Arts Alive | Winter 2020 - South Dakota

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Winter 2020

State Arts Conference Preview

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“Afternoon Tea” is a painting by Sioux Falls artist Anna Youngers, a South Dakota Arts Council Artist Fellowship recipient and the winner of the Congressional Art Contest as a high school student. Youngers began her professional training at the age of 16 with a four-year classical apprenticeship and she credits her training for her strong foundation in draftsmanship and the technical craft of oil painting. See a gallery of Youngers’ work at www.annayoungers.com and read her story on page 10 of this issue.

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Arts Alive South Dakota is published by Arts South Dakota PO Box 2496 Sioux Falls, SD 57101-2496 605-252-5979

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National leaders headline State Arts Conference

Lakota Music Project performs in nation’s capital

Ballet company brings dance opportunities to SD SDAC Fellow Anna Youngers makes a career in art

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Save the date for AEI and Band Directors Institute Apprenticeship grants deadline March 1, 2020

South Dakota artist’s design at Australian satellite station

Arts Advocacy Day at the Legislature in Pierre: February 12, 2020 State Arts Conference in Rapid City: May 14-16, 2020 En Route Lakota Lands & Indian Arts Traveling Workshop, Rapid City: June 8-10, 2020 Arts Education Institute in Aberdeen: July 13-16, 2020

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National leaders headline State Arts Conference

he 2020 State Arts Conference is sure to be a fantastic experience for South Dakota artists, arts advocates and administrators, art lovers and community leaders who recognize the value of our cultural heritage. The three-day State Arts Conference is scheduled for May 14-16 in downtown Rapid City and is sponsored by the South Dakota Arts Council and Arts South Dakota. This year’s conference will feature inspirational addresses from Mary Anne Carter, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts; Torrie Allen, President and CEO of Arts Midwest; Lori Pourier, President and CEO of First People’s Fund, and Lori L. Jacobwith, Fundraising Culture Change Expert & Master Storyteller with Ignited Fundraising. The conference planning committee also worked diligently to bring a wide variety of valuable professional learning opportunities for conference participants, with 20 dynamic sessions on the schedule.

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Sharing great ideas in the arts

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The presentations offered at this year’s conference bring together leaders who are shaping the creative climate throughout our nation and our region. The programs, innovations and ideas directed by these individuals will help determine the cultural environment for South Dakota’s future. During her tenure at the National Endowment for the Arts, Mary Anne Carter has pushed to make the Endowment more accessible to the American people, including an expansion of Creative Forces, an arts therapy program for U.S. service members and veterans recovering Mary Anne Carter from post-traumatic stress,

traumatic brain injury, and other psychological health conditions. She is also responsible for bolstering many of the National Endowment’s initiatives, including Shakespeare in American Communities, The Big Read, Poetry Out Loud, and the Jazz Masters and National Heritage Fellowships. Carter brings a unique perspective to the National Endowment for the Arts. Prior to her appointment, she was engaged in public policy analysis, issue tracking and corporate and campaign communications through her work as a public affairs consultant. During her time at the Endowment, she has demonstrated that lessons learned in her prior professional life are effective tools in directing the work of an agency dependent upon the support and confidence of Congress. Torrie Allen took the helm of Arts Midwest last fall after more than 30 years of experience in the performing arts, broadcast media and arts administration. He brings extensive development, marketing and leadership experience to the regional arts organization and a commitment to using creativity and imagination in arts administration. In his Arts Midwest leadership role, Allen oversees flagship programs for the National Endowment for the Arts throughout the United States and its territories Torrie Allen including Shakespeare in American Communities and The Big Read, which together reach 120 communities annually. He also coordinates key national professional development opportunities for arts administrators including ArtsLab, Creating Connection and the Arts Midwest Conference, one of the premiere booking conferences in the United States.

Downtown Rapid City is the site of the 2020 State Arts Conference. Event photo is courtesy of Main Street Square.

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Lori Pourier has been involved in the arts, social justice and community development fields for nearly three decades and has led First Peoples Fund since 1999. Her early work began at First Nations Development Institute and the International Indigenous Women’s Network. Dedicated to a vision of strengthening Native communities through art and culture for much of her life, Pourier focuses her efforts on reconnecting Native communities to their cultural assets and bringing new philanthropic resources to Native artists and culture bearers directly. Pourier is currently a member of the Women’s Building Advisory Circle, an initiative of the NoVo Foundation. She is a Core Partner with Arts in a Changing America and serves as one of the leaders for the Intercultural Leadership Institute, a collaboration between First Peoples Fund, Alternate ROOTS, the PA’I Foundation and National Association of Latino Arts and Culture. Lori L. Jacobwith will address the pre-conference Lori Pourier gathering of Community Arts Council leaders and will present a learning session during the conference. She is an internationally recognized master storyteller and fundraising culture change expert with more than 35 years of experience helping nonprofit organizations raise more than $350 million. Jacobwith has delivered over 10,000 coaching and training sessions for nonprofit organizations. Her proven strategies and tools teach staff and board members to share their stories powerfully and effectively to encourage donors to give more. “This year’s State Arts Conference is a rare opportunity to share the vision of these dynamic national arts community leaders,” said Jim Speirs, executive director of Arts South Dakota. “Conference participants will also be able to meet our presenters and network with creative Lori L. Jacobwith community peers from every corner of South Dakota. There will be a lot of sharing of great ideas!”

Gain inspiration and roadmaps to success The State Arts Conference is a place to learn and network with others who share your connection to South Dakota’s cultural community. A variety of practical sessions will be offered during the conference, with opportunities to acquire new skills to impact the arts in communities throughout the state. Conference organizers issued a request for proposals that brought in 64 great possibilities. A committee of state arts leaders, led by Shari Kosel, Arts South Dakota Program and Communications Director, met in Rapid City to choose the 20 workshops to be presented at the conference May 14-16. “We were amazed not only by the number of great workshop proposals, but by the quality and depth of every one of those 64 concepts,” Kosel said. “Making the final decision on our 20 sessions was a challenging task!” Sessions will be offered in over a dozen tracks, including community arts; professional development for artists and organizations; equity, inclusion and accessibility; arts education; rural arts; storytelling; tourism and the arts; fundraising and grant-writing; nonprofit arts; the arts and health; digital marketing; arts advocacy, and board development. “The sessions were chosen to provide inspiration to artists, arts advocates, community arts volunteers and our statewide arts organizations,” Kosel said. “There’s truly something for everyone— something that our statewide arts community can use to chart pathways to even greater success.” Workshop topics range from Visual Thinking Strategies to Storytelling Tools for Raising Money to a panel discussion on the impact of the South Dakota Symphony Lakota Music Project. Full details and more information on workshop presenters at this year’s State Arts Conference will be available March 1 on the Arts South Dakota website, www.ArtsSouthDakota.org. Page 5

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Registration is easy Registration opens March 1, and participants may register for May 14 activities only or for all the sessions throughout the conference weekend. Registration for the May 14 pre-conference activities is $40 for Arts South Dakota donors and member organizations and $50 for non-members/donors. The full conference registration is $150 for Arts South Dakota donors and member organizations and $175 for non-members/donors. These amounts are the early-bird pricing and will increase after April 14, so early registration is recommended! Up to 20 South Dakota Emerging Arts Leaders will be awarded free registration to attend the 2020 State Arts Conference by Arts South Dakota, and reduced student registration fees are available. In addition, Professional Development grants are available through the South Dakota Arts Council. For details, check out www.ArtsSouthDakota.org. To learn more and to register after March 1, go to www.ArtsSouthDakota.org.

Emmanuel Black Bear, Theodore Wiprud, Ronnie Theisz, Delta David Gier, Bryan Akipa, Dakota String Quartet and Dakota Wind Quintet in front of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. All photos in this story are by Tracey Salazar Photography, Washington, DC.

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Lakota Music Project performs in nation’s capital

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ne of South Dakota’s most unique and popular musical collaboration projects was showcased in Washington, DC in October 2019. Musicians from the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra (SDSO) presented the Lakota Music Project, featuring two Native American Music Award winning artists, singer Emmanuel Black Bear (Oglala Lakota) and cedar flutist Bryan Akipa (Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate). The musicians were joined by SDSO Music Director Delta David Gier and professor emeritus of American Indian Studies at Black Hills State University Ronnie Theisz, acting as musical ambassadors for the state of South Dakota. The DC appearances were the first time SDSO musicians and the Lakota Music Project performed outside of South Dakota. The group played the Washington National Cathedral as part of the PostClassical Ensemble Native American Festival and at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. At the National Cathedral, members of SDSO and the Native American artists who make up the Lakota Music Project gave the final performance of the Native American Festival. Page 6

The Lakota Music Project was created through a collaboration between the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra and leaders of the Lakota community. A partnership between non-native and Native American musicians to advance cultural understanding, the project strives to create an environment of openness through collaborative performance of the music of both cultures. The first Lakota Music Project programs included music written for the full symphony orchestra and the Creekside Singers, a Lakota drumming group. The repertoire has expanded over the last ten years to include cedar flute, solo Lakota singer and hand drum—all in collaboration with full and chamber orchestra, string quartet and wind quintet. “The principle guiding the process of creating this program has been that we have much more to gain through the sharing of what we love—music—than by focusing on what makes us different,” said SDSO Music Director Delta David Gier. “The goal has been to facilitate understanding between our cultures in order to engender compassion and friendship.”

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South Dakota musicians build a bridge between cultures Editor’s Note: Arts Alive asked Chris Vondracek, a graduate of the University of South Dakota and former SD journalist who is now a reporter with the Washington Times, to record his impressions of the Lakota Music Project performances in Washington, DC.

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outh Dakota Symphony Orchestra musicians arrived in DC with Emmanuel Black Bear and flutist Bryan Akipa, combining performances at the Smithsonian with appearances at the ongoing PostClassical Native American Inspirations Festival. While the festival featured Nativeinspired offerings from

By Chris Vondracek

European and American composers, Akipa’s flute and Black Bear’s vocals were not inspired by Native voices. The voices were speaking. They were singing. “Whether it’s a reservation performance for an allNative audience or a white audience in Sioux Falls or Rapid City, there’s always something to be learned on both sides of the equation,” said SDSO Music Director Delta David Gier. “There’s always respect. Just the fact that we treat both musics and cultures on a level playing field is quite unusual.” The Lakota Music Project is one of the state’s most important cultural Cellist Robert Erhard and Emmanuel Black Bear sing “Guide Me” at the exports. Born nearly 15 years National Cathedral, illustrating the trust and human connection that the ago after conversations Lakota Music Project inspires between musicians. between Gier and Barry LeBeau, a Pierre-based advocate for Native American arts programming, SDSO has in the last three years teamed with Native composers to hold two week-long summer camps in Spearfish and in Sisseton, working with young Lakota and Dakota musicians to compose songs the orchestra will later perform. Songs like “Wind on Clear Lake,” written by SDSO oboist Jeffrey Paul and Akipa to honor where the two first met, extemporizes technically between music systems in ways rarely tried before. But more than an achievement of musicology, this music is how the land sounds. And it returns to fix an amnesia we have in South Dakota and elsewhere, too. When I worked as an education reporter for The Rapid City Journal, I remember eagerly interviewing a young teacher at General Beadle Elementary School in northeast Rapid City about the novelty of teaching Lakota language to children. “It is not unusual to be hearing Lakota spoken in the Black Hills,” she told me, gently reasserting this truth. “It was here before this city.” Continued on page 8...

Bryan Akipa (Sisseton Wahpeton) performing in the Potomac Atrium at the National Museum of the American Indian.

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Above, South Dakota Symphony Orchestra Music Director Delta David Gier conducts a performance for a sold-out audience in the Washington National Cathedral. At left, Bryan Akipa plays the Lakota flute in the Cathedral’s Bethlehem Chapel. Photos by Tracey Salazar Photography.

That’s what the LMP brings: an expansion. At the end of a student show on a Monday morning in Washington, the Lakota Music Project concluded with Theodore Wiprud’s arrangement of “Amazing Grace,” a song valued like perhaps none other in the American canon, a tune recognized almost instantly by a class of African-American students, an orchestra of mostly white musicians or a gymnasium of Native students on SDSO’s tours. At the first strains from Black Bear, the crowd went silent. Teachers sat on edge of their seats. This was an educational moment, a bridge, to borrow Gier’s word. Then Akipa, of SissetonWahpeton, put down his flute and picked up an eagle feather for the dance. As Akipa moved with quick steps across the stage, Black Bear sang lyrics in both English and Lakota, the students from DC sat enrapt. And when they left the auditorium, the tune could be heard in the humming voices of the students, a creation from far out west in South Dakota born of reconciliation rippling across the country.

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young ballerina with contemporary ballet without roots in South Dakota being forced to leave home,” and a national career she said. “Not every family has is sharing her love of dance the resources to send a child with her home state. With help away for training, no matter from a committed board of how talented they are.” directors, Madeleine Scott has The company is still in the created the South Dakota Ballet developmental phase, giving in Sioux Falls. artistic director Scott the Scott left her home in opportunity to dance profesBeresford at the age of 13 to sionally across the country train at the Rock School for during part of the year while she Dance Education after earning prepares for a summer season a scholarship as the first South for the South Dakota Ballet. She Dakotan to compete at Youth has already had inquiries from America Grand Prix, the world’s dancers in state and around the largest ballet competition. country about opportunities for Scott gained unique insights dancing in South Dakota during into the dance world while the premiere season. The performing professionally with formal kickoff for the new companies such as Ballet West, dance company will be at a Aspen Santa Fe Ballet and black tie gala and performance Sacramento Ballet. She was June 12 in Sioux Falls. dancing in Sacramento when “We’re planning a red her grandfather fell terminally carpet event at the Washington ill and she returned to South Pavilion with a cocktail party on Dakota to be with her family. stage before the performance Scott then realized that her and an after party where home state was one of only two sponsors and patrons can meet states in America without its own the dancers,” Scott said. “In Scott performing the title role in Jay Kim & Richard Wacko’s “Cinderella.” professional ballet company. addition, the professional “I gave up my family, my dancers who will be in Sioux friends, high school football games, you name it,” Scott said. “Living Falls for the gala will teach master classes in dance workshops far away in Philadelphia, I was lonely but I knew it was the sacrifice throughout the city.” I had to make if I wanted to become a professional ballerina.” Teaching dance is an important element of Scott’s life. She Leaving home to pursue a career in ballet instructs private students now, and hopes to is something she hopes young dancers can hire high school student dancers as trainees avoid with the help of an in-state dance troupe. in the South Dakota Ballet company. “The opportunities for professional “Every dancer is expected to participate dancers in South Dakota have remained in a trainee program,” she said. “Those prostagnant despite our saturation with talented, grams add confidence and professionalism aspiring dancers,” Scott said. “For example, and will be a vital part of our process at Sioux Falls is home to over nine dance South Dakota Ballet.” studios, which is basically unheard of for a In the meantime, Scott is focusing her city of this size.” efforts on building a supporter base and Scott said that while the odds of actually preparing for the June 12 event. making it in professional ballet are slim due “We want to create an immersive art to the vast number of dancers training experience connecting patrons to the around the world for limited positions, dancers,” she said. “Dance needs to be South Dakota Ballet fills a void for the state accessible and an important part of the arts of South Dakota and aids the dance industry in South Dakota.” by creating more employment opportunities. Connect with the South Dakota Ballet at “I hope this company gives young www.southdakotaballet.org, email Scott at dancers across the state the exposure they artisticdirector@southdakotaballet.org or Madeleine Scott, Artistic Director of South need to pursue a career in classical ballet or Dakota Ballet. Photo by Maggie Sweets. check the company out on social media.

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Fellowship winner Anna Youngers makes a

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Anna Youngers at work in her studio. Photo by Joe Hubers.

Sioux Falls artist Anna Youngers uses brushes and canvas to uncover a deeper knowledge and understanding of her subjects. She credits classical atelier training and apprenticeship with providing her the strong foundation in draftsmanship and the traditional craft of oil painting. A SD Congressional Art Award winner as a high school student, Youngers has received numerous honors for her work, such as inclusion in the prestigious Hudson River Fellowship and the South Dakota Artist Fellowship Grant. Her work has been in exhibitions around the United States, including the South Dakota Art for State Buildings Collection.

Arts Alive: How did the experience of being a Congressional High School art winner affect your trajectory toward being a professional artist? Anna Youngers: The Congressional award sent my work

to Washington DC, to be exhibited with the work of my peers— winners from each congressional district in the U.S. Of course it was exciting as a teenager to have my work displayed in the capitol, but more impactful was that it put me in contact with supporters of the arts in our state, people such as then SDAC staff member Michael Pangburn. Those relationships were incredibly valuable as I began my journey as a professional artist. I was very fortunate to have two generous and dedicated art teachers in school who recognized my passion, drive and ability. My middle school teacher, Denise Nelson, gave me my first boost of artistic recognition in 8th grade. My high school art teacher, Marsha Selle, pushed me to enter various regional art shows and spent many hours after school working on applications, packaging and shipping work. I cannot thank them enough for championing me.

What has the Arts Council Fellowship allowed you to explore as an artist?

In receiving the Artist Fellowship Grant, my primary aim was to set aside a period of time

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completely devoted to creating new work. I have several artist mentors in the area that I have long wanted to paint, but running a studio and teaching private classes makes it difficult to find the time and energy to devote to such a personal project. I have always been enamored with drawings and paintings of artists done by other artists. Working with artists allows one to be unencumbered by the constraints of traditional commissioned portraiture, offering instead a sympathetic peer and collaborator. The grant allowed me the luxury of unencumbered exploration in my process. It also gave me the cherished gift of time spent in the company of veteran artists and educators. I am grateful for the support of the South Dakota Arts Council. I’ve been fortunate enough to receive fellowships throughout the last fifteen years, and they have been instrumental in helping me continue to grow and pursue my work.

“The Storyteller,” a portrait of Carl Grupp, by Anna Youngers.

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What are the unique challenges and rewards of having your work chosen for the state’s art collection through Art for State Buildings?

