2024 South Dakota Arts Conference Program

Welcome to Sioux Falls!

Greetings to the artists, arts advocates, and community leaders as you gather here for the 2024 South Dakota Arts Conference & Arts Leadership Institute. Sioux Falls is thrilled to host you!

Greetings to the artists, arts advocates, and community leaders as you gather here for the 2024 South Dakota Arts Conference & Arts Leadership Institute. Sioux

As you join together to learn and network with others who share a connection to South Dakota’s cultural community, I hope each of you discovers new opportunities and acquires new skills to impact the arts in our communities throughout the state.

As you join together to learn and network with others who share a connection to South Dakota’s cultural community, I hope each of you discovers new opportunities and acquires new skills to impact the arts in our communities throughout the state.

If you’re a visitor to Sioux Falls for this event, I hope you take in all our growing and vibrant city has to offer. Stop in-to the shops, restaurants, and other businesses in our thriving downtown; visit stunning Falls Park; or check out our impressive public art displays, including the year-

If you’re a visitor to Sioux Falls for this event, I hope you take in all our growing and vibrant city has to offer. Stop in-to the shops, restaurants, and other businesses in our thriving downtown; visit stunning Falls Park; or check out our impressive public art displays, including the year-round outdoor SculptureWalk exhibit and the 60-ton Arc of Dreams that towers over the Big Sioux River.

From our attraction and dining options to our live music and shopping opportunities, we have many fantastic ways

From our aSraction and dining options to our live music and shopping opportunities, we have many fantastic ways for visitors to get out and enjoy Sioux Falls.

Again, welcome to Sioux Falls and enjoy your time in our wonderful community as you continue to advocate for

Again, welcome to Sioux Falls and enjoy your time in our wonderful community as you continue to advocate for the arts.

Best regards,

Paul TenHaken Mayor

Please wear your I.D. badge at all

ARTS LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE PRE-CONFERENCE

Friday, June 7 @ 1:00pm • Schulte Room

JANET BROWN

Past president/CEO of Grantmakers in the Arts and Nonprofit Arts Consultant

The Arts of Advocacy

“ When enough people come together, then change will come and we can achieve almost anything.  So instead of looking for hope…start creating it.” –Greta Thunberg

Advocating for the arts at the local government level...your town, your county or school board...is sometimes daunting and personally frustrating. But there are strategies that make your efforts successful. In this session, those strategies will be reviewed and put into context. No matter the size of your community or your past successes, the best advocacy efforts are on-going, building relationships, using research and activating stakeholders. Action takes planning and success takes creativity.

Arts Education Advocacy Case Study and Discussion

One critical component to a thriving arts ecosystem is access to vibrant arts education opportunities in K-12 programs across the state. This session will provide an open discussion to employ the tools and tactics learned in the first session to the dilemmas and possible actions to address these concerns.

Lead trainer Janet Brown will be joined by members of the new Arts Education Advocacy Network to participate with the attendees in a conversation to discuss the needs of K-12 arts education, identify the gaps in services, and discuss potential local advocacy efforts.

Arts Education Advocacy Discussion Panelists

Mary Cogswell: Retired Educator

Arts Education Advocacy Cohort Coordinator

Laura Schenk: South Dakota Music Education Association

Executive Director & Educator

Shane Wuebben: Sioux Falls School District Fine Arts Coordinator

CAMERON STALHEIM

2023 SculptureWalk People’s Choice Winner

Friday, June 7 • 3:00pm - 5:00pm STARTS IN FRONT OF COFFEA ON THE

SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE

FRIDAY 06.07

Arts Leadership Institute & Pre-Conference Sessions

12:00pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 5:00pm

PRECONFERENCE SESSION REGISTRATION TABLE OPEN

Noon -12:45pm - SCHULTE ROOM SOUTH DAKOTA PUBLIC BROADCASTING “IN THE MOMENT” LIVE WITH LORI WALSH: SIT AND WATCH THE INTERVIEWS BEFORE THE PRE-CONFERENCE BEGINS.

1:00pm-2:45pm - SCHULTE ROOM THE ART OF ADVOCACY WITH JANET BROWN

2:45pm-3:15pm: BREAK & NETWORKING

3:15pm-5:00pm - SCHULTE ROOM ARTS EDUCATION ADVOCACY CASE STUDY AND DISCUSSION WITH JANET BROWN AND ARTS EDUCATION ADVOCACY PANELISTS

3:00pm-5:00pm SCULPTUREWALK WALKING TOUR WITH CAMERON STALHEIM

FRIDAY 06.07

Opening Reception and Social for All Pre-Con & Conference Attendees

5:00pm (Optional) 5:00pm-8:00pm VISUAL ARTS CENTEREGGER GALLERY OSCAR HOWE LEGACY ACROSS FOUR GENERATIONS OPENING ARTIST RECEPTION WITH KEITH BRAVEHEART & AMY FILL

STARTS ON CORNER OF PHILLIPS AVE & 10TH STREET AT COFFEA 6:00pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 9:00pm

6:30pm-9:00pm ARTS CONFERENCE SOCIAL AT STARTUP SIOUX FALLS AND LEVITT AT THE FALLS PERFORMANCE BY KYAIRA

A fun, informal, networking mixer with food and drink and then off to the Levitt Sioux Falls for more fun and music by Kyiara. Food trucks & drinks are available.

Wear your conference badge to rent a chair for FREE!

Schulte Room Mary W. Sommervold Hall Stage

SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE

SATURDAY 06.08

Full Conference

7:00am 8:00am 9:00am 10:00am 11:00am 12:00pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 4:00pm

ALL DAY REGISTRATION TABLE OPEN

Schulte Room Mary W. Sommervold Hall Stage

8:15am-8:45am - MARY W. SOMMERVOLD HALL STAGE WELCOME: TORRIE ALLEN, PRESIDENT & CEO, ARTS MIDWEST SOUTH DAKOTA POET LAUREATE BRUCE ROSELAND

9:00am-10:00am - MARY W. SOMMERVOLD HALL STAGE ART, EQUITY, AND THE JOURNEY GETTING THERE WITH KELLEN BOICE

10:00am-10:30am: BREAK - 1ST FLOOR LOBBY

10:30am-11:30am - MARY W. SOMMERVOLD HALL STAGE

PATIENCE, PERSISTENCE & PARTNERSHIPS: HOW ARTS ADVOCATES SUCCEEDED AT CITY HALL WITH JANET BROWN, JEFF ECKHOFF AND MAREN ENGEL

11:30am-12:00pm: BREAK - 1ST FLOOR LOBBY

12:00pm-1:30pm - MARY W. SOMMERVOLD HALL STAGE

9:00am-10:00am - SCHULTE ROOM

ARTIST CO-OPS/ SHOWCASING & SUPPORTING LOCAL ARTISTS WITH EMILY NGUYEN, SION LIDSTER AND CLAUDIA DAIL

10:30am-11:30am - SCHULTE ROOM

ACCESSING THE ARTS: ENSURING THE ARTS IN SOUTH DAKOTA ARE ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL WITH ARI ALBRIGHT, DEBRA WORKMAN, AND JAMIE REINDL

“A CLASSIC ROCK CABERET” PERFORMANCE BY GOODNIGHT THEATRE

FEATURED KEYNOTE & LUNCH WITH RANDY COHEN - VP OF RESEARCH, AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS: AEP6 STUDY KEYNOTE

1:30pm-1:45pm: SHORT BREAK

1:45pm-2:45pm - MARY W. SOMMERVOLD HALL STAGE

RURAL DESIGN: WHAT’S WORKING + RESOURCES FOR YOUR COMMUNITY WITH HILLARY PRESECAN, COMMUNITY PLACEMAKING PROGRAM MANAGER AT THE HOUSING ASSISTANCE COUNCIL

1:45pm-2:45pm - SCHULTE ROOM

MARKETING WITH MIKE GUSSIAAS, CHIEF MARKETING & CREATIVE OFFICER, TRAVEL SOUTH DAKOTA

2:45pm-3:00pm: ICE CREAM SOCIAL - MARY W. SOMMERVOLD HALL STAGE

3:00pm-4:00pm - MARY W. SOMMERVOLD HALL STAGE OSCAR HOWE LEGACY EXHIBITION: ACROSS FOUR GENERATIONS (ARTIST PANEL) PANELISTS: KEITH BRAVEHEART (OGLALA LAKOTA), ROGER BROER (OGLALA LAKOTA), GWEN WESTERMAN (SISSETON WAHPETON DAKOTA), TALON “BAZILLE” DUCHENEAUX (CROW CREEK DAKOTA & CHEYENNE RIVER LAKOTA), KYLIE THUNDER HAWK [WANATEE] (SICANGU LAKOTA)

FAREWELL!

ENJOY THE MANY ARTS ACTIVITIES TAKING PLACES IN SIOUX FALLS! SEE THE CREATIVE EXCURSIONS LIST.

FEATURED KEYNOTE

Saturday, June 8 @ 12:00pm

MARY W. SOMMERVOLD HALL STAGE

RANDY COHEN Vice President of Research Americans for the Arts

Randy Cohen is Vice President of Research at Americans for the Arts—the national advocacy organization for the arts—where he has been empowering arts advocates since 1991.

Cohen is known for balancing rigorous research methods with accessible and actionable results. His work at Americans for the Arts has provided new perspectives on the nonprofit arts. He recently published Arts & Economic Prosperity 6: The Economic Impact of Nonprofit Arts & Culture Organizations and their Audiences and Americans Speak Out About the Arts in 2023, a national public opinion study about the arts. Randy led the development of The National Arts Index, the annual measure of the health and vitality of arts in the U.S., and the National Arts Policy Roundtable, an annual convening of leaders who focus on the advancement of American culture—launched in partnership with Robert Redford and the Sundance Institute. In the 1990’s, Randy collaborated with the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities to create Coming Up Taller, the White House report on arts programs for youth-at-risk; and the U.S. Department of Justice to produce the YouthARTS Project, the first national study to statistically document the impact of arts programs on at-risk youth. He is the 2024 recipient of the Sidney Yates Advocacy Award for outstanding advocacy on behalf of the performing arts in America. His 10 Reasons to Support the Arts blog received the Gold Award from the Association of Media & Publishing—their top honor for best blog post of the year. A sought-after speaker, Randy has given speeches in all 50 states, and regularly appears in the news media—including the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and on C-SPAN, CNN, CNBC, and NPR.

Randy has been a policy specialist for the National Endowment for the Arts, founded the San Diego Theatre for Young Audiences, and worked in medical research for Stanford University and Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation. His board work includes the League of Historic American Theaters. Randy is a past Chair of the Takoma Park Arts & Humanities Commission, during which time the Commission completed a cultural plan, established the city’s Poet Laureate and public art programs, and led the development of a million-dollar conversion of the city council chambers into a performing arts space.

CONFERENCE PRESENTERS

KELLEN BOICE

Executive Director

Sioux Falls Arts Council

9:00-10:00AM Conference Session

Art, Equity, and the Journey Getting There

SION LIDSTER

poet, freelance writer, and blogger

Owner Full Circle Book Co-op

9:00-10:00AM Conference Session

Artist Co-ops/ Showcasing & Supporting Local Artists

MAREN ENGEL

Arts Coordinator

City of Sioux Falls

10:30-11:30AM Conference Session

Patience, Persistence and Partnerships

CLAUDIA DAIL

Certified Business Coach

The Watering Can

9:00-10:00AM Conference Session

Artist Co-ops/ Showcasing & Supporting Local Artists

JANET BROWN

Past president/CEO of Grantmakers in the Arts and Nonprofit Arts Consultant

Janet Brown & Associates

10:30-11:30AM Conference Session

Patience, Persistence and Partnerships

JAMIE REINDL

Artistic Director

LifeScape Center for the Arts

10:30-11:30AM Conference Session

Accessing the Arts: Ensuring the Arts in South Dakota are Accessible for All

EMILY NGUYEN

Artist

Art by Em Nguyen

9:00-10:00AM Conference Session

Artist Co-ops/ Showcasing & Supporting Local Artists

JEFF ECKHOFF Director of Planning and Development

City of Sioux Falls

10:30-11:30AM Conference Session

Patience, Persistence and Partnerships

ARIADNE ALBRIGHT

Director

Creative Care, L.L.C.

10:30-11:30AM Conference Session

Accessing the Arts: Ensuring the Arts in South Dakota are Accessible for All

CONFERENCE PRESENTERS

DEB WORKMAN

Co-Founder, Dakota Players

Director of Education/Teaching Artist

Black Hills Playhouse

10:30-11:30AM Conference Session

Accessing the Arts: Ensuring the Arts in South Dakota are Accessible for All

HILLARY PRESECAN

Community Placemaking Program Manager

Housing Assistance Council

1:45-2:45PM Conference Session

Rural Design: What’s Working + Resources for Your Community

MIKE GUSSIAAS

Chief Marketing & Creative Officer

Travel South Dakota

1:45-2:45PM Conference Session Marketing

TRADITIONAL ARTS EXHIBIT

Check out the new exhibit from the South Dakota Traditional Arts program!

It features six pop-up banners highlighting some of the artists who have participated in the South Dakota Arts Council’s Traditional Arts Apprenticeship grant program.  Since 2001, the state arts council has funded more than 100 projects that support the continuation of traditional arts from one generation to the next through Traditional Arts Apprenticeships.  The S.D. Arts Council hopes the exhibit will encourage more artists to become involved and seek grant support for learning traditional artforms or passing on their expertise.

Beginning July 1, 2024, the exhibit will be available to travel to your community, and the first stop will be at Nicollet Tower in Sisseton.

Please contact Anne Hatch, S.D. Traditional Arts Program Manager, for more information: 605-608-0490 SDTraditionalArts@outlook.com

SATURDAY CLOSING PANEL DISCUSSION OSCAR HOWE LEGACY EXHIBITION:

ACROSS FOUR GENERATIONS (ARTIST PANEL)

Saturday, June 8 @ 3:00pm MARY W. SOMMERVOLD HALL STAGE

A panel discussion with invited artists from the Oscar Howe Legacy Exhibition: Across Four Generations. Artists will discuss their individual contributions to the exhibition and share intergenerational perspectives of “cultural legacy” and “creative continuum,” as inspired through the legacy of Dakota master artist, Oscar Howe.

Oscar Howe Legacy Exhibition: Across Four Generations at the Washington Pavilion (Egger Gallery) until Sept. 1, 2024. Exhibition co-curated by Keith BraveHeart & Amy Fill (USD Galleries).

Exhibition Opening Reception: Friday, June 7th (5-8pm)

*Coordinated by Washington Pavilion curators

ROGER BROER

has been a fixture in the Northern Plains Native American art scene for over 40 years. As a member of the Oglala Lakota nation, he creates expressive paintings and monotype prints reflecting his Lakota culture and the world he occupies. Broer’s work has been exhibited in more than 50 one-man shows and over 175 group shows, and he has paintings in both national and international collections.

rogerbroer.com

GWEN WESTERMAN

is an enrolled member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota Oyate and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. She creates textile art influenced by her life and Indigenous cultures. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Red Cloud Heritage Center Museum, the University Art Galleries at USD, the Great Plains Art Museum and the Minnesota Historical Society.

gwenwesterman.com

TALON “BAZILLE” DUCHENEAUX

is a rap artist and poet from the Crow Creek Dakota and Cheyenne River Lakota tribes in South Dakota, part of the Oceti Sakowin (7 Council Fires). Bazille is the head of Wonahun Was’te’ Studios/Records. Bazille is also the co-founder of the website NeverDeadNative. com — a platform which aims to create a celebratory place of discussion for Indigenous peoples who are interested in the realm of horror — alongside Dakota writer Dani Miller. bazilledx.bandcamp.com

KYLIE W. THUNDERHAWK

an enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, is from Rosebud, South Dakota, and is a rising sophomore at USD, pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts. She participated in the OHSAI in 2019, 2021 and 2022. Her artistic practice includes painting in acrylics, gouache on paper and oil paints.

kyliethunderhawk. wordpress.com

KEITH BRAVEHEART Moderator

SATURDAY OPENING PERFORMER

Bruce Roseland

South Dakota Poet Laureate

Bruce Roseland farms and ranches in central South Dakota and serves as the state’s eighth poet laureate. He has written seven books of poetry, four of which have won national awards, including “The Last Buffalo” (2006, winner of the 2007 Wrangler Award), and “A Prairie Prayer” (2008), “Cowman” (2018) and “Heart of the Prairie” (2021), winners of the 2009, 2019 and 2022 Will Rogers Medallion.

SATURDAY LUNCH PERFORMANCE

Goodnight Theatre: A Classic Rock Cabaret

About The Good Night Theatre Collective www.goodnighttheatre.com

Founded in 2016, the Good Night Theatre Collective (GNTC strives to create entertaining, elevated live theatre — professional arts experiences for bright, local talent.  Based in Sioux Falls, S.D., GNTC is a local theatre company that values creating space for and compensating dedicated, skilled (and often undersung) theatre artists in our community; fostering an environment that bolsters talent and generous positivity — not ego; building a network of artists rooted in kindness, gratitude, trust and camaraderie; practicing supportiveness of our surrounding arts community by promoting, supporting and showing up for other local companies and organizations; and striving to develop theatrical experiences of a professional quality for a community that deserves artistic excellence.

LEVITT AT THE FALLS PERFORMANCE

SOUTH DAKOTA ARTS COUNCIL

Established in 1966 and funded by the State Legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts, the South Dakota Arts Council (SDAC) is a state agency serving South Dakotans and their communities through the arts. Recognizing the importance of creativity in the lives of all South Dakotans, the Council makes quality arts accessible throughout the state by providing grants, services and information to artists, arts organizations, schools and the public. The Council is the advisory board to the SDAC staff within the Department of Tourism. Council members are appointed by the Governor.

A STATE AGENCY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM

Kristi Noem, Governor

James D. Hagen, Secretary

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Chair: Joanna Lawler, Rapid City

Vice Chair: John Mogen, Sioux Falls

Secretary: Nan Venhuizen, Sioux Falls

Treasurer: Dohui Kim, Sioux Falls

Roger Broer, Hill City

Jane Rasmussen, Sisseton

Cristen Roghair, Okaton

Joshua Spies, Sioux Falls

Jim Walker, Bath

Lee Ann Roripaugh, Vermillion

Mary Bordeaux, Rapid City

SOUTH DAKOTA ARTS COUNCIL STAFF

Department of Tourism

Patrick Baker, Director patrick.baker@state.sd.us (605) 773-5507

Rebecca Cruse, Deputy Director rebecca.cruse@state.sd.us (605) 295-4052

Kate Vandel, Grant Specialist and Accessibility Coordinator kathryn.vandel@state.sd.us (605) 773-5925

Sarah Carlson, Program Coordinator sarah.carlson@state.sd.us (605) 773-3102

Anne Hatch, S.D. Folk & Traditional Arts, Program Coordinator sdtraditionalarts@outlook.com (605) 608-0490

SOUTH DAKOTA ARTS COUNCIL

711 E. Wells Avenue, Pierre, SD 57501 (605) 773-3301 | sdac@state.sd.us

www.artscouncil.sd.gov

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @SouthDakotaArts

ARTS SOUTH DAKOTA

Arts South Dakota, a non-partisan and non-profit service organization, advances the arts for South Dakotans and our visitors by connecting, advocating, and educating.

Arts South Dakota is a unifying voice for the arts; our vision is for all artists and creative leaders to feel empowered and championed, advancing a flourishing arts ecosystem that fosters vibrant communities.

Arts South Dakota is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization funded entirely by donor contributions and grants. South Dakota Arts Council support is provided with funds from the State of South Dakota, through the Department of Tourism, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Chair: Jim Mathis, Sioux Falls

Vice Chair: Michael Pangburn, Pierre

Secretary: Keith Braveheart, Kyle

Treasurer: Patri Acevedo Fuentes, Rapid City

Past Chair: Stacy Braun, Aberdeen

Lawrence Diggs, Roslyn

Rodney Garnett, Spearfish

Deonne Kahler, Rapid City

Dr. Alan LaFave, Valley City, ND

Sen. Reynold Nesiba, Sioux Falls

Ashley Pourier, Porcupine

Kenny Putnam, Rapid City

Larry Rohrer, Beresford

Rep. Tamara St. John, Sisseton

Shelley Stingley, Sioux Falls

Lynn Verschoor, Brookings

Kris Wollman, Mitchell

ARTS SOUTH DAKOTA STAFF

Jim Speirs, Executive Director jim@artssouthdakota.org

Shari Kosel, Program & Communications Director shari@artssouthdakota.org

Andrew Reinartz, Community Development Director andrew@artssouthdakota.org

Sarah Larson, Communications Coordinator sarah@artssouthdakota.org

Amanda Levesque, Director of Development Services amanda@ArtsSouthDakota.org

ARTS SOUTH DAKOTA

PO Box 2496, Sioux Falls, SD 57101 (605) 252-5979 | info@artssouthdakota.org www.artssouthdakota.org

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You create. You volunteer. You attend. You support. You are the reason the arts happen in our communities. Your gift helps support a creative South Dakota!

