By Jim Speirs, Executive Director, Arts South Dakota Look around your community and chances are you’ll discover the arts everywhere this season. Maybe there’s a play at school, or a choral concert celebrating the holidays. You may find an arts and crafts fair that’s an annual tradition or perhaps your community has a South Dakota [...]
Join trainers Claudia Dale and Alex Lunstra from The Watering Can to learn how best to price your visual art work. Includes customized content from the Springboard for the Arts The Work of Art toolkit, with materials provided in advance to registrants. Arts South Dakota is excited to partner with The Watering Can to share this in-person [...]
PRESENTERS Anna Marie Thatcher – Periaktos Productions Marty Two Bulls, Jr. – Oglala Lakota Sioux Tribe Artist Laureate Dale Lamphere – South Dakota Artist Laureate DESCRIPTION The recently released documentary project “The Power of Possibility” looks at the impacts of public art in South Dakota communities. Produced by Dakota Wesleyan [...]
For more information, contact: Shari Kosel, Program & Communications Director shari@ArtsSouthDakota.org Nominations open for the 27th biennial South Dakota Governor's Awards in the Arts Arts South Dakota and the South Dakota Arts Council co-sponsor the biennial Governor's Awards in the Arts to recognize individuals and businesses that have made a statewide impact through artistic [...]
By Jim Speirs, Executive Director, Arts South Dakota People are the generators that energize the arts throughout South Dakota. In communities across the state, your neighbors are finding innovative ways to encourage, advocate and participate in the arts. Our organization has been fortunate enough to have many of those individuals on our board of directors, [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Shari Kosel, Program & Communications Director shari@artssouthdakota.org 605-252-5979 ext. 1 South Dakota artists, arts advocates, arts organization members, art lovers and community leaders will gather in downtown Sioux Falls for the 2024 State Arts Conference June 7-8 at the Washington Pavilion. The conference, sponsored by the South Dakota Arts Council and [...]
PRESENTERS Shaun Johnson Andrea Ross Vaney Hariri DESCRIPTION Arts South Dakota is excited to partner with the Levitt at the Falls to help share their in-person Music Maker Mixer event to a statewide audience virtually! This session focuses on building your music brand. You can find the summary of the panelists and session below, and [...]
Home is Where the Art is, a new partnership between Arts South Dakota and Lamar Advertising is spotlighting the efforts of our state’s Community Arts Councils by displaying the work of local artists on billboards throughout South Dakota. “Each community in South Dakota is home to individuals who are creating art,” said Jim Speirs, [...]
PRESENTERS South Dakota Arts Council Staff DESCRIPTION Staff from the South Dakota Arts Council will review the opportunities for organizations to apply for general operating funding for non-profit arts organizations with annual budgets of $20,000 or more. The application deadline is March 1, 2024, and you can find more information on the SDAC’s [...]
PRESENTERS South Dakota Arts Council Staff DESCRIPTION Staff from the South Dakota Arts Council will review the opportunities for organizations to apply for one-year project grant funding of up to $5,000 for non-profit arts organizations of all sizes. The application deadline is March 1, 2024, and you can find more information on the [...]
