Governor’s Awards spotlight outstanding service to the arts
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 [...]
Public broadcasting is a vital partner
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 [...]
2025 Recipients of the South Dakota Governor’s Awards in the Arts Announced
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 [...]
The season for community partnerships
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. [...]
An arts voice for every South Dakotan
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 [...]
Vote smART for our cultural future
By Jim Speirs, Executive Director, Arts South Dakota The future of South Dakota’s creative environment, cultural education opportunities and professional arts careers is shaped by decisions made in Pierre and Washington, DC. On November [...]
Supporting arts education with one voice
By Jim Speirs, Executive Director, Arts South Dakota South Dakota is fortunate that arts instructors have always joined together to enhance their skills and advocate for increased support for their disciplines. Arts South Dakota [...]
Nominations open September 1 for the 27th biennial South Dakota Governor’s Awards in the Arts
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 [...]
Time to help give the arts a raise
By Jim Speirs, Executive Director, Arts South Dakota It’s federal funding time again, and Congress is looking to give the arts a raise—with your help! Recently the Senate Appropriations Committee allocated an increase in [...]
Dynamic leadership helps shape our creative culture
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 [...]
Creating a place for arts connections
By Jim Speirs, Executive Director, Arts South Dakota The biennial State Arts Conference earlier this month in Sioux Falls brought together champions of the arts from across South Dakota for two days of meaningful workshops, [...]
Meeting face to face makes the arts come alive
By Jim Speirs, Executive Director, Arts South Dakota One of the main keynote speakers for the biennial State Arts Conference June 7-8 in Sioux Falls is Randy Cohen, Vice President of Research at Americans [...]
