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On the cover: A watercolor, mixed media piece titled 1/64, Remembering Miss Nanny Whitehead by Ella Ratliff from Lincoln High School in Sioux Falls was one of three pieces selected in the grades 9-12 division of the S.D. Governor’s Student Art Competition. Other entries are shown on this and the following page. Comanche and the 7th Cavalry by J.T. Olson
Pumpkins at Night by Eva Lindholm
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02 New Partners When one door closes, another opens. By Jim Speirs
03 Expanding What’s Good The future of the Arts Alive publication.
04 V ision for the Arts It takes a village … (and a state and a nation). By Patrick Baker
05 T hey Truly Brought the Arts Alive How the Thurmans unified and celebrated our arts culture in South Dakota. By Katie Hunhoff Goldfish Tessellation by Julianna Doll
08 Rally Around the Goss Watertown saves its historic, downtown opera house. By John Andrews
13 Brushing Up Keeping up to date with the goings-on in the South Dakota arts world.
19 The Flute Renaissance Kevin Locke and Bryan Akipa preserved the centuries-old indigenous flute tradition. By John Andrews Buffalo by Easton Schwartz
Buzz by Ava Hyronimus
22 Supporters
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new partners BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CHAIR: Stacy Braun, Aberdeen VICE CHAIR: Katie Hunhoff, aY nkton SECRETARY: Dr. Craig Howe, aM rtin TREASURER: Brian Hildebrant,
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PAST CHAIR: Dale Lamphere, Sturgis
Lance Bertram, Pierre Scyller Borglum, Rapid City Julie Ga rreau, Eagle Butte and Rapid City Senator Troy Heinert, iM ssion Dr. Alan LaFave, aV lley City, ND Katrina Lehr-cM Kinney, Sioux aF lls Jim aM this, Sioux aF lls Kenny Putnam, Rapid City Shelley Stingley, Sioux aF lls Lynn eV rschoor, Brookings Kris oW llman, Pierre STAFF Jim Speirs Executive Director jim@ArtsSouthDakota.org )605( 79,5 2- Ext. 0
Shari Kosel Program and Communications Director shari@ArtsSouthDakota.org )605( 79,5 2- Ext. 1 Andrew Reinartz Community Development Director andrew@ArtsSouthDakota.org )605( 79,5 2- Ext. 2 Sarah Larson Communications Coordinator sarah@ArtsSouthDakota.org )605( 79,5 2- Ext. 3 Arts South Dakota PO Box 96,42 Sioux aF lls, SD 9642 01-75 )605( 795 2Email: info@ArtsSouthDakota.org ArtsSouthDakota.org oF llow us on aF cebook, Twitter and Instagram @ArtsSD 2 • South Dakota Arts Alive
By Jim Speirs, Executive Director Arts South Dakota
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AM INCREDIBLY EXCITED about this edition of Arts Alive, published for the first time in partnership with South Dakota Magazine. For 23 years and 70 issues, we have relied on the steady advice, creative spark and editorial eyes of Stephen and Catherine Thurman to ensure every issue of Arts Alive fulfilled the mission of informing and uniting South Dakotans around the arts. Thank you, Stephen and Catherine! As the saying goes, “when one door closes, another opens,” and that could not be more true for this publication. When the Thurmans announced their retirement more than a year ago, an immediate sense of panic set in. How would we ever find another partner with the same skills and commitment to the arts as the Thurmans? It was a tall order, especially after 25 years of partnership. But in South Dakota, friends are never far away. In this case, we found them just down the road in Yankton. South Dakota Magazine is one of the Midwest’s premier publications. Its writers and photographers have explored our state since 1985, looking for interesting people and places that define our culture, heritage, arts, nature and communities. With more than 35 years of publishing and 160,000 readers, South Dakota Magazine could not be a better partner to tell the story of our state’s amazing artists and creative communities. Our new partnership will mean a dedicated Arts Alive section in every issue of South Dakota Magazine, along with a stand-alone, annual member-edition Arts Alive newsletter (this issue), all arriving regularly in your mailbox. In addition, in 2023, we will launch a brand-new annual Arts Journal, chronicling a year of the ever-changing creative expression of South Dakota’s arts community. As we say goodbye to the Thurmans, we say hello to the next chapter of Arts Alive, and we can only hope for as long of a run with South Dakota Magazine! We hope you enjoy the next chapter as much as the first.
This partnership is made possible with funds from the State of South Dakota through the Department of Tourism and from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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new collaboration between Arts South Dakota, the South Dakota Arts Council and South Dakota Magazine is being launched in 2022 to expand advocacy possibilities and visibility for the state’s arts community — including artists, educators and the general public. Here is a preview of the exciting plans that will unfold in the year ahead.
Arts South Dakota will continue to create one Arts Alive newsletter per year for current members. It will feature much of the content of the current Arts Alive and be an effective tool to communicate within the arts community. South Dakota Magazine will design and write this special edition.
South Dakota Magazine will create a more extensive section devoted to the arts in every issue. Welcoming editorial suggestions, South Dakota Magazine will expand and transform its popular “Writers and Artists” section in every issue (six times a year). The stories will feature artists, architecture, literature, performing arts and music. South Dakota Magazine will continue its long tradition of also publishing feature articles on individuals, organizations and special projects related to the state’s art community.
