ArtsAlive
Autumn 2020
State Arts Conference
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Vermillion’s community commitment to public art has been the genesis of several murals, the most recent of which is a diptych commemora!ng the contribu!ons of women in all cultures, as well as a depic!on of the Lakota crea!on story and contemporary Indigenous narra!ves. A detail from “Waná"ča,” which is one side of the new mural, is shown on our cover. Read the story of the project and its communitybased inspira!on on page 6, and go to www.vermculture.org/muralproject to learn more.
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Autumn 2020 Volume 23, Issue 1
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Indigenous ar"sts lead comple"on of Vermillion mural
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Nomina"ons are now open for the Governor’s Awards in the Arts
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Roosevelt teacher is 2020 Art Educator of the Year
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Introducing four South Dakota Ar"st Fellows
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Folklorist shares background in tradi"onal arts
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Four state arts leaders join Arts South Dakota Board of Directors
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Winners chosen in high school Congressional Art Compe""on
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State Arts Conference goes virtual
Connect with national and state arts community October 29-31
n light of ongoing developments with COVID19 and a#er though$ul discussions, Arts South Dakota and the South Dakota Arts Council have decided to move the 2020 South Dakota Arts Conference to a fully virtual experience. South Dakota ar"sts, arts advocates and administrators, art lovers and community leaders who recognize the value of our cultural heritage will get together online Thursday, October 29 through Saturday, October 31. The conference features presenta"ons from Mary Anne Carter, Chairman of the Na"onal Endowment for the Arts; Torrie Allen, President and CEO of Arts Midwest; Lori Pourier, President and CEO of First Peoples Fund, and Lori L. Jacobwith, Fundraising Culture Change Expert & Master Storyteller with Ignited Fundraising. In addi"on, the online conference features 20 work shops with arts innovators and creators, performances, keynotes and crea"ve excursions around Rapid City, all powered by Pinnacle Produc"ons and promising a fun and easy experience for par"cipants and presenters. “Our produc"on partners at Pinnacle have extensive experience in taking virtual gatherings to the next level,” said Shari Kosel, conference organizer. “There are games, innova"ve breakout sessions and exci"ng new ways to share the event and make it memorable for everyone. We’ll miss gathering in person, but this will be a valuable conference, as always.” A big thank you goes to the Conference Leadership Commi%ee which includes Sarah Carlson, South Dakota Arts Council ; Danielle Osloond, Deadwood Mountain Grand; Desy Schoenewies, Rapid City Arts Council; Peter Strong, Racing Magpie, and Kate Vandel, South Dakota Arts Council. Registra!on is s!ll open for statewide arts advocates to par"cipate. Go to artssouthdakota.org to register today!
Sharing great ideas on the national culture scene The presenta"ons offered at this year’s conference bring together leaders who are shaping the crea"ve climate throughout our na"on and our region. The programs, innova"ons and ideas directed by these individuals will help determine the cultural environment for South Dakota’s future. Con!nued on page 4...
The 2020 State Arts Conference will include virtual excursions in Rapid City, our event host city. Photo courtesy of the Dahl Arts Center.
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During her tenure at the NEA, Mary Anne Carter has pushed to make the Na"onal Endowment for the Arts more accessible to the American people, including an expansion of Crea"ve Forces, an arts therapy program for U.S. service members and veterans recovering from postÂtrauma"c stress, trauma"c brain injury, and Mary Anne Carter other psychological health condi"ons, and bolstering many of the Na"onal Endowment’s ini"a"ves, including Shakespeare in American Communi"es, NEA Big Read, Poetry Out Loud and the Jazz Masters and Na"onal Heritage Fellowships. Carter brings a unique perspec"ve to the Arts Endowment. Prior to her appointment, she was engaged in public policy analysis, issue tracking and corporate and campaign communica"ons through her work as a public affairs consultant. During her "me at the Arts Endowment, she has demonstrated that lessons learned in her prior professional life are effec"ve tools for direc"ng the work of an agency dependent upon the support and confidence of Congress. Torrie Allen took the helm of Arts Midwest last fall a#er more than 30 years of experience in the performing arts, broadcast media and arts administra"on. He brings extensive
development, marke"ng and leadership experience to the regional arts organiza"on and a commitment to using crea"vity and imagina"on in arts administra"on. In his Arts Midwest leadership role, Allen oversees flagship programs for the Na"onal Endowment for the Arts throughout the United States and its territories including Shakespeare in American Communi"es and the NEA Big Read, which together reach 120 communi"es annually. He also oversees key na"onal professional development opportuni"es for arts administrators including ArtsLab, Crea"ng Connec"on and the Arts Midwest Conference, one of the premiere booking conferences in the United States. Lori Pourier has been involved in the arts, social jus"ce and community development fields for nearly three decades and has led First Peoples Fund since 1999. Her early work began at First Na"ons Development Ins"tute and the Interna"onal Indigenous Women’s Torrie Allen Network. Dedicated
to a vision of strengthening Na"ve communi"es through art and culture for much of her life, Pourier focuses her efforts on reconnec"ng Na"ve communi"es to their cultural assets and bringing new philanthropic resources to Na"ve ar"sts and culture bearers directly. Pourier currently Lori Pourier serves as a board member of the Jerome Founda"on, in addi"on to being a Core Partner with Arts in a Changing America. She also serves as one of the leaders for the Intercultural Leadership Ins"tute, an ac"ve collabora"on between First Peoples Fund, Alternate ROOTS, the PA’I Founda"on and the Na"onal Associa"on of La"no Arts and Cultures. Lori L. Jacobwith is an interna"onally recognized master storyteller and fundraising culture change expert with more than 35 years of experience helping nonprofit organiza"ons raise more than $350 million. She has delivered over 10,000 coaching and training sessions for nonprofit organiza"ons. Her proven strategies and tools teach staff and board members to share their stories powerfully and effec"vely to encourage donors to give more.
An opportunity to learn and grow The virtual State Arts Conference is a place to learn and share new concepts to impact South Dakota’s cultural community. A variety of prac"cal sessions will be offered during the conference, with opportuni"es to acquire new skills to impact the arts in communi"es throughout the state. A complete lis"ng is available at www.ArtsSouthDakota.org. “The workshops were chosen to provide inspira"on to ar"sts, arts advocates, community arts volunteers and our statewide arts organiza"ons,” Kosel said. “There’s truly something for everyone, and it’s all informa"on that our statewide arts community can use to chart a pathway to even greater success.”
Registration is easy Registra"on for the fully online experience taking place Thursday, October 29 Saturday, October 31 is available NOW at ArtsSouthDakota.org. Get all the details and sign up today! Lori L. Jacobwith
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Indigenous artists lead completion of Vermillion mural
Community participation drives two-year project Public art and community murals have the capacity to tell cap"va"ng stories about South Dakota hometowns—and a twopart mural project undertaken by the people of Vermillion is a perfect illustra"on. The Vermillion Community Mural Project is a subsidiary of the Vermillion Community Project developed by Amber Hansen, an assistant professor at University of South Dakota’s Department of Fine Arts. The goal of the mural project is to create public art spaces for community members to share their stories through visual language. Through par"cipa"on in the crea"on of the murals, community members can see themselves as imaginers and creators, capable of crea"ng the world they want to live in. “Not only is it important that our public spaces are filled with images and stories that reflect the people who live here, it is important to work together to unearth and amplify the stories that are missing,” Hansen said. “The act of coming together to share stories and ideas about what it means to be a part of a place is important to the fabric of that community.” Prepara"on for the mural project began in April 2019 with choosing a loca"on—the back side of the Coyote Twin Theater— making the new mural visible from City Hall. The project was led, designed and created by young community leaders and Indigenous ar"sts Reyna Hernandez, Inkpa Mani and Elizabeth Skye. Page 6
The ar"sts held public mee"ngs, invi"ng Vermillion residents to share their thoughts on what they would like to see repre sented in a mural through workshops that included storytelling, drawings and poetry. From these conversa"ons, the ar"sts found a need to create space for telling the stories of women, specifically Indigenous women. Their full mural design became a twosided diptych to wrap the northeast corner of the building. “Through wri"ng poetry, drawing and conversing, we were able to source broad recurring themes concerning motherhood, lack of female representa"on, untold stories, iden"ty and unknown histories of this place,” Hernandez said. “The mural ul"mately pays tribute to the importance of women in all cultures, while depic"ng the Sioux crea"on story and contemporary Indigenous narra"ves.” The first por"on of the mural was completed during summer 2019—Eúŋkičhetupi, a Lakota word meaning “we are restored” or “we come back to life.” The theme of rebirth encompasses not only the Sioux crea"on story but also the an"cipa"on of restora"on a#er the receding of the floodwaters, which were heavy on the minds of the Vermillion community in early 2019. “Since comple"ng our first communitybased mural, there were many who also wanted to par"cipate in this one,” Hansen said. “Because they had witnessed or experienced the process
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the presence of Indigenous cultures all across North America. The monarch bu%erfly’s migra"on requires four genera"ons to complete and the monarch’s ability to draw from inherited genera"onal knowledge in order to complete that journey is similar to the mural project. “Throughout our "me pain"ng the second half of the mural, we had many people stop by to talk with us and to Amber Hansen tell us how much they appreciate the work we are doing,” Hansen said. “This was at the beginning of the pandemic during a "me when many people were isolated from one another.” Community par"cipa"on was a key element, not only in ge'ng the mural funded and approved, but also in the uni"ng aspect of a public art project like this one. “I think that this project really helped me to understand the las"ng impacts of public art and the importance of representa"on,” Hernandez said. “We took this project and shaped a contemporary Indigenous narra"ve around the overarching themes that we sourced from our mee"ngs. It was such a meaningful experience to engage the community and to see how their input shaped different aspects of our imagery. This project has helped me to be%er understand community.”
