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ARTS SOUTH DAKOTA UPCOMING EVENTS

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Mysterious Discovery in Jordan

Coyote Gallery East Main Street, Vermillion

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 […]

Spark! Places of Innovation

Great Plains Art Institute 381 East 3rd Street, Mission

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 […]

Deborah Mitchell, Flower and Flame Exhibition

Black Hills State University University Boulevard, Spearfish

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 […]

Free

Wayfinder

Dahl Arts Center 713 7th St, Rapid City

​Wayfinder is an art exhibition at the Dahl Arts Center, presented by the Rapid City Arts Council & Big Read Rapid City. Artists were inspired by Andrew Krivak’s novel, The Bear. The exhibit explores themes of navigation, guidance, and the universal quest for meaning. It celebrates the resilience of the human spirit, the profound connection between humanity and […]

Company

Knuston Theatre East Clark Street, Vermillion

Company Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by George Furth Knutson Theatre, Feb 20 – 23, 2025 It’s party time! Get the gang together February 20 to 23 for a musical birthday party/existential crisis. Written by the late, great Stephen Sondheim, Company follows Bobby through a series of interactions with married friends and temporary […]

Free – $20
Event Series The Governor’s Student Art Exhibition

The Governor’s Student Art Exhibition

The South Dakota State Capitol East Capitol Avenue, Pierre

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 […]

Event Series A Christmas Celebration

The Turn of The Screw

The Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center, 1601 University Blvd, Brookings University Boulevard, Brookings

A young woman is hired to care for two recently orphaned children in a lovely secluded English manner in 1872. As time goes by, the woman begins to see the specters or ghosts of the former governess and her lover. Are these ghosts in her mind or are they appearing to haunt the children? As [...]

NSU Theatre Presents: Vanities the Musical

Johnson Fine Arts Center Lobby 101, Johnson Fine Arts Black Box 112, Johnson Fine Arts Center Vestibule 100

Event Locator: 2024-ACBARN The Northern State University Theatre Program invites you to their production of Vanities. This musical follows the journey of three best friends - Kathy, Mary, and Joanne - from their high school years to adulthood. As they navigate changing social norms and personal aspirations, their bond is tested, and their paths diverge. […]

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