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ARTS SOUTH DAKOTA UPCOMING EVENTS
USD professor and photographer John Banasiak is the Vermillion Cultural Association's first exhibiting artist of 2025. This collection of Van Dyke brown prints is full of mystery and almost unease, curated as they are from what Banasiak describes as a dream-like journey in Jordan.* An additional curiosity: the 1840s iron-based emulsion process used to develop [...]
Featuring Hot Springs painter, Gayle Tescher, this exhibition will be on display in the Bruce H. Lien Cultural Café & Gallery from November 7 to December 30, 2024. Admission is free. After retiring from the South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs in 2009, Tescher returned to her love of art, a passion that began in [...]
What's your favorite part of January? If you're like us, it's the annual South Dakota Governor's Conference on Tourism. Attendees from across South Dakota and the United States come eager to network and learn about what’s new. At Travel South Dakota, we especially look forward to getting together with all the new and returning industry members [...]
In May 2024, the Smithsonian Institution began making its way across South Dakota. The vehicle for this adventure was a Museum on Main Street traveling exhibition tour, Spark! Places of Innovation, highlighting how innovation has shaped small towns across the nation. The exhibition, examining the ingenuity and tenacity of rural America, will end its road trip at [...]
The Ruddell Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of its newest exhibition, Flower and Flame, featuring the work of artist Deborah Mitchell. The exhibition will run from January 20 to February 27, with an artist reception scheduled for Thursday January 23, from 5:00 to 7:00 PM. Artist Deborah Mitchell’s exhibition, Flower and Flame, emerged [...]
Creatures Big & Small "Creatures Big and Small" is an immersive art exhibition that explores the vast spectrum of animals, real and imagined, that inhabit our world — from the tiniest insects to the most colossal beasts. Highlighting the interconnectedness of life on Earth, our collective imagination, and the urgent need to protect the biodiversity [...]
Governor Kristi Noem announced 12 students who are being recognized for their artistic talents through the Governor’s Student Art Competition. An exhibition of the artwork is now open to the public in the South Dakota Capitol building. The Governor’s Student Art Exhibition includes work from the following students: A panel of nine professional artists served [...]
How to make the jump in genres and why. This workshop is a hybrid writing workshop which features an informal conversation with Reese, an award-winning working writer. Reese provides workshop prompts to get you started writing and to delve into what matters most to you. Scholar: Jim Reese Sponsored by: Augustana University For more information, [...]
Event Contact: 0Contact Email: amy.fill@usd.eduContact Phone: 6056583437Event Locator: 2025-ACCPDF39th Annual Stilwell Student Awards Ceremony and Reception. Celebrate the creative works of the University of South Dakota Department of Art Graduate and Undergraduate Students. Reception begins at 5 pm and the awards ceremony starts at 6 pm.
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Event Contact: Dr. Tracelyn GestelandContact Email: Tracelyn.Gesteland@usd.eduContact Phone: 605 658 3475Event URL: https://www.usd.edu/livemusicEvent Locator: 2025-ACCPZSTaya Bult, mezzo-soprano, invites you to her senior recital, live from Colton Recital Hall, Warren M. Lee Center for the Fine Arts, and livestreamed via the link available elsewhere on this post. This event is open to the public at no [...]
Spread the Tunes and The Matthews presents the Spearfish Trails Coalition Benefit Show with Push & Turn Push & Turn is an energetic Reggae-FUsion band from Rochester, Minnesota that continues to explore new harmonies, melodies, and uplifting lyrics while adding funk, blues, and jam deels to their Reggae music. After years of honing in their [...]
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