In a joint effort, the three organizations will create a stand-alone annual arts journal that showcases South Dakota’s arts culture. The journal, beginning in 2023, will be sent to all Arts SD members and South Dakota Magazine subscribers along with their March/April issue. Additional circulation might include newsstand sales, free distribution to key constituencies and other entities. Our goal is to produce a high-quality magazine with inspirational and timeless stories about South Dakota artists and the South Dakota arts scene. The three partners welcome input and ideas on the collaboration. South Dakota Magazine’s staff members always welcome story ideas, as well as information on events and special projects. Contact publisher Katie Hunhoff at editor@southdakotamagazine.com. The arts community is already a colorful and integral part of our culture. The goal of these new endeavors is to support and expand the good works being accomplished in towns, cities and rural neighborhoods all across South Dakota.
Arts South Dakota will publish a two-page newsletter in every issue of South Dakota Magazine. The newsletter will keep the state’s artists and the public updated on new projects, issues and events. Arts SD will be sure that all its members receive this important information, along with the magazine’s 160,000 fellow readers. The magazine’s vast readership will greatly expand on past efforts to educate and advocate for the arts. It will be produced with much assistance from the magazine’s editorial and design staff.
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vision for the arts A STATE AGENCY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM Kristi Noem, Governor James D. Hagen, Secretary BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CHAIR: Mary Bordeaux, Rapid City VICE CHAIR: Lee Ann Roripaugh, Vermillion SECRETARY: Nan Venhuizen, Sioux Falls TREASURER: Dohui Kim, Sioux Falls
Roger Broer, Hill City Joanna Lawler, Rapid City John Mogen, Sioux Falls Jane Rasmussen, Sisseton Cristen Roghair, Okaton Joshua Spies, Sioux Falls Jim Walker, Bath
STAFF Patrick Baker Director patrick.baker@state.sd.us (605) 773-5507 Rebecca Cruse Deputy Director rebecca.cruse@state.sd.us (605) 295-4052 Kathryn Vandel Grant Specialist kathryn.vandel@state.sd.us (605) 773-5925 Sarah Carlson Program Coordinator sarah.carlson@state.sd.us (605) 773-3102 Anne Hatch S.D. Folk & Traditional Arts, Program Coordinator sdtraditionalarts@outlook.com (605) 608-0490 South Dakota Arts Council 711 E. Wells Avenue Pierre, SD 57501 (605) 773-3301 Fax: (605) 773-5977 Email: sdac@state.sd.us ArtsCouncil.sd.gov Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @SouthDakotaArts 4 • South Dakota Arts Alive
IT TAKES A VILLAGE … (AND A STATE, AND A NATION) By Patrick Baker, Executive Director South Dakota Arts Council
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OVERNMENT CAN BE INEFFICIENT, but it has its merits and can certainly be a boon when times are tough. The latter has never been truer for the arts sector in South Dakota than in 2021, when both the state and federal governments made generous and meaningful contributions toward recovery from the global Coronavirus pandemic. Near the end of the 96th S.D. Legislative Session, legislators passed HB1169, dedicating “$250,000 to the South Dakota Arts Council to promote, stimulate, encourage, recognize, and assist the arts.” This emergency appropriation was a welcome surprise in March 2021 and was followed shortly by an additional commitment from the federal government, when the National Endowment for the Arts contributed $751,500 via the American Rescue Plan. The South Dakota Arts Council (SDAC) was able to combine these government gifts to offer about $1 million of emergency relief to the state’s arts sector last year, resulting in financial support for arts and cultural organizations as well as individual artists: • 74 operational-support grants awarded to eligible arts/cultural organizations; ranging from $4,500 to $20,000; no matching funds required; across 26 communities • 10 “Residencies for Recovery” grants, employing artists to assist organizations in strategic planning, re-envisioning how the community can be served, artist projects, workshops for community members, exhibitions, and special projects that enrich civic and cultural life; $8,250 apiece; no matching funds required; across eight communities • 138 relief grants to artists, creatives, and culture bearers; $500 apiece; across 63 communities; through a partnership with statewide nonprofit arts advocacy and service organization Arts South Dakota. With the remaining funds, Arts SD will continue direct payments to qualified artists in early 2022 by working with community partners over the winter. Up to 162 additional artist-relief grants are expected. It takes work to distribute $1 million in relief grants, and SDAC could not have achieved this without help. Without Arts SD’s Artist Relief Grant program, initiated in 2020, relief to artists in need would have been difficult for SDAC to manage while balancing annual grant programs and initiatives along with all of the additional relief from the state and federal government. SDAC also partnered with the S.D. Humanities Council and Arts SD to publicize these relief opportunities in 2021 through a shared publicity campaign. SDAC looks back with gratitude on 2021 as a year in which government worked harmoniously with others to support South Dakota’s arts sector. SDAC thanks the S.D. Legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts and all of our partners who worked to help the arts community recover so it could get back to providing quality arts opportunities for South Dakota while boosting local economies and providing jobs. 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.
THEY TRULY BROUGHT THE ARTS ALIVE FOR S.D. How the Thurmans unified and celebrated our arts culture Story by Katie Hunhoff
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RTS ALIVE was the first publication in South Dakota to bring together art enthusiasts and organizations throughout the state. Stephen and Catherine Thurman have given voice to that unification since 1981, when they began working with the South Dakota Arts Council (SDAC). Charlotte Carver, the council’s founder and first executive director, enlisted the Thurmans to write press releases for the new organization. Soon they were delving into newsletters, annual reports and public relations campaigns, beginning their decades-long passion for uniting South Dakotans around the arts. Stephen and Catherine were married in Sioux Falls in 1980. They soon started a public relations firm, Thurman and Thurman, and specialized in advertising and
corporate communications. Stephen is a writer and Catherine is a graphics designer. Both are also talented photographers. Stephen remembers those early days of Arts Alive. “In the summer of 1998, then SDAC assistant director Jocelyn Hanson came to our office with the idea for a large publication that would actually cover the arts across the state, rather than simply reporting on the Arts Council programs,” he says. “At a Deadwood meeting of the SDAC and then-advocacy organization South Dakotans for the Arts, we presented our design for an oversized publication with standing columns for the advocacy group and SDAC, along with stories on community arts councils, community arts events and trends in the arts across the state. The groups approved and in the fall of
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ithout a doubt, the Arts Alive magazine has had a positive impact in promoting the arts in South Dakota. Stephen’s crisp and interesting writing and Catherine’s eye for color, layout and design have created a publication many South Dakotans look forward to receiving and reading. The arts are clearly alive in South Dakota, and the Thurmans deserve much of the credit for helping to spread that story across the state. — Michael Pangburn, former director of the SDAC
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Stephen and Catherine Thurman of Sioux Falls worked together for 23 years to spread arts news across the state.
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1998, the first issue of Arts Alive was published.” That was the beginning of the couple’s 23-year career publishing the cutting edge Arts Alive magazine. They wrote, edited, designed and coordinated 69 issues, plus a memorable edition in 2016 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the South Dakota Arts Council. “One of the critical missions for the founding of Arts Alive was public awareness of all the exciting, creative activities happening in every corner of the state,” Stephen says. “While local arts councils were creating festivals, intercultural exchanges, community theater and so much more, other towns and arts advocates weren’t always in the loop.” “We needed a large, well-distributed publication to be a clearinghouse for information and a statewide bulletin board for news,” Catherine adds. “Arts Alive filled the bill.” Their work gave the Thurmans front row seats to the arts in South Dakota, and unique perspectives. “One of the consistent elements of our four decades of working with the arts in South Dakota is the resiliency, determination and importance of the creative spirit,” Stephen says. “Through recession, budget cuts, cultural awakenings and pandemic, the arts find a way.” He also believes the arts have grown in our state through these challenges. “The awareness throughout our state that the arts are a vital element of our shared future is also growing. We see the result in education, in public art and in the power of creative enterprise statewide.” Catherine and Stephen have favorite memories. For Catherine, it was visiting classrooms to garner story material about the arts in education. “Every time we marvel at the enthusiasm of the students and creativity of teachers in bringing the arts to young people,” she says. “The
quality of art coming from South Dakota students is amazing — it’s been so encouraging seeing the next generation of artists at work.” Stephen’s highlight was celebrating the 50th anniversary of the SDAC. “Assembling the story of the first 50 years of the state arts agency for a special edition was exciting for us, giving so many people the chance to explain why the arts have been a major element in their lives. Hearing those personal experiences confirmed our belief that the arts are stronger than ever,” he recalls. One challenge that the Thurmans experienced throughout their work with Arts Alive was finding a balance in choosing feature articles. “Our state has so many stories, so many great activities and so much local passion for individual projects that deciding which to run in the publication was difficult,” Stephen says. “We also strove to share the fact that every corner of the state has something happening, not just the larger cities. It’s a big state, geographically, and it’s filled with art.” But the Thurmans were never alone in making those challenging decisions. They relied on guidance from the South Dakota Arts Council members and the staff of both SDAC and Arts SD. The Thurmans recognized past SDAC executive directors Dennis Holub and Michael Pangburn as vital partners, as well as current SDAC director Patrick Baker and Arts SD executive director Jim Speirs. As the Thurmans move into retirement from producing Arts Alive, they still plan to be active in the arts, maybe more than in the past. “We like participating in arts events,” Catherine says. “After a lifetime of meeting deadlines and missing great concerts and art shows that we’ve written about because we have an issue to get out, we plan to be a part of more audiences.” But like all endings, leaving Arts Alive is bittersweet. “We will miss the
kindness, cooperation and enthusiasm of the people we talk with all over the state — people who stop what they’re doing to chat about something they love,” Catherine says. “Every issue of Arts Alive has been an opportunity to learn new things and make new friends. Who wouldn’t miss that?”
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hile Executive Director for South Dakotans for the Arts, I met Stephen and Catherine Thurman through Dennis Holub, then Executive Director of the South Dakota Arts Council, when we were re-envisioning the arts newsletter and created Arts Alive back in the early ’90s. They were then, and continued to be over all these years, an incredible asset to the artists and arts organizations in South Dakota. Their creativity of story ideas, their artistic sense of layout and use of color were exactly what we needed. They never failed us or the South Dakota Arts Council and now Arts South Dakota in our partnership of this dynamic publication. Thank you Stephen and Catherine and best wishes. We are forever grateful. — Janet Brown, Principal, Janet Brown and Associates, LLC
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RALLY AROUND THE GOSS How Watertown saved its historic downtown opera house Story by John Andrews
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HE COVID-19 PANDEMIC devastated the nation’s arts, culture and creative economy. Just three months into the pandemic in the summer of 2020, The Brookings Institute estimated that 2.7 million jobs and more than $150 billion in sales of goods and services had already been lost within the arts community. South Dakota’s venues were not spared, but the timing was especially difficult for Watertown’s Goss Opera House. Shuttered for nearly two Charles Goss (above) finished construction on Watertown’s Goss Opera House in 1889.
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years, the community had rallied around efforts to restore the historic building, which was ready to reopen in the spring of 2020, just as shutdowns and stay-at-home orders swept across America. Opera house staff navigated those uncertain months and were able to stage a concert in July 2020. A grand re-opening on September 25 marked the Goss’ formal return, but the lost revenue due to COVID still stung. Fortunately, the Goss was awarded two Paycheck Protection Program loans through the U.S. Small Business Administration totaling $35,000 that eventually turned into grants. The venue also received a South Dakota Arts Council grant of $16,500
and will benefit from a $14,000 employee retention tax credit. “These COVID grants have definitely helped offset some of the losses related to COVID, but we still have a ways to go to fill the COVID hole,” says Milt Carter, president of the Friends of the Goss Opera House’s Board of Directors. “The reality was that income was drastically reduced by COVID, but all of the fixed expenses were still there.” But with community support and a schedule packed with local and national entertainers, the future looks bright for the lynchpin of downtown Watertown. *****
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Little Texas performed in the Goss Opera House during the summer of 2021, a year after the building’s grand reopening. A community initiative raised $5 million to restore the historic opera house at the corner of Kemp and Maple.
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Original features that have been preserved include mural panels flanking the stage (left), wallpaper around the theater’s perimeter (top right) and a curtain roller and the remnants of advertising painted on what was an exterior wall.
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HARLES GOSS WAS an Englishman, born in Buckinghamshire in 1833. He emigrated with his parents at age 11 and lived in New York and Wisconsin, where he farmed and spent time in various trades, including carpentry, barbering and the restaurant business. Goss moved to Watertown in 1879, bringing lumber with him from Wisconsin to build a general store. The next year he constructed four additional buildings, one of which housed an opera hall on the second floor. But early one morning in April 1888, passers-by reported fire in the rooms above Goss’ main floor drugstore. By the time firefighters arrived, they could only work to save the adjoining structure. The Goss building was destroyed. Goss almost immediately decided to rebuild. In June, he began laying
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the foundation for a building that included 65 feet of frontage on Kemp Avenue and 125 feet on Maple. It would include seven storerooms on the first level and an opera house on the second and third. Office spaces would be located along both the Kemp and Maple sides. Goss held a grand opening in December 1889, and for several decades his opera house remained a focal point of downtown Watertown. He operated a drug and crockery store on the first level and managed the rest of the building until his death in January 1905. The years after World War II marked the beginning of a slow and steady decline. The public hall — once the site of plays, dances and other community events — gave way to roller skating and basketball. Eventually it became a favorite spot
for youth to sneak into late at night. A drug store continued to operate on the main level, but no one really paid attention to the upper levels, where pigeons had found a cozy home and water slowly leaked through, compromising the building’s structural integrity. There were those in Watertown who believed the Goss wasn’t worth saving, while others desperately wanted to preserve the old building but didn’t have the means to tackle such an enormous project. Then David Berry arrived in 2007. The South Carolina attorney and then-husband of Watertown lawyer Nancy Turbak had toured the Goss in 2007 and bought it for $150,000. He initially envisioned a renovated theater that could be used as an entertainment venue, but there were challenges in bringing a 19th century building into
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Several restored rooms and meeting spaces, including the Lighthaus Suite (pictured) are found throughout the Goss.
compliance with 21st century standards. Berry bought the neighboring building to help address accessibility issues and built a commercial kitchen and meeting room. When the Second City Comedy Tour performed in October 2009, it was the first ticketed event held in the Goss in more than 70 years. But completely renovating a building as historically significant and as large as the Goss is difficult for any group, and potentially impossible for an individual. After several years the burdens grew too heavy, and in 2017 Berry reached out to Brad Johnson, a local businessman and real estate appraiser, for help. Johnson had worked with Berry on the Goss project almost from the beginning and began contacting local businesses and organizations to keep the Goss alive. Johnson and Doug Sharp,
owner of Sharp Automotive, took over the restaurant and established a nonprofit organization called Friends of the Goss. As they worked to transfer ownership, structural engineers who had been hired to inspect the 128-year-old building brought bad news. Two major beams in the roof had broken and begun settling into the opera house’s superstructure, causing its walls to crack. The entire building was in danger of collapse. Johnson, Sharp and the original Friends of the Goss board agreed with Berry on a purchase price of $300,000. The group secured $150,000 from the Watertown Area Community Foundation and approached the City of Watertown for a match. The council voted against it on April 17, 2018. The next day the Goss went dark, its future as murky as the black plastic that now shroud-
ed its windows and doors. ***** MILT CARTER, a Watertown native and the head of CSS Farms, joined the nonprofit Friends of the Goss as its president and began negotiating a new deal with Berry. The Friends also hosted community feedback sessions to learn what people wanted to see in the Goss. Chris Paulson, now the entertainment director at the Goss, launched Light Up the Goss, a fundraising campaign in which bricks were sold for $100. The effort quickly raised $20,000. “That began our community rally around the building,” Brad Johnson says. With Carter leading talks and making his own donation, the Friends of the Goss finally took ownership on Dec. 31, 2018. Riding the public’s enthusiasm, the
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A downtown mural and Ratatouille by Dale Lewis, part of Watertown’s Artwalk, add to downtown’s artistic aesthetic.
