Arts Alive | Autumn 2016 - South Dakota

New sculptural symbol of South Dakota creates art education possibilities

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Soaring 50 feet into the sky above the Missouri river on a bluff near Chamberlain, a new sculptural symbol of South Dakota is set to be unveiled September 17. Designed by state artist laureate Dale Claude Lamphere, Dignity is a gift to South Dakota from Norm and Eunabel McKie of Rapid City in recognition of Dakota and Lakota people and the Native cultures that are woven into South Dakota’s identity.

Created in stainless steel by a dedicated team of engineers and craftsmen working for two years with sculptor Lamphere, Dignity portrays a Native woman in a historically referenced and detailed Lakota dress from the 1860s. Behind her, a traditional star quilt in shades of blue billows in the wind, reflecting the shifting colors of the prairie sky.

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Above, the 1/8 scale maquette of Dignity in the sculptor’s studio. Below, the top half of Dignity’s 50-foot stainless steel armature.

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echoes the interaction of earth, sky and people

By Dale Lamphere

Dignity will stand near Chamberlain on the crest of a bluff above the Missouri River adjacent to Interstate 90. As you look up you’ll see a beautiful star quilt unfurled on the horizon, with nothing but earth, sky and water nearby. The sun and wind can play through the diamonds of the quilt and as they move they will visually describe the wind.

During the past two years, I have worked with a great team of skilled craftsmen and engineers to be certain the work is structurally sound. We found elegant solutions to the complex engineering questions this work posed and we believe it will withstand the challenges the prairie presents.

I have also worked Governor Dennis Daugaard closely with Native quilt-makers, models and advisors to make sure the work is historically accurate and culturally appropriate. Women are revered in the Lakota/Dakota culture as those who give life and sustain the family.

My greatest hope is for Dignity to express this strength, courage, perseverance and wisdom of the Native cultures in South Dakota and serve as a symbol of our shared bond with this land.

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honor the heritage of our Native people and it will be something for residents, tourists and all who travel across the state on I-90 to see.”

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South Dakota Artist Laureate Dale Lamphere enlarging the original study of Dignity to the 1/8 scale maquette.

Because of the scale of the sculpture—the woman’s face is six feet high and each diamond in the star quilt is four feet high—the windy location is a factor in the construction of the statue. Air moves through the figure and the star quilt is constructed of separate steel diamonds that pivot on sealed ceramic bearings to shift in the wind and move with nature.

The support structure of Dignity required stress analysis, mathematical plotting of connection points and computerized enlargement of the entire sculpture from the original tabletop model to a six-foot representation to the soaring final piece.

Lamphere’s work has always necessitated engineering elements, he said, but Dignity was a challenge on a whole new scale.

“This is the most complex single sculptural object I’ve done,” he said.

“I’ve had good people to advise me on the technical aspects, but creativity is still the touchstone.”

With its automotive multi-coat finishes, interior LED lighting and the motion inherent in the structure of Dignity, the statue will be a landmark for travelers on I-90 by day and a beacon shining on the riverbank hilltop by night.

“In addition to being the state of Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse, South Dakota will also be the state of the Dignity statue,” said Governor Dennis Daugaard. “The monument will serve to honor the heritage of our Native people and will be something for residents, tourists and all who travel across the state on I-90 to see.”

In addition to its monumental stature, Lamphere believes there’s

another function for his newest work.

“Because the project is about inspiration for future generations, we want to share the process by having an educational component with area schools,” he said “We’d like to share with the next generation, finding a way to speak of the vision that Dignity represents.”

A new federal education law has called for integrating the arts into STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) programs to increase participation in STEM, improve attainment of STEM-related skills and promote a well-rounded education.

Dignity gives us the perfect introduction to the concept of STEAM, which adds the arts into STEM. Dignity also provides a catalyst for a South Dakota curriculum to be created around this monumental work of art.

The applications of other educational disciplines to Dignity are readily apparent. How do you make a statue so BIG? The answer lies in the application of mathematics.

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stand up in the wind and rain and snow? Engineering provides the solutions to those challenges. How does the artist convert his idea to reality? That’s a technology problem. Scientific principles are necessary to make it all work. All of these educational concepts are centered on a significant work of art and our shared culture.

U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King, Jr. agrees that the arts are a vital part of the education we should be providing to our students.

“There’s evidence that kids get better at math when they’ve taken classes that make the connection between STEM and the arts,” he said, “and that when they’ve had certain courses in the arts, kids can grow in self-confidence and in linguistic skills, as well as in creativity.”

As a new symbol of South Dakota, Dignity has the potential to bring the arts into sharper focus in our classrooms, tying the educational disciplines so necessary in today’s global economy to an artwork that will be a visual icon of our cultural heritage and artistic vision.

“Dignity is made to endure and coexist with nature,” Lamphere said. “We’ve used contemporary materials and design to express an ancient understanding of our connection to the vast landscapes and endless horizons of South Dakota.”

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Lamphere with the first of eight star quilt sections in full scale.

Fabrication patterns on the 1/8 scale maquette show the historically accurate details of Dignity.

Festival of Books events scheduled for September 22-25 Prize-winning authors to highlight Pulitzer’s centennial

The best in books comes to South Dakota at the 14th annual Festival of Books, featuring six Pulitzer Prize winners among the more than 70 authors attending this year. Brookings hosts the festival September 22-25 with events in Sioux Falls on Thursday, September 22, and in Rapid City, September 27. Events in all three cities are free and open to the public.

Six featured Pulitzer Prize winners represent 35 years of writing in international reporting, fiction, poetry, history, biography and criticism with authors Jane Smiley, Robert Olen Butler, T.J. Stiles, Michael Dirda, Ted Kooser and Shirley Christian.

These writers will attend the South Dakota festival to celebrate the centennial year of the Pulitzer Prize.

The festival, One Book South Dakota and a range of other events and projects throughout the year are part of an initiative led by the South Dakota Humanities Council. Smiley’s keynote at the Festival of Books in Brookings on Friday night serves as the capstone for the 2016 One Book South Dakota.

The festival hosts more than 70 presenters including nationally known crime writers Jeffrey Deaver and Anne Perry, Jeff Alworth of The Beer Bible, Ron Capps of the Veterans Writing Project, National Book Award winner Pete Dexter, Rosemary Wells with young readers Max & Ruby series and Edgar Allan Poe Award winner Jess Walter. Returning favorites and regional authors will cover a range of genres in fiction, poetry, history, tribal writing and books for young readers. Forty-nine exhibitors,

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including booksellers, publishers and authors, also showcase their goods on Saturday, September 24, at the exhibitors’ hall hosted at the Children’s Museum of South Dakota in Brookings.

The Young Readers Festival of Books hosts events in Sioux Falls on September 22, in Brookings on September 23 and in Rapid City on September 27 with 2016 Young Readers One Book SD author Jennifer Richard Jacobson. The Humanities Council and partners distributed 5,000 copies of the book Andy Shane & Dolores Starbuckle: 4 Books in 1 to school districts in Brookings; Canton; Deubrook Area; Milbank; Pipestone, MN; Rapid City; Sioux Falls; Vermillion, and Watertown. Visit www.sdhumanities.org/festival-of-books/ for more information and schedules.

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Forrette exhibit presents nature forged by fire Meditation/Reflection, a new show by Candace Forrette, opens September 16 and runs through December 3 in the Ruth Brennan Gallery at the Dahl Arts Center in Rapid City. Meditation/Reflection is a series inspired by the artist’s feelings for, and observations of, the land. Using smoke-fired ceramics and combining natural materials such as copper and mica, Forrette creates Candace Forrette’s “Paraclete.” minimalist forms that mimic the elements of nature.

Using the smoke and wood fire processes seen in Meditation/Reflection, Forrette said, “coaxes the end result, but in the end, the firing presents me with something of its own—something I didn’t expect.”

Forrette grew up in South Dakota before traveling and studying art, earning degrees from the Art Institute of Boston and Utah State University. In 1992, she moved to Billings, MT, with her family.

She continues her studio work and serves as executive director of a small nonprofit in Billings.

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AEI provides fresh perspectives for educators

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This year’s Arts Education Institute in Aberdeen, held once again on the campus of Northern State University, offered a wide selection of hands-on arts workshops for nearly 100 participants. The comments written by those educators tell a story of fresh perspectives and new classroom ideas stimulated by their AEI experience.

Liz Kaan, an art specialist at May Overby Elementary in Aberdeen, participated in a digital portfolios workshop.

“Having a place and time to gather together with other art teachers and to visit about the profession has been wonderful,” Kaan said. “So often art teachers are an island and having the chance to share and discuss is so appreciated.

I have learned so much just by visiting with art teachers from other towns.”

Holly Evans teaches art at Madison High School. A first-time participant in AEI, Evans took both a watercolor workshop and a clay session during her week in Aberdeen.

“Honestly, I think as a teacher it is so good to have projects or techniques that we struggle with, too, because it reminds us how students must feel at times when their outcomes do not match their expectations,” Evans said. “Ultimately I walked away from this workshop with a lot of great ideas that I can incorporate into my own classroom. I always value the tips and suggestions that come from other teachers on projects that have been successful in their own classrooms.”

Tiffany Straley, also a high school art teacher, took two workshops on hand lettering to add depth to her graphic design classes at Central High School in Aberdeen.

“One of the best parts of the AEI is getting to spend time with peers and colleagues who have similar interests,” Straley said. “I am lucky to have two coworkers in my school who teach the same subject, but our strengths and talents lie in different media. I got to spend four days with artists and teachers who had a passion for hand lettering and who teach the same subjects I do. They helped me come up with different ways to incorporate hand lettering and calligraphy into my curriculum, but also in my own art making practice.”