Photo by Michael Ewald
of crea"ng a mural before, they were more prepared to contribute to the discussion and pain"ng process. This allowed us to dive deeper into discussions during the designing phase and allowed us to paint more swi#ly as a group that had created together.” The second por"on of the mural project began in May of 2020. Titled Waná$ča, the Lakota word for “flower that blooms,” the second part of the diptych fills a larger area than its counterpart. This mural is a visual introduc"on to the story depicted in Eúŋkičhetupi, portraying a Na"ve woman “breathing life” into the rest of the scene. She is braiding her hair, which flows into the Missouri River and the water that is a central theme in the first mural. “Pain"ng the two sides a year apart was extremely helpful,” Hernandez said. “When we’re working at the site we exert so much energy and spend a great deal of "me prepping the wall and pu'ng the lines and color down, so having a break was almost necessary. I felt significantly more comfortable Reyna Hernandez with the process while pain"ng the second half of the wall because I had taken that year to reflect and plan for the coming summer.” This newly completed side of the mural also relies heavily on using the image of a monarch bu%erfly as a metaphor for
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The classifications for these lifetime achievement awards:
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is nomination deadline for Governor’s Awards in the Arts Arts South Dakota and the South Dakota Arts Council cosponsor the Governor’s Awards in the Arts every two years to recognize individuals and businesses that have made a statewide impact through ar"s"c excellence or outstanding support of the arts. The Governor’s Awards in the Arts will be presented at Dri#ers Bar & Grille in Fort Pierre on February 10, 2021. Nomina"ons may be made by an organiza"on, ins"tu"on or individual and must be received no later than November 15, 2020. Current employees and board members of South Dakotans for the Arts and the South Dakota Arts Council are not eligible for these awards. For nomina"on forms and more informa"on on making a nomina"on, go to www.artssouthdakota.org.
● Dis!nc!on in Crea!ve Achievement: Nominees in this life"me achievement category should be individual ar"sts who have made significant contribu"ons in any of the various arts disciplines. ● Outstanding Service in Arts Educa!on: Nominees in this life"me achievement category should be individuals who have made significant contribu"ons to arts educa"on as a teacher, mentor or catalyst. ● Outstanding Support of the Arts by an Individual: Nominees in this life"me achievement category should be individuals who have made outstanding contribu"ons in suppor"ng and encouraging the arts with their "me, talent or funding. ● Outstanding Support of the Arts by an Organiza!on or Business: Nominees in this life"me achievement category should be an organiza"on, business or corpora"on that has demonstrated leadership in suppor"ng and encouraging the arts through "me, talent and funding, or by funding and presen"ng projects by South Dakota ar"sts for public educa"on and enjoyment. ● Outstanding Support of the Arts to Na!ve Na!ons with Lands in South Dakota: This award will be given to an individual, organiza"on or business from South Dakota that has made significant contribu"ons through the arts to Na"ve na"ons with lands in South Dakota. The recipient will have demonstrated strong arts tradi"ons and revitaliza"on in Na"ve communi"es by promo"ng social jus"ce and cultural understanding.
The 2019 Governor’s Awards in the Arts were presented to Curator Ashley Pourier and Execu!ve Director Mary Maxon, The Heritage Center at Red Cloud Indian School, for Outstanding Support of the Arts by an Organiza!on or Business; Dr. Ronald Reed for Outstanding Support of the Arts by an Individual; Dwayne “Chuck” Wilcox for Dis!nc!on in Crea!ve Achievement; John F. Colson for Outstanding Service in Arts Educa!on, and Shayna Clifford, Manager/Loan Officer for Lakota Federal Credit Union, Lakota Funds for Outstanding Support of the Arts to Na!ve Na!ons with Lands in South Dakota.
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Governor Noem announces student art competition In celebra"on of Na"onal Arts in Educa"on Week, Governor Kris" Noem and the South Dakota Arts Council announced the launch of the Governor’s Student Art Compe""on. The Arts Council is now accep"ng submissions on behalf of Gov. Noem. All South Dakota students in kindergarten through 12th grade can par"cipate in this program. Selected student work from four age divisions will be exhibited in the State Capitol Building in Pierre from January through November 2021. These student ar"sts will also be honored during an event in March. The submission deadline is November 19, 2020. All artwork is to be submi%ed electronically as a highresolu"on jpeg image, along with the Artwork Submission Form and
the Authoriza"on Release Form. Compe""on guidelines, instruc"ons and all necessary forms are accessible at h"ps://artscouncil.sd.gov/events/ student_art_Main.aspx. Reasonable accommoda"ons will be made for any student who encounters barriers to this submission process. Please reach out to Rebecca.cruse@state.sd.us or call 6057733301 for assistance. Teachers and parents are encouraged to help students work on their submissions early, so they have plenty of "me to prepare their artwork and ar"st statements. This exci"ng new opportunity for student ar"sts is a collabora"on between Gov. Noem and the South Dakota Arts Council, a state agency organized under the South Dakota Department of Tourism.
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Roosevelt teacher is 2020 Art Educator of the Year
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Lisa Dresch, an art teacher at Roosevelt High School in Sioux Falls, was named South Dakota Art Educator of the Year for her outstanding efforts both in and outside the classroom. Dresch’s students have won an impressive variety of art awards, including first place in the Congressional Art Compe""on in 2011, 2014, 2016 and 2018 and first, second or third place in the Augustana Invita"onal Art Exhibit for the past eight years. She is the coauthor of Na!ve American Master Ar!st: Oscar Howe, and donated 300 copies Lisa Dresch as Bob Ross for a pain!ng class. of the book to schools. In 1999, Dresch was hired as the original Art Educa"on Curator for the Washington Pavilion and created a mul"disciplinary art educa"on program for all ages. Her programs included the Ac"on Arts program for Youth At Risk which won a Na"onal Arts and Humani"es Youth Program Award from Michelle Obama, preschool art programs, seasonal art classes and camps, a docent educa"on program, Children’s Studio, Educator Retreat with college classes for teachers, Off The Fridge student art exhibit space and other projects. Since 2010 the South Dakota Art Educa"on Associa"on has been recognizing outstanding educators in the field of visual arts. The award is based on involvement in local, state and na"onal ac"vi"es, ar"s"c endeavors, arts advocacy and educa"onal efforts. “Lisa puts her students first. She works "relessly to advocate for her students both in and outside the classroom,” said Marica Shannon, SDAEA conference chair and Mitchell art teacher, who nominated Dresch for the award. “She provides opportuni"es for growth at all levels.”
