2019 Arts Education Institute
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shares campus with band directors The 20th annual Arts Education Institute (AEI) offers an educational and fun-filled week of learning to infuse the arts into classrooms and into curriculum development. This year, hands-on art and music workshops will offer many opportunities for all Pre-K through 12th grade educators July 15-18 at Northern State University in Aberdeen. Registration opens in March and you DO NOT need to be an educator to participate in AEI—we encourage everyone to attend. South Dakota’s annual Band Directors Institute will make its NSU debut at the 20th annual Arts Education Institute. The Band Director’s Institute, scheduled for July 15-17, is a workshop designed to expose music teachers to the newest and best band literature, as well as pedagogical methods and materials. The headline clinician will be Michael Sweeney, Composer and Director of Band Michael Sweeney Publications for Hal Leonard. The three-day institute will include new music reading sessions, instrument master classes and clinic sessions that focus on a wide variety of teaching subjects for band directors. AEI is offered for up to two graduate, undergraduate, recertification (CEU) or career technical (CTE) credits. Registration begins in March. For complete workshop information, please
visit https://artssouthdakota.org/arts-education-institute/. Class sizes are limited, so participants are urged to sign up early to get the workshops you prefer. Note: Payment for dorm housing and grad/undergrad credit will be due upon check-in and/or registration July 15. If you have questions, email Shari Kosel at shari@ArtsSouthDakota.org. AEI is sponsored by Arts South Dakota, the South Dakota Arts Council and Northern State University. 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.
best of show
South Dakota artist wins at Santa Fe Indian Market
Kevin Pourier’s “Winyan Wánakiksin,” which means Women Defenders of Others, is a carved horn three-dimensional work illustrating the power of women, contemporary Native issues and a commitment to advocacy by women worldwide. Pourier researched, interviewed and collaborated with eight influential Native women to create the design. Each individual portrait panel took about two weeks to complete, in addition to the distinctive individual background designs.
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After 21 years of showing his work at the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA) Santa Fe Indian Market, Oglala Lakota artist Kevin Pourier won Best of Show in the 2018 competition for his elk horn belt, Winyan Wánakiksin. Pourier’s intricate artistic creations are an extension of Lakota culture. While on a research fellowship he discovered a buffalo horn vessel belonging to Crazy Horse featuring holes drilled into the horn and inlaid with blue stone to represent stolen horses. Pourier’s work retains a connection to the past as he creates artwork introducing younger generations to current Native issues. Pourier has received many awards over the years, including the 2014 Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Regional Artist Fellowship, but he said that Best of Show at the annual Indian Market is one of his proudest moments. Pourier attributes his success to the partnerships he has made through granting foundations, because that financial support has given him more time to focus on projects that have advanced his career. Pourier’s 2018 award-winning belt, Winyan Wánakiksin, was purchased by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian.
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