Registration is now open for the 21st annual Arts Education Institute and 2nd annual Band Director Institute
Arts South Dakota, the South Dakota Arts Council, and Northern State University are taking the 21st annual Arts Education Institute (AEI) & 2nd annual Band Director Institute (BDI) ONLINE! Per the Board of Regents requirement that summer [...]
A message to South Dakota artists
By Jim Speirs, Executive Director, Arts South Dakota The path of an artist is not an easy one. It takes courage in the best of times and today we need you to be extra courageous, [...]
Connect with the arts while staying safe
By Jim Speirs, Executive Director, Arts South Dakota As the situation in our state continues with a growing number of cases of COVID-19, most of us are trying to shelter in place to do our [...]
The arts in a COVID-19 world
By Jim Speirs, Executive Director, Arts South Dakota These are incredible times. Our world seems to be upside down and life as we know it has essentially come to a standstill. What did you have [...]
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 [...]