AEI is sponsored by Arts South Dakota, the South Dakota Arts Council and Northern State University. Next year’s sessions are scheduled for July 17-20—so mark your calendar Educators participate in Peter Kilian’s Watercolor Fundamentals workshop at the 2016 Arts Education Institute.

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Regional arts groups meet to share ideas and resources

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Arts South Dakota Executive Director Jim Speirs has been meeting with his counterparts in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin to leverage the power of arts advocacy in our region. In May, Speirs met with representatives of Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, Arts Wisconsin and the Iowa Alliance for the Arts in Minneapolis for a regional round table.

The idea for the meeting arose from Arts Advocacy Day in Washington, DC, in March. At that meeting, the concept of regional advocacy groups connecting to share resources and programmatic ideas was discussed and the first meetings were scheduled.

“While each of our states has a unique cultural heritage and arts scene, we share commonalities in Arts South Dakota staff members Jim Speirs advocacy, arts education and enhancand Shari Kosel at Arts Advocacy Day 2016.

ing the arts industry throughout our region,” Speirs said. “Our ability to connect as arts professionals and people who care about creativity strengthens our organizations and our successes.”

While in the Twin Cities, Speirs also met with staff members at the Bush Foundation, which funds several cultural programs in our region, and officials at Arts Midwest, a major partner in programming throughout the upper Mississippi Valley region. Earlier in the year, he traveled to Boston for the Americans for the Arts national meeting, which unveiled the latest survey results on the impact of the arts throughout the nation and the excellent support the arts has in South Dakota and our region.

Shari Kosel, Arts South Dakota’s programming and communications director, will attend the National Arts Marketing Conference in Austin, TX, in November. Kosel is working on maximizing social media and other communications connections across the state, in addition to her successful coordination of this year’s Arts Education Institute.

“The bottom line is, we’re always learning and always willing to try new ideas for increasing access to the arts,” she said. “There are exciting new concepts that can easily be applied in our state and we want to hear them all!”

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Dunn and his teacher showcased at SDAM The Sea and the Land and the Sky: Harvey Dunn and Ada Caldwell is a unique exhibit at the South Dakota Art Museum in Brookings that brings together the work of a legendary South Dakota teacher and her most famous pupil.

Running through January 7, 2017, the show celebrates two legendary figures with tremendous significance to the museum and its encompassing communities in the university, city and state.

Harvey Dunn is a source of pride and inspiration for South Dakotans, known to many as the most famous artist this state has produced. Born on a homestead near Brookings, Dunn began his studies at the South Dakota Agricultural College in 1901. Ada Caldwell was 32 years old and had been teaching art at the college for just two years when he arrived. She recognized his immense talent and Ada Caldwell’s “Estes Park,” oil on canvas. cultivated it, steering him toward his fateful course.

After a year of study, Caldwell encouraged Dunn to move on to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, her alma mater, in order for him to receive more advanced training. There he was discovered by the “Father of American Illustration,” Howard Pyle, who recruited Dunn for his elite illustration school. After two years of study with Pyle, Dunn entered into an illustrious career in the booming field of American illustration. Both Caldwell and Dunn were known for their ability to paint the landscape, and this exhibit showcases their gifts. For more information about the South Dakota Art Museum or its exhibitions, go to www.sdstate.edu/south-dakota-art-museum.

Harvey Dunn’s “Fall Landscape,” oil on canvas.

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Davis show opens season at Augustana University Los Angeles-based artist Len Davis will open the 2016-17 gallery season of Augustana University’s Eide/Dalrymple Gallery with an exhibition that runs through October 8. Davis creates mixed-media collage series that combine his drawings of the human figure with text, photographs, found objects and torn paper. The exhibit will present a selection from several of his ongoing series, including from “A Thousand Words” a series of one hundred 8 by 5 inch collages that incorporate drawings of peoples’ faces. The detailed portraits capture a range of facial expressions that are juxtaposed against text, additional drawn elements and found objects.

Davis’ dynamic works caught the attention of Eide/Dalrymple director Dr. Lindsay Twa because of Davis’ skill in the medium and the narrative power of his work. Collage has been a modernist technique employed by artists for more than a century. It has been over a decade, however, since the Eide/Dalrymple Gallery has featured a solo exhibition completely of this technique.

“Collage is harder than it looks, and few artists do it successfully,” Twa said. “Davis’ works are particularly strong in that he blends his own fine drawings, usually portraits and figures, seamlessly into found images and texts to produce a complete composition.”

During his visit to Augustana University, Davis will give a public lecture about his work on Wednesday, September 7, at 7 pm in Kresge Recital Hall, Humanities Building. He will also conduct collage workshops and classroom visits with Augustana students. The Eide/Dalrymple Gallery is located on Commons Circle at 30th Street and Grange Avenue in the Center for Visual Arts at Augustana University in Sioux Falls. The gallery is open to the public and free of charge. For more information, go to www.augie.edu/arts/art-galleries-and-exhibits/eide-dalrymple-gallery.

“A Thousand Words #75,” by Len Davis.

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Arts South Dakota and the South Dakota Arts Council co-sponsor the Governor’s Awards in the Arts to recognize individuals and businesses that have made a statewide impact through artistic excellence or outstanding support of the arts.

The classifications for these lifetime achievement awards are: ● Distinction in Creative Achievement: Nominees in this 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 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 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 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. ● Living Indian Treasure Award: Artists eligible for the award must be living South Dakota Native Americans over the age of 55. Artists in all

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disciplines with a record of artistic accomplishment are eligible. Selection is based upon preservation of excellence in traditional Indian art forms or for breaking new ground with innovative art that stems from traditional sources.

The Governor’s Awards in the Arts will be presented in Pierre on February 15, 2017.

Recipients must be present to accept the award.

Nomination forms should be downloaded from www.ArtsSouthDakota.org. Just go to the website and look for the Governor’s Awards tab.

Nominations may be made by an organization, institution or individual and must be postmarked no later than November 11, 2016. Employees and board members of Arts South Dakota and the South Dakota Arts Council are not eligible for these awards.

Materials to be submitted in the nomination packet include one copy of the form from www.ArtsSouthDakota.org, a brief personal history of the nominee and summary of accomplishments of the nominee, no more than three pages in length. Samples or representations of an artist’s work are encouraged and must be submitted in triplicate. Up to five letters of support may be submitted. No materials will be returned unless a stamped, self-addressed envelope is included. The nominations must be signed by the person making the nomination and postmarked before midnight November 11, 2016 to the address indicated on the nomination form.

Nominations open for Governor’s Awards in the Arts 2017

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arts spotlight Marketing arts taught at Native American Advocacy camp

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Artists In Schools & Communities roster artist Jenny Menzel has been a teaching artist for the past two years at the Native American Advocacy Program camp, helping the student entrepreneurs self-promote. Menzel instructs the students in branding principles, social media, developing short YouTube videos and other modern marketing techniques.

The logo for Honey Lodge (visit the website at www.lakotahoneylodge.org) was brainstormed, developed and revised by the kids at camp, using a large white board where campers could draw their ideas. Menzel then directed lessons on the pros and cons of using the idea, discussed color, sizing and Jenny Menzel incorporating a logo into marketing materials like print pieces used to promote the honey.

“I used three of their ideas and designed professional logos from them and had them review all three,” Menzel said. “They were very involved in the process of creating what is now their logo.”

Lakota Honey Lodge is a Native American social entrepreneurship program.

The Lakota youth keep the bees and harvest honey and then bottle everything up and package it accordingly. Young people working with Lakota Honey

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Lodge come from reservations all over the state and are taught traditional ways of living.

“These students are very respectful and really get a lot out of being involved in producing all of their products themselves.” Menzel said. “I mostly worked with the youth chaperones, kids who have been through all of the camps at Wicoti Tiwahe and then act as leaders to the younger kids that come in for their first visits.”

Jenny Menzel with Native The focus of the camp is American Advocacy Program camp chaperones. to teach native culture and instill a sense of relationship and interdependence among the earth, creatures and people. Menzel guides students in learning how to promote their endeavors through social media and printed products—and with outside projects, helping them with t-shirt designs, labels, website edits and other promotional products.

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Dakota Players, LifeScape inspire creativity with Oz production Using a “we’ll figure it out” mindset, flexibility and the right expectations, successful and inclusive arts experiences can happen anywhere. Dakota Players, an outreach program of the Black Hills Playhouse, has been leading educational residencies in South Dakota using those principles of inclusion.

With support from the South Dakota Arts Council and LifeScape funders, Dakota Players has been working since 2013 to incorporate theater opportunities inclusive of people with disabilities into its repertoire. In 2015, it partnered with the LifeScape Center for the Arts to create The Superhero Show for kids with developmental disabilities. That experience was inspiring for participants and their families, as well as the artists involved. In 2016, the company adapted an original Dakota Players script for use with the same population and produced the show You Look Marvelous.

“Both of these projects provided Dakota Players with insights about best practices and how to create and sustain inclusive theater opportunities,” said Deb Workman, director of education and outreach for the Black Hills Playhouse.

In July 2016, Dakota Players and the LifeScape Center for the Arts wrapped up a successful production of The Wizard of Oz featuring an all-ability cast, including people with developmental disabilities, some with physical disabilities and people without disabilities. Augustana University provided scenic and costume design and build for The Wizard of Oz with assistance from the Washington Pavilion’s Dakota Arts Performing Academy summer technical camp participants.

“Thanks to funding from the South Dakota Arts Council and LifeScape Ambassadors, as well as partners sharing resources, the project was a huge success,” Workman said.

Believing that no challenge is too great, Dakota Players embraces creative flexibility because students and communities across South Dakota have unique educational needs. The Black Hills Playhouse, with support from the South Dakota Arts Council, is dedicated to providing access to the arts for people regardless of social/emotional, physical, economic or geographic limitations.

Glinda and the Wicked Witch in the Dakota Players and LifeScape production of “The Wizard of Oz.”

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Artist collaboration lets kids have

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Messy Hands

Dylan Jacobson and Altman Studeny, the animals encountered by the Lewis both residency artists in the South and Clark Corps of Discovery on its Dakota Arts Council’s Artists In Schools expedition to the Vermillion area. & Communities (AISC) program, spent “In that last moment before the two weeks at the Vermillion Area Arts first session of a residency begins, the Council’s “Messy Hands Summer Arts scope of how much work needs to be Camp,” leading sessions in comic done in five short days for a project to creation and collaborative art-making come together really hits,” Studeny with 82 campers between the ages of 4 said. “But, soon enough, the power of and 14. The camp was coordinated by 80 sets of hands working toward the Michele Mechling and engaged students same goal takes over and you really from USD, Vermillion High School and understand the momentum of other artists from the Vermillion area as creativity.” workshop leaders and assistants.

Both Jacobson and Studeny “We’re all storytellers; it just needs appreciated the chance to work in a to be cultivated,” Jacobson said. “Kids community setting. can do anything if given the space to “Schools are often seen as the do so and a little guidance.” bread and butter of the AISC program,” Messy Hands Summer Arts Camp participants model their animal masks.

Jacobson’s project had students Studeny said, “and it’s true that they’re developing multi-page comic stories featuring characters of their own great opportunities for art education. But residencies scheduled in other devising, while Studeny’s Messy Hands campers had a different task. environments at different times of the year really drive home the truth of His campers painted a backdrop of Spirit Mound and made masks of art as an all-the-time-activity for lifelong learning.”

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Akipa named National Heritage Fellow by NEA

By Andrea Graham, South Dakota Traditional Arts Coordinator

Photo by Mike Wolforth, Rapid City

The Očhéthi Šakówiŋ Native American flute is unique in its construction, with a plug partway down the body of the instrument that forces air up through a hole above and then back down, controlled by a tuning block or saddle tied over the opening with a leather thong. The block is usually carved in the shape of a bird or animal and it faces the player. The far end of the instrument is also often carved as a bird or animal head, as was the mallard flute that drew Akipa in many years ago.

Akipa is one of the few artists to play the ancestral flute using the National Heritage Fellow Bryan Akipa indigenous musical scale.

While working his first teaching job at the Pierre Indian Learning Center, Akipa would often play the flute for his class, the music echoing through the building. Soon his fellow teachers were asking him to come to their classes and other schools were inviting him to perform. He began making and selling flutes, in addition to performing, to supplement his income. Audiences began asking for recordings of his music and after he produced his first CD in 1993, he realized he could turn his craft and music into a career. He has taught, demonstrated and performed at workshops, museums, schools, colleges and prestigious venues across the country, always generous in sharing his knowledge. He has won several Native American Music Awards and has been nominated for a Grammy. In addition to making and playing flutes, Akipa is also a traditional dancer, visual artist and digital media artist.

The flute circle would not be complete without passing on the tradition.

He has taught his son, friends and relatives, most recently teaching two of his nephews through an apprenticeship grant from the South Dakota Arts Council.

“For me, the red cedar flute and its aria are my cultural journey,” Akipa said.

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Artists selected for First Lady’s Prairie Art Showcase

This year’s First Lady’s Prairie Art Showcase will spotlight 31 of South Dakota’s finest artists in an exhibit of creative styles and formats. Scheduled for October 21-22, 2016, at the Ramkota Hotel and Convention Center in Pierre, the event is held in conjunction with the annual Governor’s Invitational Pheasant Hunt. The Showcase is open for public viewing on Saturday, October 22, from 11 am to 4 pm. First Lady Linda Daugaard noted that the annual Prairie Art Showcase dramatizes the number of talented artists in South Dakota. She said the event has become one that local residents attend every year and also an opportunity for those attending the Governor’s Pheasant Hunt to take a piece of South Dakota home with them.

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Remembering two lifelong friends of the arts The South Dakota arts community has recently been saddened by the loss of two arts advocates and creative leaders. The death of Dr. Norman Gambill in Brookings and of Doris Rudel in Rapid City will be mourned by many across the state who have worked with Rudel and Gambill as well as others who benefit from the legacy of their dedication to the arts. Gambill was an art history professor, most recently at SDSU where he headed the Visual Arts Department for 26 years, retiring in 2010.

During his 48-year career, he taught thousands of undergraduate students to love art and understand its importance in world history. He also worked with graduate students on courses in Asian art, film art and design, women artists and international films. Rudel had been a driving force for the arts in Rapid City for decades. She was deeply involved in establishing the Dahl Arts Center and was influential in the Black Hills arts community.

An accomplished artist, her textile collages are part of the Dahl’s permanent collection. A previously scheduled exhibit of Rudel’s work is set to open at the Dahl in December.

The Showcase will include work by sculptor Martin Hallock.

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Freeman exhibit spotlights regional artists

Color, texture and a poetic sensibility underpin The Freeman Collection, an exhibit running through December 4 in the Contemporary Gallery at the Washington Pavilion’s Visual Arts Center in Sioux Falls. The selected artwork from the collection of Dr. Jerome and Mary Freeman brings regional art collecting at its finest to the Visual Arts Center’s Contemporary Gallery.

The Freemans began collecting art in the early 1980s, and they continue to add to their collection. Their eclectic collection emphasizes artists whose work reflects Jerome and Mary’s love for the authenticity and poetry they find amid the rolling prairie east of Sioux Falls where they have lived for the last three decades. Not only collectors of paintings, printmaking and ceramics, the Freemans are also known for their fascinating array of handcrafted fine art bolo ties. In this exhibition, dozens of bolo ties join works from artists like Sheila Agee, Jean Bailey and James Starkey for a rich display of regional art. For more information, go to www.washingtonpavilion.org.

“Red Dress: His,” a 2009 oil and acrylic on canvas by Ariadne Albright, from the Freeman collection.

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Masters of art forms ranging from Native American basketmaking, to Laotian khaen playing, to Mardi Gras Indian traditions will receive the 2016 National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowships, our nation’s highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. South Dakota Native flutist Bryan Akipa is one of nine artists chosen for this honor, all of whom are dedicated to sharing these art forms with new audiences and teaching a new generation of artists.

The NEA National Heritage Fellowships include an award of $25,000, and recipients will be honored at an awards ceremony and a concert in Washington, DC this September. In addition, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival celebrated the National Heritage Fellows at a special concert July 3, which served as a preview for the 2017 Smithsonian Folklife Festival’s full program on the NEA National Heritage Fellowships.

Growing up in the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Reservation of northeastern South Dakota, Akipa did not know that traditional flutes were to be found in Dakota culture. That changed when he was studying painting with famed Dakota artist Oscar Howe at the University of South Dakota. While in Howe’s studio, he saw and became entranced with a wooden mallard-head flute, made by Lakota artist South Dakota’s past Richard Fool Bull. Akipa spent National Heritage NEA hours studying, measuring, Fellowship winners: drawing it and puzzling out how it was made. Eventually he made LeRoy Graber (2009) one of his own, carved with a Willow Basketmaker, Freeman pocketknife from red cedar. Thus Nellie Star Boy Menard (1995) began a career in music and art Lakota Sioux Quiltmaker, Rosebud that helped revive a long putKevin Locke (1990) away tradition. Akipa sought Lakota Flute Player, Singer, tribal elders who knew the flute Dancer, Storyteller, Mobridge tradition, remembered songs and showed him old flutes. He Alice New Holy Blue Legs (1985) absorbed every bit of that knowlLakota Sioux Quill Artist, Oglala edge and used it to perfect his art.

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Making new connections with local arts leaders

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South Dakota’s history is a story of its people harnessing our unique resources to create a place we call home. From the Lakota interaction with nature to homesteaders adapting to a new environment to the creation of the hometowns that define our state, self-reliance has meshed with partnership to create success, economically and culturally.

That’s the South Dakota spirit that Arts South Dakota is tapping into as we work to forge a new alliance with local arts councils and cultural groups around the state. Starting with the Summer Road Trip to celebrate the state arts council’s 50th anniversary, we are traveling and reaching out to build personal relationships and connections. We want to applaud the successes of each community’s creativity and find new ways to collectively work together, sharing ideas and strategies for the future.

South Dakota is an amazingly creative state. Great things are being

done, and so many dedicated folks in our local communities are making exciting things happen to showcase South Dakota’s artists and cultural heritage. Musical performances at the school, woodworking exhibitions at the senior citizens center, powwows, local murals, watercolor artists, photography shows at the county fair—all this art is happening throughout South Dakota. We want to help get that information out to the rest of the state and to our regional partners. From Aurora County to Ziebach County, we’ve got fantastic stories to tell.

One of the roles of Arts South Dakota is to facilitate ways of supporting individual arts groups throughout South Dakota to learn from each other. Our three primary areas of focus are service to artists and arts organizations; education, working to see that the arts are a part of the lives of all young people in South Dakota, and advocacy, being

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Get your poetry on and sign up for Poetry Out Loud The South Dakota Arts Council is now accepting registration for the Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest. Poetry Out Loud is a program that helps teachers educate students about great poetry through memorization, performance and competition.

This fall, schools are invited to participate in Poetry Out Loud in the classroom. Once their poetry units are completed, teachers can hold classroom or school competitions to select a school champion.

That student may then enter the preliminary round of competition via video to qualify for the state contest. The state champion will advance to the POL National Finals event and compete for cash awards of up to $20,000.

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December 1 - indicate interest in participating in Poetry Out Loud February 11 - video entries for regional competition postmarked February 20 - notification of which students will advance to state competition March 13 - state competition in Sioux Falls April 24-26 - POL National Finals, Washington, D.C.

Students and POL advisors are also eligible for cash prizes at the state level of competition, and travel reimbursements are provided to teachers. The winner of the state competition receives an all-expenses paid trip to the national finals.

Getting your school involved in Poetry Out Loud is easy.

Begin by introducing POL curriculum into English or literature courses. Teachers can develop their own lesson plans or use the plans provided on the POL website, www.poetryoutloud.org. The second step is holding a school recitation competition with at least two students. Then choose a winner, make a video of that student reciting two memorized poems and send it in. If your student is selected for the state competition, he or she will be notified and will need to prepare one additional poem before the state competition.

For more information about participating in Poetry Out Loud or for teaching materials or contest guidelines, contact Rebecca Cruse at the South Dakota Arts Council by calling 605-773-3301 or e-mailing rebecca.cruse@state.sd.us. Also, visit www.poetryoutloud.org for poems and performances, teaching resources and information about the competition.

Contact Rebecca today for your FREE teacher toolkits. Please indicate number of kits needed, school and teacher contact info, and physical address for shipment.

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a voice for the arts in Pierre and throughout the state. These goals require interaction with creative people statewide, as we communicate and work together.

We are always striving to connect arts councils for shared programming, shared opportunities and exciting new ideas to make the arts in South Dakota as vibrant during the next 50 years as they have been over the last half century and before. We are exploring ways to create a new infrastructure of support, streamline communications and work together in ways made possible by 21st century partnerships. We’ll be talking to you and asking for your input as we build a new creative network across South Dakota.

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By Jim Speirs, Executive Director, Arts South Dakota

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Now is the time for revolution in South Dakota schools. For the past several issues of Arts Alive, this space has been dedicated to explaining the process and progress of new federal education legislation. Currently, the new Every Student Succeeds Act is in the pre-implementation stage as the U.S. Department of Education gathers feedback and develops guidance for states, Congress wades through the appropriations process that will determine how ESSA is funded, and states develop their own regulations and plans. It’s a long process that’s in constant motion, but hopefully it will result in some significant positive impacts on our educational system.

The new federal legislation provides several opportunities for schools to increase and improve the state of arts education, but it doesn’t require that they do that. Take note, though, because as states prepare to develop and submit their own plans by the end of next summer, they will be listening to their constituents about the right ways to implement ESSA at the state and local level. This is where arts education advocates are needed, and where they must band together to offer cohesive and persistent feedback to their own districts and to the state Department of Education.

As partners in arts education advocacy, Arts South Dakota and the South Dakota Arts Council can help guide these efforts at the local level, by providing information and resources and helping to craft the message about including arts education in ESSA implementation plans.

We will provide explanations of the arts education provisions in the new law and suggested language to help local advocacy groups effectively communicate with their school administration.

We’ll also keep groups updated on proposed rules and plans at the state level, and request advocacy calls at Mrs. Crosby works with third grade artists on a nature various points during realism project at Lowell Elementary School in Sioux Falls. the process.

If you’d like to impact the state of arts education in your community, here’s what we suggest you do: 1) Form a working group to take on arts education advocacy at your local level.

2) Designate a leader to communicate with us at the state level, and email rebecca.cruse@state.sd.us and info@ArtsSouthDakota.org to let us know who that leader is. This person will be our main point of contact, and will be responsible for sharing information with the rest of the group.

3) Sign up your group to participate in the state’s ESSA stakeholder process by joining the list-serv. We will help guide you in providing feedback specific to arts education rule making. You will find the ESSA page and link to sign up for the list-serv on the South Dakota Department of Education website at: http://doe.sd.gov/secretary/essa.aspx.

4) Begin familiarizing yourself with the arts-friendly components in ESSA and with the key education leaders you’ll need to communicate with at the local and state level. You’ll find fantastic resources to help you at the Americans for the Arts website. Look for the Arts Education Field Guide and the Arts Education Navigator to get you started, and watch for specific ESSA reports and webinars coming out later this month.

For more information on arts education advocacy in South Dakota, check out www.ArtsSouthDakota.org or www.ArtsCouncil.sd.gov.

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Road Trip connects arts leaders with SD communities

Starting at JazzFest in Sioux Falls in July and continuing into the fall, the Custer on the 18th and shared in the excitement of the opening of the Governor’s Summer Arts Road Trip is taking South Dakota Arts Council Executive Director 7th Biennial Exhibit at the Dahl in Rapid City on the 19th. Sisseton and Patrick Baker and Arts South Dakota Executive Director Jim Speirs to Aberdeen were also on the August tour, with Baker and Speirs being hosted by communities from Custer to Aberdeen as they arts councils in both northeastern communities. meet the people who make art work in our state.

Further out, visits to Yankton and Arts Council members representing Vermillion are being planned along with stops communities throughout South Dakota were in in other communities, as the Arts Council and Sioux Falls for a council meeting during JazzFest Arts South Dakota continue to celebrate 50 years in July. SDAC hosted a picnic style dinner on the of the arts in South Dakota by connecting with first night of JazzFest, bringing arts leaders people across the state. together for casual conversation and fellowship.

“Our state’s arts industry, creative drive and August was a busy month, as Speirs met cultural connections have grown during the past with the Northeast Artists Network in Watertown 50 years not solely because of what happens in on the 5th and also with community arts leaders Pierre,” Baker said, “but because individuals in in Brookings on the 11th. The Road Trip team every corner of South Dakota partnered with the traveled to Spearfish for an arts community Arts Council to enhance and grow the arts. It’s a reception at the Matthews Opera House on the wonderful achievement, 50 years of arts growth, A JazzFest picnic in Sioux Falls was the first stop on the Arts Road Trip.

17th, attended Summer Music in Way Park in and we can all be proud of it!”

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Resources help make the arts accessible to everyone

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Visual Arts Center collaborates with history museum

The artistry of Native Americans past and present is juxtaposed in See Fig. 1: Pattern in Northern Plains Tribal Art, an exhibition running through December 18 in the Egger Gallery of the Visual Arts Center at the Washington Pavilion in downtown Sioux Falls. Triangles, diamonds and repeated lines in bright reds, blues and yellows feature prominently in Northern Plains Tribal artworks both historical and contemporary. In scholarly texts, fig., the abbreviation for figure, refers to a visual aid or illustration, often historical images. In this exhibition, recent beadwork, quillwork and paintings from the VAC collection of contemporary Northern Plains Tribal Art are placed in the context of late 19th century and early 20th century objects, courtesy of the Siouxland Heritage Museums. The juxtaposition of contemporary artworks and historical objects lets us see how recent Northern Plains Tribal artists like Oscar Howe, Jackie Larson Bread and Alice New Holy Blue Legs built upon traditional patterns and art forms. For more information, go to www.washingtonpavilion.org.

Arthur Amiotte’s 1996 collage, “We Painted Our Faces.”

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“Between a Blanket and a Dream,” by Rayna Hernandez.

Governor’s 7th Biennial Art Exhibition opens at the Dahl Arts Center

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The seventh edition of the premier showcase for South Dakota’s working artists runs through December 10 in the Sen. Stan Adelstein & Lynda K. Clark Gallery at the Dahl Arts Center in Rapid City. The Governor’s Biennial show serves as a celebration of the quality and unique diversity of artistic creativity within the state. The biennial exhibition and its catalog serve as historical records, showcasing some of South Dakota’s best works and greatest artists to statewide audiences now and in the future. The seventh biennial will be an invitational exhibit, where some of the state’s most important and innovative artists are shown together. 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 the state and to celebrate the cultural and artistic heritage and future of South Dakota. For more information, go to www.thedahl.org.

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Visual artist Nancy Losacker and poet Norma C. Wilson, recipients of a 2013 Collaboration Grant from the South Dakota Arts Council, are now the authors of a book recently released by Scurfpea Publishing of Sioux Falls. Rivers, Wings & Sky compiles paired images of the 18 collaborative mosaics and poems the two created together over a period of eight years. The book features an introduction by Shirley K. Sneve, a narrative of the process of Losacker and Wilson’s collaboration and a listing of the galleries which have hosted Rivers, Wings & Sky. The book will be on sale at Augustana University’s Center for Western Studies in Sioux Falls during the final Rivers, Wings & Sky exhibit through October 22, 2016.

Losacker and Wilson will speak about their work at an exhibit presentation September 17 from 10 am to 12 noon at the Center for Western Studies.

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As the chaos of summer festivals and vacations winds down and “Design for Accessibility.” This resource is designed to help you SDAC Deputy Director arts organizations settle back into the normal routine, it’s with compliancy, but also to assist you in making access an important to remember to make sure you’re following state and integral part of your organization’s planning, mission, programs, federal Americans with Disabilities Act compliancy standards. outreach, meetings, budget and staffing.

Grantees of the South Dakota Arts Council and the National You might also find the Brief Accessibility Checklist useful Endowment for the Arts are required to provide reasonable for individual projects and events, but this is not a substitute for accommodations for all who wish to attend or participate in the 504 Workbook. arts events.

