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Summer stock, Black Hills style, enters 58th season The largest company in recent years will live and work at the Black Hills Playhouse this summer, as the theater stages its 58th season. Since 1987, Jan and Jill Swank, themselves alumni of the BHP, have run the operation, Jan as managing artistic director and Jill as business manager. Nearly a hundred people recruited from across the country will work in the old CCC Camp Lodge during the summer of 2003. The unique recruiting system used by BHP is due both to its insistence on performance excellence and its role as a teaching stage. 'We recruit both talented students of theater and working professionals,' Jan Swank said. 'I feel that the best training comes from working with professionals and faculty, as opposed to working with just other students and in classrooms.' The Swanks note that the record number of participants is a bit misleading-nearly a third of the company this season comes from the surrounding area in the Black Hills. 'We are doing Music Man which requires children, barbershop quartet, and orchestra,' said Jill Swank. Company members are recruited through auditions, interviews, unsolicited applications, and alumni referrals. The Swanks, along with Music Director Eric Johnson, hold open auditions in Rapid City and Vermillion, as well as attend the MidWest Theatre Auditions in St. Louis. Between six and seven hundred applicants are seen in audition situations each season. But paring the company down to one hundred is just the beginning of obstacles in mounting the summer's shows. 'Our biggest challenge is the speed with which everything must be done,' said Jan. 'On average we have nine days of rehearsal and build before the strike and load-in begin. That's with another production running in the evenings. Using professionals helps to keep up the pace, but there are only seven days off for company members all summer.' Another unique aspect of BHP's operation is that the entire company lives together in dormitories and apartments in the camp, all sharing meals at their own dining hall. 'The cook is the major factor in camp morale,' Jill said. 'To make it all work, the company must become a large family.' 'You don't have to like everyone, but you'd better respect them,' laughs Jan. 'Everybody is on a duty roster for kitchen and theater cleanup and front-of-house duties.' Along with its normal subscription season, the 2003 season has some additional attractions. The Playhouse is installing all new auditorium chairs, funded through donations, to replace the old seats, which were installed used in 1962. Also, Eric Johnson and Shirlene Joseph's production of Get Happy will open the season as a benefit. A unique opportunity allows the Playhouse to partner with the Black Hills Community Theatre in producing an original marionette production by Doug Strich, a USD undergraduate whose current production is being showcased in Washington, D.C., as part of the American College Theatre Festival. Both Swanks credit alumni and an active Board of Directors for the thriving institution. The Swanks also talk about their patrons with awe. 'Our average audience member makes over a one hundred mile trip each time they come to a play,' said Jan. Located in scenic Custer State Park, the Black Hills Playhouse is associated with the College of Fine Arts, University of South Dakota and supported by the South Dakota Arts Council, with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and the State Legislature. For season information, go to www.blackhillsplayhouse.com or call 605-255-4141. Lamphere sculpts ideas in steel and bronze After 34 years of professional sculpture, Dale Lamphere has dozens of great stories of encounters with the legends of American culture: Burl Ives, Bob Hope, Walter Annenberg and, most recently, George and Eleanor McGovern. He's told those stories-not verbally, but in the strong, permanent medium of his work. 'My enthusiasm has been portraiture,' Lamphere said. 'I enjoy the human form and the human face. But the common thread in my sculpture is starting with the formal qualities: mass, light, shadow. I think in abstract terms first, then add the narrative quality, always pursuing structure before getting into detail.' Sometimes the detail takes a decidedly abstract final form, as in 'Digital Mercury,' a recently completed installation in Rapid City in front of the new Fenske Printing building. Capturing a futuristic vision of printed communication, the cobalt and stainless steel sculpture is 23 feet tall, providing a visual signature for the company and presenting a very 21st century image. But the past is equally a part of Lamphere's artistic vision, as represented by another recently completed work, a bronze relief memorializing the 272 miners who perished deep in the tunnels of Homestake Mine during its 125 years of operation. Commissioned by the United Steelworkers Local 7044 in Lead, the sculpture depicts miners from several historical periods in their working clothes. The panel will be mounted on a boulder brought up from the open cut. Past and present merge in the commission Lamphere is working on for the George and Eleanor McGovern Library on the Dakota Wesleyan campus in Mitchell. Lamphere has had the opportunity to spend time with the famous couple, most recently several days at their Montana ranch. 'The full figure, life-size bronze of the McGoverns is not a snapshot but a biography,' Lamphere said. 