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Winter 2021 Governorâ€™s Awards in theArts

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John Lopez, recipient of the 2021 Governor’s Award for Distinction in Creative Achievement, created “Black Hawk” in his Lemmon, SD studio and it is now displayed permanently at a New Hampshire farmer’s market. The complete sculpture portrays a draft horse pulling a plow and our cover photo detail illustrates the complexity and intricate artistry of Lopez’s work. Lopez said that his local Lemmon neighbors donated many of the reclaimed materials that became part of his “Black Hawk” sculpture. For more information and to see other works by Lopez, visit www.johnlopezstudio.com.

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Winter 2021 Volume 23, Issue 2

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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 Send story ideas, arts photos or article submissions to Thurman & Thurman, Arts Alive editors, by emailing tandt@sio.midco.net.

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Packard’s Epically Masked photographs win in international competition

Discover the power and potential in community-based public art Artist Fellow Marty Two Bulls talks art and education Poet Norma Wilson releases her ﬁfth collection Community arts councils help spread the arts throughout South Dakota

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Lt. Governor Larry Rhoden discusses arts opportunities for veterans

Governor’s Student Art Competition winners named Scenes from the South Dakota 2020 Virtual Arts Conference

South Dakota Arts Council grant deadline is March 1

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“Landscape with Round Bales #2” featured artwork courtesy Karen Kinder.

Governor’s Awards recognition

shared online on Arts Day in Pierre rts South Dakota and the South Dakota Arts Council are celebrating the 25th biennial Governor’s Awards in the Arts with online ceremonies Tuesday, February 10, 2021. The biennial awards presentation honors the achievements of South Dakota’s artists, educators and arts supporters statewide. Governor’s Award recipients are selected from nominations submitted in five categories reflecting the work of professional artists and arts educators, and the support of individuals, businesses and organizations that encompass South Dakota’s arts community, including an award recognizing outstanding support of the arts to Native Nations with lands in South Dakota. This year’s online ceremony includes a message from Governor Kristi Noem and a video spotlight of each of the award recipients, with photographic examples of their contributions to the South Dakota creative environment. Also posted as part of the celebration will be artwork from the winners of the first Governor’s Student Art Competition. Arts Advocacy Day at the Legislature includes the presentation of arts information and a copy of Arts Alive to elected officials and legislators and floor announcements celebrating South Dakota’s arts in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. An additional feature of this year’s Arts Day is an online professional development webinar with Lori L. Jacobwith, an internationally recognized master storyteller and fundraising culture change expert. Jacobwith’s workshop, Expand your reach, engage your board, will precede the prerecorded awards celebration.

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Recipients of this year’s awards: John Lopez, Lemmon, for

Distinction in Creative Achievement

The Pat and Dale Larson Family,

Brookings, for Outstanding Support of the Arts by an Individual

John Banasiak, Vermillion, for Outstanding Service in Arts Education

Brookings Arts Council, Brookings, for Outstanding Support of the Arts by an Organization or Business Cloud Horse Art Institute, Kyle, for Outstanding Support of the Arts to Native Nations with Lands in South Dakota.

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John Lopez

The recipient of this year’s Distinction in Creative Achievement award, sculptor John Lopez, is the product of a place—the Grand River in northwestern South Dakota. Lopez grew up on a ranch in Standing Rock Reservation before studying art at Northern State University and Black Hills State University, and apprenticing with Dale Lamphere. John now makes his home in Lemmon, where he has opened the Kokomo gallery displaying not only his own art, but also works from community artists and visiting artists from around the world. The Lopez résumé includes commissioned work on display around the globe, including sculptures in Dubai and Monaco, and pieces sought after for private collections. He began his career working with bronze, and his works are on display all over South Dakota, including twelve of the presidents for the City of Presidents Project in Rapid City and other regional locations of historical signiﬁcance. He later found new inspiration creating sculptures from scrap metal. Taking things the modern world has discarded and pronounced outdated, Lopez thoughtfully considers them and sees their history and inherent value. He incorporates and transforms these collected objects into works of value and international popularity.

The Pat and Dale Larson Family

This year’s recipient of the Governor’s Award for Outstanding Support of the Arts by an Individual is The Pat and Dale Larson Family in recognition of their vision and exceptional, unwavering generosity, a lifetime of influence on fine and performing artists and for their clear goal of encouraging residents throughout the state of South Dakota to support and enjoy the arts. The Larson family was integral in the original efforts in Brookings to provide a performing arts center for the benefit of all the community. Their early leadership in 1999 helped leverage a partnership with South Dakota State University, the Brookings School District and the City of Brookings that enabled the construction of a concert hall and studio theater, the Larson Memorial Concert Hall. Following the 2003 opening of the Performing Arts Center at South Dakota State University, conversations began about the construction of a comprehensive facility for the benefit of the region’s performers and audiences—the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center at South Dakota State University. The facility’s Founders Recital Hall and the Oscar Larson Theatre are home to SDSU’s theater program and the Miss South Dakota Pageant, among other events. The expansion had a price tag of $50 million, and the lead investment came from the Larson family with additional significant gifts from daughters Bridget, Carmelle and Maree. The Larson family foundation continues to provide exceptional assistance throughout South Dakota for fine and performing arts, social services programs, education and basic human needs.

John Banasiak

Chosen for his Outstanding Service in Arts Education, John Banasiak has been a resident artist and educator in South Dakota since arriving as a professor of photography at the University of South Dakota in 1980. During his 40 years in South Dakota, he has taught and inspired thousands of students through his photography classes, exhibited his work in over 300 exhibitions, published in numerous national periodicals and received over 100 grants and awards—including several from the South Dakota Arts Council. His distinctive teaching has been recognized with the USD Knutson Distinguished Faculty Award and the USD President’s Research Excellence Award—the highest award for research leading to curriculum inclusion at USD. In 2003, he received a Sierra Club grant to document the grasslands of South Dakota with his photography. Banasiak’s own photographs play an integral role in his teaching. He has always been mindful of getting his art into juried exhibitions at the local and national level and his work has been displayed in over 30 diﬀerent U.S. states and countries around the world. One of the most prestigious collections which includes Banasiak is the Hallmark Photographic Collection, spanning the history of photography from 1839 to present day and including works by artists such as Dorothea Lange, Alfred Stieglitz and Andy Warhol. Page 4