Friends announced a $3 million capital campaign to address the structural issues that engineers continued to discover. Seemingly all segments of the community got involved, contributing anywhere from $10 to $1 million. “It was almost shocking to those of us on the fundraising committee how vibrant the response was,” Johnson says. “We thought $3 million was very ambitious, and then we hit that relatively quickly, so we decided to fix the whole thing and get it done now, so we went for $5 million. Now there’s nothing major left to do.” The Goss got a new roof, a new heating and cooling system and new windows, in part thanks to more than $250,000 worth of in-kind donations from local construction and manufac-
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turing firms. Its lighter and brighter theater features a new chandelier, lighting and a state-of-the-art sound system that allows national touring artists to “plug in and play,” as Johnson says. Maverick’s Steak and Cocktails offers lunch and dinner on the main floor, and with a second commercial kitchen upstairs can cater special events in the theater or any of the meeting spaces. While much of the Goss has a modern feel, some original elements have been preserved. Two murals on either side of the theatre stage date to 1889. Cracks in the paint are an indication of decades of the building settling and shifting, but the dents and divots may be from the days when celebratory gunfire indoors
was common. Original wallpaper uncovered during Berry’s restoration is preserved in the balcony and was recreated and stenciled around the theater’s perimeter. Since its grand reopening, the Goss has hosted the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra, East of Westreville, Little Texas, Billy Dean, John Ford Coley, Tom Wurth, Dan Mahar and others. And Watertown native Laura Wilde, an internationally known soprano, will join Grammy-award-winning pianist Craig Terry for a recital on June 16. Watertown’s Goss Opera House is once again abuzz with activity, and it seems people from throughout the Glacial Lakes and beyond are eager to experience it.
BRUSHING UP
Color Wheel Peacock by Danae Feenstra
Twilight by Ily Peck Artistic Apples by Aubree Sanderson
SD GOVERNOR’S STUDENT ART COMPETITION
View the exciting, emerging talent of a new generation of South Dakota artists in the Governor’s Student Art Exhibition. The 2022 exhibition can be viewed in the South Dakota Capitol’s first-floor rotunda beginning on January 11.
K-2 division
The Teller of Fortune and Future by Theo Authier
Eva Lindholm, Burke Elementary, Grade 2, Burke J.T. Olson, Whitewood Elementary, Grade K, Whitewood Aubree Sanderson, Burke Elementary, Grade 1, Bonesteel
3-5 division Ily Peck, Burke Elementary, Grade 4, Bonesteel Ava Hyronimus, Harvey Dunn
Elementary, Grade 5, Beresford Danae Feenstra, Dakota Christian School, Grade 5, Harrison
6-8 division Easton Schwartz, Selby Area School, Grade 8, Selby Theo Authier, Patrick Henry Middle School, Grade 8, Sioux Falls Aine Graesser, Chamberlain Middle School, Grade 8, Chamberlain
9-12 division Hannah Hofer, Homeschool, Grade 12, Colton Ella Ratliff, Lincoln High School, Grade 11, Sioux Falls Julianna Doll, T.F. Riggs High School, Grade 9, Pierre
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BRUSHING UP
State Arts Conference
MAY CONFERENCE FEATURES STATE, NATIONAL LEADERS
James Hagen, South Dakota Secretary of Tourism, will speak at the 2022 arts conference in Rapid City.
Arts Advocacy Day
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oin art professionals and enthusiasts in Pierre on February 9 to celebrate and advocate for the arts. Planned events include a performance by the TF Riggs High School Chamber Choir in the Capitol Rotunda at noon and floor announcements in the House and Senate at 2 p.m. The day provides a special opportunity for the public to thank legislators for their support of the arts and for continuing to support the South Dakota Arts Council’s mission and programming. For more information visit the Arts SD website at artssouthdakota.org/arts-advocacy-day. 14 • South Dakota Arts Alive • ArtsCouncil.sd.gov
Expect a halo of creativity over Rapid City when the biennial State Arts Conference convenes May 1921. The weekend is for everyone who loves the arts — including organizations, policy makers, art enthusiasts, educators and, of course, artists. The 2022 keynote speakers include Pam Breaux from the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, Laura Zabel of
Springboard for the Arts and James Hagen, Secretary of Tourism in South Dakota and a longtime friend to the arts community. The conference includes workshops, panels, creative excursions, performances and networking opportunities. Registration opens in March. Visit the Arts South Dakota website, www.ArtsSouthDakota.org, for more information.
Poetry Out Loud
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outh Dakota students have big shoes to fill in the Poetry Out Loud 2022 competition. Last year’s state winner, Rahele Megosha of Sioux Falls Washington High School, went on to win the National Championship and a $20,000 cash prize. Poetry Out Loud is a national arts education program created by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation along with participating state arts agencies like the South Dakota Arts Council. The dynamic poetry recitation contest encourages the next generation to appreciate poetry as an oral art form. Through participation, students learn public speaking skills, build confidence and learn about poetry. This year’s state competition is March 14 in Sioux Falls. The event is free and open to the public. For location, time and a video live-stream, visit artscouncil.sd.gov/POL.