'They've shared photographs from several decades with me and it's amazing how little they've changed. The sculpture seeks to present the dignity and character of public service, so well expressed in the faces of these remarkable individuals.' Whether it's driving dramatic 23 foot steel wedges into the future or capturing the pathos of lost miners, Dale Lamphere explores ideas with sculpture. Teachers get hands-on experience at Arts Education Institute The fifth annual Arts Education Institute will be held in Spearfish June 23-27 on the campus of Black Hills State University. The Institute offers courses for K-12 classroom teachers, visual art, special education and music educators and school administrators. Participants earn two hours of graduate credit through Black Hills State University. Scholarships are available to all participants. Morning workshops are devoted to curriculum development and content standards in the arts. This year's morning sessions include Visual Arts K-8 taught by Dianne Doughty and Ted Martin; Visual Arts 8-12 with Bonnie Halsey Dutton; Music Standards in Practice featuring Christine Leichtnam, and Arts for Special Education taught by John V. Nelson with Tom Roberts and Wendy Mendoza. Institute participants will spend their afternoons in hands-on arts and music workshops, learning new skills and applying their own creative applications to the materials presented in the morning sessions. Workshops include Basic Digital Printing Techniques with Steve Babbitt; Batik and Wax Resist for the Classroom taught by Bob H. Miller; Creative Pastel with Sheila Rieman; World Music Drumming taught by Gloria Brandt Harrison; No-Fear Performance with Tom Roberts. Shakespeare Garden stages Bard comedy One of William Shakespeare's most popular comedies, A Midsummer Night's Dream, is being performed in a one-act version July 11 and 12 at Wessington Springs' Shakespeare Garden. The production, featuring local talent, will begin at 7:30 p.m. both nights. Tickets are available at the gate, and audience members are asked to bring lawn chairs or a blanket. In case of rain, the production will be held in the 1905 Opera House at Dakota Avenue and First Street in Wessington Springs. A Midsummer Night's Dream was the first Shakespearean play presented in the Garden in 1993. Since then, five other works of the Bard have been staged in the state's oldest Shakespeare Garden, with its thatched-roof replica of Anne Hathaway's cottage. The garden and cottage are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. For more information, call 605-539-1232 or e-mail shakespearegarden@venturecomm.net. JazzFest 2003 announces lineup The Sioux Falls JazzFest has it all: music, food, people, and an exciting new lineup for 2003. The festival is scheduled for July 18-19 at Yankton Trail Park in Sioux Falls. On Friday, the funk-soul band Tower of Power will headline the main stage. That same night blues singer Mighty Sam McClain and guitarist Chris Duarte will also perform. The second stage on Friday will host Yankton blues band the Rejivenators and the rockabilly sounds of the Mezcal Brothers. The Saturday line-up for the main stage includes the headlining acts of the Neville Brothers, who are celebrating their 25th anniversary and the legendary blues artist Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown. Other main stage performers on Saturday include the Sioux Falls Big Band with special guest Chris Vadala, the Nachito Herrera Band-Puro Cubano, the Tony Monaco Trio, and Rosie Ledet and The Zydeco Playboys. Saturday's second stage lineup includes the Sioux Falls Municipal Band, Iowan singer-songwriter Dave Moore, The Fabulous Jadesmen, Standard Time, Sioux Falls' favorite funk band, Spooncat!, and the Mezcal Brothers. Another great change at JazzFest is the revamping of the children's area. Starting this year, the children's area will be known as 'JazzQuest.' In the JazzQuest area, children will still have the opportunity to have all kinds of fun, but at the same time will learn about the music that makes up JazzFest, through activities and games. Bounce houses will still be available to help the kids burn off their energy, while fun and educational projects will help keep their brainpower burning. As always, great food and merchandise will be available for purchase. There will be numerous food vendors offering a wide variety of delicious and ready to eat fare. JazzFest merchandise items from t-shirts to koozies will be available, as well as CDs from many of the performers. Art and craft vendors will be selling their own creations at the festival. To aid in keeping the July heat at bay, mist tents will again be available for cooling off. And don't forget the ice-cold beverages that are served. JazzFest organizers ask that festivalgoers not bring coolers, as programming dollars are generated through soda, water, beer and wine sales. Best of all, JazzFest is free, and what could be cooler than that? For more information on JazzFest 2003, July 18-19 at Yankton Trail Park in Sioux Falls, check the website at www.jazzfestsiouxfalls.com. Wacipi is the social gathering of the ikce oyate By Lanniko L. Lee, English & Humanities instructor, Sitting Bull College Outsiders have always been curious about Indians and the powwow (wacipi), and for compelling reasons. Tourism advertisement has made the wacipi a familiar icon of Plains Indians culture-one reason why tourists traveling along the Mini Sose (Missouri River) looking for American history will visit a wacipi this summer. The traditional wacipi was celebrated by Plains Indians for centuries before immigrants occupied the American landscape. Today it remains a dynamic social event that has evolved even since I was a child. A social gathering of the ikce oyate (the common