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Courtesy South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, SD
The past is present and present is past in an exci"ng exhibi"on of recent abstract artworks on display now at the South Dakota Art Museum in Brookings. Recent acquisi"ons from current South Dakota State University faculty mingle with past faculty art. Works by former SDSU students share space with works from past solo exhibi"on ar"sts. “The intertwining of the past and present in the museum collec"on is an overlapping and enmeshing of mul"ple worlds in a vibrant and beau"ful dance,” said Interim Director Jodi Lundgren.“The fascina"ng web of connec"ons among some of the museum’s most recent abstract acquisi"ons is on display in this exhibi"on.” Ar"sts represented in the Past– Present show include Diana Behl, Alice Berry, Donald Boyd, Carol Brown Goldberg, Dana Crooks, Clifford Gleason, Dennis Guastella, Liz Heeren, Carol Hepper, Rick Johns, D. George Signe Stuart, “un!tled,” watercolor on paper, 1961. PrisbePrzybysz, Peter Reichardt, Joe Stuart, Signe Nelson Stuart and Ulfert Wilke. All of the artworks in this exhibi"on are recently acquired, joining the collec"on between 2015 and 2020, although they were created across a much longer period of "me, from 1960 to 2018. The forms, colors, textures and the mo"va"ons and inspira"ons of the ar"sts bear striking similari"es that speak to the eternal vitality of great abstract works. As alluded to in the "tle of an artwork by Diana Behl, from which the "tle of this exhibi"on is borrowed, the past is present and present is past. This is true for a museum collec"on and this truth is featured in this exhibi"on. The collec"on as a work of art mirrors abstract works by ar"sts like Behl and Rick Johns, where memory and history are referenced, incorporated and regenerated as a part of new collec"ve forms. For more informa"on about the South Dakota Art Museum or its exhibi"ons, go to Liz Heeren, “Cosmo Strato,” acrylic and colored pencil on board, 2018. www.sdstate.edu/southdakotaartmuseum.
Paxton explores faces in Tronies exhibition at the Dahl
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ascina"ng faces have always caught the a%en"on of ar"sts, and Mark Paxton presents a drama"c collec"on in Tronies: Studies in Character, at the Dahl Arts Center in downtown Rapid City October 23 through January 30, 2021. Tronies offers Paxton’s most recent pain"ngs of large scale, closeup faces. The word “tronie” refers to a specific genre of 16th and 17th century portrait style pain"ngs, par"cularly Dutch and Flemish, that were usually anonymous character studies as opposed to specific portraits. An ar"st who lives and works in Gille%e, WY, Paxton was born and raised in Omaha, NE and joined the military, serving in Vietnam. He received his BFA in sculpture from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and went on to earn his MFA in Studio Art at the Art Ins"tute of Chicago before teaching art at Sheridan College during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Paxton refers to himself as a “crowd source painter,” someone who takes photos of people whose faces are of interest to him and the ideas he’s pursuing. “Visual depic"ons form the basis of my ideas,” he said. “I believe that the ‘beauty’ in art lies in those contras"ng ideas a work may produce. My need to create allows me to be%er understand the world around me and, in turn, possibly share some form of understanding with others.” For more informa"on about the Dahl Arts Center, visit www.thedahl.org.
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Mark Paxton’s “Dri'wood,” oil on canvas, 48” by 48”.
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SDAM presents abstract collection
Agents of Change spotlighted at Visual Arts Center
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The role of art in changing lives and ideas, combined with the impact of the Sioux Falls Area Community Founda"on in changing our communi"es, is the inspira"on for the Agents of Change exhibi"on running from October 15 through March 5, 2021 in the Everist Gallery of the Washington Pavilion’s Visual Arts Center. Agents of Change features the en"re collec"on of South Dakota art owned by the Community Founda"on, a collec"on that has been used to illustrate the organiza"on’s annual report each year. The artwork was featured as the cover of the report and the original artwork was purchased and placed into the SFACF collec"on. “These works represent largely wellestablished Sioux Falls ar"sts who I would consider mid and late career ar"sts,” said Cody Henrichs, Visual Arts Center Curator. “One half of the exhibi"on showcases these works and the other half spotlights a group of 25 young ar"sts selected with the assistance of community members to show the future of the arts community in Sioux Falls.” Agents of Change illustrates and celebrates the important ways art and philanthropy can intersect to inspire and unite us, forge connec"ons, open doors and help to drive meaningful change. For more informa"on on this and other exhibits at the Visual Arts Center in downtown Sioux Falls, go to WashingtonPavilion.org.
Gary Hartenhoff’s “Sunday Picnic.”
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Arts Council awards Fellowships to four South Dakota artists
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Each year the South Dakota Arts Council selects a group of South Dakota ar"sts to receive the Ar"st Fellowship grant rewarding individual ar"s"c excellence. The $5,000 fellowships, awarded following an extensive review by a judging panel, reflect the variety and quality of art being produced in South Dakota. For FY2021, four ar"sts were selected as Fellows.
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Ben Miller is the author of River Bend Chronicle: The Junkifica!on of a Boyhood Idyll Amid the Curious Glory of Urban Iowa. He has received a crea"ve wri"ng fellowship from the Radcliffe Ins"tute for Advanced Study at Harvard University and a research grant from the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America. His wri"ng has appeared in Best American Essays, Best American Experimental Wri!ng, The New England Review, The Southern Review, The An!och Review, One Story, Fic!on Interna!onal, The Kenyon Review and other venues. The first South Dakota project he developed involved collec"ng new transla"ons of the William Carlos Williams poem “The Red Wheelbarrow” in the 140 languages currently spoken in Sioux Falls. For more than three decades, he has been married to writer Anne Pierson Wiese, the recipient of an SDAC Ar"st Fellowship in 2018. Kevin Pourier, a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, has been carving buffalo horn in the Pine Ridge Indian Reserva"on in South Dakota for nearly 30 years. Pourier is one of the only ar"sts in the country working in the medium of incised buffalo horn. The works he produces carry forward Lakota ar"s"c prac"ces for crea"ng spoons and vessels of sublime beauty from the horns of the revered animal. His carvings reveal the beauty he sees in the world around us, u"lizing imagery intent on inspiring thought, growth and crea"ng the opportunity for educa"on.
Marty Two Bulls, Jr. is an ar"st and educator based in Rapid City. Two Bulls is an enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe Kevin Pourier and was raised in the high plains of South Dakota. Two Bulls comes from a family of diverse ar"sts. His father, Marty Two Bulls, Sr., is an accomplished ar"st and was his first art instructor. Two Bulls grew up in his father’s studio where he learned the fundamentals of sculpture, illustra"on, graphic design and how to make a living as a crea"ve person. He is a graduate of The Ins"tute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe and spent several years in Santa Fe developing his art prac"ce and working in contemporary art galleries before returning to South Dakota in 2017 to be a full"me art faculty member at Oglala Lakota College. Two Bulls has exhibited his artwork in galleries and museums both na"onally and interna"onally with works in several museum permanent collec"ons. Stephen Yarbrough began his musical career as a flu"st/arranger with the Air Force Academy Band outside of Colorado Springs, CO. In 1982 he took a teaching posi"on in Music Theory/Composi"on at the University of South Dakota, and in 1983 was awarded his D.M.A. in Music Composi"on from the University of Oklahoma. His work has been commissioned and performed by the Na"onal Symphony Orchestra, the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra, interna"onally renowned tenor Sco% Piper, Maestro Henry Charles Smith and many others. He has three "mes received the Ar"st Fellowship Grant from the South Dakota Arts Council, and was commissioned to write composi"ons for South Dakota’s BiCentennial year, the Sesquicentennial Celebra"on for the City of Sioux Falls and the 125th year of SD statehood. Yarbrough is a writer member and publisher member of ASCAP—the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers—and Emeritus Professor in Music and former Composer in Residence a#er 29 years of teaching at the University of South Dakota. Page 12
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By Anne Hatch, South Dakota Tradi!onal Arts Program Coordinator
oday, I am surrounded by boxes and giddy at the sight of an empty bookcase in the office of my new home in Rapid City. I unpack items of tradi"onal art gathered over the 30 years as a state folklorist for Utah, Nevada and Wyoming and reflect on how my previous work will inspire me as the folklorist for the South Dakota Arts Council. I unfold three weavings that provide insight into why I love my work. The Navajo rug came during my first trip to document a Tradi"onal Arts Appren"ceship project and my first of many visits to the Monument Valley area of Utah. The mee"ng with the motherdaughter pair taught me the impact that this grant category had on enhancing cultural knowledge and perpetua"ng tradi"onal skills for a genera"on of ar"sts to come. Learning how to make a rug was the smallest part of the lessons. I learned how understanding the design rela"onship among the landscape, family stories and community history was more important than the technique taught. The experience deepened my convic"on to support the transmission of tradi"onal arts to new genera"ons. The Tibetan carpet came through my work as the cra#s area coordinator at the annual Living Tradi"ons Fes"val in Salt Lake City. The fes"val featured performers, ar"sans and food vendors represen"ng the array of cultural groups within the city limits. Under the cra# tents, leather workers, wood carvers and fiber ar"sts demonstrated how to make saddles, lace, instruments, fans, moccasins, quilts and more. Visitors learned about the talents of their neighbors that are o#en hidden in backyard workshops or on basement tables. I experienced how Salt Lake’s newest immigrants, many refugees from distressed parts of the world, proudly shared their unique crea"vity and skills to connect with their new community. The Sco'sh tartan came from my family. The Nibleys are descended from Mormon Sco'sh immigrants who arrived in Utah in the 1840s. The family con"nues to gather and commemorate our patriarch Charles W. Nibley and his three wives, Rebecca, Ellen and Julia. To keep the three families straight, we wear colorcoded nametags: red, green
and blue. The Nibleys did not come from the Sco'sh Highlands, tartan country. So, to celebrate Charles’ 150th birthday, the family decided to commission a family tartan. For a new pa%ern to be approved, the design can only be submi%ed by a registered Sco'sh weaver and we were able to have a pa%ern represen"ng the three wives (with a bit of white for Charles) approved. Like so many heirlooms, my family’s collec"ve experiences of immigra"on, westward expansion, religious intolerance and our con"nued commitment to annual reunion and renewal are woven into this scarf which warms my soul more than anything else. I have much to learn about my new state’s history. I have many Na"ve, se%ler and recentarrival community members to visit as I look at opportuni"es for the ci"zens of South Dakota to experience their own and their neighbors’ vibrant tradi"onal arts. I know South Dakota has many experiences for me and I keep space on my shelves for new work to inspire me. If you would like to share a tradi"onal story, song or item with me, reach out to sdtradi!onalarts@outlook.com.
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Arts Across America
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he South Dakota Arts Council (SDAC) partnered with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC through Arts Midwest in presen"ng a free, livestream performing arts event, Love Fight Pray: Rising Očhéthi Šakówiŋ Voices. The Arts Across America online series, of which Love, Fight, Pray is one element, features more than 200 diverse, visionary ar"sts who play community leadership roles, exemplify unique regional ar"s"c styles and use these skills as a tool for advocacy and social jus"ce. The August 10, 2020 livestream performance featured four ar"sts from South Dakota performing spoken word poetry, rap and rock, including Talon Bazille, The Wake Singers, and Pte San Win (Rose Li%le Whiteman) and Senri/Meta (Zoey White). SDAC gives special thanks to project partners Racing Magpie and The Journey Museum & Learning Center in Rapid City for hos"ng support of Love Fight Pray: Rising Očhéthi Šakówiŋ Voices. Learn more and view the series at h"p://kennedycenter.org/artsacrossamerica/.
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Above, An Arts Across America YouTube screenshot of South Dakota’s The Wake Singers.
Arts South Dakota survey shares candidate views
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ith the elec"on just weeks away, Arts South Dakota has polled candidates for state and federal offices on their views about the cultural heritage of our state and its arts future. To see the responses from those candidates for U.S. Senator, U.S. Representa"ve, and state legislators, go to www.artssouthdakota.org. “The opinions of our candidates are important to our state’s crea"ve environment,” said Jim Speirs, Execu"ve Director of Arts South Dakota. “Grassroots support for the arts in South Dakota is strong and growing—and we wanted to hear for ourselves whether our candidates for elected office are hearing the voices of South Dakotans about the arts and their impact on all our lives.” In addi"on to responses from na"onal and state candidates, the Elec"on Informa"on pages at www.artssouthdakota.org
will provide valuable facts about voter registra"on, polling places and those candidates in your immediate area. You will also find the South Dakota ArtsVote Pledge, with step by step howtos to make absentee, mailin and inperson vo"ng easier. You can also connect to the Ten Reasons to Support the Arts, a vital background document for arts advocates everywhere. During the pandemic response and safety measures we’re all concerned with, arts support—and the realiza"on that ar"sts need our help—are crucial to the future of South Dakota’s crea"ve community. “We need to Vote smART,” Speirs said. “We all know that 2020 is a very different year—we need to choose elected officials who share our emphasis on culture and the arts. Every vote counts!”
Check out the candidate survey responses and vote smART! As the state’s only arts advocacy group, Arts South Dakota is the public partner to the state arts agency. We do not endorse candidates for public office and all responses are published verba"m. Candidates are listed alphabe"cally. For complete results, go to www.artssouthdakota.org, where you will find: ● South Dakota U.S. House of Representa"ves survey responses ● South Dakota U.S. Senate survey responses ● South Dakota House survey responses ● South Dakota Senate survey responses ● All candidate survey ques"ons
You will also find these helpful links:
Who are my current legislators? Complete list of South Dakota candidates ● Register to vote ● Voter Registra"on Deadline – October 19, 2020 ● Where do I vote on November 3, 2020? ● South Dakota ArtsVote Pledge ● Top 10 Reasons to Support the Arts For more informa"on on arts advocacy and this year’s elec"ons, visit www.ArtsAc!onFund.org or www.artssouthdakota.org. ● ●
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hitting the high notes Arts South Dakota, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, enriches the lives of South Dakotans and their visitors, by advancing the arts through service, education and advocacy.
Board of Directors Stacy Braun, Aberdeen, Chair Katie Hunhoff, Yankton, Vice Chair Dr. Craig Howe, Martin, Secretary Brian Hildebrant, Brookings, Treasurer Dale Lamphere, Sturgis, Past Chair Lance Bertram, Pierre Brian Bonde, Sioux Falls Representative Scyller Borglum, Rapid City Richard “Dick” Brown, Custer Julie Garreau, Eagle Butte and Rapid City Senator Troy Heinert, Mission Dr. Alan LaFave, Valley City, ND Katrina LehrMcKinney, Sioux Falls Jim Mathis, Sioux Falls Kenny Putnam, Rapid City Shelley Stingley, Sioux Falls Lynn Verschoor, Brookings Kris Wollman, Pierre
Staff Jim Speirs, Executive Director jim@ArtsSouthDakota.org 6052525979, Ext. 0 Shari Kosel, Program & Communications Director shari@ArtsSouthDakota.org 6052525979, Ext. 1 Andrew Reinartz, Community Development Director andrew@ArtsSouthDakota.org 6052525979, Ext. 2 PO Box 2496, Sioux Falls, SD 571012496 Phone: 6052525979 Email: info@ArtsSouthDakota.org Website: www.ArtsSouthDakota.org
It’s more important than ever to
Vote smART!
By Jim Speirs, Execu!ve Director, Arts South Dakota
This year’s elec"on is vitally important to the arts in South Dakota. The pandemic response has drama"cally illustrated the significance of selfexpression, crea"ve endeavors and the role of ar"sts in our daily lives. At the same "me, ar"sts and performers are limited in their ability to earn, and arts educa"on can easily get lost in the adapta"ons to pandemic educa"onal schedules. This year on November 3, it’s more important than ever to Vote smART! and help shape the future of the crea"ve community in our state and our na"on. Each of us has the power to express our feelings about the arts in South Dakota—just by vo"ng. Our cultural heritage makes us who we are as a people. We encourage everyone who cares about crea"vity and the arts to be ac"ve ci"zens. The best way to advocate for a strong and suppor"ve arts policy in South Dakota is to vote November 3. In September, Arts South Dakota sent a survey to all candidates for state and na"onal races in an effort to understand their posi"ons on arts related issues. Our goal is to share that informa"on with you through www.artssouthdakota.org. Just go to that site and click on the Vote smART! bu%on to read the responses of South Dakota candidates. We hope you will find this informa"on useful as one factor in cas"ng your vote next month. A healthy arts ecosystem must have the support of its poli"cal leaders. By asking the posi"on of each candidate on arts related issues, we’re making it clear that one way a candidate can earn your vote is to support the arts in South Dakota. YOUR vote is an essen"al element in building a stronger crea"ve community in your hometown and all across South Dakota. By cas"ng your vote along with your neighbors and arts advocates all across our state, you make a bold statement to candidates and elected officials about the importance of our crea"ve community. To learn more about candidate views and arts advocacy, visit us at the Arts South Dakota website, www.artssouthdakota.org and click on the Vote smART! bu%on.
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Four state leaders join Arts South Dakota board
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ommunity representa"on is a vital element in forging a future for the arts in South Dakota. As an advocacy organiza"on, Arts South Dakota strives to invite diverse and dedicated community representa"ves to join its board of directors. The group is proud to welcome four such leaders to the board: Lance Bertram, Pierre; Jim Mathis, Sioux Falls; Lynn Verschoor, Brookings and Kris Wollman, Pierre. Lance Bertram manages Avera Parkwood Assisted Living in Pierre. He formerly worked for the Ramkota hotels and is an amateur, published photographer. Lance has stayed connected and suppor"ve of Arts South Dakota since the founding of the organiza"on. He has been a constant ally for the arts in Pierre and brings strong rela"onships to his work with Arts South Dakota.
Lance Bertram
Jim Mathis
Lynn Verschoor
Kris Wollman
Jim Mathis is the owner of the Sioux Falls adver"sing agency ADwerks. He has long been an outspoken leader of the arts in Sioux Falls, serving on several prominent boards including Sioux Falls SculptureWalk and the Washington Pavilion Board of Trustees, which he will lead as Chair this year. Jim and his wife Kara have also been faithful contributors to Arts South Dakota since the forma"on of the advocacy group. Lynn Verschoor re"red in December of 2019 a#er serving 20 years as the director of the South Dakota Art Museum. Lynn was also involved in the crea"on of the Brookings Public Art Commission, helped create the museum studies minor at SDSU and worked with the Brookings Kite Fes"val and Harvey Dunn Paint Out. For over 30 years, she has exhibited her own art in some of her favorite mediums of surface design on fabric, fel"ng and ceramics. Lynn has a strong understanding of the importance of a statewide advocacy organiza"on. Kris Wollman recently moved from Aberdeen to Pierre where she is the Deacon at Lutheran Memorial Church. She was director of Worship and Music at Bethlehem Lutheran in Aberdeen and was also ac"ve in community theater there. She has a vocal music degree from Augustana University and spent 30 years in Sioux Falls teaching and direc"ng choirs. She has served on various community and state boards, recently finishing a term on the Lutheran Social Services State Board. Music and the arts have been a major part of her life.
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vision for the arts Learning a new dance A state agency of the Department of Tourism Kristi Noem, Governor James D. Hagen, Secretary
South Dakota Arts Council Mary Bordeaux, Rapid City, Chair Laura Diddle, Brookings, Vice Chair Dohui Kim, Sioux Falls, Treasurer Brian Bonde, Sioux Falls Roger Broer, Hill City Lynne Byrne, Sioux Falls John Mogen, Sioux Falls Jane Rasmussen, Sisseton Lee Ann Roripaugh, Vermillion Nan Venhuizen, Sioux Falls James L. Walker, Bath
Staff Patrick Baker, Director Rebecca Cruse, Deputy Director Kathryn Vandel, Grant Specialist & Accessibility Coordinator Sarah Carlson, Arts Program Coordinator Anne Hatch, Traditional Arts Program Manager 711 E. Wells Ave., Pierre, SD 575013369 InState Toll Free: 18009523625 Email: sdac@state.sd.us Website: www.artscouncil.sd.gov Follow us on Facebook and Twitter @SouthDakotaArts 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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By Patrick Baker, Director, South Dakota Arts Council In some ways, it feels like just yesterday South Dakota began bracing for a pandemic that was about to change our world and worldviews. But the young, backpackladen people I now see bustling along the crosswalks on my way to and from work tell me it’s been a halfyear since a State of Emergency was declared in our state—hard to believe. These visible vessels of learning have become even more symbolic to me this autumn than usual. As every year, the cyclical nature of formalized educa"on begins anew like the seasons coming full circle. But going back to school is also a powerful reminder to me that we’re all lifelong students, perhaps this year more than ever before. If there is a universal curriculum for 2020, it might be labeled “adapta"on,” and most of us have been learning a new dance over the last six months: “The Pivot.” To be sure, arts organiza"ons have had to find new ways to engage with their communi"es even while many stages stay darkened; ar"sts have had to learn to self broadcast to meet their audiences in a virtual realm; government agencies have had to figure out how to serve the public during one of its greatest periods of need in modern history in the wake of shrinking revenues; and, yes, schools have had to push even more boulders uphill than usual, blazing new trails to educate our children on two fronts—in person and online—with the same resources that were likely already stretched thin before the pandemic. And that’s just a drop upon the surface of the sea of change we’ve all been experiencing. Educa"on will look different in 2020 as new approaches are taken across South Dakota: It will wear masks and sit farther apart in some schools; it will look like mom or dad, grandma or grandpa, aunt or uncle or cousin in others. In our house along with many others, it looks like a computer screen, and it was an incredibly difficult decision to make because so many facets of an educa"on may not happen at home—the ins"tu"on of “school” towers well above the brick buildings where students take tests. Choir, band, theater, athle"cs—there are certain educa"onal endeavors that just don’t work well with Internet delivery. Whatever strategy each school takes, we must always remember the cri"cal role the arts play in helping to provide a quality, wellrounded educa"on for students. Throughout its existence, the South Dakota Arts Council has valued and supported arts educa"on because we know it s"mulates crea"vity, communica"on and lifelong learning. It won’t be easy, but with hard work, pa"ence, kindness and empathy, I believe we can make it through this crisis if we con"nue to support each other. Above all, we’ve had to find ways to adapt to survive, proving lifelong learning is essen"al to our very existence and that it’s never too late to learn “The Pivot.”
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New faces
at the South Dakota Arts Council The state arts agency is spotligh"ng a new member of the Governorappointed SDAC advisory board and a new staff member. Ar"st Roger Broer of Hill City, a familiar name in our crea"ve community, has joined the board, and Sarah Carlson is SDAC’s new Arts Program Coordinator. Roger Broer grew up in rural Randolph, NE. He received his BA in art from Eastern Montana College, now the University of Montana, Billings, and completed addi"onal graduatelevel coursework in fine art at Central Washington University. A full"me ar"st since 1979, Broer has exhibited his work in more than 35 solo exhibi"ons and more than 100 group shows throughout the United States. He is a past recipient of an SDAC Ar"st Fellowship and has a work in the state’s Art for State Buildings collec"on. Broer’s recent oneman exhibit at the Dahl Arts Center in Rapid City, The World from my Side, showed his facility in working with monotype in his signature style, incorpora"ng Roger Broer
animal and human characters into his crea"ve world. See Roger’s work and learn more at rogerbroer.com. Sarah Carlson joined SDAC in May 2020 as the Arts Program Coordinator, managing the Touring Arts program in providing technical assistance and communica"ons/outreach for roster ar"sts and all arts cons"tuents. She will also comanage the Art for State Buildings program and the design and maintenance of a new SDAC website. Carlson comes to SDAC from the Homestake Opera House in Lead, where she was the execu"ve director and devel opment director for nearly ten years. In Lead, she marketed a venue for 50 performing arts events each year, led statewide design campaigns and coordinated public rela"ons and fundraising for restora"on efforts. Carlson spent 15 years in Sioux Falls in design and marke"ng, is a performing ar"st and live event emcee and grew up in the southeast SD farming community of Wakonda. Sarah Carlson
Congressional Art Competition winners announced
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enzee Schafer from Wessington Springs is the winner of the 2020 Congressional Art Compe""on for South Dakota, sponsored by U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson. Schafer, who won for her oil and acrylic pain"ng,“Pride,” was a junior at Wessington Springs High School last spring when the compe""on was held and her art teacher was Alicia Roesler. Schafer’s artwork will be on exhibit in the Cannon Tunnel at the U.S. Capitol along with the winning artwork from other congressional districts through May 2021. “The world needs crea"vity and art now more than ever,” said Johnson in May when the student winners were announced. “Each submission was unique in its own way. One thing is for sure—South Dakota is full of talent. I’m proud that Kenzee’s beau"ful artwork will represent South Dakota in the halls of Congress.” Second place was awarded to Miranda Thorson, who was a senior at Northwestern Area High School in Melle%e, and whose art teacher was Jennifer Schell. Thorson’s “Pride,” by Kenzee Schafer, winner of the artwork, “There’s No Place Like Home,” will 2020 Congressional Art Compe!!on for be displayed in Rep. Johnson’s Washington, South Dakota. D.C. office through May 2021. The Congressional Art Compe""on is sponsored by Rep. Johnson’s office in partnership with the South Dakota Arts Council. The compe""on began in 1982, providing members of Congress with an opportunity to recognize ar"s"c talent in their home districts. Miranda Thorson’s “There’s No Place Like Home.”
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New arts leaders energize communities across the state
rom Hill City to Sioux Falls, new arts execu"ves, educators and coordinators are direc"ng the future of arts organiza"ons, community arts ini"a"ves and college coursework in South Dakota. Professional staffing and up and coming arts leaders are important to our cultural environment and keep our state’s arts community growing.
Boice is new leader for Sioux Falls Arts Council Kellen Boice, Execu"ve Director for the Sioux Falls Arts Council, began her arts career as a studio photographer before gradua"ng from the Art Ins"tute of Phoenix and working as a marke"ng representa"ve and inhouse graphic designer for a masterplanned community. In 2014 she became Execu"ve Director for the Sioux Falls Design Center, hos"ng events to support and elevate the design community. She began her role as Execu"ve Director for the Sioux Falls Arts Council in 2019 and is a member of the Visual Arts Commission for the City of Sioux Falls and board member for the Friends of McKennan Park Neighborhood Associa"on.
Byrne directs Sioux Empire Community Theatre Robin Byrne, Execu"ve Director of the Sioux Empire Community Theatre (SECT), was born and grew up in England. A theater major at Didsbury College at Manchester University, Byrne taught drama in UK high schools and community college before joining Xerox UK in 1981. He is the author of two business books and, as the creator of the Measurable Management Program, was nominated in 2009 for the United Na"ons Posi"ve Peace Award for his work in helping nonprofits to deliver their missions. In 2014 Byrne audi"oned for the SECT produc"on of Les Miserables and went on to appear in eight consecu"ve mainstage shows and was asked to step in as execu"ve director in 2019.
Augustana names first dean for School of Music Augustana University has appointed Dr. Peter Folliard as the inaugural Dean of the School of Music. Folliard holds undergraduate degrees in music educa"on and instrumental performance from the University of North Texas, master’s degrees in instrumental performance and conduc"ng from the Peabody Ins"tute of Johns Hopkins University, and a doctor of musical arts degree in orchestral conduc"ng from the Eastman School of Music. Folliard has held professional conduc"ng posi"ons with The United States Air Force Band in Washington, DC and the Rochester Philharmonic, and has taught at the Juilliard School and Crane School of Music prior to joining the Augustana University faculty.
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Gilbert-Schrag is new executive director at Jazz & Blues
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Alex GilbertSchrag began her career in Performing Arts Administra"on at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. While at the Kennedy Center, GilbertSchrag filled mul"ple roles including Honoree Manager for the Kennedy Center Honors, Associate Producer for the annual Spring Gala, assisted in crea"ng and producing the annual District of Comedy Fes"val and managed a variety of genres of performances. A#er reloca"ng to Sioux Falls, she con"nued to work as a consultant for the Kennedy Center and as a freelance producer. In January 2020 she accepted the execu"ve director posi"on at the Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues Society.
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Granaas chosen to lead Matthews Opera House Darren Granaas, Execu"ve Director at The Ma%hews Opera House & Arts Center, is originally from Rapid City and worked for ten years as a program director for the Civic Fine Arts Center in Sioux Falls. He worked in the St. Louis area from 2001 to 2019, where he created and managed the City of O’Fallon’s Cultural Arts Department, establishing a community theater, community and jazz bands and gallery spaces; developing visual and performing arts classes and workshops, and partnering with statewide arts agencies. He took over as execu"ve director at The Ma%hews Opera House in September 2019, wishing to end the final part of his career back home in the Black Hills.
O’Leary new executive director at Homestake Opera House Patrick O’Leary became the new Execu"ve Director of the Homestake Opera House in Lead in February 2020. He spent the greater part of his career working in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors of arts management, including stage and produc"on theater management on Broadway. He managed Community Arts Development grants for the City of New York, coordinated mul"ple na"onal tours for Columbia Ar"sts Management and marketed performing arts travel programs to des"na"ons around the globe for the Theatre Development Fund. An adjunct professor at Black Hills State University’s Rapid City campus, his goal is restoring the Homestake Opera House as the Jewel of the Hills it was 106 years ago.
Ragsdale leads Brookings Arts Council Ashley Ragsdale joined the Brookings Arts Council as its Execu"ve Director in 2019, focusing in her first year on outreach and community engagement. One of her first projects was to coordinate and facilitate a partnership with South Dakota State University to bring U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo to Brookings for an evening of poetry. In the spring of 2020 she helped transi"on art classes into virtual space so that art experiences could s"ll be available to the Brookings community during the COVID pandemic. Ragsdale is a member of the instruc"onal staff for the SDSU marching band and teaches piano and violin private lessons through the Brookings Community Music School.
Rambow is Rapid City Arts Council executive director Mark Rambow became the Rapid City Arts Council Execu"ve Director in April 2020. He has worked for several area nonprofit organiza"ons over the past 20 years, including the American Cancer Society, WAVI, Deadwood History and, most recently, the Belle Fourche Chamber of Commerce. He has extensive experience in the areas of nonprofit management and fundraising. Rambow lives in his hometown of Sturgis, and currently serves on a variety of nonprofit boards for related organiza"ons, including being the President of the Sturgis and Meade County Historical Society. Rambow believes that the poten"al to try new and crea"ve methods of delivering the arts is immense during this pandemic response period.
Swanson promotes the arts in Hill City Mackenzie Swanson is the new coordinator for the Hill City Arts Council. A graduate of Chadron State College with a degree in Studio Art, she discovered a passion for stained glass and has been working with the medium ever since. As coordinator for the Hill City Arts Council, Swanson works for and with ar"sts, suppor"ng makers in the community and bringing the arts into focus. She organizes and markets events, invites ar"sts to join community shows and does administra"on work. Swanson credits an incredible board of directors that shares the challenges of community arts promo"on, along with likeminded community visionaries who care deeply about the arts mission in Hill City.
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National, regional and state funding aids South Dakota arts community
uring the pandemic, ar"sts, performers and cultural organiza"ons throughout South Dakota have been devastated by closed venues, cancelled performances and diminished fundraising capacity. Emergency funding has been made available from na"onal, regional and state sources to bridge the gap and help our state’s arts community con"nue to serve South Dakota through the coronavirus emergency. The South Dakota Arts Council awarded $422,800 in grants supported by the Na"onal Endowment for the Arts through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act to 60 arts and cultural organiza"ons throughout South Dakota. Grants were awarded in two categories to address urgent need and pandemic recovery. One"me Emergency Assistance Grants were awarded to organiza"ons for the purposes of salary support for one or more staff members, payment to ar"sts or contractual personnel and facility costs such as rent and u"li"es. Ten arts and cultural organiza "ons across the state were awarded funding through SDAC’s Residencies for Recovery program, which employs ar"sts to help develop and implement crea"ve planning to recover from the COVID19 pandemic, prepare for future disasters and build resilient arts communi"es. The Na!onal Endowment for the Arts also made direct grants to three South Dakota organiza"ons through CARES Act funds. Relief fund ing of $50,000 was awarded to the Red Cloud Indian School, Inc. in Pine Ridge, Thunder Valley Community Development Corpora"on in Porcupine and Arts South Dakota for statewide relief ac"vi"es. Arts Midwest, the regional organiza"on that serves nine Midwestern states supported 11 organiza"ons in South Dakota with emergency funding through the CARES Act, totaling $70,500. Arts Midwest also partnered with the Mellon Founda"on to receive and distribute the U.S. Regional Arts Resilience Fund, through which three South Dakota organiza"ons have received direct support. The Aberdeen Community Theatre, Black Hills Playhouse, and the Heritage Center at Red Cloud Indian School each received investments of $50,000 as part of that program.
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As our state con"nues to realize the impact of pandemic related closures and cancella"ons, the South Dakota Arts Council encourages con"nued support of these important arts organiza"ons serving their communi"es. For more informa"on and a full lis"ng of organiza"ons receiving support from the South Dakota Arts Council, go to h"ps://news.sd.gov/newsitem.aspx?id=27262.
The Arts South Dakota Ar"st Emergency Relief Fund provided shortterm, immediate financial support for individual ar"sts, culture bearers and crea"ve workers within South Dakota impacted by the COVID19 health crisis. In partnership with the Bush Founda"on and other donors, funding was provided to 165 ar"sts from 62 communi"es, ranging from age 19 to 75, including dancers, musicians, photographers and regalia ar"sts. 60% of those funded are from rural communi"es, and 26% are ci"zens of Na"ve Na"ons.