I love seeing original artwork shown in spaces outside of museums, galleries and collector’s homes. One of the challenges of living in a more rural state is that there aren’t always accessible options for the public to be exposed to art. Initiatives like Art for State Buildings is a great way to get the public engaging with art. We have a very active and passionate body of artists in South Dakota who strive to be involved and integrated into our communities, and my life is personally enriched through knowing them and their work.

Where do you go from here as an artist?

“Carnation,” a portrait by Anna Youngers.

I will be focused on preparing for a solo exhibition in July Anna Youngers in her Sioux Falls studio. 2020 at the Pearson Lakes Art Center in Okoboji, IA. Last fall, I had the opportunity to study figurative sculpture in clay, and I’m really excited to explore that more. I’ve set aside teaching classes for the first part of the new year to focus on my studio work but will continue to host my weekly life-drawing group. The group began several years ago, and I enjoy the supportive community of regulars that has formed over the years. It’s a nice counterbalance to all the solitary studio time and provides a pressure-free environment to practice and experiment. I plan to continue working on my artist portrait series, painting local artists in their work environments and recording our conversations that come about during the process. My eventual goal is for the collection to travel around the state. Planning an exhibition of this scope requires time and resources, so I’ll be researching grants and funding for that this year as well, especially as the list of artists that I would like to include continues to grow!

Call for artists: Art for State Buildings proposals

South Dakota artists have until March 9, 2020, to submit purchase proposals for the Art for State Buildings Program. The program was created for the purpose of adding the work of talented South Dakota artists to the state’s permanent art collection for display in areas of state government buildings with significant public access. Work purchased will be installed in public access areas of the Capitol and/or other state buildings on the Capitol Complex in Pierre. Proposals for purchase should be submitted to the South Dakota Arts Council. South Dakota artists whose body of work has contributed to the state’s cultural heritage and development are encouraged to apply. The proposals will be reviewed by an advisory committee to the South Dakota Arts Council. Selection will be based on quality of the work; the artwork’s relevance to South Dakota culture, history, heritage or environment; experience of the artist, and permanence and safety, as required for public artworks. For a complete request for proposal, visit https://artscouncil.sd.gov/ directories/artstatebldgs.aspx, call 605-773-3301, email sdac@state.sd.us or write the South Dakota Arts Council at 711 E. Wells Ave., Pierre, SD 57501.

This photograph, “Custer State Park Milky Way” by Randy Halverson, is part of the SD Art for State Buildings Collection.

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New folk arts consultant working with SDAC

nne F. Hatch has recently been chosen to manage South Dakota Traditional Arts, a program of the South Dakota Arts Council. Producer for a documentary film on the Volga German social dance tradition, Dutch Hop!, due out this spring, Hatch formerly worked at the Wyoming Arts Council (WAC) to establish the Folk and Traditional Arts Program after a 20-year absence. She was responsible for forging new initiatives, including managing of the mentoring program; administering the folk arts grant category; conducting field documentation of local folk musicians, dancers and artisans eligible for WAC resource grants, and generating special projects to celebrate Wyoming’s rich and diverse cultural heritage. Hatch curated the Wyoming Folk Masters exhibit of eight artists for the Wyoming Arts Council gallery and co-produced Wyoming Folks: Encounters with Wyoming Folk Artists, a documentary which aired on Wyoming Public Television and was awarded a bronze Telly in 2007. Her current work includes researching Art of the Hunt: Wyoming Traditions and Dutch Hop Polka: a Regional Music Heritage in CO, NE and WY. She was the Public Sector Section co-convener of the American Folklore Society and is a regular staff folklorist at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, NV and serves on the board. Hatch is an avid advocate for folklife at local and regional conferences, publishes articles and reviews manuscripts for academic presses.

Summer arts educational opportunities Save the date for the 21st annual Arts Education Institute, July 13-16, 2020 and the 2nd annual Band Directors Institute, July 13-15, 2020. The Arts Education Institute offers hands-on visual arts, choral and music workshops. The Band Directors Institute is designed to provide music teachers the best in current, standard literature and teaching methods. Don’t miss these exciting professional development opportunities for Pre-K-12 educators and administrators, held on the Northern State University campus in Aberdeen. Graduate, undergraduate and renewal CEU credits will be available. Information and registration will be online March 1 at www.ArtsSouthDakota.org.

A workshop from the 2019 Arts Education Institute; at right, music educators perform at the 2019 Band Directors Institute.

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Apprenticeships keep traditional arts alive in South Dakota By Anne F. Hatch, South Dakota Traditional Arts Program Manager

Thinking about the SDAC Traditional Arts Apprenticeships reminds me of my Grandmother Clawson. Decades ago, my mother and I cleaned out the sewing drawer at her home where we discovered curious metal contraptions along with some spools of white thread. We had no idea what they were. It wasn’t until I began my work as a folklife specialist that I realized that the art of tatting to make intricate lace had been lost within my family. My grandmother had introduced me to other needle arts that had led to a lifelong passion for knitting. But I also learned the fragility of passing talent, skill and passion to the next generation —and therefore the power of apprenticeship grants. As the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship deadline nears, I want to share a bit about this opportunity. Like Artist Fellowships, TAAs recognize an artist’s lifetime of achievement, but with a twist. The honor comes with funding to teach a student the creative techniques developed over a life of work. This arrangement will mentor the mid-career artist in what it means to be a senior practitioner. The funds also provide for any needed travel to lessons and for necessary supplies, instruments or tools needed to set the apprentice on his or her way to becoming a master and ensure that artistic excellence continues. Here are a few things that make this grant category so special. Breadth: Because of the wide variety of SD traditional arts from Scandinavian hardanger embroidery to Lakota flute making and playing, the application allows for the projects to be tailor made to the specific requirements of any traditional art form including craft, music, dance, food and community activities. Flexibility: Projects can take place in homes, workshops, church basements, outdoors—

anywhere the team determines works best. At least 100 hours of instruction are required and the proposed lessons should reflect the nature of the work, whether weekly evenings or monthly weekends or a combination. The budget must include the instructor’s time, but can be used for travel to special events, the purchase of instruments, rental of a dance studio space or necessary tools. The mentorapprentice team must develop a plan on how best to use funds and time. Considerations: Is the master available and willing to take time away from his or her own work to teach? Is the apprentice available, willing and capable to commit the time and resources required, as well as continue the work beyond the grant’s timeframe? Do the master artist and the apprentice share a passion, cultural values and common community? Is all this conveyed in the application through the work samples, the lesson plans and the written proposal? Access: SDAC staff work carefully with all applicants to make sure each proposal presents the best information for the panel to fully consider which proposals to recommend for funding. Applications can be submitted online, on paper and even on video for those who are uncomfortable or unable to submit a request in writing. Follow up: As the consultant for South Dakota Traditional Arts, I am responsible for visiting each recipient pair to document the project through oral histories, interviews and photographs. These folklore fieldwork materials are then placed in the SD State Archives as an historical record of the state’s traditional arts. The deadline for the next round of projects is March 1, and SDAC allows for video application in this grant category. To learn more or begin your application, visit www.ArtsCouncil.sd.gov.

