jon Crane
fits both categories and is a
deserving recipient of this award.”
Jeannette Beemer
This year’s award for
Outstanding Support of the Arts
by an Individual is presented to
Jeannette Beemer from Pierre.
A long life filled with music sets
Beemer apart, along with a dedication to sharing her art with others
through education and example.
Born in 1918, Beemer began her
career as a music teacher in South
Dakota communities, briefly
retiring to raise a family before
returning to education teaching
music with the Pierre School
District. She rose to the position of
Director of the Music System for
the Pierre schools, mentoring music
educators and guiding students in a
district that became known for the
excellence of its musical program.
During her time in Pierre,
Beemer was also a founding
instructor of the Capital City
Children’s Chorus, worked to
establish the Pierre Players, served
as a board member of the Short
Grass Arts Council and still serves
on the board of the Pierre Concert
Series. She has been active as a
musician in her church and is
considered the “music librarian of
Pierre,” with an extensive and carefully indexed collection of music.
She has volunteered at the South
Dakota Cultural Center and has
supported the arts throughout her
life, in audiences, vocal groups and
through her donations and time.
“Jeannette Beemer has been
active in countless organizations,
musical and otherwise, and continues to be an influence in the arts
community,” said Pierre resident
and former SD Arts Council chair
Larry Lyngstad. “The number of
lives touched through her teaching
and her leadership in many
organizations is beyond measure.”
Milo Winter of Rapid City
has been selected for the 2015
Governor’s Award for Outstanding
Service in Art Education. A codirector of the Rapid City Municipal
Band for 42 years, trumpet player
with the Rapid City Symphony for
over 40 years and a legendary band
director of award-winning bands at
Stevens High School, Winter has
touched the lives of music students
of all ages. His career has included
countless hours of judging music
contests, sharing his wise and
caring comments and a dedication
to advancing the skills and character
of the students being judged.
A member of the prestigious
American Bandmasters Association,
Winter is a recipient of the Phi Beta
Mu Outstanding Bandmaster
Award, the SD High School
Milo Winter
Activities Association Distinguished
Service Award and the SD School of
Mines Service to Education Award.
Inducted into the SD Bandmasters
Hall of Fame in 1997, Mr. Winter
also received the Bandworld Legion
of Honor Award, the Outstanding
Music Educator Award from the
National Federation of Interscholastic
Music and was twice selected for
the Presidential Scholars Program.
But Winter said that his “most
treasured reward was the privilege
of sharing music with the
wonderfully talented and dedicated
students over the years.”
Blending cultural history
with the arts is the strength of the
Dacotah Prairie Museum in
Aberdeen, 2015 Outstanding
Support of the Arts by an
Organization winner. Created in
1969 as a repository for the history
of Aberdeen and Brown County,
the Dacotah Prairie Museum (DPM)
created small exhibits to depict the
activities of residents past and
present. It soon became apparent
that the arts played the same vital
role in the lives of those who
settled this area in the 1880s as
they do today. In 1973, the museum
devoted one of its galleries solely
to the display of art, and due to
demand for quality gallery space
in the community, a second art
gallery was added in 2004. The
galleries offer 12 to 15 shows
annually featuring art from professionals, amateurs and students.
These galleries serve as the foundation of the organization’s connection
to art, artists and art education.
In addition to formal gallery
exhibitions, art is an important
component to DPM’s overall
program offerings. The museum
has acquired a satellite site devoted
strictly to art and culture, the
Granary Rural Cultural Center in
rural Groton, South Dakota, which
hosts the All-Dakota High School
Art Exhibition, created especially
for art students in North and South
Dakota high schools.
To serve younger students,
DPM has hosted three artist/
apprentice heritage art programs
co-sponsored by the South Dakota
Arts Council, the South Dakota
Department of Tourism, and South
Dakotans for the Arts. Thousands
of area elementary students have
learned about culturally significant
folk art from master craftspeople.
Using the “Picturing America”
program of the National Endowment
for the Arts as a prototype, DPM
staff has developed and presented
seminars on the relationship
between art and every aspect of
society for regional and national
museum convocations.
Congratulations to all for
their role in building the arts in
South Dakota!
South Dakota Arts Council
support is provided by a grant from
the National Endowment for the
Arts and the State of South Dakota
through the Department of Tourism.
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Dacotah Prairie Museum, Aberdeen.
Celebrating South Dakota’s arts
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Winter, 2015
Volume 17, Issue 2
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By Governor Dennis Daugaard
South Dakota’s cultural heritage and vibrant arts scene are among the state’s most valuable
resources. This year, we celebrate our arts and cultural community with the Governor’s
Awards in the Arts and the Living Indian Treasure Award. I congratulate this year’s winners
and commend them for their work.
I also wish to congratulate both the South Dakota Arts Council and South Dakotans
for the Arts on the completion of new strategic plans for growing the arts across our state.
Building on a strong foundation, these two organizations have programs in place to help
South Dakota’s artists, arts organizations and audiences understand, experience and
Governor Daugaard
appreciate the arts in every community throughout the state.
The quality of South Dakota’s arts community has long been recognized, both nationally and internationally. We
have worked to make the arts part of our state’s public face, creating the state art collection and the touring Governor’s
Biennial Art Exhibition, spotlighting South Dakota artists and their work.
The arts and cultural offerings of South Dakota are a vital part of our state tourism effort—and a major draw for
vacationers and business travelers. From the monumental sculpture of Mount Rushmore to a wide variety of galleries
and museums to the sounds of our professional musicians, South Dakota is a state filled with the arts.
But there is always more that we can do to grow the arts in South Dakota. We can encourage young people to be
creative and express themselves. We can share the great news of South Dakota’s artistic and cultural diversity with
family and friends in other states. Most of all, we can be proud and genuinely celebrate the arts in South Dakota,
recognizing how important they are to our state’s future.
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Amiotte retrospective on exhibit at V isual Art Center
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One of the state’s most respected visual artists is being honored with a
ledger books and magazine articles, and photographs of his family and
retrospective exhibit now on display at the Visual Arts Center (VAC) in the
Pine Ridge. These seemingly incongruous images layered together offer a
Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science in downtown Sioux Falls through
sense of the cultural confusion the Lakota experienced during the process
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of assimilation and pays tribute to a collective Lakota culture.
Transformation and Continuity in Lakota Culture: The Collages of
Arthur Amiotte is a sought-after scholar, educator and speaker on
Arthur Amiotte 1988-2014 brings the work of the renowned Lakota artist
Lakota art and culture. He served in an advisory role to the director of the
and scholar to the Visual Arts Center’s Everist Gallery. Born on the Pine
Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian and to the
Ridge Indian Reservation in 1942, Amiotte
Presidential Council for the Performing Arts
has become one of the nation’s most
at the Kennedy Center. Amiotte also served
celebrated Native American artists.
as a commissioner of the Department of
“This show includes some of Amiotte’s
Interior’s Indian Arts and Crafts Board and
most striking collages; the opportunity to
member of the Regents Council of the
view them collectively is quite rare,” said
Institute of American Indian Arts.
VAC Director Kara Dirkson.
The exhibition’s 16 month run opened
Amiotte is perhaps best known for his
at the Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre
signature use of mixed media collage to
before moving to Red Cloud Heritage
create a visual cultural biography of the
Center. Following the Pavilion exhibit, the
Lakota that highlights the steps they took
show moves to the Akta Lakota Museum
toward assimilating to European-American
in Chamberlain May 5 through October 1,
culture. He juxtaposes imagery from
and then to the Dahl Arts Center in Rapid
traditional Lakota culture with images that
City October 10 through January 6, 2016.
represent white culture. For instance, a
For more information on this exhibit
single collage may include historical
or the Visual Arts Center, call 605-367-6000,
drawings from other Native American
or visit www.washingtonpavilion.org.
artists, found imagery from the Western
world, such as advertisements, receipts,
“Our Father Told Us,” by Arthur Amiotte.