The Ma#hews Opera House and Arts Center The South Dakota Friends of Tradi!onal Music Vermillion Area Arts Council Warrior’s Work & Ben West Gallery Washington Pavilion of Arts & Science Wolf Bronze Wounded Knee Museum Yankton Area Arts
Arts South Dakota Sponsors July 2019 September 2020 Albertson Engineering Bank West Black Hills Energy Brian D. Hagg Dacotah Bank Delta Dental of South Dakota First PREMIER Bank Monument Health Scull Construc!on Security First Bank South Dakota Art Educa!on Associa!on TerraSite Design
InKind Dona!ons July 2019 September 2020 605 Magazine, Sioux Falls Hay Camp Brewing Co, Rapid City Dale Lamphere, Sturgis Lemonly, Sioux Falls Melange / Venus Lumiere LLC, Rapid City SD Magazine, Yankton Thurman & Thurman, Sioux Falls
Organiza!onal Members July 2019 September 2020 Thank you to the following business and organiza!onal members who have come alongside Arts South Dakota as partners, sharing our mission to improve the lives of all South Dakotans through crea!ve communi!es and ar!s!c expression. Aberdeen Area Arts Council Augustana University Visual & Performing Arts Badger Clark Founda!on Black Hills Film Fes!val Black Hills Playhouse Center for American Indian Research and Na!ve Study ChamberlainOacoma Area Chamber of Commerce & CVB Con Brio Studio Crea!ve Care LLC Custer Area Arts Council D. C. Lamphere Studio Dacotah Bank Dacotah Prairie Museum Dahl Fine Arts Center & Rapid City Arts Council Dakota Ar!sts Guild Dakota Sky Founda!on Dakota State University Dalesburg Heritage Delta Dental of South Dakota Downtown Sioux Falls, Inc. Faulkton Area Arts Council Great Plains Watercolor Society Green Ink Gallery & Studios Herseth Ranch Hill City Area Arts Council Historic Deadwood Lead Arts Council Historic Homestake Opera House Hot Pink Ink HyVee Reusable Bag Program Johns & Kosel Law, LLC Jon Crane Watercolors Leola Arts Council Levi# at the Falls Na!onal Music Museum Northern Fort Playhouse Packard Group LLC Periaktos Produc!ons, LLC Redfield Area Arts Council Rep!le Gardens Sanford Arts Program SculptureWalk Sioux Falls SD Music Educa!on Associa!on Short Grass Arts Council Shrine of Democracy Chorus Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues Society Sisseton Arts Council South Dakota Art Museum South Dakota Magazine South Dakota Symphony Orchestra Springs Area Council of the Arts Sturgis Area Arts Council T & M Proper!es The Center for Western Studies, Augustana University
Individual Donors July 2019 September 2020 Arts South Dakota sincerely thanks the generosity of the following arts advocates. Their dona!ons lead the way in advoca!ng for a crea!ve South Dakota. $0 to $99 Anonymous Maria Arana, Phoenix, AZ Doris Symens Armstrong, Watertown Helen Arnold Amanda Bachmann, Pierre Phil and Jill Baker, Sioux Falls Linda Balfany, Yankton Nancy Anne Barker, Hot Springs Rich Barne#, Sioux Falls Linda J. Bartholomew, Faulkton Jana Bas!an, Belle Fourche Anne Beckwith, Eagle Bu#e Don and Janet Beeman, Vermillion Chuck Bennis Marsha Bertsch, Yankton Melanie and Norman Bliss, Sioux Falls Margaret Blomberg, Sioux Falls Sally Blomster, Wetonka Dave and Linda Bonde, Fort Pierre Elizabeth Bowling, Canton Gra!a Brown, Valley City, ND Rosemary C. Buchmann, Mar!n Birgit Smith Burton Susan W. Callahan, Rapid City Tim and Monica Campbell, Brookings Rod Carlson Iva Carter, Rapid City Linda Clement, Sioux Falls Kay R. Coddington, Sioux Falls Caitlin Collier, Vermillion Tami Comp, Winner Ron and Rachel Conkling, Sioux Falls Gyspy Cowbelle, Thermopolis, WY Claudia Dail, Sioux Falls Nate Dally Sherry DeBoer, Chaska, MN Ann and Tim Deckert, Rapid City Sco# Decksheimer Margaret Denton, Brookings Nancy Dickinson, Sioux Falls Tony Diem, Lead Lawrence Diggs, Roslyn Marcia Donnan Mitchell, Hill City Don and Mary Downs, Rapid City Robert Dunwoody, Ethan Verna L. Edinger, Plankinton Beverly Daniel English, Sioux Falls Patrick Feeley Ellen Fockler, Reno, NV Laurel Foster, Aberdeen David J. Fraher, Minneapolis, MN Cathy Frederickson, Box Elder Barry W. Furze, Sturgis Be#e Gerberding, Brookings Carol Cook Geu, Vermillion Chaya and Ryan Bland, Vermillion Larry Green, Madison Terry Hall and Kris! VensandHall, Tea Arline Hammer, Pierre Jerry and Jackie Hanson, Sioux Falls Rosemarie Hanssen, Sisseton Melodi Hardaway, Mitchell Steve and Monica Harding, Pierre Paul Harens, Yankton Crystal Harper, Aberdeen Harry and Helen Harryman, Pierre Andrea Harstad, Crooks Anne F. Hatch, Cheyenne, WY Rick Hauffe Melissa M. HauschildMork, Brookings Donna Hazelwood, Madison Connie Herring, Sioux Falls Susan Hines, Rapid City Roxanne Hinze, Aberdeen Josh and Rose Ann Hofland, Sioux Falls Dennis Hopfinger and Carolyn Clague, Brookings Jon Hovland, Sioux Falls Ken Hoyne Cheryl Whetham and Jukka Huh!niemi, Hill City Rick and Pa# Hustead, Wall Larry and Hilea Hutchinson, Spearfish Steve Jackson, Columbus, OH Charles J. Johnson, Madison Jill Johnson Brian Jones, Miller Randy Jones Robert Joyce, Sioux Falls
Becky Kandyil, Alphare#a, GA Diane Kehrwald, Pierre Cheryl Koch, Freeman Doriekay Koska, Watertown Linda Kramer, Hill City Marilyn Kratz, Yankton Paula Kurtenbach, Brookings Brenda Lanphere, Aberdeen Darla Drew Lerdal, Rapid City Beverly Letsche, Saint Lawrence Harry Lynch Paula Manley and Jim Knutson, Spearfish Dan and Anne Marie Manning, Vermillion Mary Jo Marcy, Custer Cindy Marohl, Sisseton Lynn and Frank Mason, Hot Springs Joseph and Norma McFadden, Houston, TX Monica McGowan, Custer Jim McKinney, Brookings Nivisha Mehta Sheri Meister Kent and Zindie Meyers, Spearfish Jay and Beverly Mickelson, Pierre Patricia Miller, Fort Pierre Jody and Jim Moritz, Faulkton Rodney and Marla Mosiman, Onida Mike and Kathi Mueller, Pierre Russell Nash, Pierre Dennis Navrat, Burbank Sandra Nelson, Pierre John Marius Nelson, Sioux Falls John Vernon Nelson, Sioux Falls Sandra Newman, Rapid City Sonja Niles Nancy Olive, Sioux Falls Jami Olson, Spearfish Phyllis Packard, Vermillion Ann Parker Weckwerth, Watertown Steve Payne Estelle Reierson Pearson, Sisseton Gail Perry, Chapel Hill, NC William T. Peterson, Canton Bea and Herschel Premack, Aberdeen Sharon Prendergast, Sisseton Will Prines Brad Richardson, Hot Springs Susan K. Ripple, Rapid City Tania Robinson, Grandview, MO Cristen J. Roghair, Okaton Susan Wold Rohde, Sioux Falls Larry Rohrer, Beresford Monte and Fran Rougemont, Roslyn Francie RuebelAlbert, Sturgis John Rychtarik, Brookings Traci Samelson, Redfield Greg Schmitz, Sioux Falls Lea Ann Schramm, Yankton Elizabeth Schu#, Watertown Carol Schwarzenberg, Rapid City Marica Shannon, Mitchell Be#y Sheldon, Aberdeen Craig Sherman, Yankton Lisa Shoemaker, Rapid City Thomas Andrew Simmons, Sioux Falls Susanne Skyrm, Vermillion Vance and Virginia Sneve, Rapid City Jan Speirs, Hot Springs Mark and Rose Speirs, Deadwood Wya# Stahl Shelley S!ngley,* Sioux Falls Sue Stone Linda StuermanPurrington, Brookings Ann Taecker, Watertown Sco# Tarpley Judith Thompson, Orange City, IA Lori Tiatorio Thompson, Wrentham, MA D’Anne Thompson, Box Elder Cary Thrall, Lower Brule Rose Marie Tornow, Sioux Falls Tom Valen!ne, Pierre Carrie Vecchione, Saint Paul, MN Nan Venhuizen, Sioux Falls Debby Walker, Glenham Dennis and Julie Walkins, Spearfish Livia Wallace, Aberdeen Kaylyn Welch, Watertown Gavin Wigg Cheryl Wilder, Spearfish Linda and Jon Wiley, Spearfish Roberta Williams, Pierre Ruth Williams, Wakonda Norma and Jerry Wilson, Vermillion Sharon and Marty Winckler, Harrold Michael Winger, Pierre Hunter Winklepleck, Sioux Falls Milo Winter, Rapid City Phyllis Wipf, Deadwood Barbara Wood, Fort Pierre Carol Wright, Sioux Falls David Xenakis, Sioux Falls Dee Yaroch Dana Yost, Sioux Falls Terry Zerfas $100 to $249 Sheila Agee, Brandon Ariadne Albright, Vermillion Susan Arno#, Wessington Springs Steve and Nancy Babbi#, Rapid City