Please consider joining as an individual donor or an organizational member of Arts South Dakota. We ask for your support at any level. You will make a difference and a stronger collective voice for the Arts in South Dakota! Arts South Dakota is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation. Donations are tax-deductible. To donate, visit artssouthdakota.org.

ARTS SOUTH DAKOTA SUPPORTERS

Help us say THANK YOU to the many donors to Arts South Dakota. These individuals and organizations believe in a strong collective voice for the arts, and demonstrate that by their membership gifts. Their donations lead the way in advocating for a creative state, and we can’t do this important work without you all!

Donors supporting the Arts South Dakota Annual Fund with a sustaining gift from July 1, 2022May 3, 2024 are listed below.

MAJOR GIFTS

A special thanks to the following supporters for their significant gifts to Arts South Dakota. Their belief in a creative South Dakota, and accompanying financial support, will help drive this important work forward!

Rodney Garnett

Deonne Kahler

Deanna and Dave Knudson

Jim and Kara Mathis

Michael Pangburn

SOUTH DAKOTA INDIVIDUAL & ORGANIZATIONAL DONORS BY CITY

ABERDEEN

Aberdeen Area Arts Council

Dacotah Prairie Museum

Hardly Working Promotions, LLC

Kay Bosanko

Stacy & LeRoy Braun

Laurel Foster

Roxanne Hinze

Dawn Menning

Cassandra Mraz

Melissa Nguyen

Betty Sheldon

Dan Van Dover

Kathleen Webb

ALEXANDRIA

Dellaine Kleinsasser

BERESFORD

Larry & Marilyn Rohrer

BROOKINGS

South Dakota Art Museum

Tim and Monica Campbell

Mary and Kurt Cogswell

Margaret Denton

Van and Barbara Fishback

Tom Fishback

Marilyn Foerster

Bette Gerberding

Linda Hoffelt

Dennis Hopfinger and Carolyn Clague

James and Ardis Johnson

Karen & Keith Kinder

Jim McKinney

Doug and Mary Miller

David Reynolds

Linda Stuerman-Purrington

Lynn Verschoor

Merritt and Pamela Warren

CHANCELLOR

Kay Cimpl Wagner

CRAZY HORSE

Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation

CUSTER

Custer Area Arts Council

Nancy Anne Barker

Mary Jo Marcy

DE SMET

Amy Kruse

DEADWOOD

Danielle Osloond

Mark and Rose Speirs

Mary and Mark Zimmerman

DELL RAPIDS

Allen and Gloria Brown

Joan C. Rasmusson

EAGLE BUTTE

Julie Garreau

FAULKTON

Faulkton Area Arts Council

Linda Bartholomew

Sarah Davidson

Beth Deiter

Jody and Jim Moritz

FORT PIERRE

Dave and Linda Bonde

William V. Fischer

Gloria Hanson and Ron Schreiner

Patricia Miller

Daniel and Rebecca Schenk

Lonnie Schumacher

Barbara Wood

Sandy Zinter

FULTON

Con Brio Studio

GLENHAM

Debby Walker

HERREID

Andrew & Sheila Van Kuren

HIGHMORE

Highmore Area Council of the Arts

HILL CITY

Artforms

Black Hills Film Festival

Hill City Arts Council

Warrior’s Work & Ben West Gallery

Roger and Merlene Broer

Jon & Gail Crane

Cheryl Whetham and Jukka Huhtiniemi

Lesta and Mike Turchen

HOT SPRINGS

Chautauqua Craftsmen & Artisans of the Black Hills

Brad Richardson

Jan Speirs

HOUGHTON

Herseth Ranch

HUMBOLDT

Brenda Sosa

HURON

Beth Brenner

LABOLT

Ron and Linda Anderson

LEAD

Historic Homestake Opera House

Historic Lead Deadwood Arts Council

Johns & Kosel Law, LLC

Jacqualyn Fuller

Joe and Shari Kosel

Dan and Dot O’Connor

MADISON

Madison Area Arts Council

Mary Askren

Dr. Larry Green

Donna Hazelwood

Terry and Mary Ryan

MARTIN

Rosemary Buchmann

Dr. Craig Howe

MILLER

Collin and Katie Otteson

MITCHELL

Area Community Theatre of Mitchell

April Geist

Dusty and Jacquelyn Johnson

Marica Shannon

Kristine Wollman

MURDO

David and Naomi Colberg

OKATON

Cristen J. Roghair

ONIDA

Rodney and Marla Mosiman

PARKER

Rolf Olson & Anne E. Waltner

PICKSTOWN

Larry and Debera Lucas

PIERRE

Pierre Players Inc.

