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STATE POETRY OUT LOUD CONTEST HIGHLIGHTS STUDENTS, FEATURES SPECIAL GUEST ARTIST MATO WAYUHI
PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota high school students will share their talents and the work of great poets while competing for the state title at the Poetry Out Loud recitation competition.
The event begins at 1 pm CST, Monday, March 20, at the Washington Pavilion in Sioux Falls. Eight students will compete for the title of state champion through the recitation program. Two students have already won the original poetry competition, and they will present their poems at the event. The contest is free to attend and open to the public. A live-stream will be available at https://www.sd.net/. The student who places first at the state competition will receive a paid trip to Washington, D.C., to compete in the Poetry Out Loud National Finals, May 8-10.
Full program details [linked here] | View the full press release [linked here]
APPLY FOR ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE GRANTS THROUGH MARCH 10
PIERRE – 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, 2023-June 30, 2024.
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GOVERNOR NOEM ANNOUNCES 2023 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.
View the exhibition brochure [PDF linked here].
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CALL TO ARTISTS: ART FOR STATE BUILDINGS
PIERRE – South Dakota artists have until March 20, 2023, to submit purchase proposals for the Art for State Buildings Program.
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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:
