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APPLY NOW FOR ARTS COUNCIL GRANTS

South Dakota artists, arts organizations, and other nonprofit groups are invited to seek grant support from the South Dakota Arts Council (SDAC) to assist in funding arts projects and programs throughout the state. The application deadline is March 1. Grant support for projects and activities that will occur during the grant period of July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025.

Visit the Applicant Portal [linked here] to review grant guidelines, eligibility requirements, criteria, and the application procedure before beginning the application process.

View the full press release online [linked here].

APPLY FOR ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE GRANTS THROUGH MARCH 15

PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Arts Council (SDAC) is now accepting sponsor applications for its Artists in Schools and Communities (AISC) program, which provides matching grants to schools, arts councils, health and service organizations, and other nonprofit organizations to host artists-in-residence between July 1, 2024-June 30, 2025.

View the full press release online [linked here].

GOVERNOR NOEM ANNOUNCES 2024 STUDENT ART EXHIBITION

PIERRE, S.D. – Governor Kristi Noem announced 12 students who are being recognized for their artistic talents through the Governor’s Student Art Competition. An exhibition of the artwork is now open to the public in the South Dakota Capitol building.

The Governor’s Student Art Exhibition is open for viewing in the first-floor rotunda of the Capitol through September 2024. The Capitol is open to the public Monday-Friday from 8 am-5 pm, and on weekends and holidays 8 am-6 pm. For tours of the State Capitol, please call 605-773-3688.

View the full press release online [linked here].

ARTS & CULTURE BUSINESSES IMPACT SOUTH DAKOTA’S ECONOMY

PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota's nonprofit arts and culture industry generated $363 million in economic activity in 2022. This is according to Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 (AEP6), an economic and social impact study conducted by Americans for the Arts with support from the South Dakota Arts Council, Arts South Dakota, and local arts agencies in Aberdeen, Brookings, Rapid City, Sioux Falls, and Yankton.

View the full press release online [linked here].

SD ARTS LEADER MARY V. BORDEAUX ELECTED TO NATIONAL SEAT

PIERRE – Mary V. Bordeaux, a councilor on the South Dakota Arts Council (SDAC), was recently elected to serve a second term on the board of directors for the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA). NASAA board members are elected after a rigorous national nomination and interview process.

View the full press release online [linked here].

14 ARTWORKS PURCHASED FOR STATE COLLECTION

PIERRE, S.D. — The South Dakota Arts Council (SDAC) recently purchased 14 new pieces for the state’s public art collection through the Art for State Buildings program.

The artworks were selected by a five-member advisory committee to the SDAC, which reviewed 65 purchase proposals and based its decisions on set review criteria including: quality of the work; the artwork’s relevance to South Dakota environment, history, heritage, or culture; professional experience of the artist; permanence and safety, as required for public artworks.

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ARTS COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC PLANNING

Every three to five years the South Dakota Arts Council (SDAC) takes time to cast a new vision and establish new goals for the development of a comprehensive state arts plan. In 2016 and 2017 SDAC, in conjunction with statewide nonprofit arts service and advocacy organization Arts South Dakota, conducted strategic planning activities, all of which are detailed below. SDAC is pleased to share its latest strategic plan, guiding its operations to serve the statewide arts community through 2021:

Click here for the complete Strategic Plan

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