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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

ALL EVENTS
State Arts Conference poll

When is the best time of the year to host the biennial state arts conference? 


We want to find a time that works best for our creative community. This poll will close on April 27.

Thank you!

Spring
Fall

Arts South Dakota 2022 Annual Report

Arts South Dakota, a non-partisan and non-profit service organization, advances the arts for the South Dakotans and our visitors by connecting, advocating and educating. 

See how we ADVOCATE below! Link to the full report HERE.

Arts Leadership Institute 2023 
Looking forward to seeing you all TOMORROW!
2023 ARTS LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE | Startup Sioux Falls
There’s a fundraising project on the horizon…what happens now?
Join us at NSU this summer! 
On campus July 17-19
24th annual Arts Education Institute (AEI) 
  • An educational and fun-filled week of learning to infuse the arts into classrooms and curriculum development.
  • REGISTER TODAY!
4th annual Band Director Institute (BDI) 
  • An intensive program designed to expose music teachers to the best in current and standard literature in addition to teaching methods and materials.
  • REGISTER TODAY!
2nd annual Choral Director Institute (CDI) 
  • An extensive and focused program designed to introduce choral music educators to the best in current and standard literature in addition to teaching methods and materials.
  • REGISTER TODAY!
Arts Happy Hour in Lead!
Arts Happy Hours | Lead Deadwood Arts Center
South Dakota Arts Council 
Students Get Chance to Send Art to Washington

Congressional Art Competition

Submissions must be received by 11:59 pm CDT on April 26.

How to Enter the 2023 Art Competition

  1. Review the 2023 Rules for Students and Teachers.
  2. Complete the 2023 Student Release Form.
  3. Attach completed release form and high resolution image of your artwork to...

For more information visit HERE.

Travel South Dakota is excited to launch the second year of its free mobile-exclusive South Dakota Passports programPeaks to Plains now joins Great Finds and State of Create as the third South Dakota Passport, with Tribal Nations and Black to Yellow to be added later this year. The program uses gamification to encourage individuals to explore and experience the many hidden treasures found throughout the entire state. With these passports, visitors and locals can check in to designated locations to unlock a broad range of fun South Dakota prizes based on points accumulated by the number of places visited. 
STATEWIDE NEWS:

Americans for the Arts: Monthly Wire - April 2023

Artsy: The Art World News Roundup, April 2023

Creative Generation: Realizing A Vision Of Genuine, Equitable, Intergenerational Collaborations

Creative Generation: Tracking Trends: Introducing A Framework For Developing Community Hubs For Artistic, Cultural, & Creative Learning

Education Commission of the States: P-5 STEAM Education as an Engine for Equity


Monthly blog by Executive Director Jim Speirs: The arts surround us every day in every way

National Endowment for the Arts: Resources Available to Strengthen Rural Communities through Design and Planning Strategies NEW Application Deadline: May 1, 2023

NBC News: Fan finds artistic masterpieces in sports moments


Not Real Art: Midwest Gothic: An Extremely Polite Conversation With Tim Rickett and Epiphany Knedler of MidwestNice Art [Interview]

South Dakota Humanities Council: Ansell to Address Health Care Inequality at Sioux Falls Event

Teaching Artists Guild: Teaching Artists Guild Announces the 2023 TAG Award Winners

RECENTLY ADDED & UPDATED OPPORTUNITIES

Flutter Productions | AUDITIONS for Alice’s Adventures - May 14 & 15 | Artists, Students/Educators

The Matthews Opera House & Arts Center | Froelich Young Actors Guild registration open - May 17 | Students/Educators

Emergency Grants for visual and film/media artists - May 19 | Artists

CASTING HOMEOWNERS IN SIOUX FALLS FOR HGTV’S DOWN HOME FAB! - May 31

$150K in Prizes for Immigrant Designers from the Vilcek Foundation - June 2 | Artists

2023 Hill City Quilt & Fiber Arts Show | Calling All Quilt Shop Owners & Vendors! - June 30 | Artists, Organizations/Groups

Rapid City Arts Council Presents Art Alley Mural Ignitor Project | CALL FOR ARTISTS - May 8, June 5, July 10 | Artists

Wyoming Arts Council | Public Outreach and Events Coordinator - until filled | Jobs

Application for Summer Art Market @ the Dahl | Artists

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

Kennedy Center Office of Access/VSA | NEW webinars this month: Disability Justice, Music in Learning - Apr 26 | Organizations/Groups

Call for Paintings!! Open to all USD students - Apr 27 | Students/Educators

Native Pop 2023 Artist Call is Open - Apr 27 - deadline extended | Artists

Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants Cycle 8 opens March 21 - Apr 28 | Artists