Nan Baker, Sioux Falls Patrick and Jennifer Baker, Pierre John Banasiak, Vermillion Margaret Downie Banks, Vermillion Angela Behrends, Madison LeE#a Benne#, Salem Dar Berkenpas and Boyd Bristow, Sioux Falls Bill J. and Jane Bobzin, Yankton Anne Bodman and Andrew Hollander, Sturgis Jim and Glenna Books, Rapid City Greg Boris and Joan Reddy, Sioux Falls Stacy Braun,* Aberdeen Mark and Ka!e Bray, Rapid City Ruth Brennan, Rapid City Eileen Briggs, Eagle Bu#e Bill and Cathleen Bri#on, Sioux Falls John E. Brockelsby, Rapid City Roger and Merlene Broer, Hill City Martha Brost, Sioux Falls Dick Brown,* Custer Allen and Gloria Brown, Dell Rapids Susan Burgard, Pierre Dick and Ginger Carstensen, Sturgis Bob Carter Jim and Deann Clark, Sioux Falls Diane Colborn, Berkeley, CA Paul and Mary Ellen Connelly, Sioux Falls Mike and Judy Connor, Sioux Falls Janet B. Cronin, Ge#ysburg Marty Davidsohn, Sioux Falls Beth Deiter, Faulkton Frank Denton, Beresford DeVee and Kevin Dietz, Sturgis Kara Dirkson, Sioux Falls Darlene Dulitz, Webster Doug and Jus!ne Estes, Rapid City Carla Fauske and Peter Lieberman, Sioux Falls Van and Barbara Fishback, Brookings Richard Fisher, Rapid City Rod and Glenna Fouberg, Aberdeen Trygve Fredrickson, Sioux Falls Eugene Friedrichsen, Aberdeen Jacquelyn and Peter Fuller, Lead Rod Garne#, Spearfish Karen A. Gerdes, Pierre Kathie and Rudy Gerstner, Yankton Chris!ne Goldsmith, Mobridge Michael and Marnie Gould, Rapid City Susan Gray, Vermillion Jeff Hallem, Pierre Phil and Kiki Hegg, Sioux Falls Sco# and Susan Heidepriem, Sioux Falls Erik Heikes, Rapid City Amy Hofer Vetch, Freeman Brigid Hoffman, Pierre Jim and Ka!e Hood, Spearfish Dody and Boyd Hopkins, Sioux Falls Mildred K. Hugghins, Brookings Ka!e Hunhoff,* Yankton Kristen Jacobsen, Sioux Falls Regina and Dale Jahr, Anthem, AZ Terry and Sandi Jaspers, Sisseton Sco# and Marianne Johnson, Sioux Falls Corliss and Anne Johnson, Sioux Falls James and Ardis Johnson, Brookings Larry and Mary Jo Johnson, Pierre Lynne Jones, Sioux Falls Phil and Diana Kappen, Sioux Falls Karen and Keith Kinder, Brookings Joe and Shari Kosel, Lead Kari and Alan LaFave,* Valley City, ND Merle and Virginia Larson, Yankton Gerry Berger Law, Clear Lake Mark Law, Clear Lake Katrina LehrMcKinney,* Sioux Falls Chris!ne Leichtnam, Rapid City Dorothy Liegl, Pierre Carolyn LindekugelManlove, Custer Marv Looby, Sioux Falls Larry and Debera Lucas, Pickstown Larry and Gail Lyngstad, Pierre John R. McIntyre, Sioux Falls Mark and Kristol McKie, Rapid City Doug and Mary Miller, Brookings Deborah Mitchell, Rapid City Jack and Marilynn Mohlenhoff, Sioux Falls Janice Nicolay, Sioux Falls Hollis and Marilyn Nipe, Watertown Jeane#e Noel Beemer, Pierre James and Marilyn Nyberg, Yankton Dan and Dot O’Connor, Lead Marcia and Marvin Olnes, Yankton Larry Olson, Beresford Rolf Olson and Anne E. Waltner, Parker Karen Gundersen Olson, Rapid City Jessie Park, Har%ord Judith Payne, Sioux Falls John and Mary Pennington, Vancouver, WA Dr. Boyd and Jessica Perkins, Sioux Falls Sco# and Maryanne Petersen, Sioux Falls Ken and Lavonne Pickering, Pierre Tamara Pier, Rapid City Ellen Plocek, Spearfish Larry and Barb Rehfeld, Sioux Falls Andrew and Rosanne Reinartz, Sioux Falls Roger and Mary Jo Renner, Yankton David Reynolds, Brookings Betsy Rice, Sioux Falls Patrick Roseland, Rapid City
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Randall and Teri Royer, Pierre Terry and Mary Ryan, Madison Kris! Saxlund, Sioux Falls Daniel and Rebecca Schenk, Fort Pierre Jeff and Ka!e Scherschligt, Sioux Falls Chuck and Bonny Schroyer, Pierre Lonnie Schumacher, Fort Pierre Martha Schumacher, Alexandria, VA Miles and Vickie Schumacher, Sioux Falls Pamela Sheppard, Sioux Falls Jacqueline Sly, Rapid City Don Smith Janet and Lloyd Sohl, Rapid City Clayton and Anella Southwick, Rapid City James W. Speirs, Rapid City Gary and Nan Steinley, Spearfish Mark Stemwedel, Brookings Anna Marie Thatcher, Rapid City Jennifer Thom, Sioux Falls Lesta and Mike Turchen, Hill City Kate and Andy Vandel, Pierre Dan VanDover, Aberdeen Karyn Veenis, Sioux Falls James Walker and Jerry Oligmmeller, Bath Merri# and Pamela Warren, Brookings Robert and Kathleen Webb, Aberdeen Kris!ne Wollman,* Pierre Ruth Youngers, Sioux Falls Laura Zabel, Minneapolis, MN Mary and Mark Zimmerman, Deadwood Sandy Zinter, Fort Pierre $250 to $499 Reuben Bareis, Rapid City John and Anne Barlow, Rapid City Bonnie and Tim Bjork, Rapid City Kaija and Brian Bonde,* Sioux Falls Sarah and Richard Carlson, Pierre Charlo#e Carver, New York, NY Mary and Kurt Cogswell, Brookings Brian Hildebrant* and Laura Diddle, Brookings William V. Fischer, Fort Pierre Elizabeth Freer and Michael Headley, Spearfish Lawrence and Suzanne Fuller, Sioux Falls Bruce and Nancy Halverson, Sioux Falls Craig Howe,* Mar!n Mary Hunhoff, Yankton Dick and Cindy Koch, Sioux Falls Dale Lamphere* and Jane Murphy, Sturgis Ellen and Tom Lee, Pierre Edith Lien, Spearfish Kara and Jim Mathis,* Sioux Falls Patrick and Bobbi McGowan, Sioux Falls John Mogen, Sioux Falls Larry and Diane Ness, Yankton Michael Pangburn, Pierre Linnea and Kenny Putnam,* Rapid City Jim and Sandy Szana, Pierre Lynn Verschoor,* Brookings Norman and Kathleen West, Yankton Ron and Glenda Woodburn, Pierre $500 to $999 Stanford and Lynda Adelstein, Rapid City Janet Brown, Sioux Falls Kris and Steve Egger, Sioux Falls Jim and Jill Speirs, Sioux Falls Jack and Linda Stengel, Sioux Falls Steven Zellmer and Ki#y Kinsman, Rapid City $1000+ Lynne and Bill Byrne, Sioux Falls Dan and Arlene Kirby, Sioux Falls Deanna B. Lien, Rapid City John and Jane Rasmussen, Sisseton Kay Reinartz, Sioux Falls Jeffrey L. Viken, Rapid City Tom Wadsworth, Sioux Falls * Denotes Arts South Dakota Board Member. Arts South Dakota is in part supported through the generous grant support of the South Dakota Arts Council, the Bush Founda!on and the Na!onal Endowment for the Arts.
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