Rahele Megosha of Sioux Falls won the 2021 Poetry Out Loud National Championship and a $20,000 cash prize. Rahele Megosha
OGLALA LAKOTA ARTSPACE A beautiful new building in the Pine Ridge Reservation in Kyle is dedicated to supporting artists and culture bearers. The first facility of its kind in Pine Ridge, the Oglala Lakota Artspace is an environment where artists can work, share and expand their businesses. It is a Native-run program collaborating with Artspace, Lakota Funds, Rolling Rez Arts and First Peoples Fund. The artspace is housed in a striking building designed by Tammy Eagle Bull, Oglala Lakota, and the first cer-
tified Native woman architect. Inside the 8,500-foot facility are artist, recording and film editing studios, classrooms, an outdoor market space, a community gathering area and a Lakota Federal Credit Union storefront. Due to COVID-19 restrictions in Pine Ridge, OLA is in limited operation. The official grand opening will be held in March 2022. Contact Leslie Mesteth, OLA Program Manager, for more information at leslie@ firstpeoplesfund.org. ArtsSouthDakota.org • Winter 2022 Member Edition • 15
BRUSHING UP
SDAC WELCOMES NEW BOARD MEMBERS Cristen Roghair, a photographer, rancher’s
Capitol Art:
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HE ARCHITECTURE of South Dakota’s beautiful state capitol building leaves visitors — even politicians, lobbyists and state employees who work there regularly — in constant awe. Marble staircases and columns, colorful terrazzo floors, gold leaf and stained glass elements create a dazzling atmosphere. Visitors become still more enchanted when they discover that the capitol’s architecture is complemented — indoors and out — by some of the finest art in the West, including sculptures by Dale Lamphere and Gutzon Borglum. Murals, paintings and sculptures are exhibited throughout the building and grounds, including in other nearby office buildings. The state’s collection continues to grow and change, thanks to a program called Art for State Buildings. Today’s artists are welcome to submit purchase proposals to the South Dakota Arts Council through a new online submission platform, available on the council’s website at ArtsCouncil.sd.gov. The 2022 deadline for proposals is March 21. An advisory committee will select pieces base on quality, relevance to the state’s culture, experience of the artist and permanence and safety features necessary for public art.
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wife and homeschool mom of two, is excited to see how she can serve the rural agriculture community as a new board member of the South Dakota Arts Council. Roghair and her husband, Marty, ranch near Okaton. “Every day we are grateful to live among such beautiful landscapes and serve in the ranching lifestyle. Though challenges abound, it is very rewarding,” says Roghair. For six years, Roghair has been building a landscape photography business, Cristen Joy Photography, featuring her experiences on the Northern Great Plains. She travels and sells her photographs at regional art shows and several galleries throughout the state.
Joshua Spies has been a full-time artist
since 1996, and a wildlife and conservation enthusiast his entire life. Joining the board of the South Dakota Arts Council is a natural progression for the internationally recognized artist. Spies grew up observing wildlife on the vast prairie near his hometown of Watertown. He took an interest in painting wildlife as a boy and sketched his first duck at age 8. “I have a passion for conservation, up-close and real encounters with wildlife, then sharing them through art,” says Spies. Spies lives in Sioux Falls with his wife, Heather, and sons Sam and Max. Together they enjoy hunting, fishing, travel and photography.
Joanna Lawler, a public defender living in
Rapid City, is also a new board member for the South Dakota Arts Council. Lawler grew up in Minneapolis where she started a lifetime love of theater, performing in the renowned Guthrie Theatre’s annual production of A Christmas Carol. She continued her passion for theater throughout a move to Pierre and graduating from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law in Chicago. During her time in South Dakota, Lawler has been involved with numerous local theaters including the Pierre Players Community Theatre, the Firehouse, Seraphim and Flutter Productions.
Hill Citians watched as Mackenzie Swanson created a stained glass piece titled True North as part of the Residencies for Recovery project.
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RESIDENCIES FOR RECOVERY PROJECTS IN SOUTH DAKOTA
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reativity makes communities stronger, and the little Pennington County town of Hill City is the latest example. Hill City, sandwiched in the pine forest between Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse, was already suffering the effects of COVID-19 on tourism when its 53-year-old sawmill closed in 2021, putting 120 people out of work. Hoping to reverse the bad news, the Black Hills Film Festival organized a Residencies for Recovery project in Hill City through the mediums of visual art and filmmaking. “This project was important to creatively address the challenges of isolation, depression and financial hardships facing this small community,” says Chris VanNess of the Black Hills Film Festival. “The program kept two artists working while they might not have had any income during this time,” VanNess adds. “In addition, members of the community were a part of something creative even while isolated.” The project sparked community interest and participation. Mackenzie Swanson, a local artist, created a stained glass piece titled True North inside the front windows of the Warrior’s Work and Ben West Gallery on Main Street. Locals and visitors watched Swanson’s progress on the stained glass piece that depicts themes of Hill City’s past, including mining and Native American elements. While Swanson created the piece, filmmaker Randy
Iverson documented her progress and the interactions that happened as she worked. Iverson’s film, Little Tiny Pieces, can be viewed on the Black Hills Film Festival YouTube channel. The Hill City effort is an example of how art can strengthen a community by developing relationships and identifying shared concerns and issues. That was the very premise of Residencies for Recovery, implemented last year by the South Dakota Arts Council. The program encourages collaboration among local entities. The goal is to strengthen relationships and uplift the community in the aftermath of COVID. The arts council and other arts organizations worked with Hill City and other communities to identify a challenge or problem. Together with a local official and selected artists, the group developed an arts approach to address the challenges. The artist in residence committed to a six- to 12-month residency, plus workshops, public engagement, program events and special projects that help support the goals of the organization. In return, the program awarded $7,225 payments to the artists, with funding coming from the state through the National Endowment for the Arts and the CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security) Act. Though grant applications are now closed, several communities and organizations are still collaborating on projects that received funding. ArtsSouthDakota.org • Winter 2022 Member Edition • 17
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A Native American traditional and modern dance at the Days of ’76 event at Outlaw Square was sponsored through the SDAC.