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This year’s recipient for Outstanding Support of the Arts by an Organization or Business is the Brookings Art Council. This nonproﬁt goes above and beyond to support the arts in South Dakota and the entire Brookings community. During its 43 years of operation, the Brookings Arts Council has proven its commitment to individuals and creativity in all forms. The organization lives by its mission statement—encouraging community connections through the arts by providing a supportive environment for awareness, appreciation and participation. Access to the arts for everyone is a key focus for the Brookings Arts Council. Their free art classes and scholarships open the doors to artists at all levels and the Art Factory, a twice weekly class, provides access for adults from Advance, a private nonproﬁt organization that supports more than 115 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Warrior’s Rock is a program designed for veterans and is free for all who have served. Artist support from the Brookings Arts Council is active, responsive, collaborative and giving, recognizing the work and life of the artist. The organization funded supplies for two murals during the summer of 2020, bringing an attitude of “how can we help you make art happen” to a variety of projects. During the pandemic, the Brookings Arts Council has continued to ensure access to art through virtual alternatives, including going out of their way to deliver art supplies all over Brookings and to surrounding communities. The organization also provided vital support through their social media channels to businesses and the entire community.

Cloud Horse Art Institute

The Brookings Arts Council

Recipient of the award for Outstanding Support of the Arts to Native Nations with Lands in South Dakota, Cloud Horse Art Institute was founded in 2001 to build individual human assets as well as community and tribal assets. In the nomadic life of the Lakota People, children acquired the technology necessary for a barter economy, learning specialized skills in making things that would be useful and attractive to others. Their products—perhaps bows, drums or quilled war robes—had a trade value and could help sustain a family. There are still many Lakota crafts being made and sold to tourists, but the bedrock tribal arts, like hide painting and porcupine quillwork— so important to maintain a culture—were being learned by very few people. Cloud Horse has offered workshops in the traditional Lakota arts of quillwork, beadwork, tipi construction, quilting, hide tanning and metal jewelry making, as well as more contemporary arts. Cloud Horse acquired a small Head Start campus in Kyle which is being renovated as an arts facility teaching traditional arts and language and hosting the only reservation film school in the U.S. The film school has created three films picked up for worldwide viewing on the new Heritage Broadcast Network, starting this year. Teaching the Lakota language is a vital Cloud Horse initiative. Tilda Long Soldier St. Pierre, founder and Cloud Horse president, is the only arts leader in South Dakota fluent in both oral and written Lakota. She also serves as the kindergarten Lakota Immersion teacher for Our Lady of Lourdes school in a team-supported effort to enhance fluency in young Lakota children. Cloud Horse Art Institute is making a difference every day in the Native community.

THANK YOU to our dedicated 2021 Governor’s Awards in the Arts sponsors:

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Aaron Packard’s

Epically Masked photos win international award Shortly after the pandemic hit, photographer Aaron Packard began crafting a way to use his art to positively encourage South Dakotans to wear masks in public in order to slow the spread of COVID-19. He saw a way to use his art to reflect concerns about preserving the health of family, friends, the elderly and those with compromised immune systems. Packard began his Epically Masked series in July when he put out a call for models in the Vermillion area—and was gratified by the many people and families who were eager to participate. To prioritize the health of his models, Packard shot all his portraits outside and wore a mask himself during the photo sessions. To make his subjects heroic, he used artificial lighting in the natural environments. The entire series is available for viewing at www.aaronpackard.com.

Packard’s “Epically Masked VI.”

With his studio in Vermillion, Packard has a long and adventurous history as a photographer. Beginning his career over 25 years ago in San Francisco during the age of ﬁlm, Polaroid and chemistry, he now uses digital photography as well as traditional techniques for his commercial work and his ﬁne art. Packard’s images have been displayed regionally at the Hopkins Center for the Arts in Hopkins, MN; the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in Omaha, NE, and the Washington Pavilion in Sioux Falls.

“Epically Masked XV ” by Aaron Packard.

The Vermillion photographer released his images on his social media pages in July, using the hashtag #epicallymasked in order to share his positive portrayal of South Dakotans wearing their masks. In November and December, Packard teamed up with the Vermillion Area Arts Council to invite the community to participate in the series by taking masked selﬁes and posting them online with the #epicallymasked tag. “Epically Masked is an attempt to inspire everyone to wear face coverings by depicting the epic heroic nature of everyday people,” Packard said. “We’re currently inviting people worldwide to join the movement by sharing their own Epically Masked photographs.” Packard’s inspired photographic concept caught the attention of international photo judges, as Epically Masked earned Honorable Mention from the International Photography Awards in the Fine Art: Portrait category. The annual International Photography Awards (IPA) receives work from photographers in 120 countries, with 13,000 entries submitted to the 2020 contest. This is Packard’s second IPA Honorable Mention award. In 2015, he won Honorable Mention for a tintype series of western South Dakota landscapes he created for Black Hills Ammunition in the Professional: Advertising category. Page 6

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Aaron C. Packard in his studio.

THE POWER AND POTENTIAL of community-based public art By Amber Hansen

eginning in 2016, the community of Vermillion began adorning the side of the Coyote Twin Theater with murals. Instead of hiring a single artist to design and paint an image, Vermillion decided to use a community-based approach to creating. In each project, there was a team of lead artists who facilitated design workshops, inviting members of the community to conduct research, share stories, create poems and draw together. The conversations and the communal imagining sessions inspired the imagery that would appear on the wall. The most recent mural was completed the summer of 2020, led by Reyna Hernandez, Inkpa Mani and Liz Skye. This approach was utilized because community-based murals and the process used to create them have the capacity to help people see themselves and each other and to imagine and depict the future they want to inhabit together. In addition, the murals and process can help amplify histories that are less seen, crystallize the present and provide future spaces for cultural awareness and understanding. Since being introduced to this work by many professionals in the ﬁeld, the practice continues to inform and evolve my perception of community and the value and potential of art. I’ve learned there is power in the process that invites participants to see themselves as imaginers and creators, and guides them to see their uniqueness and connections. In addition, the process of engaging in communal art can open a door for people to engage in art that may lead to other civic actions. Engaging in community-based art has helped me value my unique skills and perspectives and to see how I can contribute and connect with my community. My story is not unique, as I have seen transformation in people who participate as well. The projects make clear that our experiences, our lives, our perspectives and communities are more

EDITOR’S NOTE: Amber Hansen is a muralist and the co-creator of the documentary ﬁlm “Called to Walls.” She is an Assistant Professor at the University of South Dakota where she teaches painting, and is the President of the board of the Community Built Association.

complex than the media represents and it is our responsibility to collect and share our stories in order to create public spaces that are more meaningful and inclusive for everyone. More importantly, it has made it clear that all of this is possible. Community-based art extends far beyond murals and mosaics and the process can be used to create many new things. For example, communities across the world have imagined and constructed playgrounds, community centers, gardens and have used the process to address social justice issues and bridge gaps in communication through music, theater and storytelling. In Vermillion, I continue to see the impacts of the murals ripple through the community—not only by the people who have come together to create them, but also through the conversations responding to the content and watching the mural become sites of gathering. I continue to believe in the power of murals, to celebrate our shared human experiences and to amplify the voices that are often unheard. I know many artists in South Dakota who work tirelessly to create work with and for their communities. If given more support, how could community-based public art shape the ﬁeld and practice and how would our state’s unique geographic look stand out? In addition, how might community-based art shape our communities and how we understand and see each other? To learn more about the Vermillion mural project, go to www.vermculture.org/muralproject. A community painting day in Vermillion during 2019.

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Artist Fellow MartyTwo Bulls

talks art and education

ach year the South Dakota Arts Council selects a group of South Dakota artists to receive the Artist Fellowship grant rewarding individual artistic excellence. The $5,000 Fellowships, awarded following an extensive review by discipline panels, reflect the variety and quality of art being produced in South Dakota. For FY2021, four artists were selected as Fellows, including artist Marty Two Bulls Jr. Two Bulls is an enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe and was raised in the high plains of South Dakota. A graduate of the Institute of American Indian Arts, Two Bulls spent several years in Santa Fe developing his art practice and working in contemporary art galleries before returning to South Dakota in 2017 to be a full time art faculty member at Oglala Lakota College. He has exhibited his artwork in galleries and museums both nationally and internationally. Arts Alive: How has a lifetime of making art shaped you as a person? Marty Two Bulls: A lifetime of making art has made me a very flexible problem solver. I feel like all artists are problem solvers. Every piece of artwork I create is a puzzle with a solution. I may not see that solution right away, if ever, but I do my best to solve it. Sometimes those problems are technical; like how to keep a ceramic sculpture from exploding in the kiln. Other times the problems are conceptual, and those are the trickiest to solve. Many of the concepts in my art are heavy and not easy to address. Sometimes I don’t entirely know what I want to say when I start and I need the art making to help me process the ideas. How has your family legacy influenced you as an artist? I’ve been making art since I was a child. My parents, Linda Bad Yellow Eyes and Marty Two Bulls, Sr., are artists. My mother is a bead worker and my father is an interdisciplinary artist. My father taught me how to draw, sculpt in stone and paint. My mother taught me patience and the rudiments of beading. The “Traditional Artifact # 16,” most important lesson I learned 2019 glazed ceramic, 11x7x7” from my parents was the value by Marty Two Bulls Jr. of creativity and how to make a living as an artist and creative person. My immediate family and tiyospaye have always been and continue to be a great inspiration to me. Art was just something that was always around and encouraged. Now, looking back, I see the examples that the elders and adults in my life at that time laid out. I try to be that person for the young people in my life. That is one of the main

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“Artist In His Studio,” photo by Marty Two Bulls Jr.

reasons I teach. I feel a responsibility to keep the arts alive in my family and community. What does this fellowship allow you to explore as an artist? The Artist Fellowship from the South Dakota Arts Council allowed me to invest more time and resources into my art practice. As a working artist and parent, I am continually juggling my time between making work that pays the bills and making work that I am passionate about. Sometimes those two things are one and the same. Many times I am forced to keep my studio practice more practical as to provide for my family. With the support from SDAC, I was able to take on several less practical projects that I was very passionate about. How has geography and history shaped your art? My relationship to art is unique. I am Oglala Lakota. I was raised on my ancestral lands with my family and community. My parents instilled in me a deep respect for my culture and traditional ways of life. My relationship to art is through that cultural lens. My influences are eclectic but grounded in my upbringing. As a Lakota person I’ve always felt a bit like an outsider in the western art world. There just isn’t much native art included in the western art canon. The same is true in music and cinema. Native Americans in general are of little interest to a western audience outside of romantic depictions. This is too bad because our art forms are truly the first in America. In my career I’ve faced the pressure to create art that depicts my culture or people in a romantic light. I’ve always pushed back against those pressures. I strive to create art that is authentic to my own contemporary experience. What has being an educator brought to your art, your life? Being an educator has brought a deep sense of purpose to my art practice. I am teaching and inspiring a new generation of Lakota artists and that is deeply fulfilling. Teaching art has become a reflective process for me. I’m constantly challenging my students and their aesthetic values, which in turn forces me to do the same. Art is a dialogue that is always changing and it should inspire the individual artist to evolve as well. I learn a great deal from my students and they inspire me to keep pushing my own artwork.

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All citizens have the right, responsibility and privilege to be involved in policy making. Advocacy plays a key role in our democracy, allowing groups of people to come together to share a united voice in support of policy and ideas to their elected representatives, and all should feel comfortable petitioning policy makers. Public participation is key to ensuring that these local, state and national leaders know your perspective! As a part of the broad arts community—whether an artist, performer, organizational leader, parent of children in schools, audience member or just a lover of the arts—you know the impacts and importance of a creative South Dakota ﬁrst hand. Combine this with eﬀective tools and tactics to talk to your school board, city council, state and national legislators and others to help make your voice heard.

Advocacy 101: Making your voice heard in the halls of power Step 1: PREPARE

Gather information—get the what, where, when and who sorted out so you can make a communication plan. Then gather the team and identify key messengers. Get your core community mobilized, those closest to the issue at hand. Create relationships with policy makers before you need them. Invite them to your events, send press releases and updates and send emails to thank them for policy you support. Policy makers are often approached critically, but not often thanked when they do something their constituents agree with. This helps build a trusting relationship.