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Trio blends pop songs
with classical strings
in Aberdeen residency
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The young string trio of Glen McDaniel, Zack Clark and Nicholas Villalobos, known as Simply
Three, is captivating audiences with their unique transformation of string music. Blending old
school training and a new school sound, Simply Three is re-shaping convention with original
works and innovative arrangements combining classical style with popular songs of today by
Adele, Coldplay and Michael Jackson. Simply Three captures the essence of the classical
crossover field.
Simply Three will be in Aberdeen March 23 and 24 sharing their sound with the community.
Starting with a two-day school residency, the group concludes its Aberdeen visit with a public
performance on Tuesday, March 24 at 7:30 pm in the Aberdeen Civic Theatre during which
Central High School orchestra students will join Simply Three on stage.
On Monday, the trio will spend the entire day working with the orchestra students from
Aberdeen Central High School doing a mini-performance and conducting masterclasses. The day
will conclude with the orchestra rehearsing three numbers with the trio in preparation for the
orchestra joining Simply Three on stage at their public concert.
On Tuesday, Simply Three will be back in outreach mode with performances for middle
school and elementary students in the afternoon. The day will conclude with the public concert.
This engagement is supported by the Arts Midwest Touring Fund, a program of Arts
Midwest that is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional contributions
from the South Dakota Arts Council, the Crane Group and General Mills Foundation.
For more information on these events or the Aberdeen Area Arts Council, call 605-226-1557
or visit the website at www.aberdeenareaartscouncil.com.
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SD Art Museum celebrates season of love with three exhibits
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With a combination of exhibitions sure to warm your heart, the South
Dakota Art Museum is currently staging three shows with a valentine vibe.
Heart to Heart brings together the work of ten artist couples. People
drawn to the same field often have shared interests and values, a common
outlook on life and a deeper understanding of the peculiar challenges and
rewards of the field they are in. Being in a romantic relationship with someone
within your field can provide for a level of understanding and critical
feedback that enriches the support a partner can give. Each of the 20 artists
was asked to submit a work of their own representing their solo practice.
Each couple was also
challenged to create a
new collaborative work
for the show. Some of the
artists have collaborated
with their partners in the
past. For others, this
merging of practices
“Heart to Heart 1,” by Michael Baum.
represents a new adventure and challenge
in art-making. Heart to Heart runs through
April 26.
Still on display at SDAM is Images of Love:
Illustrations by Paul Goble. This exhibition
focuses on some of the many expressions of
love depicted in Goble’s children’s books. It
includes not only expressions of romantic love
but also the love that binds people, animals
and sacred beings within friendships, families,
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communities and nations.
The books the illustrations
are drawn from include:
Adopted by the Eagles,
Buffalo Woman, The Girl
Who Loved Wild Horses,
Legend of the White
Buffalo Woman, Love
Flute and Star Boy. These
books are available for
reference in the exhibition
gallery and many are
An illustration from “Star Boy,” by Paul Goble, one of the
available for purchase in
works from Goble’s Images of Love exhibition.
the South Dakota Art
Museum Store. The show runs through March 29.
On exhibit through April 19 is Harvey Dunn: Women in Red. Drawn
from SDAM’s outstanding collection of Dunn works, Women in Red is a
group of 12 Dunn images depicting women
wearing red garments. The intense red focuses
attention on the intensity of the women
wearing them. Many of these women in red
can be found in Dunn’s iconic pioneer
paintings. In blowing winds, snow and rain,
while fixing fences and pumping water—
even in Dunn’s masterpiece, The Prairie is My
Garden—the strength, fortitude and femininity
of pioneer women are emblazoned in these
skirts of red.
The South Dakota Art Museum is located
on the campus of SDSU in Brookings. For
more information, hours and directions, go to
www.sdstate.edu/southdakotaartmuseum.
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At left, “Woman in Red,” by Harvey Dunn.
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arts spotlight
ArtsCorr
Jami Lynn builds bridges with music
helps South Dakota youth
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Higbee uses writing to help students
“ move beyond themselves”
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ArtsCorr resident artist Paul Higbee
is a renowned South Dakota
storyteller. A feature writer and
columnist for South Dakota
Magazine, Higbee has also written
scripts for SD Public Broadcasting
and is the author of one fiction and
five nonfiction books. He was
named South Dakota Author of the
Year by the state’s Council of
Teachers of English in 2000. Since
1982, Higbee has been an
instructor for teachers and high
school students at Prairie Winds
writing conferences held across
South Dakota.
Higbee has been on the state
Arts Council’s teaching artist roster
for several years working with high
school students. He believes that
when it comes to writing,
incarcerated students and other
students have more in common
than they have differences—they
live in the same time, face many of
the same questions about moving
into adulthood and have similar
questions about what the world
means in the year 2015. While new
to ArtsCorr, Higbee spent time as a
case manager for youth in Court
Services programming, making
him comfortable with youth who
are moving forward after their lives
have hit some bumps.
“South Dakotans who know
my writing understand that I like
to find little-known, real-life stories
and develop them as fully as
possible,” Higbee said. “I know
students I’ll work with will have
connections to those sorts of stories,
and I want to help them recognize
the value of those stories and
develop them as best they can.”
Only a small percentage of
young people have an interest in
pursuing the arts professionally,
Higbee said. But most have things
to say, and they tend to believe
professional artists can guide them
toward unique and effective
expression. Some incarcerated
youth harbor significant anger, and
it’s good for them to learn that they
can express that anger without
resorting to hate speech.
“Angry or not, young people
should discover there are whole
worlds out there not connected to
their experiences and views,”
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Higbee said. “That’s the best thing
about writing: opportunities to
move beyond yourself.”
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Singer-songwriter Jami Lynn began
performing folk and bluegrass
music at the age of 13 and writing
songs at 16—which helps her
connect her art to students. She
recorded her first album while at
USD, then studied in Nashville
before returning to her roots in
South Dakota. Building on her
prairie heritage, she has recorded
several more albums and has toured
extensively in the Pacific Northwest
and throughout the Dakotas.
Her involvement with the
Artists In Schools & Communities
program of the South Dakota Arts
Council brought her an awareness
of the work of ArtsCorr. She plans
to bring a lot of hands-on
instrument time to her ArtsCorr
residencies, along with a
songwriting segment to enhance
students’ creative sides.
“I think the most powerful
element I bring to the table is the
banjo,” Jami Lynn said. “It’s a novel
Albright teaches that
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A visual artist who likes to explore
ideas and solve problems through
image-making, Ariadne Albright
has taught painting in K-12
classrooms, institutions of higher
education and, more recently, has
worked as an artist in residence in
healthcare environments. An active
visiting artist, freelance painter and
muralist, Albright has operated C.A.C.
Studios in South Dakota since 1997.
Albright became interested in
ArtsCorr after visiting with artistmentors Grete Bodøgaard and Bob
H. Miller, both longtime ArtsCorr
residency artists. Her familiarity
Photo by Dario Acosta
In 1995, a statewide task force was formed to develop a program to
provide arts opportunities and exposure to the arts for youth in the
state’s juvenile correctional facilities. The ArtsCorr program is
funded through the South Dakota Department of Corrections.
Professional artists and arts educators serve residencies at the
State Treatment and Rehabilitation (STAR) Academy near Custer to
provide hands-on experience as well as a creative incentive and
positive role models for the youth. In this issue we spotlight three
veteran SDAC residency artists who will begin working with
ArtsCorr students this year.
sound for many young people,
so it’s a great ice breaker. My
songwriting experience will allow
me to help young people express
themselves as well.”
Jami Lynn believes it is
important to demonstrate to all
young people why art has value in
their lives. Meeting with people
who create art also gives students—
and everyone who interacts with
artists—an idea of the opportunities
that are available should they
choose to pursue a career in art.
Connecting to others is one of the
chief goals of Jami Lynn’s
performances and songwriting
experience, she said.
“Art can be an incredibly
powerful tool when working with
young people,” she said. “It can
build bridges between ages,
backgrounds or languages. I’m
looking forward to building and
crossing those bridges through
music.”
art is part of the solution
with ArtsCorr encouraged her to
eagerly accept the chance to bring
her own art and education skills to
the program.
The tenets of the ArtsCorr
programs are aligned with her own
professional goals of supporting
wellness through arts and arts
engagement throughout the life
spectrum, she believes.