To find links to the Section 504 Self-Evaluation Workbook, One of the best ways to keep track of your accessibility the Design for Accessibility handbook and the Brief Accessibility goals is to complete, and regularly update, the Section 504 SelfChecklist, visit the South Dakota Arts Council website, Evaluation Workbook. If your organization receives grant funds www.artscouncil.sd.gov/access. From there, you can follow from the South Dakota Arts Council, this is a grant requirement. links to the NEA resources page and find additional resources on You need to have it completed and on-file for site visits, and it accessibility. shouldn’t be more than three years since it was last updated.

Please call our offices or email rebecca.cruse@state.sd.us But in addition to the 504 Workbook, it’s also important to if you have questions about ADA compliancy, reasonable always think of ways to be more accessible and more inclusive. accommodations, accessibility or inclusion. We believe all South The National Endowment for the Arts has many resources available to help arts Dakotans should have equitable access to the arts, and we’re happy to help you administrators achieve accessibility goals. One of these resources is the handbook achieve that goal in your community.

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Vision for the arts

By Patrick Baker, Director, South Dakota Arts Council

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The excitement of lifelong learning Memories of my school days become a smaller point in the rearview mirror with each passing year. Still, I can clearly remember the burst of excitement I felt each May, triggered by a ringing bell on the last day of school. As the summer of 2016 recedes from a point on the horizon to another part of the past, I recognize a trend that has been developing over time in my life. The excitement now comes from opening a new chapter of learning rather than closing the book on another year of education.

Never has the concept of lifelong learning been more important to me than since taking the reins of the South Dakota Arts Council roughly seven months ago. Every day on the job since February 9 has offered a new opportunity for growth and development: from learning about the artists and arts organizations of South Dakota to grant-making to personnel management to advocacy to conflict resolution to networking to education itself, and so much in between. I am pretty certain my learning curve at SDAC is a bit like an iceberg—the vast majority of things I would like to be knowledgeable about has yet to be revealed to me. While that could be a daunting notion, I am heartened by the idea

that learning is gift for which we should all be grateful.

By the time this column is published, Arts South Dakota Executive Director Jim Speirs and I will have visited at least a half-dozen towns and met with many arts and community leaders as well as artists as part of our Summer Arts Road Trip.

Our primary reason for scheduling these visits was to learn how our organizations can better serve South Dakotans through the arts. Not only will this tour stretch into the fall to add more communities, I believe it will be a continuous journey for us throughout our tenures in our respective positions.

In late July, I attended “boot camp” for new executive directors put on by the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA). Along with newbies from six other states, I had access to the seasoned NASAA staff for over two full days of learning about the myriad resources available to help us do our jobs effectively. We capped off the camp with a visit to the offices of the National Endowment for the Arts, sort of like visiting “the source” for a state arts agency director. In June I was able to attend an Arts Midwest summit, where I learned about that regional arts

association and the challenges and successes experienced by my counterparts in neighboring states.

In the year and a half before the Department of Tourism hired me to head SDAC, I was the beneficiary of the Governor’s Leadership Development Program that offered a certificate and graduate coursework in management and public administration. I truly cannot express how much I learned about these concepts, but even more so, about myself and the value of personal relationships during intensive weeklong courses with the members of my cohort.

SDAC deeply encourages learning, offering educational and development opportunities for young and less-young students alike through programs like Artists In Schools & Communities, Arts Education Institute, ArtsLab, and grants for professional and career development for educators and artists.

I hear the bell ringing and feel the excitement building again—this time not for summer break, but for the knowledge that school is always in session for anyone willing to learn, regardless of age.

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Arts education funding, programming available through SDAC

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Every year, the South Dakota Arts Council dedicates about $400,000 to arts education grants and programming, nearly a quarter of the total agency budget.

In order to make every South Dakota educator aware of the Arts Council’s opportunities for schools and teachers, here’s a roundup of SDAC offerings to keep on hand throughout the year.

Artists In Schools & Communities (AISC)

The AISC program is an artist-in-residence program that provides students of all ages the opportunity to learn from professional artists in a focused, hands-on environment that spans at least one week, but could be longer if desired.

Schools and other nonprofit organizations in South Dakota can apply for matching grants to host the artists in residence. Grantees choose their artist from a roster of professional teaching artists endorsed by the Arts Council.

The deadline to apply for AISC residencies is March 1 every year. However, sometimes funding becomes available throughout the year due to cancellations.

If you’re interested in hosting a residency during the current school year, email rebecca.cruse@state.sd.us to inquire.

Council appointees announced

Touring Arts SDAC’s Touring Arts program is another matching grant program to bring artists into schools and community settings to help reach wide audiences across the state. Touring artists can be booked for single performances or workshops. These artists all made successful application to the Touring Arts roster and been awarded a pool of grant funds they can give out to sponsor organizations. There is no deadline to apply for Touring Arts grants. To book a touring artist, visit www.artscouncil.sd.gov/ta/ to select your artist, then contact them directly and ask about their available touring arts funds.

Educator Grants Educator grants enable teachers to reach students more effectively through special arts activities, encourage arts activities that are especially creative or innovative, assist teachers in obtaining professional development in arts education and help develop quality arts education programs in the applicant’s school. Educators in K-12 nonprofit educational institutions in South Dakota are eligible to apply for up to $1,000 in non-matching funds for arts-related projects and activities.

Homeschool educators may apply if they are members of a homeschool association serving multiple students through the project. The grant funds are awarded directly to teachers, rather than to the school. The educator grants are available throughout the year, as long as funds do not run out. Applications are expected 45 days before the start of any planned project, but applying earlier is better, as funds will be awarded beginning July 1 of each year. Go to www.artscouncil.sd.gov/grants/educator.aspx for guidelines and application.

Excursion Grants

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The Excursion Grant program provides matching funds to South Dakota organizations to assist in transportation costs for taking K-12 students and persons with disabilities to programs co-sponsored by the South Dakota Arts Council in another town and, in some special circumstances, even the same town. The SDAC will award up to $500 in a school year to assist with excursions.

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Governor Dennis Daugaard has announced the appointments of new Council Members Andrew Kightlinger of Pierre, Mary Haug of Brookings and Linda Anderson of Rapid City to serve on the South Dakota Arts Council. All three new members were appointed to three-year terms on the Council.

Kightlinger is a filmmaker who has written and directed six short films and two feature-length films, many of which were shot in South Dakota. He has film industry experience in Los Angeles, and he also works closely with the South Dakota Film Festival to highlight new and exciting films made in South Dakota or by local filmmakers.

Haug taught English at South Dakota State University for 30 years, retiring in 2008. She was the 2015 Spirit of Dakota recipient, was nominated for two Pushcart Prizes and is the author of a memoir, Daughters of the Grasslands.

Anderson, executive director of the Black Hills Playhouse, devotes time as a consultant, board member and volunteer. She has a special interest in the role the arts play in economic development, and works to promote the creative industries in South Dakota.

Re-appointed by the Governor to another three-year term on the board was Deanna Lien of Rapid City.

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School districts can apply for professional development funds for teachers or administrators to attend arts-centric professional development opportunities.

The SDAC will provide up to $500 in matching funds that can be used to cover registration and travel costs.

Poetry Out Loud Poetry Out Loud is a free program for high school students and teachers that encourages learning about great poetry through memorization and recitation.

This dynamic program helps high school students master public speaking skills, build self-confidence, learn about their literary heritage and compete for more than $100,000 in awards at the national level. For a complete description, see the full Poetry Out Loud story in this issue of Arts Alive and find the Poetry Out Loud page on our website, www.artscouncil.sd.gov.

High School Congressional Art Competition On behalf of U.S. Congresswoman Kristi Noem’s office, the South Dakota Arts Council administers the High School Congressional Art Competition in South Dakota. In early spring, Representative Noem’s Congressional office will announce the competition, and we will accept submissions and coordinate selection for her. Submission deadlines change every year depending on schedules in Washington, but you can watch for news about the contest on our website on the Congressional Art Competition page.

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South Dakota Arts Council Fiscal Year 2017

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GRANT AWARDS

At its spring meeting, the South Dakota Arts Council announced initiative and special project funding as well as grant awards totaling nearly $1.4 million to nonprofit organizations, schools and individual artists for arts projects during Fiscal Year 2017, beginning July 1, 2016, and ending June 30, 2017. Grants were awarded in the following categories: Artist Fellowships: The Council awarded Artist Fellowships to five South Dakota artists of exceptional talent to recognize past artistic achievement, encourage future artistic growth and fund specific activities.

Artist Career Development Grants: The Council awarded 10 Artist Career Development grants to provide financial support to emerging artists committed to advancing their work and careers as artists.

Arts Challenge Grants: The Council awarded 32 Arts Challenge grants to support the yearly activities of the state’s major arts institutions and community arts organizations.

Artist In Schools & Communities (AISC) Grants: The Council approved funding for approximately 200 weeks of Artists In Schools & Communities residencies, conducted by professional artists at schools and other nonprofit institutions throughout the state. Additional residency sites and sponsors will be added to this list while funds remain.

Importation of Musicians Grants: The Council awarded two Importation of Musicians grants, which provide matching funds to support importing musicians to enhance an orchestra’s performance season.

Project Grants: The Council awarded 36 Project grants, which provide matching funds to organizations and individual artists to support communitybased arts activities.

Statewide Services Grants: The Council awarded four Statewide Services Program grants to support organizations whose statewide missions support and complement the goals and objectives of the South Dakota Arts Council’s longrange plan.

Touring Arts: The Council approved funding for 27 touring artists and touring arts groups to be used to provide matching funds to nonprofit organizations in the state to help underwrite performance and exhibition fees.

Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Grants: The Council awarded two Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Grants, which provide funds to master artists to teach qualified apprentices, helping ensure that the folk art form will be passed on to another generation.

Interim Grants and Special Projects: The Council also reserved grant funds for special interim projects. These include Professional Development, Technical Assistance, Arts Opportunity, Excursion and Educator grants as well as Art for State Buildings purchases. Since applications for these grants are received throughout the fiscal year, they are not found in the list below.

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Aberdeen Community Theatre: $21,737.

Arts Challenge grant supports ACT’s season of locally produced theatrical productions, classes, workshops, and special events.

Aberdeen Recreation and Cultural Center: $23,031. Arts Challenge grant supports year-round arts activities sponsored by the Aberdeen Recreation and Cultural Center.

Aberdeen University-Civic Symphony: $5,000. Importation of Musicians grant supports the importation of musicians from outside the community to supplement local orchestra personnel.

Fallout Creative Community: $1,500.

Project grant supports the Fallout Art & Music Tour, stopping at communities around South Dakota bringing a mini-festival with a special emphasis on attracting people with developmental disabilities.

Northeast South Dakota Celtic Faire & Games: $2,500. Project grant supports Celtic music and dance performances and work shops as part of the Celtic Faire and Games.

South Dakota Film Festival: $5,000. Project grant supports a four-day festival held at the historic Capitol Theatre in downtown Aberdeen, featuring films from around the world.

South Dakota School for the Blind and Visually Impaired: $600+travel. AISC grant supports a one-week residency at site.

Storybook Land Festival: $3,150. Project grant funds help support booking children’s entertainers and expanding marketing efforts for this annual festival, a partnership

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Beresford ● Beresford Community Schools: $600+

travel. AISC grant supports a one-week residency at the site.

Bison ● Corben James Alley: $2,000. Artist Career

Phil Baker among local nonprofits held annually at Storybook Land.

Allen ● American Horse School: $3,200+travel.

AISC grant supports four, one-week residencies at site.

Arlington

Brandon ● Brandon Valley Intermediate School PTA:

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$600+travel. AISC grant supports a oneweek artist residency. ● Robert Bennis Elementary PTA: $600+ travel. AISC grant supports a one-week artist residency.

● Lawrence Elementary School: $1,200+

supports the teacher’s efforts to purchase a mobile display case to promote public awareness of the school’s art program.

● Britton-Hecla School: $600+travel. AISC

grant supports a one-week artist residency.

Brookings

● Retreat at Pointer’s Ridge: $2,000.Project grant

The National Endowment for the Arts, as part of its 2016 grant awards, has provided funding for three significant projects in South Dakota designed to enhance and develop culture and the arts in Native American communities statewide.

The Cheyenne River Youth Project in Eagle Butte received a $35,000 Folk & Traditional Arts grant to support Expanding and Deepening Native Arts for Lakota Youth and Elders. Master artists will offer instruction to Lakota youth in traditional arts such as beading, drum-making, ledger art and quillwork. Students will visit tribal senior centers, where they can create art with elders and share knowledge, wisdom and techniques.

Rosebud Economic Development Corporation of Mission was awarded a $50,000 design grant to support the development of culturally relevant housing for Lakota people at Keya Wakpala.

Situated on the Rosebud Indian Reservation, the project will include the development of as many as four unique, energy efficient, culturally expressive, affordable housing designs for low- to moderateincome Lakota families. The team will create unique designs using a community-based approach that empowers local youth and families.

First Peoples Fund of Rapid City received a 2016 Folk & Traditional Arts grant of $60,000 to support the Honoring Culture Bearers and Sharing Ancestral Knowledge Project. Activities will include the Community Spirit Awards Ceremony, where as many as 12 tribal artists will be honored for their commitment to Native art.

Native artists will visit the Pine Ridge Reservation offering workshops and demonstrations designed for Lakota youth and emerging artists.

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Chamberlain ● St. Joseph’s Indian School: $1,800+travel.

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travel. AISC grant supports a two-week artist residency at the school. ● Castlewood School District: $600+travel.

Britton

● Jennifer Dorn: $2,000. Artist Project grant

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Development grant supports the artist’s pre-production efforts for a film with a planned release in the spring of 2017. ● Bison School District: $1,200+travel. AISC grants support two, one-week artist residencies in the district.

musicians to supplement local musicians for the 2016-2017 symphony season. ● SDSU Foundation: $1,500. Project grant supports efforts to craft and implement a plan to publicize and promote to the broader community specific activities and presentations by visiting artists and designers coming to SDSU and the School of Design. ● SDSU Music Department: $4,000. Project grant supports SDSU’s String Project to strengthen orchestral programs in the public schools. ● Molly Wicks: $2,000. Artist Career Development grant supports the artist’s intention to cut more expensive materials and invest in a computer software program that will aid this sculpture process for upcoming artist exhibitions.

Challenge grant supports the council as it maintains a gallery and art center and provides a variety of arts experiences for the citizens of Brookings.

Children’s Museum of South Dakota: $600 +travel. AISC grant supports a one-week artist residency at the site.

Hillcrest Elementary School: $600+travel.

AISC grant supports a two-week artist residency at the school.

Prairie Repertory Theatre: $17,407. Arts Challenge grant supports seasonal program ming of Prairie Rep. in both Brookings and Brandon.

Jessie Rasche: $2,000. Artist Career Development grant supports the artist’s development of a series of portraits and figurative paintings, painted from hired models, as well as advertising availability to the South Dakota public.

South Dakota Art Museum: $24,521. Arts Challenge grant supports the collection, preservation, and exhibition of visual art and other year-round programming at the museum.

South Dakota Center for the Book/SD Humanities Council: $10,000. Statewide Services grant supports the 14th annual South Dakota Festival of Books, featuring many authors and a variety of other activities.

South Dakota State University (SDSU)-Civic Symphony: $4,000. Importation of Musicians grant supports the importation of professional

AISC grants support three, one-week artist residencies at the school.

Clear Lake ● Deuel School: $600+travel. AISC grant

supports a one-week artist residency at the school.

Custer ● Black Hills Playhouse: $25,997. Arts

Challenge grant supports summer season in Custer State Park. ● Custer Area Arts Council: $1,000+travel.

AISC grant supports a one-week artist residency.

De Smet ● De Smet Community Foundation: $3,500.

Project grant supports development of a concert series for the De Smet area and the new Midstate Theater. ● Laura Ingalls Wilder Pageant Assoc.: $1,000.

Project grant supports creation of costumes and props for the summer production of “The Long Winter.”

Deadwood/Lead ● Chamber Music Festival of the Black Hills:

$5,330. Arts Challenge grant supports classical chamber music concerts and educational activities at events in Black Hills and Pine Ridge communities throughout the month of July.

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● Busy Blue Birds 4-H Club: $1,000+travel.

● Historic Deadwood/Lead Arts Council:

$4,499. Arts Challenge grant supports yearly programming of the local arts council. ● Historic Homestake Opera House Society: $8,840. Arts Challenge grant supports yearly performing-arts programming to provide educational and cultural opportunities for the community.

AISC grant supports a one-week artist residency in the community.

McLaughlin ● McLaughlin School District: $1,600+travel.

Sioux Falls

AISC grants support two, one-week artist residencies.

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Milbank ● Milbank High School: $1,200+travel. AISC

grant supports a two-week artist residency.

Dupree ● Dupree After School Program: $600+travel.

AISC grant supports a one-week artist residency.

Elk Point ● Elk Point Jefferson Schools: $1,000+travel.

AISC grant supports a one-week artist residency.

Faulkton ● Faulkton Area Arts Council: $600+travel.

AISC grant supports a one-week artist residency.

Fort Pierre ● Jim Szana Trio: $2,500. Touring Arts grant

supports the group’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

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Mission ● Sinte Gleska University: $4,000. Project

grant supports the Northern Plains Indian Art Market held in Sioux Falls in September.

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AISC grant supports a one-week artist residency.

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Newell ● Newell Elementary: $1,000+travel. AISC

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New Underwood ● Duane Reichert~Backstage With a Rodeo

Clown: $3,000. Touring Arts grant supports the artist’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

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Hill City ● Black Hills Film Festival: $5,000. Project

grant supports the eighth annual festival showcasing independent films for public viewing and featuring workshops for filmmakers, writers, actors and cinematographers. ● Hill City Arts Council: $11,212. Arts Challenge grant supports HCAC’s season of activities and events.

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Hot Springs ● Hot Springs Elementary School: $2,400+

travel. AISC grants support two, two-week artist residencies.

Project grant supports the organization’s efforts to bring the Hegg Brothers Holiday Jam event to Pierre in December.

Jefferson Elementary School: $600+travel.

AISC grant supports a one-week artist residency.

Pierre Players: $11,026. Arts Challenge grant supports the year-round season of Pierre Players Community Theatre.

Justin Schmidt: $2,000. Artist Career Development grant supports the photographer’s purchase of upgraded camera equipment.

South Dakota Historical Society Foundation: $5,000. Project grant supports the design and typesetting of a biographical manuscript

by Gregory Bryan on the renowned South Dakota storyteller and artist Paul Goble.

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$20,485. Arts Challenge grant supports the Heritage Center’s year-long activities designed to collect, preserve and exhibit the tribal arts of the Lakota and the fine arts of all Native Americans.