Step 2: TELL THE STORY

Frame your story, remembering “No data without story, no story without data.” Always pair an impact story with data about that impact. Don’t assume the person you’re addressing knows why this is important. Create a short elevator pitch of a couple of sentences to quickly spread the message, along with a common set of talking points for everyone to draw from. Let each constituent speak in his own voice, but with consistent messaging. Listen as much as you speak, and keep your message positive!

You’ll find action steps and detailed information to help shape your advocacy eﬀorts, including arts impact infographics, links to South Dakota voter registration, advocacy alerts, candidate arts surveys and much more at https:// artssouthdakota.org/arts-advocacy/.

Wilson releases fifth poetry collection

The arts have been a vital resource for people during the pandemic, as well as an inspiration for new art. A great example of the power of poetry to restore and inspire is Norma C. Wilson’s newest book, Continuity. Conceived during the COVID-19 crisis, Continuity is Wilson’s ﬁfth book of poetry, just released by Gyroscope Press of Gillette, Wyoming. Wilson began writing poems in the 1960s, continued writing sporadically during her 27-year career as an English professor at the University of South Dakota, and since her retirement has devoted all her writing to poetry. Continuity looks toward the past as a lesson for survival through respect and love for the Norma Wilson earth. Wilson connected with Gyroscope Review editor Constance Brewer during a poetry seminar at the Hill City Arts Council’s Writers Workshop in 2015. Continuity is Gyroscope Press’s ﬁrst chapbook. “Many of my poems are inspired by all three of my favorite muses—place, memory and art,” Wilson said. “Several of the poems were inspired by music. I love collaborations! Our experience of the arts is enhanced when two or more of them come together.” USD Music Professor Emerita Susanne Skyrm’s photograph “Morning Light” graces the cover of Continuity, and two of the poems, “Standard Time for Poetry” and “Bashing the Blues,” were inspired by musical performances in Sioux Falls. Another poem, “Steel Drum Encore,” arose from a performance at the National Music Museum. Continuity is listed for sale on Amazon.com and is also featured on the Gyroscope Press Facebook site. Learn more about Wilson and her poetry at her website, https://sites.google.com/a/usd.edu/norma-c-wilson/.

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Community Arts Councils: Bringing Lemmon

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Belle Fourche Spearfish

Sturgis Pierre

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Keystone

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By Andrew Reinartz, Community Development Director, Arts South Dakota

ommunity arts councils do so much for the local communities, supporting the creative mindset that helps their communities thrive. As you can see from the map and list of organizations, these groups really cover our state in every region! Importantly, the work community arts councils (CACs) do is speciﬁc to serving their local need—so they come in all shapes and sizes. Run entirely by volunteers or fully staﬀed, they range from full-blown arts centers, to providers of performance series and bookers, to gathering places for arts education classes—and whatever else needs to be done to support the unique needs of their areas. This allows CACs to be nimble, focusing on community identity, vitality and creative problem solving.

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Like many organizations, CACs have been innovating during the past year to ﬁnd ways to serve their communities safely. With the Arts South Dakota community arts network, they have collaborated, shared successes, concerns and paths forward in uncertain times. Please support your local arts groups, like these arts councils, as they work to support your communities. Think of what your life would be like without the many creative artists, performers, teachers, students and bold thinkers around you. We need the arts now more than ever! Find the full directory and contact info of these arts councils, or submit your organization to be added, at www.ArtsSouthDakota.org/Arts-Directory/.

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Brookings Arts Council

Castlewood Arts Council Centerville Community Arts Council

Central Plains Arts Council, Miller Custer Area Arts Council Dahl Fine Arts Center & Rapid City Arts Council

Day County Arts Council, Webster

De Smet Area Arts Council

Faulkton Area Arts Council Grand River Arts Council, Lemmon High Plains Arts Council, Gettysburg

Highmore Area Council of the Arts Hill City Area Arts Council Historic Deadwood Lead Arts Council Huron Area Arts Council Keystone Arts Council Leola Arts Council

Madison Area Arts Council

Missouri Valley Arts Council, Chamberlain Mitchell Area Arts Council

Mobridge Area Arts Council Northern Prairie Arts, Watertown

Redﬁeld Area Arts Council Short Grass Arts Council, Pierre Sioux Falls Arts Council Sisseton Arts Council

Springs Area Council of the Arts, Wessington Springs Sturgis Area Arts Council

The Matthews Opera House and Arts Center, Spearﬁsh Vermillion Area Arts Council Whetstone Arts Council, Milbank Yankton Area Arts

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Summit lays foundation for bringing the arts to veterans

By Lt. Gov. Larry Rhoden, State of South Dakota

The United States of America and its citizens honor their military service members and veterans in many ways: federal holidays, parades, donations and discount programs, flying flags, benefit packages and volunteering, to name just some. Still, there’s always the feeling that more should be done, so I was happy to participate in a late 2020 summit aimed at doing just that through the arts and humanities. The South Dakota Military & Veterans Arts & Humanities Summit sought to bring key South Dakota stakeholders together to learn about programs and services offered by military and veterans’ agencies and programs offered through arts and humanities organizations. It took place virtually in Pierre, November 16-17, and was a cooperative effort among the National Lieutenant Governors Association, the National Endowment for the Humanities/South Dakota Humanities Council, the South Dakota Arts Council, Arts South Dakota and Americans for the Arts. Over the course of two afternoons, participants shared program successes like artist residencies at the Michael J. Fitzmaurice South Dakota Veterans Home in Hot Springs and learned about recreational therapy opportunities in Veterans Administration settings and various communities, like one using musical instruction in Brookings. Panel discussion topics included programs telling the stories of South Dakota’s veterans through university initiatives, the needs and challenges of the state’s military and veterans’ communities, and national and state perspectives, including the state of the arts and humanities across the military continuum. To be sure, much was discussed and learned, but perhaps the most powerful points on the agenda came from veteran artist testimonials and performances. National Heritage Fellow and South Dakota Governor’s Awards in the Arts honoree and veteran Bryan Akipa of Sisseton provided traditional Native flute music both days. Visual artists Jim Pollock of Pierre and Stephen Randall of Sioux Falls talked about their experiences as U.S. Army combat artists during the Vietnam war, and sculptor Darwin Wolf of Sioux Falls spoke about his compelling experiences making art for and conducting residencies with service members and veterans. South Dakota is fortunate to be one of only a few states, along with Delaware and Louisiana, to be involved in the front line of the National Lieutenant Governors Association’s State Military & Veterans Arts Initiative. Organizers are currently compiling a report of findings and outlining successful practices and ideas to share with the rest of the country. The key mission for those gathered was to better understand the value of the arts, humanities and creative arts therapies to our servicemembers, veterans and their families in order to meet the challenges they face as a result of serving our country, including but not limited to, post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury and the building of resiliency. The November 2020 summit made one thing abundantly clear: South Dakota stakeholders are ready and willing to make arts and humanities, in their various forms, available to the military continuum as a tool to improve health and wellness.