Short Grass Arts Council

Waterfront Gallery for the Arts

Monte Amende and Michelle Deyo-

Amende

Amanda Bachmann

Nancy and Mike Baker

Patrick and Jennifer Baker

Susan Burgard

Kay Decker

Karen A. Gerdes

Jeff and Darlene Hallem

Arline Hammer

Steve and Monica Harding

Helen Harryman

Deborah Holland

Larry and Mary Jo Johnson

Diane Kehrwald

Ellen and Tom Lee

Dorothy Liegl

Larry and Gail Lyngstad

Jay and Beverly Mickelson

Mike and Kathi Mueller

Sandra Nelson

Laura Norton

Michael Pangburn

Ken and Lavonne Pickering

Eric and Ruth Raveling

Randall & Teri Royer

Chuck and Bonny Schroyer

Tami Steffensen

Jim and Sandy Szana

Tom and Molly Valentine

Kate and Andy Vandel

Roberta Williams

Ron and Glenda Woodburn

PLANKINTON

Verna L. Edinger

RAPID CITY

Black Hills Symphony Orchestra

Black Hills Works

Dahl Fine Arts Center & Rapid City Arts

Council

Dakota Artists Guild

Mt. Rushmore Chapter of SPEBSQSA,

Inc. Shrine of Democracy Chorus

Shoemaker Visual Art Studio

The Black Hills Playhouse

Patri Acevedo Fuentes

Stanford and Lynda Adelstein

Carol Bailey

John and Anne Barlow

Bonnie and Tim Bjork

Jim and Glenna Books

Mark & Katie Bray

John E. Brockelsby

Susan Callahan

Ann and Tim Deckert

Tony Diem

Don and Mary Downs

Christina Emrick

Masha Fehr

Michael and Marnie Gould

Anne F. Hatch

Susan Hines

Deonne Kahler

Janet M. Kahler

Christine Leichtnam

Deanna Lien

Nick Lucas

Joy McCracken

Mark and Kristol McKie

Deborah Mitchell

Sandra Newman

Tamara Pier

Kenny and Linnea Putnam

Patrick Roseland

Carol and Carl Schwarzenberg

Marty Seim

Virginia Sneve

Clayton and Anella Southwick

James and Cary Speirs

Yoko Sugawara

Anna Marie Thatcher

Hon. Jeffrey L. Viken

Milo Winter

Steven Zellmer and Kitty Kinsman

ROSLYN

Lawrence Diggs

Monte & Fran Rougemont

SALEM

LeEtta Bennett

SCOTLAND

Frank Kloucek

SIOUX FALLS

Augustana University School of Music

Avera Health

Badger Clark Foundation

Downtown Sioux Falls, Inc.

