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ARTS SOUTH DAKOTA UPCOMING EVENTS

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National Geographic’s Unparalleled Image Collection

Washington Pavilion 301 S. Main Ave., Sioux Falls

WOMEN: A Century of Change National Geographic’s Unparalleled Image Collection February 16, 2024-June 30, 2024 Visual Arts Center | Everist Gallery Join us as we celebrate trailblazing women who have made it possible to say definitively that the future is female! “WOMEN: A Century of Change” boasts more than 100 images drawn from the National [...]

Sanford Arts Ongoing Internship Exhibition – “Making Moments”

Sanford Cancer Center 1309 W. 17th Street, Sioux Falls

Sanford Arts hosts periodic arts exhibitions featuring works completed by internship students, Artists in Residence and South Dakota Arts Council Artists. This particular exhibition, titled "Making Moments" will run from March 28th, 2024 until December of 2024. Works can be found in the connecting tunnel between the main hospital and the Vandemark building, in the […]

Sanford Arts Ongoing Internship Exhibition – “Making Moments”

Sanford Cancer Center 1309 W. 17th Street, Sioux Falls

Sanford Arts hosts periodic arts exhibitions featuring works completed by internship students, Artists in Residence and South Dakota Arts Council Artists. This particular exhibition, titled "Making Moments" will run from March 28th, 2024 until December of 2024. Works can be found in the connecting tunnel between the main hospital and the Vandemark building, in the […]

Primordial Shift: The Art of Michael Meilahn

South Dakota Art Museum 1036 Medary Ave, Brookings

The South Dakota Art Museum invites you to experience "Primordial Shift: The Art of Michael Meilahn" a captivating exhibition of numerous large-scale works by the renowned glass artist, Michael "Mick" Meilahn. The monumental title installation features 32 hand-blown glass ears of corn, each around four to six feet tall, which are suspended from the Museum’s [...]

Free

Women Artists of the Black Hills

Art House Black Hills | Hot Springs 405 North River Street, Hot Springs

Art House Hot Springs presents “Women Artists of the Black Hills ” an exhibition created by the women in our region. The exhibition opens to the public on May 17th and runs till July 20th. Our opening reception for the exhibit is on Saturday May 25th, from 5pm-8pm.

Free

Painted Lodges of the Blackfeet Nation

The Journey Museum & Learning Center 222 New York Street, Rapid City

The Journey Museum and Learning Center, in partnership with the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, is pleased to announce the opening of a new exhibit, Painted Lodges of the Blackfeet Nation. The exhibit will open to the public on February 16 and will be on view through May 5, 2024. Admission to this exhibit is [...]

Conjecture: Tom Rickers retrospective opening

Eide/Dalrymple Gallery at Augustana University 2001, Sioux Falls

“Conjecture” is a retrospective exhibition of over six-decades of sculpture, printmaking, and poetry by Tom Rickers. From the late 1970s through the 1990s, Tom Rickers was an important member of the Sioux Falls art community, exhibiting extensively throughout the region. Although his training was in experimental printmaking, he is most known for his mixed-media and [...]

Free

Oscar Howe Legacy Across Four Generations

Washington Pavilion Visual Arts Center 301 S Main Ave, Sioux Falls

Oscar Howe is a cultural icon who innovated and defined the Modern Indian Art Movement. His art represents cultural vitality and has influenced many generations of artists in this region and beyond. His paintings can be appreciated for their aesthetic appeal, but he challenges viewers to consider the meaning of a ceremonial Sun Dance, be [...]

Painted Lodges of the Blackfeet Nation

The Journey Museum & Learning Center 222 New York Street, Rapid City

The Journey Museum and Learning Center, in partnership with the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, is pleased to announce the opening of a new exhibit, Painted Lodges of the Blackfeet Nation. The exhibit will open to the public on February 16 and will be on view through May 5, 2024. Admission to this exhibit is [...]

2024 Energize! Exploring Innovative Rural Communities Conference

Hot Springs Mueller Center Theater 801 S 6th St, Hot Springs

SDSU Extension will host its sixth annual Energize! Exploring Innovative Rural Communities conference May 22-23, 2024 in Hot Springs at the Mueller Center (801 S 6th St, Hot Springs, SD) and various locations throughout the community. This is a conference about rural communities held in a rural community. Bring your walking shoes because you won’t [...]

Ongoing

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR

Mary W. Sommervold Hall Stage at the Washington Pavilion 301 S Main Ave, Sioux Falls

Celebrating its 50th Anniversary, a new mesmerizing production of the iconic musical phenomenon returns to the stage. Originally staged by London’s Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre and helmed by the acclaimed director Timothy Sheader (CRAZY FOR YOU, INTO THE WOODS) and cutting-edge choreographer Drew McOnie (KING KONG, STRICTLY BALLROOM), this production won the 2017 Olivier [...]

