State of the art.
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Connect with the power of shared ideas at state arts conference
By Jim Speirs, Executive Director, Arts South Dakota New ideas have the power to energize people and organizations, and the State Arts Conference in Rapid City May 14-16 will be a catalyst of great creative [...]
Rapid City will host 2020 State Arts Conference
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:Shari Kosel, Program & Communications Director shari@artssouthdakota.org 605-252-5979 ext. 1 March 3, 2020 Rapid City will host 2020 State Arts Conference South Dakota artists, arts advocates, arts organization members, art lovers and [...]
State Arts Conference: Fresh ideas, learning, networking and excitement
By Jim Speirs, Executive Director, Arts South Dakota If you make art, support the arts and want to gather with people like you—the State Arts Conference in Rapid City May 14-16 is the place to [...]
Arts advocacy means sharing YOUR stories
By Jim Speirs, Executive Director, Arts South Dakota One of the key roles of Arts South Dakota is to encourage South Dakotans to speak out in support of the arts. We call it arts advocacy—but [...]
Arts nonprofits need your holiday generosity
By Jim Speirs, Executive Director, Arts South Dakota December marks the season of giving. As we consider those to whom we wish to be generous, we need to remember our friends in the nonprofit arts [...]
#StateOfCreate puts South Dakota arts in the spotlight
By Jim Speirs, Executive Director, Arts South Dakota The South Dakota Department of Tourism, in partnership with the South Dakota Arts Council, has launched a social media campaign, #StateOfCreate—and we think it’s great. Tourism and [...]
En Route to sharing our cultural heritage
By Jim Speirs, Executive Director, Arts South Dakota The strength of South Dakota’s creative community comes from its diversity, weaving together threads from all cultures across our lands and celebrating through the arts our common [...]
National arts leader sees the best of South Dakota
By Jim Speirs, Executive Director, Arts South Dakota Recently one of the people helping to bring arts funding to South Dakota toured our state and was blown away by the diversity and quality of our [...]
There’s no substitute for face-to-face meetings
By Jim Speirs, Executive Director, Arts South Dakota During the summer, Arts South Dakota co-hosted a number of Arts Happy Hours around the state, from Hill City to Aberdeen and from Yankton to Faulkton. Situated [...]
Creative leaders join Arts South Dakota board
Three South Dakotans have joined the board of directors of Arts South Dakota. With expertise in the performing arts, Native American advocacy and STEM education, the new board members bring a wealth of talent [...]
Arts Education Institute connects schools to the arts
By Jim Speirs, Executive Director, Arts South Dakota The arts should be a part of every classroom—and the arts can make every subject fun to learn. That’s one lesson of the Arts Education Institute, being [...]
Band directors are the musical heart of our communities
By Jim Speirs, Executive Director, Arts South Dakota For many of us, the portal to the joys of making music was opened by a band director during our school years. Those first tentative notes became [...]