new partners BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CHAIR: Stacy Braun, Aberdeen VICE CHAIR: Katie Hunhoff, aY nkton SECRETARY: Dr. Craig Howe, aM rtin TREASURER: Brian Hildebrant,
Brookings
PAST CHAIR: Dale Lamphere, Sturgis
Lance Bertram, Pierre Scyller Borglum, Rapid City Julie Ga rreau, Eagle Butte and Rapid City Senator Troy Heinert, iM ssion Dr. Alan LaFave, aV lley City, ND Katrina Lehr-cM Kinney, Sioux aF lls Jim aM this, Sioux aF lls Kenny Putnam, Rapid City Shelley Stingley, Sioux aF lls Lynn eV rschoor, Brookings Kris oW llman, Pierre STAFF Jim Speirs Executive Director jim@ArtsSouthDakota.org )605( 79,5 2- Ext. 0
Shari Kosel Program and Communications Director shari@ArtsSouthDakota.org )605( 79,5 2- Ext. 1 Andrew Reinartz Community Development Director andrew@ArtsSouthDakota.org )605( 79,5 2- Ext. 2 Sarah Larson Communications Coordinator sarah@ArtsSouthDakota.org )605( 79,5 2- Ext. 3 Arts South Dakota PO Box 96,42 Sioux aF lls, SD 9642 01-75 )605( 795 2Email: info@ArtsSouthDakota.org ArtsSouthDakota.org oF llow us on aF cebook, Twitter and Instagram @ArtsSD 2 • South Dakota Arts Alive
By Jim Speirs, Executive Director Arts South Dakota
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AM INCREDIBLY EXCITED about this edition of Arts Alive, published for the first time in partnership with South Dakota Magazine. For 23 years and 70 issues, we have relied on the steady advice, creative spark and editorial eyes of Stephen and Catherine Thurman to ensure every issue of Arts Alive fulfilled the mission of informing and uniting South Dakotans around the arts. Thank you, Stephen and Catherine! As the saying goes, “when one door closes, another opens,” and that could not be more true for this publication. When the Thurmans announced their retirement more than a year ago, an immediate sense of panic set in. How would we ever find another partner with the same skills and commitment to the arts as the Thurmans? It was a tall order, especially after 25 years of partnership. But in South Dakota, friends are never far away. In this case, we found them just down the road in Yankton. South Dakota Magazine is one of the Midwest’s premier publications. Its writers and photographers have explored our state since 1985, looking for interesting people and places that define our culture, heritage, arts, nature and communities. With more than 35 years of publishing and 160,000 readers, South Dakota Magazine could not be a better partner to tell the story of our state’s amazing artists and creative communities. Our new partnership will mean a dedicated Arts Alive section in every issue of South Dakota Magazine, along with a stand-alone, annual member-edition Arts Alive newsletter (this issue), all arriving regularly in your mailbox. In addition, in 2023, we will launch a brand-new annual Arts Journal, chronicling a year of the ever-changing creative expression of South Dakota’s arts community. As we say goodbye to the Thurmans, we say hello to the next chapter of Arts Alive, and we can only hope for as long of a run with South Dakota Magazine! We hope you enjoy the next chapter as much as the first.
This partnership is made possible with funds from the State of South Dakota through the Department of Tourism and from the National Endowment for the Arts.