Great Plains Watercolor Society

Levitt at the Falls

Sanford Arts at Sanford USD Medical Center

SculptureWalk Sioux Falls

Sioux Falls Mariachi Inc

South Dakota Friends of Traditional Music

South Dakota Symphony Orchestra

The Center for Western Studies, Augustana University

Washington Pavilion

Wolf Bronze

Phil and Jill Baker

Nan Baker

Dar Berkenpas & Boyd Bristow

Melanie and Norman Bliss

Brian and Kaija Bonde

Bill and Cathy Britton

Dick Brown

Janet Brown

Lynne and Bill Byrne

Linda Clement

Pam Cole

Paul and Mary Ellen Connelly

Mike and Judy Connor

Claudia Dail

Kris and Steve Egger

Lyle Ehlers

Paul Everson

Carla Fauske and Peter Lieberman

Nancy Giere

Doris Graeber

Andra Guzzo

Dirk & Constanze Hagmaier

Bruce and Nancy Halverson

Mr. Peter J. Hauff

Phil and Kiki Hegg

Connie Herring

Heather Hitterdal

Josh and Rose Ann Hofland

Dody and Boyd Hopkins

Jon Hovland

Richard A. Johnson

Corliss and Anne Johnson

Lori Johnson

Tim and Barbara Johnson

Scott and Marianne Johnson

Lynne Jones

Rob Joyce

Phil and Diana Kappen

Anita Kealey and John Brannian

Adam Emerson & Dohui Kim

Dan and Arlene Kirby

Deanna and Dave Knudson

Dick and Cindy Koch

Cheryl Koch

John J. Kolb

Mark Law

Katrina Lehr-McKinney

Brenda Lewis

Jim and Kara Mathis

John McIntyre

David Medema

Senator Reynold Nesiba

Janice Nicolay

Nancy Olive

Judith Payne

Dr. Boyd and Jessica Perkins

Byron Petersen

Sheri Peterson

Kris Reaves

Andrew and Rosanne Reinartz

Kay Reinartz

Betsy Rice

Thea and Tim Ryan

Kristi Saxlund

Jeff and Katie Scherschligt

Kirby Schultz

Miles and Vickie Schumacher

Jim and Jill Speirs

Jack Stengel

Shelley Stingley

Stephen & Catherine Thurman

Rose Marie Tornow

Serge van Neck

Karyn Veenis

Nan Venhuizen

Lori Walsh

Darwin Wolf

SISSETON

Sisseton Area Arts Council

Rosemarie Hanssen

Terry and Sandi Jaspers

Cindy Marohl

Estelle Reierson Pearson

John and Jane Rasmussen

Representative Tamara St. John

SPEARFISH

The Matthews Opera House & Arts

Center

Kathy Block

Oliver Burgoyne

Elizabeth Freer & Michael Headley

Rod & Sandy Garnett

Lonnie and Leesa Haugland

Jim and Katie Hood

Edith Lien

Paula Manley and Jim Knutson

Kent and Zindie Meyers

Tim Peterson

Ellen & Richard Plocek

Mary Ann Sheldon

Gary and Nan Steinley

SPENCER

Lori Long

SPRINGFIELD

Cheryl Peterson Halsey

STURGIS

Sturgis Area Arts Council

Anne Bodman and Andrew Hollander

Richard and Ginger Carstensen

DeVee and Kevin Dietz

Bill Feterl

Barry Furze

Susan Rae Helgeland

Dale Lamphere and Jane Murphy

Denise LaRue

TEA

Paul Struck

VERMILLION

Dalesburg Heritage

National Music Museum

South Dakota Shakespeare Festival

Vermillion Area Arts Council

Vermillion Downtown Cultural

Association

Ariadne Albright

John Banasiak

Dr. Margaret Downie Banks

Don and Janet Beeman

Carol Cook Geu

Chaya & Ryan Bland

Susan Gray

Bruce & Carol Kelley

Michele Mechling

Phyllis Packard

Dr. Susanne Skyrm

Norma and Jerry Wilson

WALL

Wounded Knee Museum

Rick and Patt Hustead

WATERTOWN

Northern Prairie Arts

Redlin Art Center

Doris Symens Armstrong

Mr. Stanley N. Jacobson

Ramona Voegele

Ralph Wamsher

Darlene Dulitz

Connie Gisi

WESSINGTON SPRINGS

Springs Area Council of the Arts

WINNER

Tami Comp

YANKTON

Yankton Area Arts

Marsha Bertsch

Bill J. and Jane Bobzin

Kathie and Rudy Gerstner

Paul Harens

Bernie Hunhoff

Mary Hunhoff

Marilyn Kratz

Kevin and Amber Moe

Larry and Diane Ness

James and Marilyn Nyberg

Marcia and Marvin Olnes

Roger and Mary Jo Renner

Lea Ann Schramm

Norman and Kathleen West

OUT OF STATE OR UNKNOWN COMMUNITY

Seven Council Fires Native Art

Diane Barnhart

Annie Bechtold

Greg Boris and Joan Reddy

Ray Brooks

J Carol Carlsen

Jamie Church

Judith Cronin

Kay Diehl

Zachariah Fournier

Judy Gates

Mark Green

KE Grosz

Alana Hastings

Brian Jones

Tom Jones

Alan and Kari LaFave

Mary E. Manthei

Cristina Mathis

Joseph and Norma McFadden

Janet Meyer

David Nixon

Sandra Jassmann Polster

Ashley Pourier

Mr. Edward D. Pullen

Mark Smither

Carol Stewart

Craig Volk

Candy Welch

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