Dvonne Hansen, left, and Leah Murray with their Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Western saddle project at Hansen’s home near Letcher.

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Keep the arts alive in our families and communities

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

Dale Lamphere, Sturgis, Chair Stacy Braun, Aberdeen, Vice Chair Katie Hunhoff, Yankton, Secretary Brian Hildebrant, Brookings, Treasurer Brian Bonde, Sioux Falls, Past Chair Representative Scyller Borglum, Rapid City Richard “Dick” Brown, Custer Julie Garreau, Eagle Butte and Rapid City Senator Troy Heinert, Mission Dr. Craig Howe, Martin Dr. Alan LaFave, Valley City, ND Katrina Lehr-McKinney, Sioux Falls Kenny Putnam, Rapid City Shelley Stingley, Sioux Falls

Staff

Jim Speirs, Executive Director jim@ArtsSouthDakota.org 605-252-5979, Ext. 0

Shari Kosel, Program & Communications Director shari@ArtsSouthDakota.org 605-252-5979, Ext. 1 Andrew Reinartz, Community Development Director andrew@ArtsSouthDakota.org 605-252-5979, Ext. 2

PO Box 2496, Sioux Falls, SD 57101-2496 Phone: 605-252-5979 Email: info@ArtsSouthDakota.org Website: www.ArtsSouthDakota.org Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @ArtsSD and YouTube.

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By South Dakota Senator Troy Heinert

Hau Mitakuyepi, Cante’ waste’ya nape ciuzapiyelo. el Troy Heinert emanciyapi yelo. Hello Relatives, with a good heart I shake your hand. My name is Troy Heinert. This is a traditional Lakota greeting that I offer to you, the readers of Arts Alive. My family and I reside near Mission, SD and are proud members of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. For the last eight years I have served in the South Dakota Legislature and am currently the Minority Leader in the Senate. I am also fortunate enough to serve on the Arts South Dakota board. But I speak to you today as a fan of the arts. When we think back to our earliest memories, art has always been in our lives. Your mother or caregiver probably sang to you in a soothing voice to help calm you. Traditionally, intricately beaded bundles were hung on our cradle boards to sharpen our eyesight, as is practiced today. We are taught from infancy what beauty feels like by being cradled by a grandmother and how beauty smells by breathing in the fresh air after a rain shower. I can recall all of those senses from my youth and can still sing the “bucking horse” song my mother created for me. When you ask children about their favorite school subjects, a majority of responses are art and physical education. As a former elementary teacher, I often thought, “Why is this the case when I work so hard making the other subjects fun and exciting?” Then it dawned on me: art is relevance. Children relate to art and express their feelings through movement, song, drawing and painting when they may not have developed the skills to express them through other means. That was a breakthrough moment for me as a teacher—and we were able to do great things in our classroom that I still hear about from former students. South Dakota is extremely blessed by many talented artists. They have performed in concert halls and on stages, have had their work viewed by millions, have written masterpieces and have graced the ears of attentive listeners. We owe them gratitude for sharing their gifts with the world. We also have many people in our communities who don’t think of themselves as artists, but truly are. They may not make their living creating art or performing, but each is a vital part of enhancing the creativity and diversity in our state. Whether it’s a toy or a pair of mittens for a grandchild, or a restored old tractor for the town’s parade—that is art. Something guided them to create, and fortunately they shared it with us. I am so thankful there are people in communities who stay active in the arts. They attend school plays and concerts, volunteer on beautification projects, serve on local arts councils and create art using their talents. Art connects us as humans, giving us the chance to learn about the beauty of other cultures. I ask that you do all you can to keep the arts alive in our families and communities. Share your knowledge or creation with the next generation and appreciate the works they are creating. We have a beautiful state with extraordinarily talented people—and it will take all of us to keep it that way. Thank you to all the artists who have shared their gifts with others. You have made us laugh, cry, dance, sing, think, feel and appreciate. But most of all you have made us unique: you have made us human. Pilamayé

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Advocacy for the Arts South Dakotans show overwhelming support

Thanks to Americans for the Arts, the South Dakota Arts Council and First Peoples Fund for the data included, and to Lemonly for the creation of these infographics.

Each year representatives from the South Dakota Arts Council and Arts South Dakota travel to the nation’s capital to share information about our state’s cultural climate with our Congressional delegation. Above, Arts South Dakota Executive Director Jim Speirs meets with Senator John Thune in Washington, DC.

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At left, state captains of the State Arts Action Network (SAAN) gather in Washington, DC each spring to share their states’ arts success stories.

