South Dakota artists, arts advocates and administrators, art lovers and community and state leaders and policymakers who recognized the value of our cultural heritage joined together for a two-day State Arts Conference May 4-5 in downtown Sioux Falls. The conference, hosted by the South Dakota Arts Council, Arts South Dakota and the Sioux Falls Arts Council, brought to the state two powerful voices for the arts in our country, Jane Chu, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, and Randy Cohen, Vice President of Research and Policy for the national arts advocacy group Americans for the Arts.