“My experience is, if you’ve
got a problem, art is part of the
solution,” Albright said. “ArtsCorr’s
services and the arts encourage our
young people to be aware of their
innate visual acuity, environmental
Residency artist Ariadne Albright facilitates an art project at Sanford Vermillion.
sensitivity and creative thinking
strategies, through the action of
making things.”
Albright said that her
experiences have taught her that
we all have creative contributions
to make if the artist can present
projects that are relevant, fun,
challenging and attainable to the
audience. Professionally, her
emphasis is to generate art-making
experiences that support wellness
in others.
The power of ArtsCorr,
Albright said, is that it gives young
people the opportunity to interact
with professional artists. Artists are
a dynamic, creative, committed and
disciplined group of people who
have developed ways to thrive in
cultures that might not share their
same values.
“Artist’s work requires one to
get comfortable with the unknown
and to become willing to try new
ways of working and thinking,”
she said. “These are transferable
skills that may fortify young people
with resilience while reminding
one another that life can be fun,
work is rewarding and we are
designed for a great purpose that
is ours to discover.”
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Accessibility is more than ramps and Braille programs
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By Adam Perry, Senior Program Director & Accessibility Coordinator, Arts Midwest
Last summer during a casual Saturday afternoon stroll
can walk down stairs unassisted just fine, thank you.
through Minneapolis, I ambled into a prominent local art
I reached out to the museum’s administrative staff and
museum to check out the galleries. When I pulled out my
asked that they consider using my unfortunate visit as a
wallet to pay the admission, the person behind the counter
training opportunity for their front of house personnel. I came
pointed to me and said, “You need to leave that at the desk.”
back a few months later with a blind colleague to lead a
hands-on learning session on working with blind and visually
I am legally blind. The “that” being referred to in this
impaired patrons. It was a valuable moment for all involved.
moment was my mobility cane. I was dumbfounded. Thus
The museum is now planning similar sessions with deaf
began an uncomfortable, but ultimately redeeming day at the
patrons and visitors with physical and cognitive disabilities.
museum.
Accessibility is not a box that is checked by making
I literally had to explain and demonstrate why I needed
accommodations
or complying with ADA requirements.
my cane to multiple visitor services representatives before I
Adam Perry
Accessibility is a mentality of inclusion and a celebration of
was “cleared” to tour the galleries with it. It was humiliating.
diversity. Ramps for wheelchairs, special seating, Braille
Instead of being just like any other patron I was singled out
programs, captioned and ASL interpreted performances, and guided tours
and treated with unfair scrutiny. I could not believe this was happening at
are all wonderful (and obligatory) accommodations that arts organizations
one of the world’s premiere arts institutions.
and spaces go out of their way to provide. But accommodations do not
As I made my way through the galleries, it struck me that my experience
matter if the people who need them do not feel welcome.
was probably not unique and that while the physical space was most likely
For arts and cultural organizations, including people with disabilities
very compliant with the rules and regulations required by the Americans
in every facet of the arts experience—from planning and staffing to
with Disabilities Act, the museum itself was not accessible. This feeling was
implementation and presentation—is the
only confirmed when I was asked to take
pathway to being fully accessible.
the elevator instead of the stairs by a
docent at the end of my tour. Blind people
VAC show explores the world of the “Midway”
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Take a look at the harsh reality of the classic American escape of a
carnival show. Midway: Photographs by Katie Adkins runs through
May 11 at the Visual Arts Center of the Washington Pavilion in
Sioux Falls. Midway explores the fusion of disparate relationships
that occur in the chaotic environment of a carnival. Perhaps the
most obvious of these is between the average carnival visitor, who
experiences the sights, sounds and smells of the fair as an outsider,
and the carnival workers, or carnies, who operate on the inside of
that world. The project started out as an exploration of the carnival
worker, but quickly morphed into something much larger. Once
Adkins began photographing carnival workers, she began to see
more through their eyes—the “fun rides” as huge metal machines,
the wide-eyed faces of children as economic reality for carnival
workers and real faces behind the garish colored suits and face
paint that mark the carnival show. These black and white images
show a different face of the “Midway.” For more information, go to
www.washingtonpavilion.org.
An untitled photograph by Katie Adkins exploring the world of the carnival
from an installation now on display at the Visual Arts Center at the
Washington Pavilion in downtown Sioux Falls.
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Remembering Grete Bodøgaard
Mountain culture celebrated
in photos at Dahl Arts Center
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Grete Bodøgaard, renowned Norwegian textile artist and
longtime South Dakota resident, died peacefully in the
Black Hills on December 22, 2014. Her lifelong dedication
to the arts in South Dakota and her love of her adopted
state endeared her to all in the arts community. Bodøgaard,
a former South Dakota Arts Council member, received the
Governor’s Award for Creative Achievement in 2003.
Excerpt from
Weaving Woman by Norma Wilson
for Grete Bodøgaard
Phenomenal woman, weaver of yarns
and grand constellations of beauty and truth,
Disaster re-minds us, how we are bound—
each to the other by love.
Like Penelope, you completed unique designs—
all but one colorful pattern left in your loom
as your brain, an adventurous seafarer,
began following stars up the Milky Way Road.
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Mountain life is the subject of the annual Dahl
Mountain Photo Competition and Exhibit, running
from March 20 through April 25 at the Dahl Arts Center
in Rapid City. Held in conjunction with the Rapid City
Journal, the Dahl Mountain Photo Competition, now
in its 11th year, is a juried photography exhibition based
on mountain culture. Judges will select the show
through a juried process. There are three exhibit
categories: youth (18 and under), adult amateur/
hobbyist and adult experienced/professional. Judges
will award first, second and third places in each category
plus a Best of Show Award. Dahl Arts Center visitors can
vote for the Peg Sagen Memorial People’s Choice Award,
announced after the exhibit closes. The event is held in
conjunction with the Banff Mountain Film Festival. For more
information, email [email protected] or call 605-394-4101.
“The Cathedral Spires: A Land of Enchantment,” by Chris Pelczarski, won
first place in the competition’s Experienced/Professional Division in 2014.
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Mitchell poet receives NEA writing fellowship
Barbara Duffey
Barbara Duffey, an assistant professor of English at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell,
has received a $25,000 Creative Writing Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Duffey, who teaches creative writing, composition and literature courses, in addition to
supervising the publication of the student literary magazine, “Prairie Winds,” has written poetry
for almost 25 years.
Duffey received her Ph.D. in literature and creative writing from the University of Utah, Salt
Lake City; a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Houston, and a Bachelor of Arts degree
from the University of Southern California.
She has “ancestral ties” to South Dakota, Duffey said, since her mother, Virginia, was raised in
Deadwood and Winner and her father, James Duffey, grew up in Brookings. Going back another
generation, her grandfather, George Duffey, taught at South Dakota State University for many years.
Duffey said she is considering using her fellowship money to rent a house and pay for child
care for her son, now two, and then devote the summer of 2016 to writing. Having become
fascinated by the history of Crete in an archaeology class, she is thinking of doing her writing in
Greece. Duffey grew up in Los Angeles and Albuquerque, NM, and now lives in Mitchell with
her husband and son.
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Veena player in concert at National Music Museum
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One of the world’s premier veena players, Nirmala Rajasekar, will showcase
the traditional Indian plucked string instrument and the Carnatic music of
India in concert at the National Music Museum (NMM) February 26 and 27.
Rajasekar will be accompanied by accomplished mridangam percussionist
Thanjavur Murugaboopathi.
Rajasekar has performed at Carnegie Hall, played for the president of
India and performs yearly at the December Festival of Music in Chennai,
India. A multi-award-winner, she was the first Indian classical musician to be
chosen as a Bush Artistic Fellow in 2006 and a McKnight Performing Artist
Fellow in 2010.
A performer on All India Radio since 1990, Rajasekar has recordings
under various record labels. She was featured as a guest artist by three-time
Grammy-winning group Sounds of Blackness on the Outstanding World Music
Album of the Year 2012. Her music is in BBC’s Library of World artists.
Rajasekar will play two concerts at NMM, the first in the Arne B. Larson
Concert Hall at the National Music Museum Thursday, February 26 at 7 p.m.
