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2024 CONGESSIONAL ART COMPETITION
The South Dakota Arts Council is now accepting student submissions for the Congressional Art Competition on behalf of U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson. The competition is open to all South Dakota students in grades 9-12. The first-place winning entry will be displayed in the Cannon Tunnel of the United States Capitol for one year. The second-place winning entry will be displayed in Rep. Johnson’s Washington, D.C., office for one year.
View more information online [linked here].
DAKOTA VALLEY STUDENT TO COMPETE IN POETRY OUT LOUD NATIONAL FINALS
PIERRE, S.D. – Grace Powell, a senior at Dakota Valley High School in North Sioux City, SD, will take the national stage at the Poetry Out Loud National Finals, May 1-2, in Washington, D.C.
Powell won first place at South Dakota’s Poetry Out Loud state contest, which earned her a $200 cash prize, $500 for her school to purchase poetry education materials, and the opportunity to compete among the 55 state and jurisdictional champions from across the nation for a top prize of $20,000.
View more information 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.
View the full press release online [linked here]
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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:
