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ARTS SOUTH DAKOTA UPCOMING EVENTS

South Dakota Governor’s 10th Biennial Art Exhibition

Dahl Arts Center 713 7th Street, Rapid City, SD, United States

This juried exhibition is the premier showcase for artists currently living and working in South Dakota, celebrating the tremendous quality and their unique diversity of artistic creativity. The traveling biennial exhibition and its catalog serve as historical records, documenting the work of the state’s most important and innovative contemporary artists. Closing Reception | March 29, [...]

I Believe: Art & Incarceration Exhibition

First Dakota Coyote Gallery 12 E. Main, Vermillion, SD, United States

I Believe was a series of movement and visual art workshops for Sioux Falls inmates in 2023. The project was organized by Suzanne Costello, Artistic Co-Director of the Stuart Pimsler Dance & Theatre Company, Dance Assistant Sophia Diehl, and visual artist Ariadne Albright, instructor of Arts in Health at USD and owner of Creative Care. [...]

Free

National Geographic’s Unparalleled Image Collection

Washington Pavilion 301 S. Main Ave., Sioux Falls, SD, United States

WOMEN: A Century of Change National Geographic’s Unparalleled Image Collection February 16, 2024-June 30, 2024 Visual Arts Center | Everist Gallery Join us as we celebrate trailblazing women who have made it possible to say definitively that the future is female! “WOMEN: A Century of Change” boasts more than 100 images drawn from the National [...]

Painted Lodges of the Blackfeet Nation

The Journey Museum & Learning Center 222 New York Street, Rapid City, SD, United States

The Journey Museum and Learning Center, in partnership with the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, is pleased to announce the opening of a new exhibit, Painted Lodges of the Blackfeet Nation. The exhibit will open to the public on February 16 and will be on view through May 5, 2024. Admission to this exhibit is [...]

Conjecture: Tom Rickers retrospective opening

Eide/Dalrymple Gallery at Augustana University 2001, Sioux Falls, SD, United States

“Conjecture” is a retrospective exhibition of over six-decades of sculpture, printmaking, and poetry by Tom Rickers. From the late 1970s through the 1990s, Tom Rickers was an important member of the Sioux Falls art community, exhibiting extensively throughout the region. Although his training was in experimental printmaking, he is most known for his mixed-media and [...]

Free

Oscar Howe Legacy Across Four Generations

Washington Pavilion Visual Arts Center 301 S Main Ave, Sioux Falls, SD, United States

Oscar Howe is a cultural icon who innovated and defined the Modern Indian Art Movement. His art represents cultural vitality and has influenced many generations of artists in this region and beyond. His paintings can be appreciated for their aesthetic appeal, but he challenges viewers to consider the meaning of a ceremonial Sun Dance, be [...]

Painted Lodges of the Blackfeet Nation

The Journey Museum & Learning Center 222 New York Street, Rapid City, SD, United States

The Journey Museum and Learning Center, in partnership with the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, is pleased to announce the opening of a new exhibit, Painted Lodges of the Blackfeet Nation. The exhibit will open to the public on February 16 and will be on view through May 5, 2024. Admission to this exhibit is [...]

Sanford Arts Ongoing Internship Exhibition – “Making Moments”

Sanford Cancer Center 1309 W. 17th Street, Sioux Falls, SD, United States

Sanford Arts hosts periodic arts exhibitions featuring works completed by internship students, Artists in Residence and South Dakota Arts Council Artists. This particular exhibition, titled "Making Moments" will run from March 28th, 2024 until December of 2024. Works can be found in the connecting tunnel between the main hospital and the Vandemark building, in the [...]

High Strung: Five Centuries of Stringed Keyboard Instruments

National Music Museum Groves Gallery

Event Contact: National Music MuseumContact Email: nmm@usd.eduContact Phone: 605-358-3450Event URL: https://www.nmmusd.org/special-exhibitionsEvent Locator: 2024-ACABQBFor over 600 years, stringed keyboard instruments have served as repositories for human imagination, science, technology, craft, artistry, and music. They are admired for their stature – and oftentimes stunning beauty – alongside their ability to play both melody and harmony. Keyboard innovation [...]

High Strung: Five Centuries of Stringed Keyboard Instruments

National Music Museum 414 E. Clark Street, Vermillion, SD, United States

For over 600 years, stringed keyboard instruments have served as repositories for human imagination, science, technology, craft, artistry, and music. They are admired for their stature – and oftentimes stunning beauty – alongside their ability to play both melody and harmony. Keyboard innovation has continuously expanded throughout the world, throughout time. Opening in March 2024, [...]

Event Series Heated: Art to Keep You Warm

Heated: Art to Keep You Warm

South Dakota Art Museum 1036 Medary Ave, Brookings, SD, United States

As cooler weather prevails outside, the South Dakota Art Museum has gathered a selection of works from the collections to keep you warm! We hope the art in Heated warms your body and transports your mind through bright colors, vibrating patterns, balmy landscapes and more. Friends, throughout the South Dakota winter, we invite you to [...]

Free

Crafts and more

Caille Branch Library 4100 S Carnegie Cir, Sioux Falls, SD, United States

Welcome crafters of all kinds! Bring your own project to share, work on, get help and feedback. We meet weekly on Thursdays and also, every 2nd and 4th Saturday* 1-5:30 pm in the meeting room of the Caille Library * Depending on library availability

After School Maker Studio

Need after-school care? Or perhaps you are looking for a place to spark your child’s imagination? The After School Maker Studio is a flexible, come and go experience for children age 5 and up.

$7

Sanford Arts Ongoing Internship Exhibition – “Making Moments”

Sanford Cancer Center 1309 W. 17th Street, Sioux Falls, SD, United States

Sanford Arts hosts periodic arts exhibitions featuring works completed by internship students, Artists in Residence and South Dakota Arts Council Artists. This particular exhibition, titled "Making Moments" will run from March 28th, 2024 until December of 2024. Works can be found in the connecting tunnel between the main hospital and the Vandemark building, in the [...]

Sanford Arts Ongoing Internship Exhibition – “Making Moments”

Sanford Cancer Center 1309 W. 17th Street, Sioux Falls, SD, United States

Sanford Arts hosts periodic arts exhibitions featuring works completed by internship students, Artists in Residence and South Dakota Arts Council Artists. This particular exhibition, titled "Making Moments" will run from March 28th, 2024 until December of 2024. Works can be found in the connecting tunnel between the main hospital and the Vandemark building, in the [...]

Event Series First Peoples Fund Events

Wicaglata Circles with Tiana Spotted Thunder

Oglala Lakota Artspace 7904 Lakota Prairie Drive, Kyle, SD, United States

Check out Wicaglata Learning Circle, led by Tiana Spotted Thunder! This class was created to provide a nurturing space for women eager to explore the art of singing!  Save the dates for March 14th and 28th at the Oglala Lakota Artspace!  Join us for an enriching experience where participants will delve into Wicaglata protocol, societal significance, [...]

Chorus rehearsal

Performing Arts Center 601 Columbus St, Rapid City, SD, United States

JHS Spring Choir Concert

jefferson high school 1600 N Marion Rd, Sioux Falls, United States

Jefferson High School choir students perform their spring concert.

The Passion and the Cross at the Orpheum Theater

Sioux Falls Orpheum Theater Center 315 N Phillips Ave, Sioux Falls, SD, United States

Now in our fourth season in Sioux Falls, “The Passion and the Cross” is a one act, 2 hour musical featuring a cast of about 140 adults and children (the largest cast ever put on the Orpheum stage). This musical is an enchanting journey back to the first century when Jesus walked the earth and [...]

$15
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