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vision for the arts Conference critical for creative connections 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 Keith BraveHeart, Kyle, Secretary Lynne Byrne, Sioux Falls Brian Bonde, 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, Arts Program Coordinator Anne Hatch, Traditional Arts Program Manager 711 E. Wells Ave., Pierre, SD 57501-3369 In-State Toll Free: 1-800-952-3625 Email: sdac@state.sd.us Website: www.artscouncil.sd.gov 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

When Arts South Dakota Executive Director Jim Speirs and I were new in our respective positions and visiting communities across South Dakota in 2016 as part of our “Arts Road Trip,” there was a common refrain we heard at each stop: “We want more opportunities to get together.” After four years, two Governors’ Awards in the Arts, two Arts Days at the Legislature, one statewide arts conference, nine regional meetings and countless other informal gatherings, the song remains the same. Whether artists, administrators, educators, patrons or others, there is a strong desire among South Dakotans to get together and talk about the arts. These gatherings provide a way to share ideas, events and stories while considering challenges and opportunities that exist across the spectrum of our statewide arts community, whether common or unique. This “cross pollination” can lead to the development of new programs and services or the enhancement of existing ones; it can also bring about the creation of new artwork, enriching communities and helping strengthen the careers of individual artists—we’ve seen it happen. I can’t imagine a better environment than the South Dakota Arts Conference for this type of collective creativity, whether it’s fueling artistic creation or finding new solutions to old problems. Our last conference in Sioux Falls in May 2018 was a solid start, but the one being planned for May 2020 in Rapid City will build upon that foundation to offer even more. For starters, Arts South Dakota and the Arts Council have relied on a dedicated conference leadership committee to represent the interests of different organizations and ensure a variety of perspectives are factored into the planning. Also new in 2020 and considered by this committee will be workshops and sessions derived from an open call for proposals. The committee had over 60 plans to review and evaluate, so it’s a sure bet the content of the upcoming conference will be remarkable, providing something useful for everyone. Without a doubt, attendees will be impressed and engaged by keynote addresses from these arts luminaries: Mary Anne Carter, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts; Torrie Allen, the new President and CEO of Arts Midwest, our state’s regional organization; Lori L. Jacobwith, Fundraising Culture Change Expert & Master Storyteller with Ignited Fundraising, and South Dakota’s own Lori Pourier, President and CEO of First Peoples Fund. Zooming in from the marquee view, we’ll bring back the popular “Doctor Is In” one-on-one scheduled meetings for attendees who want to drill into topics from grant support to arts education to traditional arts. If the presenters aren’t enough of a draw, think of how fun it’ll be to network with fellow arts enthusiasts against the backdrop of the amazing cultural offerings of Rapid City and the Black Hills region. Come early for the pre-conference specializing in the interests of community arts councils, and stay late for the closing ceremonies, all of which will feature some of the finest performers in South Dakota. Help us continue the conversation about better ways to serve ALL South Dakotans and their communities through the arts—plan to join us for the 2020 State Arts Conference, May 14-16. Registration opens March 1—for more information and a schedule, go to www.ArtsSouthDakota.org.

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SDAC chair Bordeaux elected to national arts agencies board

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Mary V. Bordeaux, the chair of the South Dakota Arts Council, was recently elected to serve on the board of directors for the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA). Bordeaux will represent South Dakota’s arts interests on the national level as an at-large member for a two-year term. The election was held in September during the NASAA Leadership Institute in Providence, RI, after a rigorous national nomination and interview process. Bordeaux accepted the chairmanship of the South Dakota Arts Council at its July meeting after serving as vice chair of the advisory board of the state arts agency for the past two years. Bordeaux is vice president of programs and operations at First People’s Fund in Rapid City and co-owner and creative director of Racing Magpie, a collaborative space with a Native art gallery and artist studios in downtown Rapid City. She received degrees from the Institute of American Indian Arts and the University of the Arts in museum studies with an emphasis in exhibition design and planning. Bordeaux is currently working on her educational doctorate at Saint Mary’s University, exploring Lakota epistemology. She has held curatorial positions with The Heritage Center at Red Cloud Indian School and The Indian Museum of North America at Crazy Horse Memorial. The National Assembly of State Arts Agencies is the nonpartisan, nonprofit membership organization that unites, represents and serves the nation’s state and jurisdictional arts agencies. To learn more about NASAA and state arts agencies, visit www.nasaa-arts.org.

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Governor appoints two to state arts council

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Nan Venhuizen

ov. Kristi Noem has appointed Nan Venhuizen and John Mogen, both of Sioux Falls, to serve on the South Dakota Arts Council for three-year terms. Venhuizen is a visual artist and a graduate of the University of South Dakota. She has worked as an art teacher at the elementary level as well as teaching private art lessons in Armour, where she lived for many years. Venhuizen’s work has been included in exhibitions throughout South Dakota, including the Prairie Arts Showcase and Artists of the Plains. Mogen, a Waubay native, started playing piano at age six under his Grandmother Mogen’s tutelage. He earned his Bachelor of Music Education and his master’s degree from the University of South Dakota. Mogen taught vocal music for four years in Parkston and then spent two years playing keyboard professionally with the Upson Downs. He then taught K-12 vocal music in Lennox, and later taught at Patrick Henry Middle School in Sioux Falls until his retirement from public school teaching in 2008. Mogen is now an adjunct music education instructor at the University of Sioux Falls. In 1978, he started his trio Mogen’s Heroes, a group that continues to entertain throughout South Dakota. The band was inducted into the South Dakota Rock and Roll Music Association Hall of Fame in 2018. Mogen has also been honored to play piano for Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.

John Mogen

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Native art celebrates anniversary of Australia and U.S. Earth observations

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rtwork from the traditions of two ancient Native peoples dramatizes the orbital collaboration between the U.S. and Australia in monitoring our globe—and a South Dakota artist’s work is part of that story. The Australian government celebrated its 40-year partnership with the United States on Earth observations in November 2019 through the commissioning of new artwork on a satellite antenna at the Alice Springs ground station. Three years ago, Australia celebrated its partnership with Native traditional landowners by painting the surface of one antenna with designs from the Caterpillar Tracks artwork by Arrernte artist Roseanne Kemarre Ellis. The Arrernte are a group of Aboriginal Australian peoples who live in the Arrernte lands at Mparntwe (Alice Springs) and surrounding areas of the Central Australia region of the Northern Territory. The new artwork on the ground station’s second antenna is based on an Owinja, or star quilt, from the Native American Lakota Sioux tradition gifted to Geoscience Australia by the U.S. Geological Survey as a symbol of goodwill between the two organizations. The artist who designed the Owinja is Sioux Falls quilter Rosaline Louise Oren, who was born in the Pine Ridge Reservation and is a registered member of the Rosaline Louise Oren Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe.

