What Is a Crankie? Is a Crankiest a grumpy person? A Crankie or moving panorama is a very old storytelling art form that can be found throughout the world, and in many different forms. An illustration on a scroll is wound onto two spools. The spools are loaded into a box , which has a [...]
Join us for a delicious evening paired with a chamber music concert and a silent auction! All proceeds go toward supporting student fellowships at the 2025 Rushmore Music Festival. This is always a sold-out event for us, so reserve your tickets early!
Christmas comes but once a year; chaos never ends! Based on the book by celebrated local author Dorothy Rosby, ’Tis the Season to Feel Inadequate is a collection of humorous essays about holidays and special occasions, ranging from Christmas to Lumpy Rug Day. If you've ever gotten poison ivy during Nude Recreation Week or had [...]
A new exhibit by artist Dick Termes opens at the Hot Springs Public Library. The exhibition featuring 10 Termespheres® will be on display from September 18th - October 14th. There will also be two Termespheres at Chautauqua during this time. A Termesphere Virtual Reality experience will be made available to the public at Chautauqua Artisans [...]
Chautauqua Classes
Chautauqua Classes
This Memory Mug class will teach you the art of sublimation. Sublimation uses heat and pressure to transfer dye into materials such as fabric, metal, wood or ceramics. We will be using ceramic mugs. Students will need to email a photo or picture to be used on the mug at least one week before the [...]
The 2024 "Empty Bowls" event will be held on Wednesday, October 16 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Deadwood Social Club. Empty Bowls is a soup kitchen type project where artists, along with students from Lead Deadwood High School, Spearfish High School & Black Hills State University, have donated handmade pottery bowls. Participants [...]
The Lead Deadwood Arts Center will be hosting an exhibit featuring the talent of local artist Raul Ponce De Leon. The show will feature over 30 paintings. Come and say hello to Raul and view his unique and colorful artwork at an open house on Thursday, September 26 from 5 to 7 p.m. with light [...]
Craig Volk, author of the SDHS Press book, “Dick Termes: Black Hills Visionary,” and the artist himself, Dick Termes, will be at Henry's Books in Spearfish on Thursday, Sept. 26, from noon to 2 pm MT. Volk and Termes will be visiting Spearfish's new indie bookstore to sign books and chat with attendees.