General admission tickets are $7.00, with senior and youth admission at
$4.00. The concert is free to USD students and to NMM members-with-benefits.
The Friday concert at 12:05 pm offers free admission to all. For more
information, go to www.usd.edu/nmm.
Indian musician Nirmala Rajasekar will appear in concert
at the National Music Museum in Vermillion February 26 and
27, accompanied by accomplished mridangam percussionist
Thanjavur Murugaboopathi.
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Poetry Out Loud state contest coming up March 16
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The state Poetry Out Loud competition will be held March 16 at Edison
Middle School in Sioux Falls. The program will begin at 1 pm, featuring
students from across South Dakota who have advanced to the state
competition through a school contest and a preliminary round of
competition. Students will each recite poetry through three rounds of
competition following the national Poetry Out Loud guidelines, and the
top student will advance to the national contest in Washington, D.C., April
27 through 29. Three students will also present their poems as the winners
of the original poetry component of South Dakota’s Poetry Out Loud
program. The contest is free and open to the public.
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NEA Chairman Jane Chu visits South Dakota
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By Michael Pangburn, South Dakota Arts Council Director
NEA Chairman Jane Chu visited South Dakota September 21
now in its 11th year. The afternoon concluded at Raven
through 23 on a whirlwind tour of Sioux Falls and the
Industries for a tour of the company’s large art collection and a
surrounding area. Her stay was packed with activities, including
presentation on Arc of Dreams, the latest SculptureWalk project,
the 27th annual Northern Plains Indian Arts Market, where she
which, when completed, will span the Big Sioux River in
visited with artists. The Sioux Falls Arts Council hosted a
downtown Sioux Falls.
conversation with city leaders about the city’s recently adopted
Chu was taken on an hour’s drive to Freeman, SD to meet
cultural plan. She also viewed the
with city leaders and discuss plans for
Meldrum Park Mural Project, partially
the Freeman Arts/Earth Center, the
funded by an NEA Our Town grant.
recent recipient of a $150,000 NEA Our
Later, Chu toured the Washington
Town grant. The center will be a new
Pavilion of Arts and Science and met
model for rural communities seeking
with local representatives to learn about
innovative approaches to restoring
other NEA-supported projects.
economic and cultural vitality by
The Pavilion and the South Dakota
combining arts training, performances
Arts Council hosted a Monday luncheon
and heritage food production under one
with the Chairman and representatives
roof. The master plan will ensure that
of major arts institutions that receive
the center is designed as an anchor
NEA funding as SDAC sub-grantees. The
institution with strategic connections to
luncheon was followed by a public event
other facilities and amenities in Freeman,
featuring an address by Dr. Chu and a
a small rural community of only 1,270
subsequent question-and-answer period.
residents.
During the afternoon the Chairman
Thanks to all those who shared their
was escorted on a walking tour of
vision of the arts in South Dakota with
NEA Chairman Dr. Jane Chu was welcomed to
downtown Sioux Falls and Avera
Dr. Chu during her visit to our state.
Sioux Falls and the surrounding area by South
McKennan Hospital to experience the
Dakota Arts Council Director Michael Pangburn
most recent installations of SculptureWalk,
during Chu’s recent visit to South Dakota.
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Brookings arts business conference inspires visual artists
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Entrepreneurial visual artists were invited to a conference held in Brookings
on December 6. Sponsored by the Brookings Economic Development
Corporation, the conference featured art business consultant Carolyn
Edlund with additional presentations by SDAC Director Michael Pangburn,
South Dakota Photographer of the Year Chad Phillips and certified business
coach Claudia Dail, among others. Further conferences focused on the
business of art are planned. For details and schedules of upcoming events,
contact Beth Knutson at [email protected] or call 605-697-8103.
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Michael Pangburn speaks to invited visual artists during the conference featuring art business
consultant Carolyn Edlund, sponsored by the Brookings Development Corporation.
In memoriam:
National Heritage Fellow LeRoy Graber
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It is with great sadness that the South Dakota Arts Council and
National Endowment for the Arts acknowledge the passing of 2009
National Heritage Fellow LeRoy Graber, a willow basketmaker from
Freeman. Graber learned to weave willow baskets from his grandfather,
Jacob Graber, who came to Dakota Territory
from the Ukraine in 1874. Known for his
award-winning dairy farm until his retirement, Graber demonstrated basketmaking
for more than 25 years, weaving both
willows and stories at Freeman’s annual
Schmeckfest. To ensure the perpetuation of
the tradition, he and his son Kim planted
acres of different kinds of willows on their
farm and Graber demonstrated the craft at
local schools. A participant in SDAC’s
Traditional Arts program, Graber also taught
basketmaking to South Dakota apprentices.
Touring Artists available for
performances and workshops
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Artists who are part of the South Dakota Arts Council’s Touring Arts roster
are available for performances and workshops presented by nonprofit
organizations in South Dakota communities. To book touring artists with
matching funds from the SDAC, sponsor organizations simply need to
contact the desired roster artist and ask about using touring arts money to
help pay for a performance. There is no application deadline for the touring
arts program, but matching funds are subject to availability. Information
about the program, how to book artists and the artist roster can be found at
www.artscouncil.sd.gov/ta/ or by contacting the South Dakota Arts
Council, 605-773-3301.
South Dakota Arts Council Touring Arts group Comfort Theatre Company.
MARCH
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DEADLINE
Arts Council grant deadline set for artists and organizations
South Dakota artists, arts
organizations and other nonprofit groups are invited to seek
grant support from the South
Dakota Arts Council to assist in
funding arts projects and
programs throughout the state.
South Dakota artists may apply
for funding through five grant
programs, including a new
category for emerging artists:
■ Artist Fellowships
of $5,000 are awarded to South
Dakota artists of exceptional
talent in any discipline or
medium to recognize past
Saddle by Robert Dennis. A Traditional Arts
artistic achievement and
Apprenticeship Grant supports an apprenticeencourage future artistic growth. ship between master artist Dennis of Red Owl,
and apprentice Paul Peterson from Faith.
■ Artist Career
Development Grants of $2,000
are designed to provide financial support to emerging artists
committed to advancing their work and careers as artists.
■ Artist Collaboration Grants encourage South
Dakota artists to collaborate among themselves or with an
out-of-state artist in the creation of a joint project or activity
that will significantly benefit the artists and the state. A
maximum of $6,000 may be requested.
■ Artist Project Grants between $1,000 and $2,000
provide matching dollars for talented South Dakota artists in
any discipline or medium to fund specific arts-related projects
that not only further the artist’s career but also benefit the
public in some way.
■ Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Grants promote
the continuation of folk and traditional arts and culture by
providing up to $4,000 in support of a master folk artist to teach
qualified apprentices.
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South Dakota nonprofit organizations can seek funding support in
the following categories this year:
■ Project Grants assist non-profit organizations in the
presentation of a single arts event or a series of similar and related
arts activities that benefit the general public.
■ Importation of Musicians Grants enable small South Dakota
orchestras that don’t receive funding in another grant category to
improve the quality of their performance seasons by importing
musicians from outside their local communities to supplement local
orchestra personnel.
Applicants have until March 2 to apply for projects and activities
that will occur July 1, 2015 - June 30, 2016. Applications are available
at www.artscouncil.sd.gov and must be submitted online through the
South Dakota Arts Council’s E-grant system. Hard-copy applications
submitted through the mail will not be accepted, with the exception of
Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Grants. Applicants are encouraged to
review the eligibility and requirements on the website before beginning
the application process. Arts Challenge and Statewide Services
Grants are awarded every other year. The next deadline for those
grant categories will be
March, 2016.
SDAC staff will be
available to help assess
specific needs and assist in
the development of grant
proposals for artists and nonprofit organizations. Contact
the South Dakota Arts Council
by calling 605-773-3301 or by
emailing [email protected]
with any questions.
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An Artist Collaboration Grant brought together noted writer Norma Wilson with visual
artist Nancy Losacker and supports an exhibition of their pairings of poems and visual
works. Above is the visual portion of “The Long View” pairing by Losacker.