● Huron Area Center for Independence:

$2,500. Project grant supports the production of a play by Kelsy Schoenhaar, featuring actors with and without disabilities. ● Huron School District/Our Home School: $600+travel. AISC grant supports a oneweek artist residency.

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● Gregory School District: $1,600+travel.

AISC grants support two, one-week artist residencies in the district.

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Ramona

● Randy Aldrich: $4,000. Traditional Arts

● Oldham-Ramona School District: $1,000+

travel. AISC grant supports a one-week artist residency.

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grant supports the artist’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

Erica Lane Photography: $2,000. Artist Career Development grant supports the artist’s creation of 10 “business kits,” allowing local businesses to rent and rotate artwork at an affordable price.

First Peoples Fund: $3,150. Project grant supports FPF’s efforts to bring the Jennifer Easton Community Spirit Awards back to the Performing Arts Center of Rapid City in October.

Hank Harris: $4,000. Touring Arts grant supports the artist’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

Native POP: $5,000. Project grant supports “Annual Gathering of People, Wind and Water,” celebrating Native peoples and the art of the Great Plains.

Gordy Pratt: $5,000. Artist Fellowship supports the artist’s creation of a production company in the Black Hills to produce and maintain year-long and seasonal entertainment events.

Gordy Pratt: $7,500. Touring Arts grant supports the artist’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

Rapid City Arts Council: $25,732. Arts Challenge grant supports a variety of visual and performing arts programming available to the people of Rapid City and the larger geographical area it serves.

Rapid City Children’s Chorus: $3,128. Arts Challenge grant supports RCCC’s annual season of performances and outreach activities.

Rural America Initiatives: $1,000. Project grant supports RAI’s efforts to hold the American Indian Art Market in Rapid City in November.

Ty Stilwell: $2,000. Artist Career Development grant supports the artist’s creation of a new body of visual artwork and the release of a book.

Grandview Elementary: $1,000+travel.

AISC grant supports a one-week artist residency.

Meadowbrook Elementary PTA $600+ travel. AISC grant supports a one-week artist residency.

Rapid Valley PTA: $600+travel. AISC grant supports a one-week artist residency.

St. Elizabeth Seton School: $600+travel.

AISC grant supports a one-week artist residency at the school.

West Middle School: $1,200+travel. AISC grants support two, one-week artist residencies.

Zion Lutheran School: $600+travel. AISC grant supports a one-week artist residency at the school.

Services grant supports the efforts of South Dakota’s primary arts advocacy organization to implement programming focusing on service to community arts organizations and artists, leadership and support of arts education, and advocacy for the arts on a community, statewide and national level.

Phil Baker: $9,000. Touring Arts grant supports the artist’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

Comfort Theatre: $5,700. Touring Arts grant supports the company’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

Hector Curriel: $2,000. Artist Career Development grant supports the artist’s creation of the second book of a series for children.

Dakota Chamber Orchestra, Dakota String Quartet, Dakota Wind Quintet and South Dakota Symphony Orchestra: $40,000.

Touring Arts grant supports these groups’ tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

Dakota Jazz Collective (Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues Society): $2,500. Touring Arts grant supports the group’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

Dakota Players: $8,500. Touring Arts grant supports the group’s year-round activities including touring and outreach to communities across the state.

Flower and Flame: $4,000. Touring Arts grant supports the group’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

Patrick Hicks: $5,000. Artist Fellowship supports the artist’s continued research for his next novel, “Eclipse.”

JAS Quintet: $2,000. Project grant supports the group’s “Jazz Curators” series, comprising two jazz-history concerts featuring the music of Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday, respectively.

JAS Quintet: $2,500. Touring Arts grant supports the group’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

Darin Kaihoi: $2,000. Artist Career Development grant supports the songwriter and musician’s production of a new recording project.

LifeScape (Children’s Care): $5,000. Project grant supports the inclusion and participation of children of all abilities in a week-long musical theater camp.

Maggie in the Meantime: $4,000. Touring Arts grant supports the group’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

Sanford Arts: $22,800+travel. AISC grants support 38 weeks of artist residencies in the medical center cancer treatment facility.

SculptureWalk Sioux Falls: $17,075. Arts Challenge grant supports a series of activities throughout the year aimed at exposing community members and visitors to three-dimensional art.

Apprenticeship grant supports a saddlemaking and leatherworking apprenticeship with an apprentice from Faith.

● Ipswich Public School: $600+travel. AISC

grant supports a one-week artist residency.

Rapid City

Rosholt

● Valerie Begeman: $3,870. Traditional Arts

● Rosholt School District: $3,200+travel.

Kimball ● Kimball School District: $1,200+travel.

AISC grants support two, one-week artist residencies. ●

Kyle ● Oglala Lakota College: $4,700. Project grant

supports A Vision of Our History by Lakota Artists, a summer program in which 12 artists are introduced to visitors who pass through the Historical Center of Oglala Lakota College.

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Lennox ● Lennox Elementary PACE: $1,000+travel.

AISC grant supports one-week artist residency.

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Apprenticeship grant supports three apprenticeships with Rapid City apprentices, focusing on traditional rug hooking and hand spinning of yarn.

Black Hills Chamber Music Society: $3,040.

Arts Challenge grant supports the society’s season of performances and activities.

Black Hills Community Theatre: $19,113.

Arts Challenge grant supports the BHCT’s season of theatrical productions and educational outreach activities.

Black Hills Works: $3,500. Project grant supports BHW’s efforts to produce a mixedability production of musical theater.

Black Hills Works: $19,200+travel. AISC grants support two, 18-week artist residencies at the Suzie Cappa Art Center.

AISC grants support three weeks of artist residencies in the district.

Rutland ● Rutland School District: $1,200+travel.

Hank Harris

AISC grant supports a two-week artist residency.

Salem

● Singing Boys of Sioux Falls: $2,718. Arts

● McCook Central School: $1,200+travel.

AISC grants support two, one-week artist residencies. ●

Scotland ● Scotland School District: $600+travel.

AISC grant supports a one-week artist residency in the district.

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grant supports the work of the local arts council in providing diverse arts programming for the community. ● Alan Montgomery: $5,000. Artist Fellowship supports the artist’s plans to continue creative research of the poetry of Seamus Heaney to inform the artist’s visual interpretations. ● Madison Central School Educational Foundation: $600+travel. AISC grant supports a one-week artist residency.

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grant supports a one-week artist residency.

Martin ● Dallas Chief Eagle: $7,000. Touring Arts

grant supports the artists’ tour, Nurturing

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Sioux River Folk Festival

Challenge grant supports the organization’s year-round season of performances and activities.

Sioux Empire Community Theatre: $13,377.

Arts Challenge grant supports the theater’s season of community-based productions.

Sioux Falls Arts Council: $1,473. Arts Challenge grant supports the year-round activities of the local arts council.

Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues Society: $34,334.

Arts Challenge grant supports the organization’s annual summer JazzFest, a jazz concert series throughout the year, and educational outreach activities such as the Jazz Diversity Project.

Sioux Falls School District: $2,800. Project grant supports the district’s efforts to motivate more than 2,500 middle school band, orchestra and vocal students to engage in lifelong music making through a program involving founding members of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

South Dakota Friends of Traditional Music: $3,100. Project grant supports the Sioux River Folk Festival, an annual public event at Newton Hills State Park near Canton.

South Dakota Symphony Orchestra: $36,768.

Arts Challenge grant supports the symphony’s season of orchestral music,

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Anne Sullivan PTO: $600+travel. AISC grant supports a one-week artist residency.

Eugene Field A+ Elementary School: $1,200 +travel. AISC grant supports a two-week artist residency.

Harvey Dunn Elementary: $1,200+travel.

AISC grant supports a two-week artist residency.

John Harris Elementary School: $1,200+ travel. AISC grants support two, one-week artist residencies.

LifeScape: $5,000. AISC grant supports a five-week artist residency at the school.

R.F. Pettigrew Elementary: $1,200+travel.

AISC grant supports a two-week artist residency.

Saint Mary School: $1,200+travel. AISC grant supports a two-week artist residency.

Sioux Falls Christian Elementary School: $1,000+travel. AISC grant supports a one-week residency.

Sioux Falls Lutheran School: $1,200+ travel. AISC grant supports a two-week artist residency at the school.

increase the number of sculptures in downtown Watertown.

Webster ● Webster Area School: $1,000+travel. AISC

grant supports a one-week artist residency.

Worthing Challenge grant supports a yearly season of theatrical programming with the goal of enriching, entertaining and educating the Sioux Falls region through performance, benevolence and volunteer opportunities.

throughout southeastern South Dakota. ● National Music Museum: $27,490. Arts

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Project grant supports the South Dakota Fiddle Festival, an annual three-day event taking place over the second full weekend in September in Yankton. ●

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Matthews Opera House and Arts Center: $25,194. Arts Challenge grant supports a wide variety of arts programming throughout the year, including community theater productions, an art gallery, touring performing artists, seasonal art festivals and shows, a foreign film series and other activities.

Markie Scholz/Dragons Are Too Seldom Puppet Productions: $5,000. Artist Fellowship supports the artist’s efforts to develop her skills to translate live shows into digital videos for a wider audience.

Markie Scholz/Dragons Are Too Seldom Puppet Productions: $8,000. Touring Arts grant supports the artist’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

Dick Termes/Termespheres & Lectures: $7,000. Touring Arts grant supports the artist’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

Matthews Opera House and Arts Center: $2,400+travel: AISC grants support four weeks of artist residencies.

