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WEEKLY ARTS NEWS, OPPORTUNITIES & EVENTS IN SOUTH DAKOTA
Arts South Dakota, a non-partisan and non-profit service organization, advances the arts for South Dakotans and our visitors by connecting, advocating, and educating. 

Check out our Calendar for Events, Arts Opportunities & Jobs on ArtsSouthDakota.org
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ARTS ADVOCACY UPDATE


Dear friends in the arts,

We recently learned that last month our Representative in DC, Congressman Dusty Johnson, voted in favor of a last-minute budget amendment that would have drastically reduced the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) annual budget — cutting the NEA budget by 25%, sending it back to 2017 levels. Thankfully it did not pass and did not reduce the budget.

As you know, the NEA is vital to our creative community in South Dakota and is a catalyst for so many essential arts programs in every corner of our state. I wrote Dusty a letter expressing our disappointment in his vote. That letter is below for you to read. We need our lone Representative in Congress to show support and be a leader for the Arts in South Dakota.

I encourage you also to share your view with Dusty, asking him to support the NEA in the future. After all, the NEA is one of the only and very limited (only .003% of the national budget!) federal government programs supporting the Arts across America.

Here is how you contact Congressman Dusty Johnson: https://dustyjohnson.house.gov/contact or call his office at (202) 225-2801.

We must let our elected leaders know South Dakotans value the arts and insist they carry forward that value as they represent us.

Sincerely, 
Jim Speirs
Executive Director
STATEWIDE NEWS:

CAIRNS: Recent Happenings at CAIRNS [Y18:9]

Ford Foundation: Disability Futures Fellows

Grantmakers in the Arts: What We're Reading: Create Cultures of Care to Transform Philanthropy From the Inside Out

Travel South Dakota: Custer State Park Buffalo Roundup & Arts Festival
RECENTLY ADDED & UPDATED OPPORTUNITIES
Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants program for artists - Aug 2 | Artists

SculptureWalk Opens Call for Art for 20th Exhibition in 2023 - Oct 1 | Artists

Matthews Opera House & Arts Center | Fundraising Coordinator - until filled | Jobs

Sisseton School District | High School Art teacher position - until filled | Jobs

Performing Arts Center of Rapid City Technical Production Manager - until filled | Jobs

FOR ALL ARTS OPPORTUNITIES & JOBS VISIT HERE.
DEADLINES THIS WEEK: 

Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants program for artists - Aug 2 | Artists

Sign up to participate in DaDa Gastropub’s First Friday FREE art showcase - Aug 2 | Artists

Call to Artists! Artists in Action: Plein Air - Aug 5 | Artists
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August 1-8, 2022 EVENTS
REMEMBER TO SUBMIT YOUR IN-PERSON and VIRTUAL EVENTS!
We want to share your events!  Whether in-person or virtual, we’re here to help you promote all your events on the only calendar in the state devoted solely to the arts! It is quick and easy to submit! 
NORTHEAST:
STORYBOOK LAND THEATRE PERFORMANCES | Abrdeen

Join us for the 34th season of the national award winning Storybook Land Theatre Company’s...
Mini Makers | Brookings

In this hands-on class participants will make their own take home play-kit while meeting new friends. 
VIEW ALL EVENTS IN NORTHEAST REGION.
SOUTHEAST:
Elemental: Grismer, Everist, Thygeson | Sioux Falls

These three women present a unique mix of...
Sioux River Folk Festival | Canton

The 42nd Annual Sioux River Folk Festival at Newton Hills State Park, Canton SD!
VIEW ALL EVENTS IN SOUTHEAST REGION. 

Argus Leader: 'You have the memories:' Music fans remember the Pomp Room at sold-out documentary showing

Pigeon 605: ‘First-tier city’: Sioux Falls featured as ‘City of Hustle’ in new book

Sioux Falls Business: Roots of Brasil server re-creates world-famous stairs with restaurant’s work of art

South Dakota Humanities Council: Interactive Homestead Exhibit Revitalized at Lake County Museum
CENTRAL:
Tales on the River | Fort Pierre

Presented by Short Grass Arts Council Every Thursday of June, July, and August
Arts In the Garden | Wessington Springs

A Day of the Arts featuring handcrafted artisans, local performers and Eliza Blue...
VIEW ALL EVENTS IN CENTRAL REGION. 

Cheyenne River Youth Project: CRYP Will Provide School Supplies for Hundreds of Children in August
WEST:
Adult Summer Camp | Rapid City

Actor's Boot Camp! It's Summer Camp...for Adults! Tuesdays, August 2-23 from 6-8pm...
Sarah Shook & The Disarmers | Spearfish

Sarah Shook & The Disarmers will perform at the Matthews Opera House for one-night-only...
VIEW ALL EVENTS IN WEST REGION. 
 
VIRTUAL/ONLINE EVENTS:
Brainstorming: The Human Connection | Virtual

SDHC, in cooperation with longtime SDHC scholar and educator, Lawrence Diggs...
Art-Train Training with LIVE ASL Interpretation and Captioning | Virtual

Artists will deepen practices around creative...
VIEW ALL EVENTS IN VIRTUAL ONLINE. 
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South Dakota Arts Community’s Coronavirus Resource Center

 
Arts Alive | Summer 2022 | Member Edition

Arts Alive | July/August 2022 | South Dakota Magazine
 
Indigenous flute spotlighted as state instrument
Monthly blog by Executive Director Jim Speirs
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