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Eye on the Arts
South Dakota Arts Council Report from Michael Pangburn, Executive Director
Setting a course for the future
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As I mentioned briefly in my last
Arts Alive column, the State Arts
Council, with the cooperation and
assistance of South Dakotans for
the Arts, spent much of the last
year gathering and analyzing
public input to help inform a new
long range plan. The result of that
process is a Strategic Plan for
Growing the Arts in South Dakota,
which will guide the Council for
the next three years.
Public response indicated that
although the mission, goals,
programs and grants of SDAC’s
previous plan are still widely
supported, some of its priorities
need to be adjusted to fit the
changing needs of our constituents.
The need for greater public
awareness of SDAC and its
grantees’ programming emerged
as a top need from our partner
organizations. Artists expressed a
need for more frequent and deeper
opportunities to connect with one
another and for different ways of
communicating with the state
agency. Other major findings and
recommendations:
● A well-designed public
awareness campaign should be
implemented.
● A commitment to arts
education should continue to be a
major review criterion in the
awarding of SDAC grants.
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● A commitment to inclusion
should permeate SDAC’s grants
making process as a key review
criterion in determining funding.
● The role of arts and culture as
a method of promoting tourism in
the state has been insufficiently
embraced and should be developed.
● Better methods of engaging
and partnering with the Native
American community are needed.
In recognition of the public’s
general support of SDAC’s mission
and principles, the Council reaffirmed the public value statements
that have guided its policies for the
last three years. While our values
remain unchanged, the goals and
strategies in support of those values
have been reorganized, simplified,
focused and strengthened. We’re
not striking out in a completely
new direction, but we are changing
lanes and shifting gears. The six
goals adopted by the Council are:
Increase public awareness and support of the arts.
Advance the arts as essential to learning.
Raise the standards for access and inclusion in the arts.
Support artists through inclusive programs and networks.
Strengthen arts organizations as partners in education,
community and economic development.
Position the arts as essential to South Dakota tourism.
Artists in Residence applications due March 2
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South Dakota Arts Council is now accepting grant applications for its
Artists In Schools & Communities (AISC) residency program, which
provides matching grants to schools and other nonprofit organizations
for artists in residence. Applications must be received through the
SDAC’s online application system.
Grantees choose their artist from a roster of professional teaching
artists endorsed by the Arts Council. Disciplines include dance, literature, writing, music, theater, visual arts and traditional arts. A theater
residency could include classroom workshops or a full-length production
featuring local students at the end of the week. In the visual arts, choose
from pottery, painting, drawing, sculpting, murals, graphic design and
more. The traditional artists include residencies in cowboy culture,
American Indian hoop dancing and rodeo clowning.
To view the extensive list of roster artists and read about the
residencies offered, visit www.artscouncil.sd.gov/aisc/meetartist.aspx.
The deadline for artist in residence grant applications to be submitted
online is March 2; applicants will find the simple, online form available
at www.artscouncil.sd.gov/aisc/residency.aspx.
Visual SDAC Artist in Residence Bob H. Miller.
Cruse elected to Americans
for the Arts Advisory Council
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Rebecca Cruse
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Americans for the Arts, the leading organization for advancing the arts
and arts education in America, has elected Rebecca Cruse as a
member of the advisory council for the Arts Education Council. Cruse
will advise Americans for the Arts staff on developing programs and
services that build a deeper connection to the field and the network
membership. Through the Arts Education Council, Cruse will work
with fellow arts leaders to participate in and support network-specific
programs such as Arts in Education Week, Keep the Arts in Public
Schools, and more. Cruse has been the deputy director of the South
Dakota Arts Council since July 2009, where she directs arts education
and accessibility programming and serves as the communications
coordinator. She also serves on the advisory councils of the South
Dakota Alliance for Arts Education and the Community Arts Network.
Specific strategies have been
developed to assist in accomplishing
these goals. The new plan makes a
strong commitment to public
awareness and communication.
The Council has already
established a communications
work group that will ultimately
create and connect organizations
to an accessible, comprehensive
statewide public awareness
campaign. The campaign will
focus on the inclusion of ALL
South Dakotans in arts programs
and activities.
In addition, an Accessibility/
Inclusion Task Force of the
Community Arts Network Advisory
Council will spend the next year
collecting and sharing best practices
to guide arts organizations in
addressing equity issues at the
local level. SDAC will explore the
feasibility of adding a grant
category specifically designed to
reward programs that expand
inclusion and equal access to the
arts, with special consideration
given to the inclusion of the state’s
American Indian residents.
Due to budget cuts resulting in
the loss of art teachers and/or arts
programs, the state of arts
education in many South Dakota
schools is languishing. SDAC will
work with the SD Alliance for Arts
Education advisory committee to
develop an advocacy tool kit
tailored to the needs of South
Dakota communities.
In response to suggestions
from artists, SDAC and SoDA will
explore the creation of a new
online clearinghouse for information
and access to materials and services;
and will investigate collaborating
with organizations such as the
Arts Business Institute and First
Peoples Fund to expand training
opportunities for Native and nonNative artists.
Finally, the Council will proactively encourage grant proposals
from artists and organizations that
enhance community development
and livability through cultural
tourism. SDAC will explore the
viability of creating a specific grant
category to fund projects with a
direct cultural tourism focus.
A Strategic Plan for Growing
the Arts in South Dakota is
available on SDAC’s website,
www.artscouncil.sd.gov. Click on
the “About Us” tab at the top of the
home page.
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The Growing the Arts in South Dakota
cover artwork is “Ginkgo,” by the late
Marian Henjum, used with the gracious
permission of her family.
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Sculptor discusses Passage of Wind and Water project progress
October marked the end of
sculptor Masayuki Nagase’s second
summer of carving his design,
“Passage of Wind and Water,” into
the granite stones at Main Street
Square in Rapid City. Nagase has
finished 8 of the 21 pieces of granite
and will return in June of 2015 to
begin the project’s next phase. The
artist anticipates wrapping up the
five-year project in 2017. Nagase
describes the themes and inspiration
behind his overall design and his
work last summer:
even before I began the visual
design for them.
Two years ago, during the
artist selection process for this
project, the five final artists were
given an extensive group tour of
the region. I visited the site of
Wounded Knee on Pine Ridge
Reservation for the first time.
I was deeply moved as John Goes
In Center led us in a prayer for
those who lost their lives there.
I felt the deep challenge as an artist
to create a design that could express
the complex history of this region.
After doing the research and
background study for this project,
I chose the theme of Transformation,
Change and Hope: the aspiration of
all life in nature, including human
beings, to live in balance. In my
artwork, I always work with nature
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When I first began studying
the design of Main Street Square,
I was drawn to the three stones
completed this summer. Their
forms had a strong presence of
movement because of their
placement closest to one of the
35 foot tall spires. Stone #3 is the
tallest form in the Badlands
Tapestry Garden along Main Street
and it seemed to be a pair with
Stone #4. If you view them
together, you can “see” or envision
a sphere of energy in the empty
space between the two forms.
I could feel this strong movement
Three “Passage of Wind and Water”stones completed during Nagase’s 2014 summer of carving.
NEA Art Works grants announced
The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded Art Works grants to two South Dakota organizations.
A $20,000 grant in the Folk and Traditional Arts category was awarded to Cloud Horse Art Institute in Kyle
to support the teaching of Lakota folk arts and instruction in using theater and film to tell Native American
stories. Native youth classes in quill and bead work, hide painting, foodways, feather work and carving are
taught, along with writing and production techniques for telling their own stories with a Native American
perspective. A Challenge America grant for $10,000 was awarded to the Chamber Music Festival of Lead
to support the creation and presentation of the We Are One Virtual Choir. The choir will be created by
individually recording underserved and at-risk youth of the Black Hills and Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
The Orlando Chamber Soloists will accompany the children’s singing and percussion in a culminating
music video.
“Since coming to the NEA,” said Chairwoman Jane Chu, “I have
met with many NEA grantees and have seen first-hand the positive
impact they have on their communities. These projects will continue
to demonstrate the power the arts have to deepen values, build connections and foster an atmosphere of creativity and innovation both
at the community level and with individuals throughout the nation.”