Statewide ● Governor’s Biennial Art Exhibition: $7,000.

Yankton

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● Sisseton Arts Council: $4,000. Project grant

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grant supports operating expenses for the 2016-2017 season. ● Sacred Heart School: $600+travel. AISC grant supports a one-week artist residency. ● SD Human Services Center: $2,200+travel.

AISC grants support three weeks of artist residencies.

● Olde Towne Dinner Theatre: $11,730. Arts

Sisseton supports the council’s season of events and activities. ● Sisseton School District: $3,600+travel.

AISC grants support six weeks of artist residencies in schools. ● Sisseton Arts Council: $2,400+travel. AISC grant supports a one-month artist residency in the community.

● Yankton Children’s Choir: $2,000. Project

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Challenge grant supports the museum’s mission to serve the people of South Dakota and the nation as an international center for collecting and conserving musical instruments of all cultures and bringing people together to study, enjoy, and understand our diverse musical heritage.

Rawlins Piano Trio: $1,500. Touring Arts grant supports the ensemble’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

Leah Schretenthaler: $1,000. Artist Project grant supports the artist’s Body Weight Project, examining individuals’’ insecurities through photography and interview texts for regional exhibition.

South Dakota Public Broadcasting: $13,000.

Statewide Services grant promotes awareness of SDPB’s partnership with the Arts Council through underwriting announcements of support for arts programming and promotion of arts events through the “Events Calendar” on SDPB Radio and the organization’s online platforms.

Vermillion Area Arts Council: $2,300.

Project grant supports Messy Hands Summer Art Camp, a visual arts opportunity for area youth 4 to14 years old.

Vermillion Children’s Choir: $1,700. Project grant supports the choir’s efforts to increase participation as well as public awareness of its events in the greater Vermillion area.

Vermillion Community Theatre: $1,000.

Project grant supports the August 2016 production of “The Wizard of Oz.” University of South Dakota Foundation: $3,000. Project grant supports a collaborative endeavor between the photography departments of USD and Minot State to choose 30 photographs from the work of 15 SD photographers and 15 ND photographers for exhibition in each state.

Vermillion Community Theatre: $1,000+ travel. AISC grant supports a one-week artist residency.

Dakota Hospital Foundation: $2,400+ travel. AISC grants support four weeks of artist residencies.

Wagner ● Wagner Community School: $2,200+travel.

AISC grants support three, one-week artist residencies.

● Lewis and Clark Theatre Company: $1,446.

Arts Challenge grant supports year-round theatrical programming of the company. ● Yankton Area Arts: $10,581. Arts Challenge grant supports diverse yearly programming including arts presentations, visual art exhibitions, children’s workshops and support to artists and other organizations.

Statewide Services grant supports a juried art exhibition, featuring South Dakota artists, that tours the state every two years. Members of the statewide consortium of organizations that produce and host the exhibition are the South Dakota Art Museum/SDSU, Brookings; the Dahl Arts Center, Rapid City; the Washington Pavilion Visual Arts Center, Sioux Falls, and the USD University Art Gallery.

Additional sites sometimes host the show.

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Arts Alive South Dakota is a collaborative publication of Arts South Dakota and the South Dakota Arts Council. SDAC receives funding through a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and from the State of South Dakota through a portion of the tourism promotion tax. The South Dakota Arts Council is a state agency within the Department of Tourism.

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Executive Board Members

Brian Bonde, Sioux Falls Janet Brown, Seattle, WA Richard “Dick” Brown, Custer Brian Hildebrant, Brookings

Staff

Katie Hunhoff, Yankton Dale Lamphere, Sturgis Ellen Lee, Pierre

Jim Speirs, Executive Director Shari Kosel, Programs and Communications Director

Phone: 605-252-5979 Email: info@ArtsSouthDakota.org, jim@ArtsSouthDakota.org or shari@ArtsSouthDakota.org Website: www.ArtsSouthDakota.org

Sturgis ● Sturgis Center for the Arts: $3,467. Arts

Challenge grants supports the center’s mission to provide an environment of learning and appreciation of the arts by providing music lessons, art classes, and theater workshops to students of all ages.

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Timber Lake ● Timber Lake Middle School: $1,000+travel.

AISC grant supports a one-week artist residency. ● Timber Lake Area Historical Society: $600 +travel. AISC grant supports a one-week artist residency.

Valley Springs ● Valley Springs Elementary PTA: $600+

travel. AISC grant supports a one-week artist residency.

Vermillion ● John Banasiak: $5,000. Artist Fellowship

supports the artist’s planned nighttime photographic work in the back alleys and side streets of small towns in southeastern South Dakota. ● Discovery Mime/Movement Theatre: $4,600.

Touring Arts grant supports the company’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations. ● Missouri Valley Growth: $3,625. Project grant supports the South Dakota Shakespeare Festival, which will produce its sixth season of free Shakespeare performances and arts education programming

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Wakpala ● Kevin Locke: $9,000. Touring Arts grant

supports the artist’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

Wall ● Wall School District: $2,000+travel. AISC

grants support two, one-week artist residencies in the schools.

Watertown ● North Country Fiber Fair: $2,000. Project

grant supports instructional workshops with featured knitting instructor Margaret Radcliffe and spinning instructor Kate Larson during this year’s annual event at the Codington County Extension Complex. ● Northern Prairie Arts: $1,200+travel. AISC grants support two, one-week artist residencies in community. ● Town Players: $4,802. Arts Challenge grant supports Town Players’ yearly season of productions. ● Watertown Artwalk: $1,000. Project grant supports the organization’s efforts to

A state agency of the Department of Tourism Dennis Daugaard, Governor James D. Hagen, Secretary

South Dakota Arts Council

James L. Walker, Bath, Chair Lynne Byrne, Sioux Falls, Vice Chair Mary Bordeaux, Rapid City, Secretary Lynda Clark Adelstein, Rapid City, Treasurer Linda Anderson, Rapid City

Staff

Brian Bonde, Sioux Falls Laura Diddle, Brookings Mary Haug, Brookings Andrew Kightlinger, Pierre Deanna Lien, Rapid City Jane Rasmussen, Sisseton

Patrick Baker, Director Rebecca Cruse, Deputy Director Kathryn Vandel, Arts Program Coordinator Paul Mehlhaff, Grants Officer Andrea Graham, 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

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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Miasmatic Filigree features decorative felt installation

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Minnesota artist Liz Miller combines sinister and decorative elements in “Miasmatic Filigree,” a site-specific installation on display through November 20 at the South Dakota Art Museum on the campus of SDSU in Brookings. The shapes that make up the installation mirror guns and weapons, but are formed into decorative displays, camouflaging the dark feel, according to Miller. She hand cut the forms and designs with electric scissors and X-Acto knives. Miller uses a thick paper felt material to create her sculptural installations. The exhibit is unique because the museum walls were painted “Jargon Jade” to accompany and enhance the installation—something that has never been done before.

Miller is a professor at Minnesota State University, Mankato and teaches a drawing course and an installation art course. For more information, go to www.sdstate.edu/south-dakota-art-museum.

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Liz Miller’s “Miasmatic Filigree.”

Special music accompanies Visual Art Center exhibition

Visit the Permanent Collection Gallery for an experience that engages the imagination and the senses. Awake. Aware. Works from the Permanent Collection is on display through January 8, 2017, at the Visual Arts Center at the Washington Pavilion in Sioux Falls.

Colors and textures in works from artists such as Carl Grupp, Edward Ruscha and Eyob Mergia appeal to more than the sense of sight. As you wander this gallery, you will encounter depictions of objects such as juicy grapes, scaly fish and waves on bare toes— all of which are intended to take you on a tour of your senses using art and your sight as a guide. Original music composed by Vinh Nguyen, a student at Dakota State University, in response to the artwork in Awake. Aware., completes the exhibition experience. For more information, go to www.washingtonpavilion.org.

Ed O’Connell’s “Approaching Madrid,” a 1979 serigraph, 2/35, gift of the Dayton-Hudson Corporation.

Free fall concerts at the National Music Museum

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Another season of NMM Live! concerts are on tap this fall at the National Music Museum in Vermillion. Visitors who come for the Friday lunch hour mini concerts can also tour the Museum admission free. The concert series kicks off Friday, September 23, with James Conway, harmonica virtuoso, performing a free lunch hour mini concert with a full concert at 7 pm. Tickets are needed for the evening concerts but free to students and NMM members with benefits. On October 14, Darren Thompson, Native American flutist, will perform free at noon, with a 7 pm full concert. On November 18, catch Tina Chancey in Fêtes galantes, bowed stringed instruments of the high Baroque, and December 2, don’t miss the South Dakota Brass Quintet with music for the holidays at noon. For more information, visit the National Music Museum website: www.nmmusd.org.

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Dahl features Northern Plains Watercolor artists Watercolor works from South Dakota artists will be on display through October 22 as the Rapid City Arts Council hosts the 21st Annual Northern Plains Watercolor Society show at the Dahl Arts Center in the Inez & Milton Shaver Gallery and in the Lobby Gallery. This annual exhibit features the work of Watercolor Society members ranging in skill levels and styles. Each year the group invites a juror to host a workshop, select award winners and give a gallery critique. Founded by a group of artists in 1995 to promote art in the Black Hills area and our greater plains region, this art group has a mission to promote interest, education and appreciation for watercolor painting. The annual exhibit usually spotlights about 50 works. For more information, go to www.thedahl.org.

Dennis Linn’s “Peace,” was the first place winner in the 2015 Northern Plains Watercolor Society show.

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