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South Dakota arts organizations receiving Arts Midwest Phase 2 Resilience Fund grants:

Midwestern arts and culture organizations receive $1.5M to support Covid-19 recovery An additional 61 Midwestern arts and culture organizations received Covid-19 relief grants from Arts Midwest through Phase 2 of the United States Regional Arts Resilience Fund. The organizations receiving funding include eight South Dakota arts organizations. The Resilience Fund’s goal is to invest in historically under-resourced arts and culture organizations across the United States as they work to weather the pandemic. In line with these priorities, 32 of the funded organizations are based in rural areas, 25 are led by and serving people of color, and ﬁve are led by and serving Native and Indigenous communities. The organizations each received between $10,000 and $50,000 as a one-time investment. Recipients may direct United States Regional Arts Resilience Fund grants to their most pressing needs and opportunities, from response activities to investments that build resiliency and sustainability. The impact of Covid-19 has created incredible ﬁnancial obstacles for the arts, with Americans for the Arts estimating current losses for the creative sector at over $14.5 billion dollars and counting. These losses exacerbate deep, existing inequities present across the Midwest and the nation. Historically under-resourced communities and organizations now face an additional lack of access to critical support, investment and capitalization to weather the pandemic, putting their work acutely at risk.

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Aberdeen Arts Council, $25,000 Crystal Theatre Cultural Association, Flandreau, $10,000 Chautauqua Craftsmen & Artisans of the Black Hills, Hot Springs, $10,000 Pierre Players Community Theatre, $10,000 He Sapa Wacipi Na Oshkate (Black Hills Pow Wow Association), Rapid City, $35,000 Racing Magpie, Rapid City, $35,000 Harmony South Dakota, Sioux Falls, $30,000 Sisseton Arts Council, $10,000

Governor announces student art winners overnor Kristi Noem recognized 12 students chosen for their artistic talents through the inaugural Governor’s Student Art Competition. An exhibition of the winning artworks is on display in the South Dakota Capitol Building through September 2021. “We launched the student art competition this year with the intention of honoring and encouraging the work of outstanding young artists in South Dakota,” the Governor said. “Arts education is an important part of a well-rounded school curriculum, and we have hundreds of talented young artists in our midst. We received more than 200 submissions in the ﬁrst year of this program, and we’re thrilled to open the exhibition on the ﬁrst day of Legislative Session.”

“Bright Cityscape” by Tinley Hoﬀman, grades K-2 category.

The student winners are as follows: grades K-2, Tinley Hoﬀman and Charlize Vogelsong, both from Brandon Elementary, and Yohance Flores, Fred Assam Elementary; grades 3-5, Gabriella Eichmann, Canistota Elementary, Soraya Karim, St. Elizabeth Seton School, Rapid City, and Kili Cole, Batesland Elementary, Summerset; grades 6-8, Bria Shay Neﬀ, Sioux Falls homeschool student, Ella Herron, Stagebarn Middle School, Piedmont, and Sienna Roberts, Tea Area Middle School; and grades 9-12, Hannah Hofer, Colton homeschool student, Alex Weber, Roosevelt High School, Sioux Falls, and Sarah Poncelow, Wessington Springs High School. A panel of 10 professional artists served as judges for the competition. The top-three ranked pieces in each age division make up the exhibition. View the entire Governor’s Student Art Competition exhibition brochure at https://artscouncil.sd.gov/events/student_art_Main.aspx. The program for student artists is a collaboration between Governor Noem and the South Dakota Arts Council. At left, “Goat Tying” by Sarah Poncelow, grades 9-12 category.

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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 Scyller Borglum, Rapid City Julie Garreau, Eagle Butte and Rapid City Senator Troy Heinert, Mission Dr. Alan LaFave, Valley City, ND Katrina Lehr-McKinney, 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 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

Arts advocacy begins with one voice By Jim Speirs, Executive Director, Arts South Dakota In South Dakota, arts advocates include community arts groups, statewide arts organizations and alliances for arts education and artists. As important as these groups of advocates are, real strength for the arts in South Dakota starts with one, single voice. And that voice could be YOURS. Why does Wessington Springs have a vital, functioning Opera House today? Because one voice said, “Let’s save the Opera House!” and others responded with contributions and volunteer hours. Why do Sisseton audiences continue to experience emotional musical presentations involving the South Dakota Symphony and local musicians? Because one voice said, “Let’s bring professional musicians to town,” and the outpouring of enthusiasm made something wonderful happen. Local arts experiences keep happening all across the state—as long as one voice starts the ball rolling. Too often we become caught up in the whirlwind of daily life and get the feeling that one person can’t make a difference. But over and over in the communities of South Dakota—and beyond—the single good idea of just one person has captured the imagination of an entire town. The arts are like that— and are so important to our future. Creative thinking enhances our educational systems, working artists build our economy and cultural awareness maintains our heritage and defines who we are as a people. And it all starts on the local level, with your support of the arts. The power of one voice willing to toss a good idea into the local coffee conversation is incredible, regardless of the size of your community. Remember, for every one person who thinks a new local arts experience would be welcomed, there are dozens of other people who think the same way, but just haven’t said it out loud. Is your community ready to hear one, single voice? Will that voice be yours? To learn more about being an arts advocate in your community, start with a visit to ArtsSouthDakota.org.