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In 1979, Australia joined the United States’ Landsat Earth observation program, playing a strategic role by hosting the ground station site in Alice Springs. Since then, Australia has continued to support all Landsat missions and is committed to supporting future generations of Landsat satellites. Director of the United States Geological Survey Dr. James Reilly emphasized the value of Australia’s satellite ground station to the U.S. and its international partners. “Alice Springs is a critical part of the USGS’s global Landsat satellite ground station network,” Reilly said. “It is one of only three stations outside the U.S. that provides essential mission support to our Landsat satellites; it is an integral component to ensure we can capture comprehensive and dynamic images of our planet. I’m really proud of this enduring relationship between Australia and the U.S., and I’m excited to see it grow further.” Geoscience Australia’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr. James Johnson, said the Alice Springs station is built on a partnership with local traditional owners. “This ground station is located on land owned by the Centre for Appropriate Technology, a not-for-profit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander company that works across central and northern Australia,” Johnson said. Their circular bowls pointed to the skies, two works of Native art sit side by side at the Alice Springs satellite ground station, linking the past, the present and the future with the inspirational visions of two artists. Handpainted 9-meter antennae featuring the designs of Rosaline Oren (left) and Roseanne Kemarre Ellis (right) scan the skies near Alice Springs, Australia.

Arts South Dakota Sponsors July 2018 - January 2020

$0 to $999 South Dakota Art Education Association $1,000 to $1,999 Dacotah Bank

$2,000 to $2,999 Bank West Delta Dental of South Dakota $3,500+ First PREMIER Bank

In-Kind Donations July 2018 - January 2020

605 Magazine, Sioux Falls Dale Lamphere, Sturgis Lemonly, Sioux Falls Melange/Venus Lumiere LLC, Rapid City South Dakota Magazine, Yankton Thurman & Thurman, Sioux Falls

Organizational Members July 2018 - January 2020

Thank you to the following business and organizational members who have come alongside Arts South Dakota as partners, sharing our mission to improve the lives of all South Dakotans through creative communities and artistic expression.

Aberdeen Area Arts Council Augustana University Visual & Performing Arts Black Hills Film Festival Black Hills Playhouse Center for American Indian Research and Native Study Chamberlain-Oacoma Area Chamber of Commerce & CVB Con Brio Studio Creative Care LLC Custer Area Arts Council D. C. Lamphere Studio Dacotah Bank Dacotah Prairie Museum Dakota Artists Guild Dakota Sky Foundation 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 Homestake Opera House Historic Lead Deadwood Arts Center Hot Pink Ink Johns & Kosel Law, LLC Jon Crane Watercolors Leola Arts Council Levitt at the Falls Matthews Opera House & Arts Center National Music Museum Northern Fort Playhouse Packard Group LLC Periaktos Productions, LLC Redfield Area Arts Council Reptile Gardens Sanford Arts Program SculptureWalk Sioux Falls SD Friends of Traditional Music SD Music Education Association Short Grass Arts Council Shrine of Democracy Chorus Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues Society Sisseton Area Arts Council South Dakota Art Museum

South Dakota Magazine South Dakota Symphony Orchestra Southeast Properties Springs Area Council of the Arts Sturgis Area Arts Council The Center for Western Studies, Augustana University Vermillion Area Arts Council Warrior’s Work & Ben West Gallery Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science Wolf Bronze Wounded Knee Museum Yankton Area Arts

Individual Donors July 2018 - January 2020

Arts South Dakota sincerely thanks the generosity of the following arts advocates. Their donations lead the way in advocating for a creative 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 Barnett, Sioux Falls Linda J. Bartholomew, Faulkton Jana Bastian, Belle Fourche Anne Beckwith, Fort Pierre 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 Gratia Brown, Valley City, ND Rosemary C. Buchmann, Martin Susan Burgard, Pierre Birgit Smith Burton Susan W. Callahan, Rapid City Sarah and Richard Carlson, Lead 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 Mike and Judy Connor, Sioux Falls Gypsy Cowbelle, Thermopolis, WY Claudia Dail, Sioux Falls Nate Dally Sherry DeBoer, Chaska, MN Ann and Tim Deckert, Rapid City Scott Decksheimer Margaret Denton, Brookings Nancy Dickinson, Sioux Falls Lawrence Diggs, Roslyn Marcia Donnan Mitchell, Hill City Don and Mary Downs, Rapid City Vance and Virginia Sneve, Rapid City Darlene Dulitz, Webster 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 Bette Gerberding, Brookings Carol Cook Geu, Vermillion Chaya Gordon-Bland, Vermillion Larry Green, Madison 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 Rick Hauffe Melissa M. Hauschild-Mork, 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 Rick and Patt Hustead, Wall Larry and Hilea Hutchinson, Spearfish Steve Jackson, Columbus, OH Jill Johnson Charles J. Johnson, Madison Randy Jones Brian Jones, Miller Robert Joyce, Sioux Falls Becky Kandyil, Duluth, GA Diane Kehrwald, Pierre Paula Manley and Jim Knutson, Spearfish Doriekay Koska, Watertown Linda Kramer, Hill City Marilyn Kratz, Yankton Kari and Alan LaFave,* Valley City, ND Katrina Lehr-McKinney,* Sioux Falls Darla Drew Lerdal, Rapid City Beverly Letsche, St Lawrence Harry Lynch Mary Jo Marcy, Custer Cindy Marohl, Sisseton 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 Deborah Mitchell, Rapid City Jody and Jim Moritz, Faulkton Rodney and Marla Mosiman, Onida Mike and Kathi Mueller, Pierre Russell Nash, Pierre John Marius Nelson, Sioux Falls Sandra Nelson, Pierre John Nelson, Sioux Falls Sandra Newman, Rapid City Sonja Niles Jeanette Noel Beemer, Pierre 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 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 Ruebel-Albert, Sturgis John Rychtarik, Brookings Greg Schmitz, Sioux Falls Lea Ann Schramm, Yankton Chuck and Bonny Schroyer, Pierre Elizabeth Schutt, Watertown Carol Schwarzenberg, Rapid City Marica Shannon, Mitchell Craig Sherman, Yankton Lisa Shoemaker, Rapid City Thomas Andrew Simmons, Sioux Falls Susanne Skyrm, Vermillion Jan Speirs, Hot Springs Mark and Rose Speirs, Deadwood Wyatt Stahl Sue Stone Linda Stuerman-Purrington, Brookings Scott 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 Carrie Vecchione, Saint Paul, MN Nan Venhuizen, Sioux Falls Terry Hall and Kristi Vensand-Hall, Tea Debby Walker, Glenham Dennis and Julie Walkins, Spearfish Cheryl Whetham and Jukka Huhtiniemi, Hill City 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, Spearfish Barbara Wood, Fort Pierre Carol Wright, Sioux Falls David Xenakis, Sioux Falls Dee Yaroch Terry Zerfas

