By Jim Speirs, Executive Director, Arts South Dakota Recently I had the opportunity to help out during a jam session at a local restaurant that promotes live music weekly and a special open stage jam session monthly. Over 30 musicians of all ages, skill levels and performance experience participated, and the level of enthusiasm and [...]
By Jim Speirs, Executive Director, Arts South Dakota Decisions made in Pierre and Washington, DC shape South Dakota’s cultural horizons, making Election Day a powerful tool for building our state’s creative future. On November 8, your vote for those candidates who support the arts is one of the most important advocacy steps you can take. [...]
By Jim Speirs, Executive Director, Arts South Dakota Every two years, Arts South Dakota and the state arts agency join together with the current South Dakota governor to honor our home state’s outstanding contributors to the arts. The Governor’s Award in the Arts is South Dakota’s highest honor for individuals, businesses and organizations who have [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 31, 2022 For more information, contact: Shari Kosel, Program & Communications Director shari@ArtsSouthDakota.org Nominations open for the 26th biennial South Dakota Governor's Awards in the Arts Arts South Dakota and the South Dakota Arts Council co-sponsor the biennial Governor's Awards in the Arts to recognize individuals and businesses that have made [...]
By Jim Speirs, Executive Director, Arts South Dakota It was disappointing to see our lone Congressman, Dusty Johnson, recently support a funding bill amendment that would have reduced National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) appropriations by 25%, sending the NEA budget back to 2017 levels. Johnson has been a past supporter of South Dakota arts [...]
By Jim Speirs, Executive Director, Arts South Dakota South Dakota’s heritage is a unique combination of indigenous and immigrant cultures, and celebrating those elements helps make our state a leader in the recognition of its artistic creativity. Part of that recognition occurred during the 2022 legislative session, when House Bill 1196 formally named the traditional [...]
By Jim Speirs, Executive Director, Arts South Dakota The Smithsonian Institution has hosted seven Innoskate festivals, high-powered mashups of music, art and skateboarding, the latest of which was in England. This year the cultural combination comes to South Dakota, kicking off July 5 at Toby Eagle Bull Skatepark in Pine Ridge and moving to the [...]
South Dakota Department of Tourism Secretary James Hagen presents his keynote session at the 2022 State Arts Conference. Originally recorded on 5/21/2022.
Originally recorded on 5/20 during the 2022 State Arts Conference. More archived webinars and trainings can be found on our website at https://artssouthdakota.org/webinars/. The Waterers are disruptors of philanthropy that stemmed out of Local Control, Local Fields, an initiative of ArtPlace America, a people-powered process led by grassroots Assemblies in six geographies that [...]
Originally recorded on 5/21 during the 2022 State Arts Conference. More archived webinars and trainings can be found on our website at https://artssouthdakota.org/webinars. In the fall of 2020, sculptor Dale Lamphere, South Dakota’s Artist Laureate, invited regional artists to collaborate with him on an art installation in the Monument Health Rapid City Hospital [...]