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2020

virtual

State Arts Conference

Scenes from the South Dakota 2020 Virtual Arts Conference, held October 29-31, row by row,

left to right: Conference presenters Dr. Craig Howe, Shari Kosel, Andrew Reinartz, Jim Speirs, Dale Lamphere, Sarah Carlson, Patrick Baker and Rebecca Cruse; South Dakota Artist Laureate Dale Lamphere; Arts South Dakota Executive Director Jim Speirs joins participants in an Arts Happy Hour; Arts South Dakota Program & Communications Director Shari Kosel and SDAC Director Patrick Baker; SDAC Arts Program Coordinator Sarah Carlson; Heather Pickering, Artistic Director for Flutter Productions; Arts South Dakota board member Dr. Craig Howe with Jim Speirs, and at bottom right, the team from Pinnacle Productions.

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vision for the arts Stronger together

By Patrick Baker, Director, South Dakota Arts Council

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 Nan Venhuizen, Sioux Falls, Secretary Brian Bonde, Sioux Falls Roger Broer, Hill City Lynne Byrne, Sioux Falls John Mogen, Sioux Falls Jane Rasmussen, Sisseton Lee Ann Roripaugh, Vermillion James L. Walker, Bath

Staff

Patrick Baker, Director

Rebecca Cruse, Deputy Director

Kathryn Vandel, Arts Grant Specialist & Accessibility Coordinator

Sarah Carlson, 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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For the better part of 2020, the concept of isolation became as ubiquitous as that of the pandemic. While we got good at separating ourselves for the betterment of society, we also became adept at bridging physical barriers to cooperatively strengthen the health and resiliency of our communities. In South Dakota, as well as across the country, forging new partnerships with the common goal of creating a better world through the arts was the name of the game in 2020. The evidence of these partnerships is written across the pages of this issue of Arts Alive as we look forward to a hopefully healthier and happier 2021. In early 2020, Gov. Kristi Noem, lawmakers, board members of statewide arts organizations and young artists gathered at the Capitol to announce the creation of the Governor’s Student Art Competition. The South Dakota Arts Council (SDAC) partnered with the Governor’s office, the Department of Education and schools across the state to provide an opportunity for student artists of all ages to have their talents recognized. Now in the 2020-2021 school year, the inaugural competition is bearing beautiful fruits benefiting the young artists and the public as these works of art are displayed in South Dakota’s capital. Less than a month after the pandemic hit home in the United States, the National Endowment for the Arts let all its partnership organizations know financial help was on the way via redistribution of its allotment of CARES funds. SDAC immediately began working on a plan to deliver its $422,800 in CARES funds to South Dakota arts organizations in need and was taking applications for emergency assistance grants by the beginning of May. SDAC also worked with Arts Midwest to provide additional support to South Dakota’s arts and cultural sector as well as in cooperation with the S.D. Humanities Council to spread the word about its CARES Act Grant program. Arts South Dakota and SDAC decided it was imperative to carry out plans for a 2020 state arts conference—not just despite the pandemic, but also because of it. During a time of isolation and uncertainty, we thought it important to bring artists and organizations together to reinforce the idea that arts and culture are not only critical components of a healthy society, but may never be more needed by people than during tough times. This endeavor brought together nonprofit, government, individual and private sector partners to create an online environment that truly promoted a feeling of togetherness. In mid-November, Lt. Gov. Larry Rhoden welcomed to our state military and veterans’ groups, arts and humanities collectives and government and health-care coteries, along with artists, academics and other stakeholders from across the organizational spectrum, for the S.D. Military & Veterans Arts & Humanities Summit. This virtual gathering allowed for cross-pollination of ideas about how the arts and humanities can provide opportunities for enhancing the health and wellness of service members and veterans. We know we’re stronger together, even if we’re physically separated, and without a doubt new partnerships and alliances will emerge from all these efforts. This bodes well for South Dakota and a brighter, better future for its statewide arts community and entire citizenry.

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Now is the time to apply for SDAC grants—Deadline is March 1 rant applications for the next South Dakota Arts Council (SDAC) funding cycle (July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2022) are being accepted through March 1, 2021. SDAC staff has a designated online Applicant Portal with a helpful array of resources to assist applicants in writing the best possible grant. SDAC staff carefully considers the grant application process and tries to address the challenges reported by grant applicants. Available resources include everything from how to use the online grant application system, to explaining what panelists frequently notice when reviewing applications, to ensuring applicants are providing the best possible support documentation. The Applicant Portal is linked directly from the front page of SDAC’s website at artscouncil.sd.gov, and even with the deadline looming, it’s still possible to write a great grant if using the resources in this portal. Just follow these simple steps: ❶ Start with the Grants Quick Start Guide and print the checklist on page two. Use it to ensure you’re including all required material. ❷ Next, download the complete Guide to Grants. This document takes you through the process and explains each grant category. You will also find information about what types of projects SDAC is looking to fund, an explanation of each grant category, eligibility requirements and an overview of the peer review panel process. ❸ Read the SDAC strategic plan to help you better understand agency goals so you can tie your grant narrative to those goals. Be sure to draw clear connections for panelists.

❹ Join the Grants Support Facebook group. This is a public group monitored by SDAC staff. Members can post questions for staff or seek advice from other members to help improve grant applications. ❺ Watch the SDAC grants webinar archived in the Applicant Portal. If you need more information about using the online grants system, we have a full stable of videos dedicated to that topic. ❻ Review the application and budget worksheets for the grant for which you will be applying. Use these worksheets to help you prepare your information. Still have questions? The SDAC staff is on hand to assist you. Just email info@ artscouncil.sd.gov or phone 1-800-952-3625.

The SuFuDu drumline, a past grant recipient, rehearses for a performance. Photo by Devon Melillo.

Grants fund community recovery programs

Residencies for Recovery Grants

• Aberdeen Area Arts Council, $5,000 Residencies for Recovery is a new program of the South Dakota Arts Council • Backroom Productions, Inc., designed to respond to the pandemic using artist-led practices to promote community Rapid City, $7,225. recovery, to prepare for future disasters and to build resiliency through the arts. • Black Hills Film Festival, Hill City, In July, 10 South Dakota organizations were awarded Residencies for Recovery grants $7,225. to support payments to artists to work with cultural organizations, community service • Historic Homestake Opera House, Lead, $5,000. organizations and local government entities throughout the course of a 6- to 12-month • The Journey Museum & Learning residency. These organizations proposed Center, Rapid City, $7,225. innovative projects that enrich civic and cultural • Magpie Creative, Rapid City, $7,225 life and use the arts to strengthen and revive • Red Cloud Indian School, Inc., South Dakota communities in the aftermath of Pine Ridge, $7,225 the Covid-19 pandemic. • Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues Society, One example of the program is the residency $7,225. • Sisseton Arts Council, $7,225. of artist Mackenzie Swanson in Hill City, supported • United Way of Vermillion, $7,225 by the Black Hills Film Festival in cooperation with the Hill City Area Arts Council. Swanson is creating a six-foot stained glass project reﬂecting the history and essence of “The Heart of the Hills.” Work on the piece is being recorded for a documentary by videographer Randal Iverson, which will provide safe viewing access on the Black Hills Film Festival Channel. In December, Swanson led two stained glass workshops, one for elementary students and one for adults, bringing the community into the creative process. Residencies for Recovery is funded by the state using federal relief funds from the National Endowment for the Arts through the CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security) Act. Residency artist Mackenzie Swanson with her work, “The Heart of the Hills,” in progress and on display at Warrior’s Work and Ben West Gallery in Hill City.

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De Smet

De Smet Area Arts Council

Charles J. Johnson Terry and Mary Ryan

Green Ink Gallery & Studios Mark and Rose Speirs Phyllis Wipf Mary and Mark Zimmerman

Center for American Indian Research and Native Studies Rosemary C. Buchmann Craig Howe*

Deadwood

or this winter issue of Arts Alive, we wanted to take an opportunity to highlight the broad support for the arts across South Dakota. Instead of our normal donor recognition list by level, which can always be found on ArtsSouthDakota.org, we wanted to recognize the many vibrant arts communities across the state. These individuals and organizations believe in a strong collective voice for the arts, and demonstrate that by their membership gifts to Arts South Dakota. Much like the Community Arts Council article in this issue, the long list of communities below is yet another example of the broad work in the arts being done in every corner of South Dakota by artists, organizations and arts lovers. Their donations lead the way in advocating for a creative South Dakota, and we can’t do this important work without you all! Donors supporting the Arts South Dakota Annual Fund with a sustaining gift from July 2019 to January 21, 2021 are listed below. Major Gifts

A special thank you to Janet M. Kahler and her daughter Deonne Kahler for their signiﬁcant gift to Arts South Dakota. Their belief in a creative South Dakota, and accompanying ﬁnancial support, will help drive this important work forward.

South Dakota Individual and Organizational Donors by City

Aberdeen

Aberdeen Area Arts Council Dacotah Prairie Museum Stacy Braun* Laurel Foster Rod and Glenna Fouberg Eugene Friedrichsen Brenda Lanphere Bea and Herschel Premack Betty Sheldon Dan VanDover Livia Wallace Robert and Kathleen Webb

Baltic

Deb and Peter Klebanoﬀ

Bath

James Walker and Jerry Oligmmeller

Belle Fourche

Larry and Hilea Hutchinson

Beresford Larry Rohrer

Box Elder

Cathy Frederickson

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Allen and Gloria Brown

Eagle Butte

Anne Beckwith Julie Garreau*

Faulkton

Faulkton Area Arts Council Linda J. Bartholomew Beth Deiter Jody and Jim Moritz

Ft. Pierre

Dave and Linda Bonde William V. Fischer Patricia Miller Daniel and Rebecca Schenk Lonnie Schumacher Barbara Wood Sandy Zinter

Fulton

Con Brio Studio

Gettysburg

Brandon

Janet B. Cronin

Sheila Agee

Britton

Northern Fort Playhouse

Brookings

Expanding Harmony Dance Studio South Dakota Art Museum Tim and Monica Campbell Mary and Kurt Cogswell Margaret Denton Brian Hildebrant* and Laura Diddle Van and Barbara Fishback Bette Gerberding Dennis Hopﬁnger and Carolyn Clague Mildred K. Hugghins James and Ardis Johnson Karen and Keith Kinder Jim McKinney Doug and Mary Miller John Rychtarik Linda Stuerman-Purrington Merritt and Pamela Warren

Burbank

Dennis Navrat

Canton

Elizabeth Bowling William T. Peterson

Chamberlain

Chamberlain-Oacoma Area Chamber of Commerce & CVB

Clear Lake

Mark Law Gerry Berger Law

Custer

Dell Rapids

Custer Area Arts Council Dick Brown Mary Jo Marcy Monica McGowan

Glenham

Debby Walker

Harrold

Sharon and Marty Winckler

Hill City

Black Hills Film Festival Hill City Arts Council Jon Crane Watercolors Warrior’s Work & Ben West Gallery Roger and Merlene Broer Cheryl Whetham and Jukka Huhtiniemi Linda Kramer Lesta and Mike Turchen

Hot Springs

Nancy Anne Barker Lynn and Frank Mason Brad Richardson Jan Speirs

Houghton

Herseth Ranch

Lead

Historic Deadwood Lead Arts Council Historic Homestake Opera House Johns & Kosel Law, LLC Jacquelyn and Peter Fuller Dan and Dot O’Connor Cary Thrall

Leola

Leola Arts Council

Madison

Madison Area Arts Council Angela Behrends Larry Green Donna Hazelwood

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Martin

Miller

Brian Jones

Mitchell

Marica Shannon

Mobridge

Christine Goldsmith

Montrose

Joseph Bartmann

Oglala

Seven Council Fires Native Art

Okaton

Cristen J. Roghair

Onida

Rodney and Marla Mosiman

Parker

Rolf Olson and Anne E. Waltner

Pierre

Delta Dental of South Dakota Pierre Players Inc. Short Grass Arts Council Amanda Bachmann Patrick and Jennifer Baker Lance Bertram* Susan Burgard Sarah and Richard Carlson Karen A. Gerdes Jeﬀ Hallem Arline Hammer Steve and Monica Harding Harry and Helen Harryman Mikel and Deborah Holland Larry and Mary Jo Johnson Diane Kehrwald Ellen and Tom Lee Dorothy Liegl Larry and Gail Lyngstad Jay and Beverly Mickelson Mike and Kathi Mueller Sandra Nelson Michael Pangburn Ken and Lavonne Pickering Randall and Teri Royer Chuck and Bonny Schroyer Jim and Sandy Szana Kate and Andy Vandel Roberta Williams Kristine Wollman* Ron and Glenda Woodburn