Wayne Sculpture Walk | Call for Artists - Apr 28 | Artists

South Dakota Symphony Orchestra | Clarinet & Trombone Auditions - Apr 30 | Artists


Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design Request for Applications -deadline extended - May 1 | Administrators, Artists, Organizations/Groups

NSU MSEd in Art Education Information Sessions - Apr 30 | Students/Educators

CALL FOR PROPOSALS for Co/Lab: Art Education Conference at BHSU - May 1 | Artists

Madison Area Arts Council | ART-CY-CO - May 1 | Artists

South Dakota Music Education Association | Call for conference proposals - May 1 | Artists
UPDATE YOUR EMAIL PREFERENCES:
Monthly Arts Reader
A monthly, curated reader that will be sent out on the First Friday of every month. The name "reader" is meaningful as we hope you will find each of the limited number of articles worth reading over the course of a month — a purposely short reading list that is thought-provoking and not overwhelming. 
To receive the Monthly Arts Reader, please update your email preferences using the link below! By doing so, it ensures you will receive the Monthly Arts Reader every first Friday of the month! Past Monthly Arts Readers have included focus on: Arts in Health, Board Development, Arts in Education, Arts & Humanities, Black History Month, celebration of creative lives lived and continued advocacy for the arts.
UPDATE YOUR ARTS ORGANIZATION:

We’re continuing to streamline and expand our Arts Organization Directory and want to make sure we have the most up to date information. In addition to helping others find you, next year there will be a survey of arts non-profits impacts and work in South Dakota as a part of the Arts & Economic Prosperity Study 6. Thank you for helping us to promote all the wonderful creative arts work happening in South Dakota!

Please take a few moments to confirm we have everything correct and most current for your organization. 
April 24-May 1, 2023 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:
SUXcity Hip-Hop/Rap: Fetty Fred, LivOnce, Rowdy Kranz w/ Dble-A, Greybufallo, Ish the Stomach & more | Aberdeen

Sioux City Iowa Hip-Hop/Rap FETTY FRED...
After School Maker Studio | Brookings

The After School Maker Studio is a flexible, come and go experience for children...
VIEW ALL EVENTS IN NORTHEAST REGION.
SOUTHEAST:
Cinderella presented by The Premiere Playhouse | Sioux Falls

The timeless enchantment of a magical fairy is reborn with the Rodgers & Hammerstein...
Name a Ninja Turtle after Me, You Cowards | Vermillion

South Dakota Arts Council Fellowship recipient Klaire Artemisia Lockheart spent the last year...
VIEW ALL EVENTS IN SOUTHEAST REGION. 

Argus Leader: Whittier Middle School students sew their own ribbon skirts during Oceti Sakowin class

Dakota News Now: Sonia Sotomayor student has art turned into billboard

SF Simplified: Your weekend, simplified: April 21, 2023
CENTRAL:
Pierre Players Community Theatre presents “Jake’s Women,” a dramatic comedy by Neil Simon | Pierre

Jake, a novelist who is more successful with fiction than with life, faces a marital crisis by daydreaming about the women in his life. The wildly comic and sometimes moving flashbacks played in his mind are interrupted by visitations from actual females. Jake’s women include a revered first wife who was killed years earlier in an accident, his daughter who is recalled as a child but is now a young woman, his boisterous and bossy sister, an opinionated analyst, his current wife who is leaving Jake for another...

VIEW ALL EVENTS IN CENTRAL REGION
WEST:
Author Talks at the Matthews | Spearfish

Join us in the fireplace room on Tuesdays at 12:30 for an hour with some of the best authors.
Band Weaver Extraordinaire & Author Annie MacHale | Hot Springs

Annie will be offering 3 classes at Chautauqua.
VIEW ALL EVENTS IN WEST REGION

Kota TV: Calling all artists, ignite a conversation with your talents at Art Alley

Rapid City Arts Council: April is Showering You with Art Opportunities

Rapid City Journal: Mines welcomes students and the public to new glassblowing lab

Visit Rapid City: Your Black Hills Selfie Safari for the Best Wildlife Photos
VIRTUAL/ONLINE EVENTS:
VIEW ALL EVENTS IN VIRTUAL ONLINE
10th Biennial Artists Chat Series | Virtual

10th Biennial South Dakota Governor’s Art Exhibition artists chats.
April 27 (4:30 – 5:30 pm Central)

Artists:
Bridget Beck
Bonnie Halsey-Dutton
Dennis Linn
Allen Morris
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Arts Alive | Fall 2022 | Member Edition
Arts Alive | March/April 2023 | South Dakota Magazine

Monthly blog by Executive Director Jim Speirs
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