ArtsAlive
Autumn 2018 Sharing our creative culture
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“Canyon Gold” by Jenny Braig, is one of the works in the Artists of the Black Hills annual exhibit at The Dahl Arts Center in Rapid City (see page 6). A South Dakota Arts Council grant recipient, Braig’s work was purchased for South Dakota’s Art for State Buildings program. Her commissioned paintings hang in the Public Library in Sioux Falls and the Federal Building in Huron, in addition to private collections. To see more of Jenny Braig’s works, visit www.artistsoftheblackhills.com/ artists/jenny-braig.
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6 Arts Alive South Dakota is published by Arts South Dakota PO Box 2496 Sioux Falls, SD 57101-2496 605-252-5979 Send story ideas, arts photos or article submissions to Thurman & Thurman, Arts Alive editors, PO Box 1713, Sioux Falls, SD 57101 or by email to tandt@sio.midco.net. Please enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope if you wish mailed material returned to you. Page 2
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Elevated Art: Faulkton is a city of murals
Rapid City Arts Council celebrates a half century
Groundbreaking ceremonies held for new Oglala Lakota Artspace in Kyle
A conversation with South Dakota Arts Council Artist Fellow Zach DeBoer
Mailing address change?
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Leola is state’s newest community arts council
Vote smART: Check out the Arts South Dakota Candidate Survey results for 2018
Call for artists: Be part of the Governor’s 8th Biennial Exhibition
2018 Arts & Education Conference focuses on collaboration
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November 15 is nomination deadline for
Governors ’ Awards in the Arts Arts South Dakota and the South Dakota Arts Council co-sponsor the biennial Governor’s Awards in the Arts every two years to recognize individuals and businesses who have made a statewide impact through artistic excellence or outstanding support of the arts.
The classifications for these awards are:
◆ Distinction in Creative Achievement:
Nominees in this lifetime achievement category should be individual artists who have made significant contributions in any of the various arts disciplines.
◆ Outstanding Service in Arts Education:
Nominees in this lifetime achievement category should be individuals who have made significant contributions to arts education as a teacher, mentor or catalyst.
◆ Outstanding Support of the Arts by an Individual: Nominees in this lifetime
achievement category should be individuals who have made outstanding contributions in supporting and encouraging the arts with their time, talent or funding.
◆ Outstanding Support of the Arts by an Organization
or Business: Nominees in this lifetime achievement category
should be an organization, business or corporation that has demonstrated leadership in supporting and encouraging the arts through time, talent and funding, or by funding and presenting projects by South Dakota artists for public education and enjoyment.
◆ Outstanding Support of the Arts to Native Nations
with Lands in South Dakota: This award will be given to an
individual, organization or business from South Dakota that has made significant contributions through the arts to Native nations with lands in South Dakota. The recipient will have demonstrated strong arts traditions and revitalization in Native communities by promoting social justice and cultural understanding.
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2017 Governor’s Awards in the Arts winners were, left to right, Christine Goldsmith, Amy Cerney, Steve Babbitt, the late Graham Thatcher, Anna Marie Thatcher, Ward Whitwam and Michael Pangburn.
he Governor’s Awards in the Arts will be presented at the Ramkota Hotel & Conference Center in Pierre on February 12, 2019. Recipients must be present to accept the award. Nominations may be made by an organization, institution or individual and must be postmarked no later than November 15, 2018. Employees and board members of Arts South Dakota and the South Dakota Arts Council are not eligible for these awards. For nomination forms and more information on making a nomination, go to www.artssouthdakota.org.
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Elevated Art Murals celebrate Faulkton’s creative commitment
isible for miles around this northeastern community, Faulkton’s latest mural project soars into the sky. Painted on the Agtegra grain elevator, the work of Australian muralist Guido van Helten depicts the youthful spirit of this artistic town, where murals throughout the community show a commitment to creativity. The towering mural concept began with Dave Hedt, Faulkton entrepreneur and transplanted Australian. The murals of van Helten, now visible in communities around the world, (check it out at www.guidovanhelten.com or on Facebook and Instagram) began near Hedt’s Australian hometown. “Aussie Dave had heard that where these soaring mural projects had happened, the local economy took a huge jump because of visitors coming to the site,” said Linda Bartholomew, one of the original members of the Faulkton Area Arts Council. “He did some investigating and realized this was something to be pursued and could be literally something big for Faulkton.” Van Helten was invited to Faulkton, where he met with arts council members, economic development officials and residents, all of whom were excited that the international muralist was willing to transform the local elevator. A committee was formed and fundraising and grant writing began, leading to a South Dakota Arts Council grant and an outpouring of regional support. Guido made a return visit in 2017, living in the area for about three weeks, taking photographs and getting to know the Faulkton geography and people. During the summer, van Helten went up in a soaring lift arm basket, working on three sides of the elevator tower. The vertical mural, completed September 1, depicts a prairie boy and girl, connected by flying hats that symbolize the western culture and the lofty aspirations of this community dedicated to public art.
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Guido van Helten at work on the Faulkton mural. Photos this page courtesy of Crystal Kopecky.
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Faulkton is a city of murals By Jody Moritz
Public murals have been a strong focus of the Faulkton Area Arts Council, bringing the cultural heritage and creative energy of the community to life. In 1982, when Faulkton celebrated its centennial, the courtroom was repainted and murals painted in 1905-06 by Charles T. Greener were uncovered. A landscape and portrait artist who also painted people’s homes to make a living, Greener created two murals for the Faulk County Courtroom which had been half painted over, with a suspended ceiling covering the upper halves. In 1990, a team of conservators restored the courtroom murals and the room now features a portrait of Greener near his century-old work. Also in 1982, the Faulkton Area Arts Council undertook a project to have a Faulkton Centennial mural painted. Dorothy Eschenbaum’s design was chosen and artist-in-residence Mary Wipf spent two weeks leading community members and school children in painting the mural. In 1993, the mural was moved inside the town’s historic carousel building, with restoration painting done by Wipf. In 2015, the local arts council planned a quilt mural from a design by high school student Alyssa Meyer. Another two-week SDAC artist residency with Altman Studeny brought that drawing, along with Faulkton’s courthouse and Pickler Mansion, to life. Studeny returned to Faulkton to work with students and the community in the fall of 2017 to add to the Quilter’s Corner mural. Last year, I read a story about the last wild buffalo shot in
the county in 1883. The historical society had just repainted the west side of our museum building with primer remaining from the Quilter’s Corner mural. Artists Jonathan Imafidor and Dotun Popoola of Nigeria were invited to town by the local arts council to paint the story of the last wild buffalo hunt in Faulk County. Community members provided room and board for them and the arts council funded the project, preserving a story from our history in art. “We believe in possible” is the Faulkton motto. We have dreamed about these projects and believed in them and we know some dreams really do come true.