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THE FLUTE RENAISSANCE Kevin Locke and Bryan Akipa preserved the centuries-old indigenous flute tradition, and are guiding it into the 21st century Story by John Andrews
Richard Erdoes Papers, Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University
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HE RECORDING BEGINS with the white their lives to the tradition and led what some people call an noise you might expect to hear on an interview indigenous flute renaissance. conducted 50 years ago on a reel-to-reel tape. After ***** a few staticky seconds the sound of the flute begins, strong and haunting. The song is brief, its title and meaning not KEVIN LOCKE REMEMBERS attending pow wows written down. Only a handful of people might recognize it in the 1960s and 1970s and hearing flute players. He also today. grew up listening to 78 rpm records of people like John When interviewers from the University of South DaColhoff, the son of a Russian father and Oglala mother kota’s Oral History Project traveled to St. Francis, in the who became the official interpreter for the Oglala Lakota Rosebud Indian Reservation, in the summer of 1971 and Sioux Tribe in the 1930s. He was also a master flute player recorded Richard Fool Bull — playing whose recordings are in the Library of an indigenous flute no doubt carved Congress. from cedar branches that he gathSo, Locke had some appreciation ered himself — they may have been for the instrument when he attended a capturing one of the last remaining presentation by Fool Bull on the USD traditional Native flute players on the campus in Vermillion in 1972. “He continent. By then the indigenous was putting all of his stuff away, and flute, long an instrument associated I went up there,” Locke says. “I struck with Native courtship, had nearly up a conversation with him. I asked faded into obscurity. In South Dakota, if maybe any of his kids or grandkids only a handful of elders possessed were interested in that tradition. He knowledge of the flute’s history said it wasn’t anything of interest to and the love songs that had passed the younger people. I thought that was through generations. It may have disreally bad, and that somebody should Richard Fool Bull was perhaps one of appeared entirely if not for two men take it up. And he just stopped right the last remaining indigenous flute from opposite sides of the Missouri there. He was quiet, just staring at me, players on the continent when he River — both influenced by Fool Bull, and he said, ‘Yeah, you’re right. Someplayed a song for a young audience in different ways but at just the right body should do this. What about you? on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in the early 1970s. time — who have dedicated much of You could do it. In fact, you’re the one ArtsSouthDakota.org • Winter 2022 Member Edition • 19
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who’s going to do this.’ It really jolted me when he said that. he propped himself against a tree to go to sleep, he heard a I didn’t say anything. I just shook his hand and I left, and I strange sound, “like a song, beautiful beyond imagination, never saw him again after that.” full of love, hope and yearning.” He fell asleep and dreamed After Fool Bull died in 1976, Locke was listening to of a redheaded woodpecker, who was singing the very song. those old 78s at his mother’s house in the Standing Rock “Follow me and I will teach you,” the bird told him. Reservation. She went into another room and retrieved a When he awoke, he saw the woodpecker on the branch flute that Fool Bull had made. “He was prolific in making of a tree. The hunter followed as the bird flew from branch flutes and selling them,” Locke says. to branch — all while that strange song “Back then he’d sell them for $10 or permeated the air — until finally the $15. Now people have smartened up woodpecker alighted on the dead limb and know they are worth thousands of of a cedar tree and began hammering dollars.” it with his beak. The man realized the His mother insisted he keep the flute, song was made by the wind as it passed so he tried to play along with the Colthrough holes that the bird had drilled hoff records. “Those are the first songs I into the branch. picked up. Before too long people startHe took the branch and returned to ed asking me to do presentations. That’s his village. But when he sat in his tipi when I found out that a lot of people and tried to play, no sound would come. knew those songs, but no one was playHe purified himself in a sweat lodge ing the flute. The vocal tradition was and fasted four days and four nights, still going. People knew they were very praying for a vision to help him. On A chance encounter with Richard valuable songs, and that’s when people the fourth night, the bird reappeared. Fool Bull inspired Kevin Locke to came to share songs with me.” “Watch me,” the bird said. Then it begin playing the indigenous flute. turned into a man and showed the way. ***** When the young man emerged from THE SONGS THAT Locke performs have existed for his vision, he found a cedar tree. He broke off a branch and hundreds of years and predate the indigenous flute itself hollowed it, just as the redheaded woodpecker had shown — as well as all other instrumentation. “There is no real him. Then he carved the branch into the shape of a bird instrumental tradition in indigenous Native American with a long neck and a head at the end, which he painted music,” Locke says. “All of the music originates from the red. He placed his fingers over the holes and blew softly vocal composition. A lot of people think about Indian into the end, just as he’d seen in the vision. He had created drumming, but there is no such thing. There is no indigethe very first flute, or Šiyótȟaŋka. nous percussion tradition. All rhythm is generated through Many young men in the village had tried to win the love the vocal composition. The drum beat merely marks the of the chief ’s daughter, but none had succeeded. He comrhythm embedded in the vocal expression. Same thing with posed a special song and began to play. the flute. The flute is simply used to instrumentalize the The woman left her tipi, following the music until she pre-existing vocal genre or tradition, which is really highly stood right next to him. “Young man, I like you,” she said. developed in South Dakota. It’s a pre-reservation tradition “Let your parents send a gift to my father. No matter how that originates from the social structure that was in place at small, it will be accepted. Let your father speak for you to that time.” my father. Do it soon, right now!” According to the oral history, the flute came to the The parents agreed that