By Jim Speirs, Executive Director, Arts South Dakota There’s a reason that South Dakota governors and legislators have for decades supported the arts and creative industry in our state. The South Dakota Arts Council, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, was created in the mid-1960s to ensure and maintain arts accessibility [...]
By Jim Speirs, Executive Director, Arts South Dakota This month the South Dakota Arts Council and Arts South Dakota announced the biennial Governor’s Awards in the Arts. Each recipient is an inspiring example for all of us, often demonstrating a lifetime of commitment to creativity, cultural enhancement and sharing the arts with students, audiences [...]
PRESENTERS South Dakota Arts Council Staff DESCRIPTION Staff from the South Dakota Arts Council will review the opportunities for individual artists to apply for grant funding. The application deadline is March 1, 2025, and you can find more information on the SDAC site, or at the Applicant Portal. Focused on individual artists, this [...]
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, 2025, and you can find more information on the [...]
00:00 Introductions 02:57 Overview of Changes to SDAC Grant Applications 08:05 New Budget Worksheet 21:53 Work Sample Process Changes 28:22 Final Tips and Further Support Options PRESENTERS South Dakota Arts Council Staff DESCRIPTION Staff from the South Dakota Arts Council will review the changes made to the applications for the Spring 2025 grant opportunities. Open to all applicants, [...]
By Jim Speirs, Executive Director, Arts South Dakota In a state as large and diverse as South Dakota, no one organization can advance our creative environment singlehandedly. One of Arts South Dakota’s most significant partners in the daily challenge of providing arts advocacy and arts information is South Dakota Public Broadcasting (SDPB). With 98% coverage [...]
Arts South Dakota and the South Dakota Arts Council will celebrate the 27th biennial Governor's Awards in the Arts on Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at Drifters Bar & Grille, Fort Pierre. Recipients of this year's awards are: Roger Broer, Hill City, for Distinction in Creative Achievement; Paul Schiller, Sioux Falls, for Outstanding Support of the [...]
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 [...]
By Jim Speirs, Executive Director, Arts South Dakota South Dakota is a land of diversity, from our sweeping and soaring geography to our regionalized industries to our proud Native and immigrant forbearers. The arts in South Dakota are no less diverse—if anything, the creative vision of our citizens is as distinctive as each of them. [...]