Plankinton

Verna L. Edinger

Rapid City

Black Hills Playhouse Black Hills Symphony Orchestra Dahl Fine Arts Center & Rapid City Arts Council Dakota Artists Guild Stanford and Lynda Adelstein Carol Bailey Reuben Bareis John and Anne Barlow

Bonnie and Tim Bjork Jim and Glenna Books Ruth Brennan John E. Brockelsby Susan W. Callahan Ann and Tim Deckert Don and Mary Downs Richard Fisher Michael and Marnie Gould Anne F. Hatch Erik Heikes Susan Hines Lilias Jarding Lin Jennewein Janet M. Kahler Christine Leichtnam Deanna B. Lien Mark and Kristol McKie Deborah Mitchell Sandra Newman Tamara Pier Linnea and Kenny Putnam* Patrick Roseland Lisa Shoemaker Vance and Virginia Sneve Clayton and Anella Southwick James W. Speirs Anna Marie Thatcher Don Theye Jeﬀrey L. Viken Milo Winter Steven Zellmer and Kitty Kinsman

Redﬁeld

Redﬁeld Area Arts Council Traci Samelson

Roslyn

Lawrence Diggs Monte and Fran Rougemont

Saint Lawrence Beverly Letsche

Salem

LeEtta Bennett

Sioux Falls

Augustana University School of Music Avera Health Badger Clark Foundation Dakota Sky Foundation Downtown Sioux Falls, Inc. First Lutheran Church Foundation Great Plains Watercolor Society Levitt at the Falls Rehfeld’s Art & Framing Sanford Arts Program SculptureWalk Sioux Falls South Dakota Symphony Orchestra T & M Properties The Center for Western Studies, Augustana University The South Dakota Friends of Traditional Music Washington Pavilion Wolf Bronze Nan Baker Phil and Jill Baker Rich Barnett Dar Berkenpas and Boyd Bristow Melanie and Norman Bliss Margaret Blomberg Brian and Kaija Bonde Greg Boris and Joan Reddy Bill and Cathleen Britton Janet Brown Lynne and Bill Byrne Jim and Deann Clark

Linda Clement Kay R. Coddington Mike and Judy Connor Claudia Dail Marty Davidsohn Kara Dirkson Kira Dylla Kris and Steve Egger Adam Emerson and Dohui Kim Beverly Daniel English Carla Fauske and Peter Lieberman James Fishback Doris Graeber Bruce and Nancy Halverson Phil and Kiki Hegg Scott and Susan Heidepriem Connie Herring Josh and Rose Ann Hofland Dody and Boyd Hopkins Scott and Marianne Johnson Corliss and Anne Johnson Lynne Jones Robert Joyce Phil and Diana Kappen Dan and Arlene Kirby Cheryl Koch Dick and Cindy Koch Katrina Lehr-McKinney* Marv Looby Kara and Jim Mathis* Patrick and Bobbi McGowan Jack and Marilynn Mohlenhoff John Marius Nelson Janice Nicolay Nancy Olive Dr. Boyd and Jessica Perkins Kris Reaves Andrew and Rosanne Reinartz Kay Reinartz Betsy Rice Susan Wold Rohde Kristi Saxlund Jeff and Katie Scherschligt Greg Schmitz Miles and Vickie Schumacher Pamela Sheppard Thomas Andrew Simmons Jim and Jill Speirs Jack and Linda Stengel Shelley Stingley* Rose Marie Tornow Karyn Veenis Nan Venhuizen Hunter Winklepleck Carol Wright David Xenakis Mike Yaeger Dana Yost Ruth Youngers

Sisseton

Sisseton Area Arts Council Rosemarie Hanssen Terry and Sandi Jaspers Cindy Marohl Estelle Reierson Pearson Sharon Prendergast John and Jane Rasmussen

Spearﬁsh

Black Hills Art Association Matthews Opera House & Arts Center Elizabeth Freer and Michael Headley Rod Garnett Jim and Katie Hood Edith Lien Paula Manley and Jim Knutson Kent and Zindie Meyers Jami Olson

Ellen Plocek Gordy Pratt Dennis and Julie Walkins Linda and Jon Wiley

Sturgis

D. C. Lamphere Studio Sturgis Area Arts Council Anne Bodman and Andrew Hollander Dick and Ginger Carstensen DeVee and Kevin Dietz Barry W. Furze Dale Lamphere* and Jane Murphy

Tea

Terry Hall and Kristi Vensand-Hall

Veblen

Byron Petersen

Vermillion

Creative Care LLC Dalesburg Heritage Packard Group LLC South Dakota Shakespeare Festival Ariadne Albright John Banasiak Margaret Downie Banks Don and Janet Beeman Caitlin Collier Chaya and Ryan Bland Dan and Anne Marie Manning Phyllis Packard Susanne Skyrm Norma and Jerry Wilson Judith Zwolak

Wakonda

Ruth Williams

Wall

Wounded Knee Museum Rick and Patt Hustead

Watertown

Doris Symens Armstrong Hollis and Marilyn Nipe Ann Parker Weckwerth Ann Taecker Kaylyn Welch

Webster

Darlene Dulitz

Wessington Springs

Springs Area Council of the Arts Susan Arnott

Winner

Tami Comp

Yankton

South Dakota Magazine Yankton Area Arts

Marsha Bertsch Bill J. and Jane Bobzin Kathie and Rudy Gerstner Paul Harens Katie Hunhoﬀ* Marilyn Kratz Merle and Virginia Larson Larry and Diane Ness James and Marilyn Nyberg Marcia and Marvin Olnes Roger and Mary Jo Renner Lea Ann Schramm Craig Sherman Norman and Kathleen West

* Denotes Arts South Dakota Board Member.

Out Of State Individual and Organizational Donors

Gyspy Cowbelle Sherry DeBoer Ellen Fockler David J. Fraher Kari and Alan LaFave* Joseph and Norma McFadden Gail Perry Martha Schumacher Shirley Sneve and Thomas Rickers Judith Thompson Lori Tiatorio Thompson Carrie Vecchione Lisa Wilson