Thursday, July 22 PRESENTERS Rebecca Cruse – Deputy Director | South Dakota Arts Council Sarah Carlson – Arts Program Specialist | South Dakota Arts Council SLIDE DECK Rebecca Cruse and Sarah Carlson from the South Dakota Arts Council will join to discuss the upcoming Touring Arts and Artists in Schools & Communities grant applications. Learn more about [...]
By Jim Speirs, Executive Director, Arts South Dakota In every South Dakota community, local business leaders are a driving force for strengthening the arts and helping to grow cultural opportunities. Traditionally, they are among the strongest community boosters—contributing time, talent and funding to activities that help define their hometowns. Business owners and executives understand the [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Shari Kosel Program & Communications Director Arts South Dakota shari@artssouthdakota.org 605.252.5979 ext. 1 Arts South Dakota, the South Dakota Arts Council, and Northern State University are taking the 22nd annual Arts Education Institute (AEI) , 3rd annual Band Director Institute (BDI) & 1st annual Choral Director Institute ONLINE again this year. [...]
By Jim Speirs, Executive Director, Arts South Dakota The arts in South Dakota are alive this summer—and they are calling you to safely step into a renewed whirl of concerts, plays, performances and parks filled with arts opportunities. All over the state, summer programs are being announced and the activities that mark the arts season [...]
PRESENTERS Dr. Craig Howe – Founder & Director, Center for American Indian Research & Native Studies (CAIRNS) | SLIDE DECK Kellen Boice – Executive Director, Sioux Falls Arts Council | SLIDE DECK Arts organizations and public art groups are continuing to push their programs to be more equitable, diverse, and inclusive, in an effort to [...]
By Jim Speirs, Executive Director, Arts South Dakota The recent federal legislation to stimulate the economy included emergency aid to the National Endowment for the Arts to provide needed support to our national creative industry which has been devastated by the pandemic. The funding will enable states to direct relief allocations to local arts organizations [...]
PRESENTER Patrick McGowan, Founder Punch’n, The Video Presence Company “What proposal are you making with your virtual presence? Presence has always mattered. First impressions are still incredibly important. Video events, video meetings, Zoom conferences… they’re not going away. Video presence is quickly becoming the new differentiator and Patrick McGowan, Founder of Punch’n, The Video Presence [...]
By Jim Speirs, Executive Director, Arts South Dakota The South Dakota creative community has been one of the most severely impacted sectors of our state’s economy during the past year. Nearly 50% of South Dakota creative workers have been affected by unemployment, and over $205 million in economic losses were reported in creative economy businesses [...]
South Dakota Art Museum Guild Virtual Program: Serving South Dakota’s Statewide Arts Community Patrick Baker, Executive Director of the South Dakota Arts Council, Jim Speirs, Executive Director of Arts South Dakota Feb. 23 Replay Patrick Baker, Executive Director of the South Dakota Arts Council, and Jim Speirs, Executive Director of Arts South Dakota, will talk [...]
By Jim Speirs, Executive Director, Arts South Dakota This month Governor Noem, along with the South Dakota Arts Council and Arts South Dakota, presented the biennial Governor’s Awards in the Arts. You can read about the recipients and their outstanding contributions at www.ArtsSouthDakota.org. Each is an inspiring example for all of us, often demonstrating a [...]