The van Helten mural is the latest of the many murals that Faulkton has added to the public face of the community. The trend goes back over a century, but it was after the creation of the Faulkton Arts Council in the 1970s that the mural phenomenon really took off. (For more about the Faulkton murals, see the story above.) “Investing in public works of art like murals helps add a level of vibrancy to our town,” Bartholomew said. “It helps define and beautify Faulkton as well as instill a deep sense of community pride.” Faulkton has installed viewing posts on three sides of the van Helten mural;
panels explaining the process and the genesis of the towering work are still in the planning stages. The project was supported by the local arts council in association with the Faulkton Area Economic Development Corporation —an organization that understands the impact of quality of life investments like public art. “There is an energy in Faulkton that is expressed by our community motto, We believe in possible,” said Troy Hadrick, president of the development corporation. “Businesses and families are attracted to communities that can come together to make wonderful things happen—and the van Helten mural project dramatizes that, in Faulkton, we do just that!” Visit www.faulktonsd.com to see video views of the elevator mural.
Photo by Crystal Kopecky.
“The Last Buffalo Hunt,” by Jonathan Imafidor and Dotun Popoola.
Guido van Helten works from his lift basket as Faulkton’s newest mural rises above the prairie landscape. Photo by Patrick Baker.
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Rapid City Arts Council Five decades after incorporating as one of South Dakota’s first community arts organizations, the Rapid City Arts Council is still finding collaborative ways to celebrate creativity in the Black Hills region. An excellent example are two of the RCAC’s current shows, the Artists of the Black Hills 13th Annual Exhibition and the 23rd Annual Northern Plains Watercolor Society show, both on display now at the Dahl Arts Center in downtown Rapid City. Showcasing the work of over 50 regional artists, the two exhibitions include watercolor and diverse media painting, sculpture, pastels, photography, printmaking, jewelry, collage and assemblage. While these shows are annual events, each year brings new artistic visions to the Dahl—one of the main purposes for which the arts center was created. The arts council works to bring the arts and people together to inspire creativity and innovation and to encourage diversity through dynamic partnerships—among those partnerships is an historic link to Rapid City municipal government. That public-private partnership helped to create the Dahl Arts Center, owned by the city and managed by the Rapid City Arts Council.
The Dahl Arts Center was the brainchild of Art Dahl, (shown above with Mrs. Dahl) after he commissioned Bernard P. Thomas to design and paint a mural depicting America’s economic growth. Securing a building to house the work was necessary and the Dahl Arts Center became the answer. The Rapid City Arts Council board of directors agreed to assume the center’s development and management at Dahl’s request.
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celebrates
a half century of creativity
“Icarus Falling Now,” by Sharon Grey, is part of the 23rd Annual Northern Plains Watercolor Society show on display at the Dahl through October 20, 2018.
The Dahl grew from a place to house a 200-foot mural depicting America’s economic growth into a home for a theater and a dedicated art gallery. By 2000, more space was needed for the popular cultural center and fundraising was successful, resulting in a more flexible event venue. The expanded Dahl Arts Center, opened in 2008, now covers the 7th Street block from Kansas City to Quincy Streets and includes three galleries, cyclorama mural, an event and performance center, visual arts classrooms, an emerging artists’ performance gallery and art collection storage rooms. While the Dahl provides the Rapid City Arts Council with space for staff and a public face through art exhibits, the organization fulfills its creative mission through innovative programming. In addition to visual arts, that programming includes performing arts and arts education programs, as well as support for artists and arts organizations in the community. The diversity of art expression and demographics promoted by the Rapid City Arts Council has been impressive throughout the “Reed Dancer,” by Jim Green, on display through half century of the group’s existence. October 27, 2018 in the Artists of the Black Hills 13th Annual Exhibition at the Dahl.
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One of the most colorful and public examples is Art Alley, located in downtown Rapid City between 6th and 7th, and Main and Saint Joseph Streets, which emerged as an organic, community gallery in 2003. In the beginning, artists hung large canvas artworks on the walls. Over time the space evolved with artists painting directly on the walls, which feature unique works of art and political expressions about community and global issues. Art Alley has a fluid nature and changes often through a permitting process for painters. The Alley has become a must-see spot for artists, local residents and tourists. The Rapid City community arts council has a variety of programs that connect with young people, including the Teaching Artists Program (TAP), which bridges a deficit in Rapid City public elementary schools by bringing free, standardsaligned art education to classrooms. TAP began as a community outreach partnership between The Sculpture Project: Passage of Wind and Water and the Rapid City Arts Council to develop advocacy and support for arts education by strengthening the connection between Rapid City’s arts community, the education community and the community as a whole. The Rapid City Arts Council works to illustrate that art and culture benefit the community’s economic development and quality of life. The group took the lead in the implementation of community initiatives including the Rapid City Cultural Plan, Arts and Economic Prosperity Study 5 and other collaborative opportunities.
The results proved the impact of the arts industry and working artists on the life of the community and the state. The cultural advocacy and leadership provided by the Rapid City arts community has been recognized nationally. This year, Rapid City ranked eighth on the list of top 10 most vibrant arts communities with a population over 100,000 and under a million. The survey was conducted by the National Center for Arts Research, which rated 900 communities across the country in its Arts Vibrancy Index. The Rapid City group will be celebrating that vibrancy—and its 50th anniversary—at this year’s The Goods arts evening November 9. The Goods is an annual fundraiser for the Rapid City Arts Council’s programs and is a celebration of art, wine, food and friends, with entertainment and a lottery-sale exhibition, silent auction and raffle. Over 60 artists generously donate 8” by 8” artworks created specifically for The Goods. Each piece is anonymous, placing emerging and established artists on an even playing field. Ticket holders sign up for the pieces they would like to own and one winner is selected in a lottery drawing, taking each piece home for $125. To participate in The Goods, explore current exhibitions and events or join the celebration of the Rapid City Arts Council’s 50th anniversary, visit www.thedahl.org. “We’re excited about celebrating a half century of the arts in Rapid City,” said Gabrielle Seeley, an arts educator and board president for the Rapid City Arts Council. “As colorful as the first 50 years have been, we’re really looking forward to the creative opportunities in the decades ahead.”
Tyler Read works with students at South Canyon Middle School as part of the Rapid City Arts Council’s Teaching Artists Program.
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This rendering by Encompass Architects shows the perspective view of the canopy.
Oglala Lakota Artspace breaks ground in Pine Ridge Reservation By Sarah Elisabeth Sawyer (Choctaw Nation), Artist in Business Leadership Fellow 2015
he kind of place everyone dreams of. That is how artist and First Peoples Fund staff member Bryan Parker (White Mountain Apache, Muscogee Creek, Mississippi Choctaw) describes the Oglala Lakota Artspace, a first of its kind facility for the Pine Ridge Reservation. A groundbreaking ceremony was held September 27 for the unique arts center. The 8,500 square foot Native arts and cultural center, a collaboration between Lakota Funds, First Peoples Fund and Artspace, will provide a home base for the work of the Rolling Rez Arts Bus and an expanded opportunity for nurturing the creative economy and arts ecosystem in the reservation. Located in Kyle, South Dakota, the $2.75 million Oglala Lakota Artspace is scheduled for completion near the end of 2019 and will be in close proximity to the Pine Ridge Area Chamber of Commerce, the Lakota Prairie Ranch Resort, Oglala Lakota College and Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation. Oglala Lakota architect Tammy Eagle Bull and her Omahabased firm, Encompass Architects, have incorporated Indigenous artistry from the start, with the team turning to Lakota star
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Individual artist studios.
Shared workspace for group collaboration that can double as a small performance space. Recording and sound studio.
Computer lab and classroom space.
Commercial space for arts-related businesses.
Native art gallery and gift shop, including a place to buy art materials and for visitors to shop. Storefront for Lakota Federal Credit Union. Home base for First Peoples Fund’s youth development spoken word program, Dances With Words, and a garage for the Rolling Rez Arts Bus.
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knowledge in designing Oglala Lakota Artspace. Community engagement sessions also helped shape the building’s design and function, with more community engagement sessions planned for the future to help guide programming and events for the space. As a result, the mixed-use facility itself will be a reflection of the community it is serving. “We’re all coming together to do something for the greater good of the community,” said Parker, the Rolling Rez Arts coordinator, painter and filmmaker. “It is a space that is going to help support existing artists in our community and hopefully inspire new ones as well.” Additionally, artists will be able to rent the studio spaces, setting them up to share their art with visitors, including tourist traffic through the busy corridor. “The studios give them a more professional setting,” Parker said. “It gives the artists more exposure and helps them develop ways to talk to clients—people like gallery owners and managers. It’s good training.” Parker is especially excited to see how the space impacts the work the Rolling Rez Arts Bus does in Pine Ridge. The precursor to everything the Oglala Lakota Artspace will be, the Rolling Rez Arts bus has already logged over 8,000 miles and served more than 400 artists by providing art and business training, financial resources, banking services and art buyers to the vast reservation. Now it hopes to bring those artists, and new ones, to the Oglala Lakota Artspace. “It’s almost like the bus is going to be a moving billboard that is going out and investing in the community,” Parker said. “It will help show people what is going to take place in the building. It’s like, ‘Wow, you think this bus is great—come to the building and see what we’ve got going there.’”
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The Rolling Rez Arts Bus. Photo by Bird Runningwater.
The Oglala Lakota Artspace facility will be a reservation based, Native-run program administered by Artspace, Lakota Funds and First Peoples Fund through the Oglala Lakota Artspace LLC. To date, the OLAS has been funded by the Bush Foundation, Economic Development Administration, Ford Foundation, Hayes Fund and Mary Rice Fund of HRK Foundation, Hearst Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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An aerial view of the planned Oglala Lakota Artspace building. Rendering by Encompass Architects.
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Bringing people together through public art
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a conversation with
ach year the South Dakota neighborhood association and Zach DeBoer, Arts Council selects a Downtown Sioux Falls Inc. to SDAC Artist Fellow group of South Dakota create works of art that engaged artists to receive the Artist the community in interesting, Fellowship grant rewarding new ways. While not strictly individual artistic excellence. art-related, it also gave me the The $5,000 Fellowships, awarded time to run for city council in through a competitive grant Sioux Falls this past spring. process, reflect the variety and quality of art being produced in What are the unique South Dakota. challenges and rewards of A graduate of the University being an Artist In Schools & of South Dakota, Zach DeBoer is Communities? the owner of Exposure Gallery & Studios in Sioux Falls and a South Adjusting your lesson plan to fit Dakota Arts Council Artist In the personalities, abilities and Schools & Communities. DeBoer’s backgrounds of whatever group residency projects bring commuyou’re working with that week nities together for a series of can sometimes be tricky and creative workshops. As an artist require extra thought. However, and an active member of his I also view that challenge as a community, DeBoer has exhibited reward. Being forced to adapt his artwork in numerous venues and switch up my plans keeps me across the region and organized on my toes and keeps my ideas art events both at his own gallery fresh. I also love exploring and and other locations including public art murals, demonstrations, getting to know new towns I might not have visited if I weren’t artist business coaching and various tactical urbanism projects. a part of the program.
Arts Alive: How has your contact with art in a gallery setting with other artists affected your own art?
Zach DeBoer: When I opened my gallery, I started having less
and less time to concentrate on making my own artwork. I found a way to channel my creative energy into organizing art events, public murals and other collaborative projects where I could create artwork alongside groups of people. I see art as a tool that can be used to solve so many problems that face our communities: crime, personal health, traffic safety and other challenges can all be positively affected through the arts. Art is a universal answer and language that we can all benefit from.
What did this Fellowship allow you to explore as an artist? The Fellowship allowed me the time to work on a variety of projects including two street murals, a utility box wrap and two large scale art events. I was able to work more collaboratively with different groups like my
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Do you find that the geography or people of South Dakota have influenced your work? Between the two, the people influence my work more. Since most of my work is collaborative in nature, how and what is created depends entirely on who I’m working with. While not the same as geography, the environment where I install or create my projects also greatly effects the final product.
What are your artistic goals for the next year?
I hope to continue to work in the public realm to create projects that bring people together and create unique places. I also want to expand my work outside of Sioux Falls and start engaging with smaller rural communities to use art, design and community building to create change in their towns. Zach DeBoer helps kids to create at Riverfest in downtown Sioux Falls.
Leola Arts Council
The Lutheran Ladies entertained a sellout crowd in June.
explores new ways to promote the arts
The newest community arts council in South Dakota is in Leola, where providing local entertainment and connecting with arts in education has spurred organizational efforts. The community excitement that led to the local arts council’s formation began in 2017 with planning for the biennial Rhubarb Festival. The committee in charge of the event decided to book several entertainment performances, including Milo the Silo, a comedy act, and an afternoon of musical talent. “That endeavor lead to a successful fundraising and positive community response to the entertainment,”said Gayle Seibel, president of the Leola Arts Council. “So we decided to continue to find ways to promote and bring entertainment to the community and expand the definition of arts in Leola.” This past June, the new arts group hosted The Lutheran Ladies, a sellout comedy that included a church basement buffet dinner before the performance. In August, the Storybook Land Theater players presented Curious George and the Golden Meatball at the local school for the children. For back to school in September, the Leola group promoted the observance of National Arts in Education Week, with the arts council coordinating a project in the K-6 classrooms with the Leola
Leola residents enjoy the Funky Finds Fest.
Top photos courtesy of McPherson County Herald.
Storybook Land Theater’s “Curious George and the Golden Meatball.”
School teachers. As busy as this year has been, the Leola Arts Council is always planning for the future. “We hosted a fundraiser that we hope will become an annual event for us, Funky Finds Fest, a combined craft show and flea market,” Seibel said. “The proceeds will be designated for visual and performing arts in the Leola School.” The organization is also currently looking to book entertainment acts for the 2019 Rhubarb Festival and considering painting a mural on a downtown vacant wall, working with the Leola School and students. Building on their success, the local council is also doing a December event and a spring garden event as fundraisers. Seibel said that Arts South Dakota has been a valuable resource to the new community organization. “They have given a great deal of encouragement to keep us moving forward, along with direction on applying for a grant in 2019,” she said. “The State Arts Conference was really beneficial, as it gave us the opportunity to meet so many other arts council members in South Dakota.”
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Candidates respond to Arts South Dakota survey
s a service to our statewide membership, Arts South Dakota conducted a survey of South Dakota’s candidates, asking for their perspectives on the arts and government. To see the responses from candidates for the U.S. Representative, Governor and State Legislator offices, go to www.artssouthdakota.org. “The opinions of our candidates are important to our state’s creative environment,” said Jim Speirs, executive director of Arts South Dakota. “Grassroots support for the arts in South Dakota is strong and growing—and we wanted to hear for ourselves whether our candidates for elected office are hearing the voices of South Dakotans about the arts and their impact on all our lives.”
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Kristi Noem:
“Growing up, the arts—music, in particular—was a big part of our family’s life. At one point, I think my dad even hoped we’d have a family band! Today, my sister-inlaw carries the creative torch as an artist herself. That appreciation for the arts is alive in much of South Dakota and has produced incredible talent, including Oscar Howe, Terry Redlin, Dale Lamphere, Kristi Noem Benjamin Victor and others. As a member of the U.S. House, I’ve looked to celebrate that creativity through the Congressional Art Competition. I was blown away by the young artists we have in our state, most of whom were supported by dedicated teachers. While athletes get to celebrate their accomplishments with regular game-time victories, there isn’t always that community of celebration for our young artists. As such, it was special to recognize these students by hanging their artwork in the U.S. Capitol. As governor, I will continue to foster that kind of supportive environment for South Dakota’s arts community, something only made possible because of organizations like this. Thank you for all you do to enrich South Dakota.”
Libertarian party candidate for governor Kurt Evans chose not to participate in this year’s arts survey. Republican candidate Kristi Noem did not complete the survey but provided the statement below. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Billie Sutton completed the survey and provided the answers included in the statement below and on the survey response page at www.artssouthdakota.org. Candidates are listed alphabetically.
Billie Sutton:
“I have seen the benefits of the arts in our schools, communities and families. Music, the visual arts, writing and poetry, the performing arts and design/architecture offer so much to all of us—but especially to our youth. They give young people confidence, creativity and a sense of place. Art education is also very important to developing well-rounded students who have Billie Sutton had the chance to explore their multiple forms of intelligence. As governor I will be an advocate for the arts in our schools. I support the collaborative efforts made by the legislature, the hospitality and tourism industry and previous governors to create a dedicated funding source for promotion of tourism and the arts. Any future changes in the current structure should be a result of working together with all parties, including the arts community. The arts are tremendously important to all South Dakotans. They play a vital role in education, economic development, and tourism. Even more importantly, they help us all to have a greater appreciation for our unique culture and identity as South Dakotans. I believe South Dakota should support and encourage the arts in communities all across the state, and I look forward to advocating for the arts as governor.”
Check out the survey responses and VOTE smART!
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As the state’s only arts advocacy group, Arts South Dakota is the public partner to the state arts agency. We do not endorse candidates for public office and all responses are published verbatim. Candidates are listed alphabetically. For complete results, go to www.artssouthdakota.org, where you will find: ● South Dakota U.S. House of Representatives survey responses ● South Dakota Gubernatorial survey responses ● 2018 Congressional Report Card ● South Dakota House survey responses ● South Dakota Senate survey responses ● All candidate survey questions For more information on arts advocacy and this year’s elections, visit www.ArtsActionFund.org or www.artssouthdakota.org.
Artists currently living in South Dakota are invited to submit artworks for consideration for the South Dakota Governor’s 8th Biennial Art Exhibition. This juried traveling exhibition is the premier showcase for artists currently living in the state and is a celebration of the tremendous quality and unique diversity of visual art being produced here and now. The biennial exhibitions are important landmarks in South Dakota art history. The exhibition shares some of the state’s best artworks with visiting audiences at multiple exhibiting institutions across the state through the course of the one-year traveling show. The catalog is an important historical record of the state’s current artists and art practices for future generations. South Dakota artists have the opportunity to make their mark on state history by having their works collected and preserved in significant public art collections. A limited number of artworks will be selected for this exhibition through a competitive process, juried by representatives of the exhibiting and collecting institutions. Scheduled stops for the Governor’s Biennial Exhibition will
Visitors to the Washington Pavilion in Sioux Falls discuss artwork from the South Dakota Governor’s 7th Biennial Art Exhibition.
be the South Dakota Art Museum in Brookings, January 25-April 20, 2019; the Dahl Arts Center in Rapid City, May 3-August 17, 2019; the John A. Day Gallery at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, August 30October 11, 2019, and the Washington Pavilion in Sioux Falls, October 26, 2019-January 19, 2020. The submission deadline is October 28, 2018, with acceptance notices emailed on November 13. Artworks will need to be delivered December 3-21, and all artwork will be returned after the close of the exhibition, January 20, 2020. All entries must be submitted online via CallForEntry.org. Artists will need to set up a free profile on the site before applying at www.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=5574. Jurors for the 8th Governor’s Biennial are Denise DuBroy, Curator, Dahl Arts Center; Jodi Lundgren, Curator, South Dakota Art Museum; Sarah Odens, Curator, Washington Pavilion, and Kate Skelly, Director, University Art Galleries, University of South Dakota.
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First Lady’s Art Showcase spotlights 28 artists
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First Lady Linda Daugaard has announced the names of the 28 South Dakota artists who will display their talent at the First Lady’s Prairie Art Showcase, scheduled this year for October 27 in Pierre. The event is held in conjunction with the annual Governor’s Invitational Pheasant Hunt, which draws regional and national participants to experience South Dakota’s landscape, hunting and arts. “Art plays such a vital role in our state’s history,” Daugaard said. “I invite all to attend this year’s Art Showcase and view South Dakota talent on display. From jewelry and pottery to photography and painting, there is something for everyone.” The First Lady’s Prairie Art Showcase is open for public viewing on Saturday, October 27, from 10 am to 4 pm at the Ramkota Hotel and Conference Center in Pierre. The 28 artists selected for the Showcase, who are listed at right, submitted an incredibly diverse range of artistic media. For additional information about the First Lady’s Prairie Art Showcase or the Governor’s Invitational Pheasant Hunt, contact Kate Vandel with the South Dakota Arts Council at 605-773-3301 or email The piece above is by Deb Burckhard, one of the selected Showcase artists. kathryn.vandel@state.sd.us.
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2018 First Lady’s Prairie Art Showcase Artists:
Craig Alberty, Rapid City Mark S. Anderson, Sioux Falls Pat Brown, Fort Pierre Deb Burckhard, Kimball Frank Denton, Beresford Russ Duerksen, Sioux Falls Chickie Harristhal, Nemo Susan Haygood, Garretson Nicole Heitzman, Parkston Dave Huebner, Bushnell Heather Kallhoff, Watertown Lynda Larson, Minnetonka Lorie Luers, Pierre Clark Martinek, Mitchell Earlene McNeil Larson, Mission Hill Linda Meyer, Lead Marilyn Nipe, Watertown Pamela Olson, Rapid City Adam Oswald, Harrisburg Dawn Rasmussen, Kadoka Cristen J. Roghair, Okaton James Schoon, Vivian Kathy Sigle, Spearfish Travis Sorenson, Belle Fourche Joshua Spies, Sioux Falls Nan Venhuizen, Sioux Falls Larry Wold, Armour Ginny Wolf, Lead Page 13
Hitting the high notes Arts South Dakota, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, enriches the lives of South Dakotans and their visitors, by advancing the arts through service, education and advocacy.
Board of Directors
Brian Bonde, Sioux Falls, Chair Dale Lamphere, Sturgis, Vice Chair Brian Hildebrant, Brookings, Treasurer Janet Brown, Sioux Falls, Secretary Stacy Braun, Aberdeen Richard “Dick” Brown, Custer Senator Troy Heinert, Mission Dr. Craig Howe, Martin Katie Hunhoff, Yankton Dr. Alan LaFave, Aberdeen Ellen Lee, Pierre Katrina Lehr-McKinney, Sioux Falls David Merhib, Brookings Shelley Stingley, Sioux Falls
Staff
Jim Speirs, Executive Director jim@ArtsSouthDakota.org 605-252-5979, Ext. 0
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A grassroots approach to arts advocacy By Jim Speirs, Executive Director, Arts South Dakota With Election Day right around the corner and school back in session, Arts South Dakota is working to energize arts advocates all across the state. And arts advocacy starts with you. There’s an arts advocate in everyone who understands the importance of cultural connections and power of creativity in transforming our society. The first thing to know about advocating for the arts is that the place to start is right in your own neighborhood. Your enthusiasm for the arts opportunities in your hometown is the spark that can light up the people around you. By participating in community events through volunteerism, ticket purchases and talking about your experience, you strengthen the local arts scene and lay the groundwork for the next cultural happening in your community. When you become part of a local arts council, you join your energy to the hard work of others in your community who are making things happen and building a brighter tomorrow for our children and ourselves. Talking to your local elected officials about their commitment to the arts, arts education and cultural opportunities in your region is another way to advocate. Sometimes just letting mayors, county commissioners and state legislators know that you and your family care about the arts in South Dakota opens a dialog that will continue later in council chambers and in Pierre. When you let others know how important the arts industry in South Dakota is to our tax base AND to the next generation, you provide vital information. The arts should be included in the economic and workforce development conversations in our state. Arts South Dakota has great data to share at www.artssouthdakota.org. Check it out—you’ll be surprised at the impact the arts have on our economy! Most importantly, recognize that YOUR voice is key to building a stronger creative community in your hometown and all across South Dakota. And you’re not alone—you may be in one of the 33 South Dakota communities with a local arts council. If not, talk to us. We can help you start a grassroots arts group in your community!
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Left to right are State Veterans oin us and donate to Home Superintendent Col. Brad Arts South Dakota Richardson, South Dakota Arts Council Director Patrick Baker, for the inaugural Arts South Dakota Director Jim #GivingDay in South Speirs, South Dakota Humanities Council Director Sherry DeBoer, Dakota! This year, we’re National Endowment for the pleased to be supporting Humanities Chair Jon Parrish Peede and Lt. Governor Matt Michels. the new Arts Initiative at the State Veterans Home Our Veterans have in Hot Springs, SD. important stories to tell, South Dakota’s first and in South Dakota we ever statewide Day of value their service and want Giving kicks off at midnight to provide service to them on Giving Tuesday, Novemin return. Engagement in ber 27, 2018 and continues the arts increases healing until 11:59 pm that night. By Andrew Reinartz, and quality of life. The Nonprofit 501 (c)(3) Arts South Dakota Community Development Director initial arts programming at organizations across the the State Veterans Home will include many activities, from concerts state will unite to celebrate generosity by asking their community and residencies, to book clubs and discussion groups, to programs of supporters to raise as much money as possible for nonprofits, and raise awareness for their missions. designed to pair schoolchildren and songwriters with the residents On Giving Tuesday, November 27, 2018, people like you who to write the Veterans’ stories and then set them to song. love South Dakota have an opportunity to ignite a movement of Any gift you give between Veterans Day (11/12/2018) and the giving all across the state (southdakotagives.org). Our state’s Day Day of Giving (11/27/2018) will go to support and honor our state’s of Giving is unique, in large part as the organizing group will take Veterans. Donate, share your news and join hundreds of South $0 of the donations this first year, passing through all of the Dakotans in supporting nonprofits and make this first Giving Day a donations to the individual nonprofits. That means every dollar success! Go to artssouthdakota.org/giving-day/ for more details you give goes directly to supporting our Veterans in South Dakota! on ways to give.
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Three join Arts South Dakota board
Three South Dakota a graduate degree residents with strong from South Dakota ties to the arts and State University. extensive experience Currently president in organizational and CEO of the administration have Brookings Area joined the board of Chamber of Commerce, directors of Arts South Merhib worked in the Dakota: Dr. Alan arts field for 14 years LaFave, Aberdeen; at the Hirshhorn David Merhib, Museum and Brookings, and Shelley Sculpture Garden, Dr. Alan LaFave David Merhib Shelley Stingley Stingley, Sioux Falls. the Sonoma County Dr. Alan LaFave, provost and vice president of academic Museum, the South Dakota Art Museum and the Visual Arts affairs of Northern State University, served as director of bands Center at the Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science. He serves and dean of fine arts at NSU before being named provost. He is on the Public Arts Commission of the City of Brookings. a graduate of NSU with a doctoral degree from Arizona State Shelley Stingley recently retired as the director of the Rural University, Tempe. LaFave is an active guest conductor, Health Program, Helmsley Charitable Trust, and was educated as adjudicator and soloist throughout the United States and a music teacher. Stingley says that for the last 45 years the arts Canada and past president of the South Dakota Music Educators have played a role in most of her professional life as well as Association. He serves as the director of Rushmore National being a grounding part of who she is. She has been involved in Music Camp in Keystone. many notable art programs, including founding the Healing in David Merhib is a graduate of the University of Oregon with the Arts program at the Sanford Cancer Center.
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Vision for the arts Back to school— all over again By Patrick Baker, Director, South Dakota Arts Council A state agency of the Department of Tourism
Dennis Daugaard, Governor James D. Hagen, Secretary
South Dakota Arts Council
Lynne Byrne, Sioux Falls, Chair Mary Bordeaux, Rapid City, Vice Chair Dohui Kim, Sioux Falls, Treasurer Linda Anderson, Rapid City, Secretary Brian Bonde, Sioux Falls Laura Diddle, Brookings Mary Haug, Brookings Andrew Kightlinger, Pierre Donald F. Montileaux, Rapid City Jane Rasmussen, Sisseton James L. Walker, Bath
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Patrick Baker, Director Rebecca Cruse, Deputy Director Kathryn Vandel, Arts Program Coordinator Paul Mehlhaff, Grants Officer Joshua Chrysler, Folk Arts Consultant 711 E. Wells Ave., Pierre, SD 57501-3369 In-State Toll Free: 1-800-952-3625 Email: sdac@state.sd.us Website: www.artscouncil.sd.gov Follow us on Facebook and Twitter @SouthDakotaArts
South Dakota Arts Council receives support from the State of South Dakota, through the Department of Tourism, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
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The lines painted on football fields and the echoes of early-morning drum lines are telltale signs that South Dakota’s schools are up and running again, punctuating the end of summer and paving the way for another year of learning. And while my son labors to master the combination to his final year of middle school, he spent much of his summer break providing me with the best music education I’ve had in many years, whether he realizes it or not. The rock band I’ve played in for the last decade is a bit of a family affair, comprising at its core two married couples. With the son of each couple turning 13 and riding a wave of musical development, we wondered if we could have our cake and eat it, too. Could we be in a band with teenagers and survive? Could they? Could we transition from the years of finding baby sitters for gig times to finding room in our vehicles for the boys to sit among all the equipment en route to the shows? Could we pull this off without appearing too Partridge Family-esque? And even if the answer to most of these questions ended up being yes, would we sound OK? Rock’n’roll is many things to many people, but it’s rarely safe. So we decided to roll the dice. Part of the gamble was the arc of where the band was late last spring when the boys joined. We were writing new material for Lilly Fest, an annual summer showcase for songwriters in Fort Pierre. Yes, the boys had proven their ability to master a beginner’s boogie-woogie for a piano recital or find the backbeat of a Beatles blues number, but they had done these things by reading music or listening, learning, and repeating, and they’d done them mostly as individuals. Now, we were asking them to not only find their places within a group of musicians, but also to come up with their own parts to these emerging songs—to pull sounds out of the ether. The boys passed many of the typical songwriting signposts. But it was when we all arrived at the nexus that the power of the collective was revealed, that the magic of making music communally announced itself. When we got everyone together to start rehearsing as a group, the new songs had an energy and sonic shimmer that was undeniable. In my experience, those creative musical heights tend to coincide with change and taking risks, but they are anchored in trust: knowing each member of a band can put himself out there creatively without fear of being judged. As with other bands I’ve had the most fun with in the past, success was being tacitly defined as working cooperatively to find the best way to serve a song. As I looked around the practice space after spending a few hours honing our new tunes, I realized I hadn’t been thinking of myself as a father or a teacher at all, but rather as a band mate among equals. If anything, I was the student back in school. My son was teaching me the combination to keeping music-making vital— always remaining open to new experiences and knowing that the best songs are forged in the fires of diverse perspectives and teamwork.
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Governor Dennis Daugaard has chosen Dohui Kim, Sioux Falls, and Donald F. Montileaux, Rapid City, to serve on the South Dakota Arts Council. Kim has spent a lifetime in artistic endeavors with a background in print/web design, filmmaking and photography. She has produced two award-winning feature-length films and continues to engage in storytelling for corporate, government and commercial clients. Kim brings a wealth of business experience to her artistic projects, born out of her professional work as an auditor and a process improvement engineer. This experience is enhanced by degrees in Finance and Business Administration from Northern State University and a degree in International Relations from Pukyong National University in South Korea. She looks forward Dohui Kim to collaborating closely with other board members to empower the artist network throughout South Dakota and beyond. Montileaux was born in Pine Ridge, and received formal art training at the Institute of American Indian Art in Santa Fe. He refined his work through numerous area and national art shows while pursuing a professional career at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center in Rapid City for 22 years. In 2000, he fulfilled his lifelong dream of being a full time artist. Montileaux interned under noted artist Oscar Howe at the University of South Dakota in 1964 and 1965 along with the late Herman Red Elk. Montileaux’s work is represented in many private and public collections and he has illustrated several book covers. In 2014, he authored and illustrated his first children’s book, Tasunka: A Lakota Horse Legend, winner of four national awards. A 2014 inductee into the South Dakota Hall of Fame, Montileaux released his second Donald F. Montileaux children’s book, Muskrat and Skunk/Sinkpe na Maka: A Lakota Drum Story, in 2017.
Remembering giants in the arts
talent and resources, the Barlows served as members and ecently, three South Dakota arts leaders—all recipients leaders of nearly every art organization in the Black Hills. Anne of the Governor’s Awards in the Arts for their dedication worked especially on Black Hills Playhouse projects and to our state’s cultural advancement—have passed away. participated in fundraising for the organization. The Barlows We honor their service and their memory. were collectors of work by regional artists and one of their Dr. Victor Weidensee spent more than 62 years teaching, daughters is a jewelry artist. For more than a quarter of a conducting, writing and sharing his musical knowledge and century, Anne Barlow was an outstanding supporter of the arts. passion with South Dakota. Weidensee became chairman of Dr. Harry Krueger enjoyed a long career at Augustana the division of Fine Arts at Black Hills State College in 1957, College, where he served as chair of the music department and a position he held until his retirement in 1986. Founder and director of brass activities. He was director of the Northlanders director of the Black Hills Music Camp and the Community Jazz Band for 20 years and the Augustana Brass Choir from Concert Association in Spearfish, he co-founded the annual 1965 until his retirement in 1993. Krueger was president of the Spearfish Festival in the Park and the Black Hills Chamber Music South Dakota Music Educators Association and the South Dakota Society. Weidensee served twice on the South Dakota Arts Alliance for Arts Education and served on numerous committees Council and was president of the SD Music Educators Association of national music and the North Central education organizaCollege Wind and tions, as well as Percussion Instructors. publishing articles in Anne Barlow, professional journals. with her husband Krueger is well John, were generous remembered as a patrons of all art frequent guest forms during their conductor, teacher, long residency in the soloist and as an Black Hills and adjudicator/clinician formerly in Sioux Falls. throughout the upper Understanding that Midwest and at support means the Dr. Victor Weidensee Anne Barlow Dr. Harry “Doc” Krueger summer music camps. donation of both
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Conference focuses on collaboration
uilding Community through the Arts, the first ever major arts and education conference in Western South Dakota, is scheduled for October 5-6 at Black Hills State University in Spearfish. The annual conference for the South Dakota Arts Education Association (SDAEA) and the South Dakota College Arts Association (SDCAA) brings together visual and performing artists, arts educators, educators in all disciplines, and any interested community members for a two-day schedule of workshops, theatrical performances, a keynote address and a professional exhibition of artwork by conference participants. This year’s conference has a focus on collaborative art practices for social engagement and community involvement. The conference will introduce participants to socially-engaged arts activities so they can lead community-oriented arts projects within their own hometowns. Tyler Read, a Bush Fellowship recipient, will deliver the keynote address discussing his work connecting graffiti art with positive youth engagement in local Native nations. Presenters will utilize hands-on learning workshops to engage participants in a variety of social art-making practices. Topics include academic arts travel in developing countries, new technologies in communicative art practice and STEM-to-STEAM arts integration. Muralist Paul LaJeunesse will demonstrate designing communitycreated murals and a performance of “Art in our Lives,” based on personal arts experiences in the lives of individuals in South Dakota will also take place at the conference.
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Registration materials are available online at www.bhsu.edu/artsconference through October 4.
CAPITOL COPPER
preserved in unique artworks
When a section from the dome of the State Capitol was damaged in a 2016 storm and had to be removed and replaced, a large piece of the copper sheeting was saved. Governor Daugaard’s office worked with the South Dakota Arts Council to preserve pieces of this historic material in a culturally significant way, utilizing the Art for State Buildings program launched a decade ago by state Artist Laureate Dale Lamphere. Lamphere invited a dozen South Dakota artists to submit a concept for a unique piece of art using the sheet copper with works to be selected and purchased by the state for public display. Artists responded enthusiastically to the challenge, and Tani Gordon of Mission, and Bill Fleming, Kenny Putnam and Dwayne Wilcox, all of Rapid City, were selected to create new works for the Art for State Buildings collection in Fiscal Year 2018. Those works were presented in a reception hosted by First Lady Linda Daugaard on September 13 at the Governor’s residence. Visit www.artscouncil.sd.gov to see the new copper-centered works or view other pieces in the Art for State Buildings collection. “For Them,” by Tani Gordon, is a canvas work decorated with jingles made from the Capitol copper.
Art educator of the year named
The South Dakota Art Education Association has named Hamlin art teacher Jennifer Dorn as the 2018 Art Educator of the Year. Dorn teaches art in grades 6-12 at the consolidated school. Nominated for her dedication to building a strong visual arts program and her involvement in the state organization to promote arts in education, Dorn was commended by Hamlin administrators for the depth and diversity of the art forms she introduces to her students. A graduate of the University of South Dakota, Dorn is currently pursuing an advanced degree in technology and customized learning from the University of Sioux Falls. An annual attendee at the Arts South Dakota Arts Education Institute, Dorn has also served as a voting delegate for the state at the National Arts Education Association convention. Congratulations to Jennifer Dorn for this well-deserved honor and for advancing arts education excellence in South Dakota. Page 18
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South Dakota Magazine Springs Area Council of the Arts Sturgis Area Arts Council The Center for Western Studies, Augustana University Vermillion Area Arts Council Vermillion Chamber & Development Corp. Warrior’s Work & Ben West Gallery Wolf Bronze Yankton Area Arts
Arts South Dakota Sponsors July, 2017 - June, 2018
$1000 to $1,999 Sanford Health
$2,000 to $2,999 First Bank & Trust
$3,000 plus Workplace I.T. Management Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation
In-Kind Donations July, 2017 - June, 2018
Aberdeen Area Arts Council / Stacy Braun Brian Bonde Janet Brown Randy Cohen Exposure Gallery & Studios Craig Howe Ipso Gallery at Fresh Produce / Katrina Lehr-McKinney Dale Lamphere Mailway Printers NewOver Pinny PR Thurman & Thurman
Organizational Members as of June, 2018
Thank you to the following business and organizational members who have come alongside Arts South Dakota as partners, sharing our mission to improve the lives of all South Dakotans through creative communities and artistic expression. Aberdeen Area Arts Council Augustana University Visual & Performing Arts Bank West Black Hills Chamber Music Society Black Hills Playhouse Con Brio Studio D. C. Lamphere Studio Dakota Choral Union, Inc. Dalesburg Heritage Day County Arts Council Discovery Mime & Movement Theatre Downtown Sioux Falls Faulkton Arts Council Great Plains Watercolor Society Green Ink Gallery & Studios Herseth Ranch Hill City Arts Council Historic Lead Deadwood Arts Center Johns & Kosel Law, LLC Leola Arts Council Northern Fort Playhouse Periaktos Productions, LLC RSArchitects SculptureWalk Sioux Falls SD Friends of Traditional Music Short Grass Arts Council Singing Boys of Sioux Falls Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues Society Sisseton Area Arts Council South Dakota Art Museum
Individual Donors as of June, 2018
Arts South Dakota sincerely thanks the generosity of the following arts advocates. Their donations lead the way in advocating for a creative South Dakota.
$0 to $99 Darci Adams, Hartford Ariadne Albright, Vermillion Doris Symens Armstrong, Watertown Amanda Bachmann, Pierre Carol Bailey, Rapid City Phil and Jill Baker, Sioux Falls Linda Balfany, Yankton Nancy Anne Barker, Hot Springs Linda J. Bartholomew, Faulkton Melanie and Norman Bliss, Sioux Falls Dave and Linda Bonde, Fort Pierre Kay Bosanko, Aberdeen Liz Bowling, Canton Rosemary C. Buchmann, Martin Larry and Geraldine Cass, Pierre Tami Comp, Winner Ron and Rachel Conkling, Flandreau Mike and Judy Connor, Sioux Falls Ann and Tim Deckert, Rapid City Margaret Denton, Brookings Kristin Donnan, Hill City Don and Mary Downs, Rapid City Vance and Virginia Sneve, Rapid City Darlene Dulitz, Webster Verna L. Edinger, Plankinton Beverly Daniel English, Sioux Falls Marcela Faflak, Aberdeen Nadine Fidler, Spearfish David J. Fraher, Minneapolis, MN Lawrence and Suzanne Fuller, Sioux Falls Barry W. Furze, Sturgis Larry Green, Madison Cheryl Peterson Halsey, Springfield Bonnie Halsey-Dutton, Spearfish Mikal and Nancy Hanson, Pierre Jerry and Jackie Hanson, Sioux Falls Rosemarie Hanssen, Sisseton Steve and Monica Harding, Pierre Hank Harris, Rapid City Harry and Helen Harryman, Pierre Melissa M. Hauschild-Mork, Brookings Donna Hazelwood, Madison Connie Herring, Sioux Falls Susan Hines, Rapid City Dennis Hopfinger and Carolyn Clague, Brookings Charles J. Johnson, Madison Richard A. Johnson, Sioux Falls Brian Jones, Miller Andrew Kightlinger, Glendale, CA Cheryl Kleppin, Wessington Springs Paula Manley and Jim Knutson, Spearfish John and Cheryl Koch, Freeman Alan and Kari LaFave, Aberdeen Brenda Lanphere, Aberdeen Mary Jo Marcy, Custer Lynn and Frank Mason, Hot Springs Joseph and Norma McFadden, Houston, TX Jim McKinney, Brookings Kent and Zindie Meyers, Spearfish Jay and Beverly Mickelson, Pierre Rodney and Marla Mosiman, Onida Ronald Moyer and Caitlin Collier, Vermillion Russell Nash, Pierre Dennis Navrat, Burbank Sandra Newman, Rapid City Jeannette Noel Beemer, Pierre