their children should marry. Indian people through a young warrior who was unlucky in “All the other young men had heard and seen how it came love. Henry Crow Dog, a spiritual leader and medicine man about,” Crow Dog said. “Soon they, too, began to whittle cefrom the Rosebud Reservation, told the story to Richard dar branches into the shapes of birds’ heads with long necks Erdoes for the 1976 book The Sound of Flutes. “It is made and open beaks, and the beautiful haunting sound of flutes for only one kind of music — love music,” Crow Dog traveled from tribe to tribe until it filled the whole prairie.” explained. ***** One day a young hunter went out seeking an elk, an animal considered to be wise and swift, and which possessed BRYAN AKIPA’S PARENTS taught him much about the love charm. He followed an elk deep into the forest their Dakota culture, but he knew little of the flute’s signifuntil the animal disappeared and the hunter was lost. As icance until he went to the University of South Dakota to 20 • South Dakota Arts Alive • ArtsCouncil.sd.gov
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study art with Oscar Howe. “He was working on a painting with some mallard ducks in it,” Akipa says. “He asked me a question and I went to his desk and he had a cedar mallard head flute from Richard Fool Bull. That’s the first time I had ever seen one. I was interested in it, so I asked if I could sketch it. I started drawing it out, measuring and taking notes, and pretty soon it looked like I could make one.” Akipa’s first flute was simple, carved with a pocketknife. Since then, Akipa has become a North American expert, producing thousands of indigenous flutes. He’s largely selftaught, simply because when he began in 1975 there was no
The basement of Bryan Akipa’s house at Agency Village doubles as his flute workshop.
one to observe. “At the time I was studying and developing this, either nobody or hardly anybody was doing that anyplace in the United States,” he says. “The only thing I had to go by was the old culture.” He turned to Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate elders David Marks and Norman Blue. “They both knew everything. They knew all the oral history,” Akipa says. “That started a cultural journey for me, talking to other elders about the flute and the songs that are played.” Akipa’s flutes are made of eastern red cedar, often gathered near his home in Agency Village. “You have to look for an old one that might have some dead branches on it because the center core, the red part, has a chance to grow out so that the majority of the branch has that red color,” he says. The branch is split, hollowed out and then glued back together. A chamber collects air before it flows through a narrow passage into the longer sound chamber, which includes five or six finger holes. A unique aspect is a tuning block, a small piece of wood that enters the tube through a small notch and is affixed using a leather strap. A carving adorns the foot end. Akipa finishes by burning designs into
the flute that are reminiscent of sketches that he has seen on 19th century instruments. ***** LOCKE AND AKIPA are among the flute makers and players who have helped stave off this part of indigenous culture from extinction. For their efforts, both have received the National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Locke has produced nearly a dozen albums of flute music, including Lightning & Wind, perhaps the only full-length recording ever done in the traditional genre, or wiílowaŋ, that flourished during the pre-reservation period. Akipa, who earned a degree in elementary education and began his teaching career at the Pierre Indian Learning Center, is also a self-taught musician. He recorded his first album, The Flute Player, in 1993 and has released five more, earning several Native American Music Awards and a Grammy nomination. They still spend much time in classrooms. Using prefabricated kits, Locke helps students make flutes and then teaches them basic breathing exercises, fingering and a few simple songs. Akipa believes he helped industrial arts students at Tiospa Zina Tribal School near Agency Village make 600 to 800 flutes over 10 to 15 years. Thanks to the preservation efforts of Locke, Akipa and others throughout the North American Native community, interest in the indigenous flute may be at an all-time high. “If you Google it right now, you’ll find thousands and thousands of websites,” Akipa says. “There are Native flute circles all across the United States and, you could say, the world. They call it the renaissance of the Native flute.” Ideally, Locke would like to combine that renewed interest with the traditional songs and perhaps take indigenous flute music in a new direction that more accurately reflects Native life in the 21st century. “I’d like to get people used to playing the flute and the different tuning system, but eventually I’d like to do more tutorials on the formulaic structure of the original vocal genre so people can start composing in that genre,” he says. “And I think that maybe we should change it so it’s not just about love but other different expressions: love for the earth or our families. It doesn’t all have to be about romantic love because our social structure has changed now. Back in the pre-reservation days, it had a set function in the context of those kinship rules. Now everything has changed, so we can relax the rules about the content of what’s expressed. We can develop new music within those rules.” Maybe all he needs is a young man or woman to come talk to him after a workshop, ask a few questions and shake his hand. ArtsSouthDakota.org • Winter 2022 Member Edition • 21
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or this issue of Arts Alive, we wanted to take an opportunity to highlight the many arts supporters across South Dakota. While you can still find our donor recognition list by gift level on ArtsSouthDakota.org, we wanted to recognize how the vibrant arts communities support each other statewide. These individuals and organizations believe in a strong collective voice for the arts, and demonstrate that by their membership gifts to Arts South Dakota. Their donations lead the way in advocating for a creative state, 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 1, 2020 to December 15, 2021 are listed below.
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Madison
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Anne Beckwith Julie Garreau*
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Hill City Arts Council Jon Crane Watercolors Warrior’s Work & Ben West Gallery Jon & Gail Crane Cheryl Whetham & Jukka Huhtiniemi Lesta & Mike Turchen
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