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Event Series A Beautiful Noise

A Beautiful Noise

Performing Arts Center of Rapid City 601 Columbus Street, Rapid City

Annual concert by The Shrine of Democracy Barbershop Chorus This year our annual show features music from Broadway shows, several chapter quartets and special guest - Stevens High School Choirs

$15.00 – $20.00

WICOWOYAKE ITOWAPI UN OYAKAPI Photographic Storytelling from the Boys & Girls Club of Rosebud

Dahl Arts Center 713 7th Street, Rapid City

Event: Emerging Visual Artists Exhibition Featured Artists: Boys & and Girls Club of Rosebud Exhibition Dates: 05.03.24 - 05.31.24 Location: Bruce H. Lien Cultural Café & Gallery, Dahl Arts Center RAPID CITY, SD - The Rapid City Arts Council announces the next Emerging Visual Artist exhibition, WICOWOYAKE ITOWAPI UN OYAKAPI Photographic Storytelling from the Boys [...]

McCrory Gardens Children’s Concert

McCrory Gardens Brookings

Join children's performer and songwriter, Phil Baker, for a morning of music at McCrory Gardens on the campus of SDSU.

Free

High Strung: Five Centuries of Stringed Keyboard Instruments

National Music Museum Groves Gallery

Event Contact: National Music MuseumContact Email: nmm@usd.eduContact Phone: 605-358-3450Event URL: https://www.nmmusd.org/special-exhibitionsEvent Locator: 2024-ACABQBFor over 600 years, stringed keyboard instruments have served as repositories for human imagination, science, technology, craft, artistry, and music. They are admired for their stature – and oftentimes stunning beauty – alongside their ability to play both melody and harmony. Keyboard innovation [...]

High Strung: Five Centuries of Stringed Keyboard Instruments

National Music Museum 414 E. Clark Street, Vermillion

For over 600 years, stringed keyboard instruments have served as repositories for human imagination, science, technology, craft, artistry, and music. They are admired for their stature – and oftentimes stunning beauty – alongside their ability to play both melody and harmony. Keyboard innovation has continuously expanded throughout the world, throughout time. Opening in March 2024, [...]

Crafts and more

Caille Branch Library 4100 S Carnegie Cir, Sioux Falls

Welcome crafters of all kinds! Bring your own project to share, work on, get help and feedback. We meet weekly on Thursdays and also, every 2nd and 4th Saturday* 1-5:30 pm in the meeting room of the Caille Library * Depending on library availability

Chorus rehearsal

Performing Arts Center, 601 Columbus St, Rapid City, SD 57701, USA

Chorus rehearsal

Performing Arts Center, 601 Columbus St, Rapid City, SD 57701, USA

Chorus rehearsal

Performing Arts Center, 601 Columbus St, Rapid City, SD 57701, USA

South Dakota Chamber Winds Festival

Sioux Falls First Congregational Church 300 S Minnesota Ave, Sioux Falls

The South Dakota Chamber Winds are pleased to announce their inaugural season. Our performances happen in the heart of South Dakota, but our performers come from all over the midwest. Hear live performances on Thursday, May 23 at 7:30 p.m. in Founders Recital Hall in the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center, on the SDSU Campus [...]

Free

Indecent – a play by Paula Vogel

Catalyst Theater Company 513 7th St., Rapid City

Indecent a drama with music by Paula Vogel runs May 17 - June 8 With story and song, with ecstasy and despair, ghosts rise from their ashes. Inspired by true events surrounding the 1923 Broadway debut of The God of Vengeance — a play seen by some as an inspiring work of Jewish culture, and [...]

Free – $26

South Dakota Chamber Winds Festival

Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center SDSU 1601 University Blvd., Brookings

The South Dakota Chamber Winds are pleased to announce their inaugural season. Our performances happen in the heart of South Dakota, but our performers come from all over the midwest. Hear live performances on Thursday, May 23 at 7:30 p.m. in Founders Recital Hall in the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center, on the SDSU Campus [...]

Free

Live Comedy With Dan Bublitz Jr.

Lucky’s Bar 224 S. Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls

Thursday, May 23rd the nationally touring comedian, Dan Bublitz Jr, returns to Sioux Falls for a night of laughter. Dan ran the Sno Jam comedy festival in Sioux Falls for almost a decade. Thousands of dollars were donated to local charities because of this fantastic festival. Dan also had a Dry Bar Comedy festival and [...]

$10.00
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