$100 to $249 Sheila Agee, Brandon Ariadne Albright, Vermillion Susan Arnott, Wessington Springs Steve and Nancy Babbitt, Rapid City Nan Baker, Sioux Falls Patrick and Jennifer Baker, Pierre John Banasiak, Vermillion Margaret Downie Banks, Vermillion John and Anne Barlow, Rapid City Angela Behrends, Madison LeEtta Bennett, Salem Dar Berkenpas and Boyd Bristow, Sioux Falls Bonnie Bjork, Rapid City Bill J. and Jane Bobzin, Yankton Jim and Glenna Books, Rapid City Greg Boris and Joan Reddy, Sioux Falls Stacy Braun,* Aberdeen Ruth Brennan, Rapid City Bill and Cathleen Britton, Sioux Falls John E. Brockelsby, Rapid City Roger and Merlene Broer, Hill City Martha Brost, Sioux Falls Allen and Gloria Brown, Dell Rapids Dick and Ginger Carstensen, Sturgis Bob Carter Jim and Deann Clark, Sioux Falls Diane Colborn, Berkeley, CA Paul and Mary Ellen Connelly, Sioux Falls Janet B. Cronin, Gettysburg Marty Davidsohn, Sioux Falls Beth Deiter, Faulkton DeVee and Kevin Dietz, Sturgis Kara Dirkson, Sioux Falls Doug and Justine 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 Rodney Garnett, Spearfish Karen A. Gerdes, Fort Pierre Kathie and Rudy Gerstner, Yankton Christine Goldsmith, Mobridge Michael and Marnie Gould, Rapid City Jeff Hallem, Pierre Phil and Kiki Hegg, Sioux Falls Scott and Susan Heidepriem, Sioux Falls Erik Heikes, Rapid City Amy Hofer Vetch, Freeman Anne Bodman and Andrew Hollander, Sturgis Jim and Katie Hood, Spearfish Craig Howe,* Martin Mildred K. Hugghins, Brookings Katie Hunhoff,* Yankton Regina and Dale Jahr, Anthem, AZ Terry and Sandi Jaspers, Sisseton Corliss and Anne Johnson, Sioux Falls James and Ardis Johnson, Brookings Larry and Mary Jo Johnson, Pierre Phil and Diana Kappen, Sioux Falls Karen and Keith Kinder, Brookings Joe and Shari Kosel, Lead Merle and Virginia Larson, Yankton Gerry Berger Law, Clear Lake Mark Law, Clear Lake Christine Leichtnam, Rapid City Dorothy Liegl, Pierre Deanna B. Lien, Rapid City Carolyn Lindekugel-Manlove, 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 Janice Nicolay, Sioux Falls Hollis and Marilyn Nipe, Watertown James and Marilyn Nyberg, Yankton Dan and Dot O'Connor, Lead Marcia and Marvin Olnes, Yankton Rolf Olson and Anne E. Waltner, Parker Karen Gundersen Olson, Rapid City Jessie Park, Hartford John & Mary Pennington, Sioux Falls Scott and Maryanne Petersen, Sioux Falls

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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 Randall and Teri Royer, Pierre Terry and Mary Ryan, Madison Kristi Saxlund, Sioux Falls Daniel and Rebecca Schenk, Fort Pierre Jeff and Katie Scherschligt, Sioux Falls Martha Schumacher, Alexandria, VA Miles and Vickie Schumacher, Sioux Falls Lonnie Schumacher, Fort Pierre 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 Shelley Stingley,* Sioux Falls Anna Marie Thatcher, Rapid City Lesta and Mike Turchen, Hill City Kate and Andy Vandel, Pierre Dan VanDover, Aberdeen Karyn Veenis, Sioux Falls Lynn Verschoor, Brookings Jeffrey L. Viken, Rapid City James Walker and Jerry Oligmmeller, Bath Merritt and Pamela Warren, Brookings Robert and Kathleen Webb, Aberdeen Kris Wollman, Pierre Larry Zikmund, Sioux Falls Mary and Mark Zimmerman, Deadwood Steve and Sandy Zinter, Fort Pierre

$250 to $499 Reuben Bareis, Rapid City Kaija and Brian Bonde,* Sioux Falls Sue and Dick Brown,* Custer Charlotte Carver, New York, NY Mary and Kurt Cogswell, Brookings William V. Fischer, Fort Pierre Elizabeth Freer and Michael Headley, Spearfish Lawrence and Suzanne Fuller, Sioux Falls Bruce and Nancy Halverson, Sioux Falls Brian Hildebrant* and Laura Diddle, Brookings Dody and Boyd Hopkins, Sioux Falls Dick and Cindy Koch, Sioux Falls Dale Lamphere*and Jane Murphy, Sturgis Ellen and Tom Lee, Pierre Edith Lien, Spearfish Patrick and Bobbi McGowan, Sioux Falls Larry and Diane Ness, Yankton Linnea and Kenny Putnam,* Rapid City Jim and Sandy Szana, Pierre Norman and Kathleen West, Yankton Ron and Glenda Woodburn, Pierre Steven Zellmer and Kitty Kinsman, Rapid City $500 to $999 Stanford and Lynda Adelstein, Rapid City Lynne and Bill Byrne, Sioux Falls Kris and Steve Egger, Sioux Falls Dan and Arlene Kirby, Sioux Falls Jim and Kara Mathis, Sioux Falls Michael Pangburn, Pierre John and Jane Rasmussen, Sisseton Kay Reinartz, Sioux Falls Jim and Jill Speirs, Sioux Falls Jack and Linda Stengel, Sioux Falls $1000+ Janet Brown, 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 and the Bush Foundation.

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