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as the ultimate force that drives
the ever-changing and evolving
movement of life. My overall
concept for this project was to
express the power of nature as a
force that moves through time.
We experience this energy of
nature through the endless flow
of life, events, migrations, endings
and beginnings.
The designs of the last three
remaining stones in the Badlands
Garden arose in part from my sense
of grief and sorrow for the Lakota
people and what they endured and
survived. The visual design of
Stones #3 and #4 expresses the
powerful energy of nature that can
be destructive and also rejuvenating
of life. I chose the abstract image
of lightning-like energy coming
powerfully down with force that
can break and fracture. And at the
same time, this energy can be
transformed into root-like forms
underground that bring new life
and renewal. Visitors can discover
the patterns and the sense of fusion
of these energies traveling across
the surfaces of the stones: breaking
apart/shattering and creating new
life/growing.
This design theme then flows
onto Stone #2. The energy transforms into the flowing movement
of wind, connecting with the
overall main visual theme of the
Badlands Stone Tapestry Garden.
When one views the outside of
these stones, one can feel the
natural energy and movement of
wind that ties visually all the
stones along Main Street. And in
the future, this movement of wind
will continue upward onto the
design for the tall spire next to the
Badlands Stone Tapestry Garden.
To learn more about Rapid
City’s Passage of Wind and Water
sculpture project, visit the website
www.rcsculptureproject.com.
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ArtsVision
Planning for the future of the arts across South Dakota
SoDA sees opportunities for change, growth
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Nonprofit organizations are living organisms, and they shift with
changes in circumstances, board membership, and needs of the
community or constituency. If it’s responsive to its environment, an
organization with a few decades under its belt will have integrated
crew cuts and bell bottoms, blues and rap. 2015 will provide an
opportunity for SoDA to morph once again, as our Executive Director,
Pat Boyd, moves into the next phase of her work life. In Pat’s
absence, SoDA’s board will take this opportunity to undertake a
thorough spring cleaning.
We’re looking forward to digging through those LPs in the basement,
airing out the hand-stitched quilts, cleaning the cobwebs out of that
vintage trombone. We’ll buy new
tubes of paint and leaf through
our journals; we’ll try on our old
tap shoes and run some scales.
Remember those daring ideas we
“haven’t had time” to try, or innovative
approaches that worked somewhere
else? Well, we’ll just have to see what fits
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once we’ve flipped down our
welding helmets and stepped
on the gas.
When we’re finished, we
look forward to inviting you
Kristin Donnan Standard and Shunka.
to our newest production—
a streamlined, fresh
organization, responsive to your comments in our most recent
surveys, coordinated with our partner organizations and initiatives.
Ready to rock.
Photo by Ronda Simmons
By Kristin Donnan Standard, President, South Dakotans for the Arts Board of Directors
Join us in imagining the future—and in embracing change. That’s
what art’s about. Expression, passion, flexibility, work, joy and
creativity. Making your mark. Let’s take this moment to imagine what
we’d like to see, and then let’s make that.
And teach it. And support it. And advocate for it.
Art. It’s what we’re all about.
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South Dakotans for the Arts
takes pride in its grassroots
membership of individuals,
arts organizations and businesses.
Thank you for your part
in keeping the arts alive and
growing in South Dakota!
Memberships listed received as of January 12, 2015.
Member Organizations
Aberdeen Area Arts Council
Akta Lakota Museum, Chamberlain
Allied Arts Fund, Rapid City
Apex Gallery SDSM&T, Rapid City
Area Community Theatre of Mitchell
Artforms, Hill City
Artists of the Black Hills, Rapid City
Augustana Performing & Visual Arts,
Sioux Falls
Belle Fourche Arts Council
Black Hills Chamber Music Society,
Rapid City
Black Hills Community Theatre, Rapid City
Black Hills Crafters Network, Rapid City
Black Hills Dance Theatre, Rapid City
Black Hills Playhouse, Custer
Black Hills Showcase/Member Sweet
Adeline’s, Rapid City
Black Hills Symphony Orchestra, Rapid City
Brookings Arts Council
CAIRNS, Martin
Castlewood Arts Council
Center for Western Studies, Augustana
College, Sioux Falls
Centerville Community Arts Council
Children’s Care Hospital & School,
Sioux Falls
Children’s Museum of SD, Brookings
Comfort Theatre Company, Sioux Falls
Connecting Artists, Tyndall
Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation
Crystal Theatre Cultural Association,
Flandreau
Custer Area Arts Council
Dacotah Prairie Museum, Aberdeen
Dakota Artists Guild, Rapid City
Dakota Choral Union, Inc., Rapid City
Day County Arts Council, Webster
Deadwood History, Inc.
Discovery Movement Theatre, Vermillion
DSU Dakota Prairie Playhouse, Madison
Faulkton Area Arts Council, Faulkton
Friends of Aberdeen University/Civic
Symphony Orchestra
Harvey Dunn Memorial Society, Sioux Falls
Heritage Center at Red Cloud Indian School,
Pine Ridge
High Plains Arts Council, Gettysburg
Hill City Arts Council
Historic Homestake Opera House, Lead
Lead/Deadwood Arts Center
Madison Area Arts Council
Matthews Opera House & Arts Center,
Spearfish
Missouri Valley Arts Council, Chamberlain
National Music Museum, Vermillion
Northern Fort Playhouse, Britton
Pierre Players Inc.
Rapid City Arts Council at the Dahl,
Rapid City
Short Grass Arts Council, Pierre
Shoto-teien Japanese Gardens Inc.,
Sioux Falls
Singing Boys of Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls Arts Council
Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues Society
Sisseton Area Arts Council
South Dakota Art Educators Association,
Dell Rapids
South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings
South Dakota Bandmasters Association,
Rapid City
South Dakota Friends of Traditional Music,
Sioux Falls
South Dakota Humanities Council,
Brookings
South Dakota Music Teachers Association,
Brookings
South Dakota State Historical Society, Pierre
South Dakota State Poetry Society, Murdo
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra,
Sioux Falls
Springs Area Council of the Arts,
Wessington Springs
Sturgis Area Arts Council
Sturgis Center for the Arts
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Swiss Choral Society, Freeman
The Dance Network of SD, Pierre
The Journey Museum, Rapid City
University Art Galleries, Vermillion
Vermillion Area Arts Council
Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls
Yankton Area Arts & G.A.R Hall Gallery
Yankton Children’s Choir
Corporate Members
Artisia Fine Art Services, Sioux Falls
Con Brio Studio Bow Rehairing &
Restoration, Fulton
Destination Rapid City, Rapid City
Dragonfly Arts, LLC, Canton
Eastbank Art Gallery & Studio, Sioux Falls
Hot Pink Ink, Rapid City
Johns & Kosel, Lead
Mailway Printers, Sioux Falls
McCarthy Properties LLC, Rapid City
Periaktos Productions, LLC, Rapid City
Prairie Edge, Rapid City
Rapid River Gallery, Rapid City
Reptile Gardens, Rapid City
RSArchitects, Sioux Falls
Rug & Relic, Sioux Falls
SiouxLand Artistans Showcase, Sioux Falls
Thurman & Thurman, Sioux Falls
Turtle Island Jewels, Delmont
Warrior’s Work & Ben West Gallery,
Hill City
Individual Members
★ Denotes artist members
♦ Denotes teacher members
Guarantor
Jo Nugent, Spearfish
Benefactor
Amanda Amert & Doug Bacon, Chicago, IL
♦ Norman & Kathleen West, Yankton
Contributor
★ Ariadne Albright, Vermillion
★ LaVaughn Busse, Highmore
Richard & Sharon Cutler, Sioux Falls
Nadine Fidler, Spearfish
William V. Fischer, Ft. Pierre
Dody & Boyd Hopkins, Sioux Falls
Senator Tim & Barbara Johnson, Sioux Falls
★♦ Peter Kilian, Aberdeen
Dan & Arlene Kirby, Sioux Falls
Larry & Diane Ness, Yankton
★ Dr. Hollis & Marilyn Nipe, Watertown
★ Michael Pangburn, Pierre
Dr. Gon & Tiffany Sanchez, Fort Pierre
Ron & Priscilla Schmidt, Rapid City
★ Grant Standard & Kristin Donnan
Standard, Hill City
★ Jim & Sandy Szana, Pierre
Bob & Jennifer Weyrich, Rapid City
Mary F. Wohlenberg, Yankton
Sponsor
Dr. Bruce & Jacqueline Allen, Rapid City
Lynn & Diane Anderson, Sioux Falls
Lauren & Nathan Antonen, Arlington
Tom & Linda Bartholomew, Faulkton
Ruth Brennan, Rapid City
Anita Kealey & John Brannian, Sioux Falls
Janet Brown, Seattle, WA
Norma Cameron, Mitchell
Dr. Sandra Christenson, Valley Springs
♦ Ann Marie Davis, Sioux Falls
Beth, Deiter, Faulkton
★ Kris & Steve Egger, Sioux Falls
★ Chris Francis, Madison
♦ Cathy Frederickson, Tea
Jacque Fuller, Lead
Kathie & Rudy Gerstner, Yankton
Linda Mickelson Graham, Sioux Falls
★ Marilyn Hanson, Omaha, NE
★ Rick & Patt Hustead, Wall
Dr. James L. & Ardis Johnson, Brookings
Steven Zellmer & Kitty Kinsman, Rapid City
Pat Kosel, Naples, FL
Edith Lien, Spearfish
♦ John McIntyre, Sioux Falls
Jim & Susan Mollison, Pierre
Russell Nash, Pierre
Cheryl & Paul Nelson, Gettysburg
♦ Marcia & Marvin Olnes, Yankton
♦ Douglas & Sandra Pay, Sioux Falls
Tamara Pier, Rapid City
John & Jane Rasmussen, Sisseton
★♦ Daniel & Rebecca Schenk, Fort Pierre
Jeff & Katie Scherschligt, Sioux Falls
★♦ Larry Schou, Vermillion
Mary Torness, Sisseton
Dr. Merritt & Pamela Warren, Brookings
Robert & Kathleen Webb, Aberdeen
Jim & Cameon Wefso, Lead
Mark & Susan Wismer, Britton
Donor
Tad & Sandra Addy, Spearfish
★♦ Steve & Nancy Babbitt, Rapid City
♦ Dr. Margaret Downie Banks, Vermillion
Dr. John & Anne Barlow, Rapid City
Dr. Reuben & Marlowe Bareis, Rapid City
Stacy Braun, Aberdeen
Allen & Gloria Brown, Dell Rapids
Susan Callahan, Rapid City
Charlotte Stone Carey, Madison, WI
Dick & Ginger Carstensen, Sturgis
Dennis Hopfinger & Carolyn Clague,
Brookings
♦ Richard & Sharon Ehrhart, Yankton
★ David Allan & Janice Evans,
Dakota Dunes
Van & Barbara Fishback, Brookings
Rod & Glenna Fouberg, Aberdeen
★ Jill Frederick, Hartford
★ Carol Cook Geu, Dakota Dunes
Michael & Marnie Gould, Rapid City
♦ Tom & Beverly Groth, Piedmont
Susan & Tim Hanson, Vermillion
Jocelyn Hanson, Phoenix, AZ
Jeff Hallem, Pierre
Sue Hill, Yankton
Sandy Jerstad, Sioux Falls
Larry & Mary Jo Johnson, Pierre
★♦ Paula Manley & Jim Knutson, Spearfish
Dr. Dick Koch, Sioux Falls
Denise LaRue, Sturgis
★♦ Christine Leichtnam, Rapid City
Larry & Gail Lyngstad, Pierre
Carolyn Lindekugel Manlove, Custer
★ Pam Merchant, Brookings
★♦ Kent & Zindie Meyers, Spearfish
Doug & Mary Miller, Brookings
Karen Gundersen Olson, Rapid City
Tad & Carolyn Perry, Fort Pierre
★ Ken & Lavonne Pickering, Pierre
Holly Downing & David Post, Spearfish
Donna Robbennolt, Gettysburg
★★ Dick Termes & Markie Scholz, Spearfish
★ Lonnie & Vickie Schumacher, Fort Pierre
★ Vance & Virginia Sneve, Rapid City
★♦ Mary Snyder, Wentworth
♦ Clayton & Anella Southwick, Rapid City
★ Linda Stuerman-Purrington, Brookings
♦ Bob & Lori Sutton, Pierre
★ Graham & Anna Marie Thatcher,
Rapid City
Bill & Peg Torness, Sisseton
Paul & Karen Van Bockern, Sioux Falls
★ James L. Walker, Bath
Supporter
Tom & Patricia Adam, Pierre
Rosalie Aslesen, Spearfish
★ Phil & Jill Baker, Sioux Falls
Linda Balfany, Yankton
Addison & Patricia Ball, Rapid City
★♦ John Banasiak, Vermillion
Robert & Joann Barden, Pierre
★ Thom C. Berg, Aberdeen
Elizabeth Berg, Brookings
Tim & Bonnie Bjork, Pierre
★ Anne Bodman, Sturgis
★ Brian & Kaija Bonde, Sioux Falls
♦ Kay Bosanko, Aberdeen
Martha Brost, Sioux Falls
★♦ Rosemary Buchmann, Martin
Charlotte Carver, Sioux Falls
Jeb & Maureen Clarkson, Belle Fourche
Tami Comp, Winner
Ron & Rachel Conkling, Flandreau
Fred & Luella Cozad, Martin
Janet B. Cronin, Gettysburg
★ Marty Davidsohn, Sioux Falls
★ Margaret Denton, Brookings
★♦ Jan DeSloover, Chamberlain
★ Tom Eastburn, Hot Springs
Doug & Justine Estes, Rapid City
Mr. Frank L. Farrar, Britton
Robin Feimer, Yankton
Bob & Pat Fishback, Brookings
★ Allan & Eve Fisher, Madison
★♦ Ginny Freitag, Madison
★ Dr. Larry Green, Madison
★ Becky Grismer, Spearfish
Charles & Liz Gullickson, Sioux Falls
♦ Eric & Pris Hagen, Minneapolis, MN
Steve & Monica Harding, Pierre
★♦ Donna Hazelwood, Madison
★ Connie Herring, Sioux Falls
★ Paul & Janet Higbee, Spearfish
Susan Hines, Rapid City
★♦ Josh & Rose Ann Hofland, Sioux Falls
James & Kathleen Hood, Spearfish
♦ Erica Howell, Volga
★ Mildred K. Hugghins, Brookings
Joseph Isakson, Sioux Falls
Fee Jacobsen, Pierre
Thomas & Brenda Johnson, Yankton
★♦ Karen Kinder, Brookings
Deb & Peter Klebanoff, Baltic
Cheryl Kleppin, Wessington Springs
Lorraine Klingler, Belle Fourche
★♦ Dr. & Mrs. Wayne Knutson, Vermillion
★♦ Dr. John & Cheryl Koch, Freeman
★♦ Marilyn Kratz, Yankton
Merle & Virginia Larson, Yankton
★ Barry LeBeau, Rapid City
★ Rasma Lielmane, Philip
★♦ John Livingston, Brookings
★ John Lopez, Lemmon
Larry & Debera Lucas, Pickstown
Janet Madsen, Gettysburg
Norma Marks, Gettysburg
♦ Wendy Mendoza, Eagle Butte
★ Erica Merchant, Spearfish
★♦ Bob H. Miller, Rapid City
★ Michael Miller, Yankton
Dr. Lawrence & Elizabeth Mitchell,
Vermillion
Marcia Mitchell, Hill City
♦ Jody & Jim Moritz, Faulkton
♦ Rodney & Marla Mosiman, Onida
Mike & Kathi Mueller, Pierre
Ted & Karen Muenster, Vermillion
★ Lois Myers-Pelton, Sioux Falls
★ Darrel & Ginny Nelson, Rapid City
Janice Nicolay, Chester
Dr. James & Marilyn Nyberg, Yankton
★ Anita Paige, Mesa, AZ
★ Thom & Melanie Palm, Hermosa
Estelle Reierson Pearson, Sisseton
★ John Henry Peters, Sioux Falls
★ Bill Peterson, Canton
★ Paul & Julie Peterson, Sturgis
♦ Julie & Larry Poeppel, Gettysburg
Mr. & Mrs. Herschel Premack, Aberdeen