Jami Olson, Spearfish Phyllis Packard, Vermillion Melanie Lien and Thomas Palm, Rapid City Jim Pollock, Pierre Bea and Herschel Premack, Aberdeen Sharon Prendergast, Sisseton Ronald and Marian Reed, Rapid City Andrew and Rosanne Reinartz, Sioux Falls David Reynolds, Brookings Susan K. Ripple, Rapid City Francie Ruebel-Albert, Sturgis Terry and Mary Ryan, Madison John Rychtarik, Brookings Kristi Saxlund, Sioux Falls Brian and Rebecca Schipper, Sioux Falls Sharon Schramm, Winner Chuck and Bonny Schroyer, Pierre Lonnie Schumacher, Fort Pierre Elizabeth Schutt, Estelline Carol Schwarzenberg, Rapid City Marica Shannon, Mitchell Craig Sherman, Yankton Jeff and Kellie Shultz, Sioux Falls Susanne Skyrm, Vermillion Janet Speirs, Hot Springs Mark and Rose Speirs, Deadwood Linda Stoops, Harrisburg Linda Stuerman-Purrington, Brookings Judy Thompson, Orange City, IA Rose Marie Tornow, Sioux Falls Lesta and Mike Turchen, Hill City Kate and Andy Vandel, Pierre Dennis and Julie Walkins, Spearfish Roberta Williams, Pierre Ruth Williams, Wakonda Norma and Jerry Wilson, Vermillion Milo Winter, Rapid City Phyllis Wipf, Spearfish Carol Wright, Sioux Falls
$100 to $249 John Banasiak, Vermillion John and Anne Barlow, Rapid City Darlis Berkenpas and Boyd Bristow, Sioux Falls Jane Bobzin, Yankton Anne Bodman and Andrew Hollander, Sturgis Greg Boris and Joan Reddy, Sioux Falls Arlene Brandt-Jenson, Watertown LeRoy and Stacy Braun, Aberdeen John E. Brockelsby, Rapid City Roger and Merlene Broer, Hill City Martha Brost, Sioux Falls Allen and Gloria Brown, Dell Rapids Susan Burgard, Pierre Paul and Mary Ellen Connelly, Sioux Falls Janet B. Cronin, Gettysburg Marty Davidsohn, Sioux Falls DeVee and Kevin Dietz, Sturgis Kara and Doug Dirkson-Daniels, Sioux Falls Kris and Steve Egger, Sioux Falls Richard and Sharon Ehrhart, Yankton Doug and Justine Estes, Rapid City Carla Fauske and Peter Lieberman, Sioux Falls Van and Barbara Fishback, Brookings Rod and Glenna Fouberg, Aberdeen Jacquelyn Fuller, Lead Gail Funk, Aberdeen Kathie and Rudy Gerstner, Yankton Christine Goldsmith, Mobridge Michael and Marnie Gould, Rapid City Linda Mickelson Graham, Sioux Falls Jeff Hallem, Pierre Marilyn Hanson, Omaha, NE Susan and Tim Hanson, Vermillion Phil and Kiki Hegg, Sioux Falls Dennis and Fran Hogarth, Broomfield, CO Don and Gayle Hooper, Sioux Falls Paul Horsted and Camille Riner, Custer Craig Howe, Martin Terry and Sandi Jaspers, Sisseton Sandy Jerstad, Sioux Falls Corliss and Anne Johnson, Sioux Falls Larry and Mary Jo Johnson, Pierre James and Ardis Johnson, Brookings Phil and Diana Kappen, Sioux Falls Patrick Kirschman, Sioux Falls Merle and Virginia Larson, Yankton
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Denise LaRue, Sturgis Mark Law, Clear Lake Katrina Lehr-McKinney, Sioux Falls Christine Leichtnam, Rapid City Deanna B. Lien, Rapid City Larry and Gail Lyngstad, Pierre John R. McIntyre, Sioux Falls Mark and Kristol McKie, Rapid City Doug and Mary Miller, Brookings Deborah Mitchell, Rapid City Jack and Marilynn Mohlenhoff, Sioux Falls Janice Nicolay, Sioux Falls Hollis and Marilyn Nipe, Watertown James and Marilyn Nyberg, Yankton Marcia and Marvin Olnes, Yankton Karen Gundersen Olson, Rapid City Douglas and Sandra Pay, Sioux Falls Scott and Maryanne Petersen, Sioux Falls Ken and Lavonne Pickering, Pierre Tamara Pier, Rapid City Lawrence Piersol, Sioux Falls Duane and Claudette Reichert, New Underwood Roger and Mary Jo Renner, Yankton Patrick Roseland, Rapid City Daniel and Rebecca Schenk, Fort Pierre Jeff and Katie Scherschligt, Sioux Falls Miles and Vickie Schumacher, Sioux Falls Gayle Seibel, Leola Ann Smith, Yankton Clayton and Anella Southwick, Rapid City James W. Speirs, Rapid City James and Jo Sperry, Aberdeen Stephanie Steele, Studio City, CA Dan VanDover, Aberdeen Karyn Veenis, Sioux Falls Merritt and Pamela Warren, Brookings Robert and Kathleen Webb, Aberdeen Cheryl Whetham, Hill City Mark and Susan Wismer, Britton
$250 to $499 Lynne and Bill Byrne, Sioux Falls Charlotte Carver, Sioux Falls Jocelyn Hanson, Phoenix, AZ Dody and Boyd Hopkins, Sioux Falls Dick and Cindy Koch, Sioux Falls Ellen and Tom Lee, Pierre Larry and Diane Ness, Yankton Michael Pangburn, Pierre Larry Schou, Vermillion Jim and Sandy Szana, Pierre Norman and Kathleen West, Yankton Steven Zellmer and Kitty Kinsman, Rapid City
$500 to $999 Stanford and Lynda Adelstein, Rapid City Brian and Kaija Bonde, Sioux Falls Dick and Sue Brown, Custer Scott and Susan Heidepriem, Sioux Falls Katie Hunhoff, Yankton Dan and Arlene Kirby, Sioux Falls Gerry Berger Law, Clear Lake Jim and Kara Mathis, Sioux Falls John and Jane Rasmussen, Sisseton
$1000+ Janet Brown, Sioux Falls Joe and Jennifer Kirby, Sioux Falls Matt Michels, Pierre Jack and Linda Stengel, Sioux Falls
Arts South Dakota is in part supported through the generous grant support of the South Dakota Arts Council and the Bush Foundation.
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Arts South Dakota is a grassroots, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working to enrich the lives of all South Dakotans by advancing the arts through service, education and advocacy.
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