♦ Sharon Prendergast, Sisseton
Darrell & Dorothy Pulscher, Sturgis
★ Joan Putman, Raymond
★ Diana Rapp Mathisrud, Lead
★ Marshall Raeburn, Deadwood
★ Duane & Claudette Reichert,
New Underwood
★♦ Daryl & Ginny Reinicke, Rapid City
★★ Paul Horsted & Camille Riner, Custer
Fred & Priscilla Romkema, Spearfish
★ Crystal Ruzick-Friskney, Mendota
Heights, MN
★ John Rychtarik, Brookings
♦ Terry & Mary Lynn Ryan, Madison
♦ Sharon Schramm, Winner
Chuck & Bonny Schroyer, Pierre
★ Miles & Vickie Schumacher, Sioux Falls
Douglas & Beverly Searls, Rapid City
★♦ Marica Shannon, Mitchell
Ken Sheldon, Watertown
Craig Sherman, Yankton
★♦ Dr. Susanne Skyrm, Vermillion
Jackie & Geoff Slingsby, Rapid City
Cathy Sonnenschein, Pierre
★♦ Gary & Nan Steinley, Spearfish
★ Ann McKay Thompson, Sioux Falls
★♦ Judith Thompson, Orange City, IA
Lesta & Mike Turchen, Hill City
Patricia Rahja Van Gerpen, Pierre
Rita Wentworth, Yankton
★ Roberta Williams, Pierre
Ruth Williams, Wakonda
Janice Wilson, Rapid City
A. Jo Wohlenberg, Olivet
★♦ Lavina Wuger, Faulkton
★ Jean Wyss, Rapid City
★♦ Mark & Mary Zimmerman, Deadwood
Friend
Joey Aldern, Sioux Falls
★ Nancy Anne Barker, Hot Springs
★ Donna Lee Bartholow, Brookings
Irma Becker, Rapid City
♦ Jeannette Beemer, Pierre
Kathleen Bergeson, Yankton
♦ Marsha Bertsch, Yankton
Melanie & Norman Bliss, Sioux Falls
★♦ Sally Blomster, Wetonka
Johanna Bonds, Hill City
Susan Brugger, Brookings
★ Dallas Chief Eagle, Martin
Lyndall Cornette, Yankton
♦ James & Pat Croston, Sioux Falls
★♦ Laura Jane Dahle, Watertown
★♦ Ann & Tim Deckert, Rapid City
Tony Diem, Lead
★♦ Don & Mary Ann Downs, Rapid City
Verna L. Edinger, Plankinton
★♦ Nancy Fritz Howard, Sioux Falls
★ Barry Furze, Sturgis
Tom & Lynda Garaets, Pierre
Jan Garrity, Yankton
♦ Gary & Carmen Hansen, Rapid City
Jerry & Jackie Hanson, Sioux Falls
Harry & Helen Harryman, Pierre
★♦ Linda M. Hasselstrom, Hermosa
★ Roger & Marilyn Huntley, Yankton
Joan Irwin, Lead
★ Jim Lovell & Patty Johnson, Hot Springs
♦ Jean Keeler, Pierre
★ Jo Kerr-Lemke, Rapid City
♦ Deb Knowles, Rapid City
★ Dr. Harold & Phyllis Krueger, Sioux Falls
Laurel Lammers, Miller
★ Marianne Larsen, Sioux Falls
★ Kathy Larsen, Brookings
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★ Dr. Paul & Therese Leon, Aberdeen
Nick Lucas, Rapid City
Sheila Martin, Custer
Joseph & Norma McFadden, Houston, TX
Kathleen Nagel, Gettysburg
★ H. Jane Nauman, Custer
★♦ Sandra Newman, Rapid City
★♦ Rolf & Marcia Olson, Beresford
Betty Patten, Mitchell
★ Gordy Pratt, Spearfish
Greg Boris & Joan Reddy, Sioux Falls
★ Dr. & Mrs. Ron Reed, Rapid City
Francie Ruebel-Alberts, Sturgis
★ Phyllis Schrag, Sioux Falls
★♦ Lea Ann Schramm, Yankton
★ Lisa Shoemaker, Rapid City
★ Jan Sohl, Rapid City
Lois Sollie, Aberdeen
Margaret Sulentic, Deadwood
★ Kat Thompson, Whitewood
Rose Marie Tornow, Sioux Falls
★ Jo Vander Woude, Sioux Falls
★ Terry Hall & Kristi Vensand-Hall, Pierre
♦ Dennis & Julie Walkins, Spearfish
★ Martin Wanserski, Sioux Falls
Bill & Mary Ann Wieland, Aberdeen
★ Norma & Jerry Wilson, Vermillion
Sharon & Marty Winckler, Harrold
★♦ Milo Winter, Rapid City
Phyllis Wipf, Spearfish
Alice & Randy Wright, Pierre
★ Tom Zak, Vermillion
Jim Zeman, Deadwood
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Arts inspired leadership raises expectations.
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Jim Speirs, Sioux Falls, Vice Chair
Mary Bordeaux, Rapid City, Secretary
Lynne Byrne, Sioux Falls, Treasurer
Lynda Clark Adelstein, Rapid City
Brian Bonde, Sioux Falls
Paul Higbee, Spearfish
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Dahl hosts Governor’s Biennial exhibit
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The Dahl Arts Center in Rapid City is currently hosting the 6th South Dakota
Governor’s Biennial Art Exhibition, running through May 30 in the Stan Adelstein
and Lynda Clark Gallery. This exhibition is the premier showcase for artists living
and working in South Dakota. It serves as a celebration of the tremendous quality
and unique diversity of artistic creativity within the state. The biennial exhibition
and its catalog serve as historical records, sharing some of South Dakota’s best
works and best artists with statewide audiences now and in the future. The 6th
biennial is a completely juried competition, with an outside juror selecting over 49
artists to participate in the 2015 show. The South Dakota Governor’s Biennial Art
Exhibition was established in 2003 to recognize and encourage South Dakota
artists, to promote the artistic identity of South Dakota and to celebrate the cultural
and artistic heritage and future of South Dakota. For more information about
current exhibits at the Dahl, or about the Rapid City Arts Council, call 605-394-4101,
email [email protected] or go to www.thedahl.org.
“Advocate Valence - Levitating Above A Stock Pond,”
by Paul Peterson, Governor’s Biennial Best of Show.
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seeks state high school artworks
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The competition that puts the artwork of South Dakota
students in the nation’s Capitol is coming up, and the
South Dakota Arts Council, in cooperation with U.S.
Representative Kristi Noem, will begin accepting entries
March 1, 2015. Each spring, a nationwide high school art
competition is sponsored by the members of the U.S.
House of Representatives. The Congressional Art
Competition is an opportunity to recognize and encourage
the artistic talent in the nation, as well as in each
congressional district. High school art students and
teachers are encouraged to watch for more information
to be released soon, including submission deadlines and
prize information. News about the contest will be released on
the South Dakota Arts Council website as it becomes available,
www.artscouncil.sd.gov.
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18th annual Dakota MasterWorks winners chosen
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Senior artists from every corner of South Dakota participated in the 18th
annual Dakota MasterWorks art show and competition this year.
Professional judges awarded prizes in seven different media and two age
groups, artists 60 to 79 years of age, and those over 80. The competition
is sponsored by the South Dakota Health Care Association. Both of this
year’s Best of Show awards went to Watertown resident Doris SymensArmstrong for her two-dimensional work “Hands & Beads,” and for her
three-dimensional sculpture “His Wild Friends.” People’s Choice winners
were Vermillion artist Ruth Hesla for her oil painting “Lonesome Bird”
and Sioux Falls sculptor Robert TenCate for “Dakota Wind.” For information on all the 2014 winners or on next year’s show, contact SDHCA at
605-339-2071 or go to www.sdhca.org.
2014 Best of Show award winner Doris Symens-Armstrong’s “Hands & Beads.”
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