people), the wacipi carries a strong purpose to honor members with song (olowan) and dance (waci) and the giving of gifts to one another (akimnimniciya). Although each wacipi differs somewhat, most masters of ceremony call out the order of the grand entry in English-and more often in the native language-to inform visitors as well as to order participants in the procession, as well as to publicly recognize various individuals and groups. The wacipi opens with warriors (akicita), active and veteran military personnel who carry the colors and symbols of protection of the people-the flags, the eagle staff and related organizational banners. The akicita are followed by the head dancers and recognized leaders, including other Indian Nation dignitaries, then the celebration royalty. Completing the circle are various local and visiting groups. Throughout the wacipi, drum groups will honor individuals and special groups in song. For example, the song of an elder's good life will fill the bower as the singers recount his or her struggles and achievements as well as the person's commendable faithfulness to the community. Another occasion will be to honor the warriors who protect the people. Without a doubt, the drum will remember the sacrifice of local soldiers who served during the recent war in Iraq. If you visit a wacipi this summer, you will hear an honor song for the fallen Hopi warrior and mother of two, Private Lori Piestewa. Indeed, the songs of honor will always be a moving reawakening of American Indian commitment and thanksgiving for keeping alive the respect and caring for one another that is the Lakota way of life. Similarly, the people's desire to heighten the performance skills of song and dance has evolved into a more contemporary wacipi. The overarching goals are to provide inspiration and guidance for the youth and to preserve the language. Dancers of all ages will compete for cash purses provided by sponsors to the host community. In addition to the standard dance categories, competitions will include specials, which could be the introduction of a new category like the 'chicken dance.' Naturally, this competition feature of the contemporary wacipi has given rise to concerns regarding both preservation of Lakota values and exploitation, since contestants are vying for competitive purses of considerable amounts of money. Although some of our own people frown on this aberration to the old-time traditional wacipi, the contemporary wacipi has its roots in history and it is wise to remember those times. For example, in the early days of forced reservation life, in places like Mobridge and LaPlante, a few Lakota men and women dressed in the finest regalia possible during those lean times and waited for the arrival of passenger trains. As the trains pulled into the station, one member with small drum in hand would sing for the group, who then danced for the passengers in exchange for money and gifts of coffee and sugar. Similarly, vintage postcards depict Oglala elder Black Elk, who stood and sometimes danced for tourists who photographed him standing proudly before the backdrop of the sacred Black Hills. These were acts of survival practiced by men and women both innovative and proud who understood the curiosity of tourists as enterprise. In his book On Behalf of the Wolf and the First People, Joseph Marshall III, Sicangu Lakota author, explains: 'If you do not go...[to a wacipi], you'll never learn that there are living, breathing human beings beneath the feathers and inside the beaded buckskin dresses at the powwow... with a history and a variety of contemporary issues and concerns.' Today's wacipi is alive and experiencing yet another historical transition. People aware of this are reminded that the wacipi will continue to be a mainstay of a living cultural practice for a vibrant people proud of their heritage. To learn more about South Dakota powwows, or to check schedules of tribal gatherings for this summer, go to sdarts.org or travelsd.com. Faces of Culture on display in Brookings An exhibition of larger-than-life photography by Tom Dempster of Sioux Falls is on display at the South Dakota Art Museum through June 22. Dempster shot the photographs in April of 2001, when he traveled to Syria and Lebanon with a delegation led by former U.S. Senator James Abourezk. Although the delegation met with the presidents of those countries, Dempster chose to photograph the people on the street, because he believes that 'Americans, now more than ever, need to see Middle Easterners as they are. Flesh and blood, male and female, young and old, in open-air markets and schools and churches.' The photographs are oversized so people can feel that they can almost walk into them. Dempster, a financial advisor and vice president of Merrill Lynch and a state senator from District 9, is a freelance photographer and writer. Admittance is free to the South Dakota Art Museum, located on Medary Avenue at Harvey Dunn Street on the South Dakota State University campus in Brookings. The Museum is closed holidays and open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and noon to 4 p.m. Sundays. Granary sponsors All-Dakota arts festival The Granary Rural Cultural Center will host the eighth annual All-Dakota Fine Arts Exhibition June 7 through 29, with a special opening weekend festival June 7-8. The dedication of the new railroad sculpture in the 'Walk with Dakota' interpretive landscape and sculpture garden is slated for Sunday, June 8. The festival is a celebration of works by both professional and amateur artists from North and South Dakota. The artists are judged in several categories, with cash prizes to the top places. The exhibition showcases works in all media at the Granary, twelve miles east of Aberdeen near Groton. Grilled burgers will be available at lunchtime both Saturday and Sunday of the festival. Rita Nauman will provide music for the Celtic harp and, on Saturday, family day activities will include artists demonstrating their techniques, a reptile demonstration, coloring contest and a graffiti wall for kids. For more information on the exhibit or festival, contact Vicki Schuster at 605-397-4587 or e-mail granary@nvc.net. Pickner echoes family heritage in dance When Jasmine Pickner dances, she is not only sharing her cultural heritage as a member of the Crow Creek Lakota tribe, she is also sharing a family heritage. Pickner's grandmother, Theresa Red Bear, brought her family to Mitchell's Corn Palace during the 1950s and 60s to perform. Red Bear encouraged Pickner to dance very early-about age two. And Jasmine has been dancing ever since. About age 7, she began hoop dancing and has become a leading proponent of the form. She is a member of the reigning World Champion hoop dancing team and the adopted daughter of familiar hoop dancer Dallas Chief Eagle. She is Chief Eagle's apprentice and continues to study dance forms. Pickner credits the dancers she saw growing up with enhancing her interest in dancing, as well as the family tradition. She is an accomplished performer, having spent the past eight summers dancing each weekend at the Alex Johnson hotel in Rapid City. 'I know so many of the staff there,' she said, 'and they've watched me grow up. It's almost like another family.' In addition to her work as a dancer in tribal ceremonies and schools, Pickner has competed in pageants. She is the current runner-up in the Miss Indian Nation competition and a former Miss Crow Creek. A graduating senior at Douglas High School, Pickner plans to attend classes at Black Hills State University this fall, working toward an eventual doctorate degree in psychology. But this summer she will be extremely busy, with several scheduled bookings already arranged. She will be dancing at several powwows, along with her weekend appearances at the Alex Johnson, where she will appear through October. 'Most of the dancing I do is at powwows,' Pickner said, 'and in schools, to educate and make students more familiar with my cultural heritage.' For Jasmine Pickner, that heritage is both tribal and personal. Three selected for national Summer Music Institute Three student instrumentalists from Rapid City have been selected to attend the three-week Summer Music Institute at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts this summer as part of the National Symphony Orchestra American Residency program. They are: Lucy Duke, violin, a sophomore at Rapid City Central; Erin Manlove, viola, a freshman at Rapid City Stevens, and Leah Sedlacek, violin, a sophomore at Rapid City Central. The Institute strengthens the National Symphony Orchestra's commitment to education by enabling qualified student instrumentalists from around the country to participate in a three week all-expenses paid program at the Kennedy Center, June 26 through July 21. Participants must be seriously considering orchestral music as a career and be in grades 9-12 or through the sophomore year of college. The benefits from this fellowship program include private lessons taught by a member of the National Symphony Orchestra, chamber music coaching by NSO musicians, master classes and seminars, attendance at selected rehearsals and performances of the NSO, participation in the NSO Summer Music Institute Orchestra, performance opportunities in the D.C. metropolitan area and exposure to internationally-renowned conductors, soloists and musicians. The fellowship also provides round-trip airfare, housing, transportation and meals during their stay in the nation's capital. Auditions for the fellowships are administered by South Dakotans for the Arts, a private, nonprofit organization based in Lead. Dancer wins business plan contest with artistic idea Erin Jaspers has been a dance student for 14 years, even though her hometown of Sisseton doesn't have a dance studio of its own. Her love for dance and her awareness that other rural students could benefit from dance instruction has won a brand new computer for the Sisseton High School senior. Jaspers' proposal for 'Dance With Your Heart,' was awarded first place in the state Business Plan Contest sponsored by the South Dakota Bankers Association. Governor Mike Rounds presented Jaspers with her new computer February 12 at the Bankers Association Legislative Reception and banquet. Two other Sisseton students, Liz Raw and Heath Peterson, were runners-up in the contest. 'The mission of Dance With Your Heart is to provide basic ballet and jazz dance instruction service to children in rural communities,' Jaspers said. 'Through the art of dance, the company intends to bring life-long skills into the lives of those who are touched by it.' Jaspers, who learned dance from teachers who came to Sisseton once a week to provide lessons, intends to operate Dance With Your Heart to provide income during her college years. Her business plan lays out two options for communities to take advantage of her business, a sole proprietorship and a partnership with some community organization, providing income for the community group in exchange for administrative and communications services. In addition to a personal congratulations from Governor Rounds, Jaspers was recognized by a South Dakota Senate commemoration. Her success dramatically illustrates the impact of the arts in the lives of young people in communities of all ages throughout South Dakota and the vital link between business and the arts in our state. A+ program brings 'wonderful things' to Howard The second South Dakota school to utilize the A+ multiple intelligences model in its elementary classrooms has completed a year of the program-and the results have exceeded expectations. Howard Elementary School began the integration of the new concept three years ago. The A+ system is based on Howard Gardner's 15 years of research on multiple intelligences-the idea that each person learns things in a different way. Some of us excel through verbal and linguistic learning; those people do well on traditional 'intelligence' tests. However, other students excel in math-logic learning, still others in spatial learning-reading of maps, charts and other visualization skills-or in musical learning, or through understanding nature. All together, Gardner identified eight separate ways of learning. A+ schools give all students a chance to identify their most effective learning method and utilize it-through the daily use of the arts-to acquire the concepts being taught. 'Really wonderful things are happening in our classrooms,' said Kathy Conlon, principal at Howard Elementary. 'Our students are succeeding socially as much as educationally. There is more cooperative working and more cooperative playing. They are learning to respect and appreciate each other more.' Conlon said that discipline referrals have declined dramatically, while honor roll numbers have risen. 'The kids are engaged, more involved and excited,' she said. 'When I stand with them, waiting for the buses, they are eager to tell me all the things they've done in their classrooms.' Conlon said the implementation of the A+ system has been a community project, from the support of the school board for the past three years, through the involvement of parents and townspeople in MI Time activities, in which topics are introduced to students by local experts. Funding has come from Miner County Revitalization, South Dakotans for the Arts, the local school board and grants. The local paper, the Miner County Pioneer, has run regular A+ stories. 'One of the best things has been our ability to add a part-time art teacher, Jo Meyer, this year,' Conlon said. 'The kids have really enjoyed having regular art classes, in addition to the art applications in the other curriculum.' Conlon said that Community Education director Irene Colling and parent volunteer Julie Schwader have also helped to make the first year such a success. And the teachers at the school echo Conlon's enthusiasm. 'My students are blossoming with confidence as they get up in front of their peers and express themselves creatively,' said Tami Kuhle, fourth grade teacher. 'Students at Howard Elementary are interacting with each other and becoming a community of active learners!' Visual Arts Center exhibit features Agee's untamed landscapes Sheila Agee understands visual arts exhibitions in a way most people do not. For years, she was director of the Sioux Falls Civic Fine Arts Center, predecessor of the Visual Arts Center at the Washington Pavilion. She organized and mounted the exhibits during her tenure there, working with sensitivity and a faultless aesthetic. Now her own works are the subject of a show at the Visual Arts Center, Sheila Agee: Escaping Views. The paintings will be on display through June 15 and are accompanied by a selection of poetry by Jason Freeman. Agee's sophisticated brushwork fills her canvases with big skies, wild prairies and living waters. She captures a vision in tune with nature's seasons and uncluttered with human intrusions. A book featuring Freeman's poetry with photos of Agee's work, Quiet in Bailey Ravine, will be on sale during the art exhibit, with proceeds to benefit the Visual Arts Center. Miller photograms featured in Black and White Bob H. Miller, longtime South Dakota Arts Council artist in education, has been spotlighted by another national publication. The photography magazine Black and White has chosen Miller as one of its 'Spotlight' artists for the May edition, now on newsstands. The feature includes a one-page interview with Miller about his work and three pages of his photogram images. The high-contrast photograms are large scale-as big as 40 inches by 60-and are just one of the unique art forms for which Miller is well-known around the state. Film locations website launched According to industry insiders, Hollywood is searching the Internet for the perfect location for films, television series and commercials. And South Dakota has those locations, according to state tourism officials. To meet the demand and position South Dakota, the state has launched filmsd.com, aimed at directors, producers, location scouts and anyone in the entertainment industry who needs the unique landscapes of South Dakota. Photos of those landscapes are the centerpiece of the website and the state plans to update the photos frequently to showcase the variety of changing scenes that our home state comprises. Check it out for yourself at filmsd.com. Art Museum displays Schwieger exhibition Intricately patterned, richly decorated prints by Robert Schwieger are on exhibition through July 27 at the South Dakota Art Museum in Brookings. The constructed prints are the product of a graphics-oriented process that blends the techniques of appropriation, layering, fractured imagery and sequencing. 'The constructed print evolves through quiet introspection and a deeply personal search for a personal heritage,' Schwieger said. 'The catalyst is a philosophical sensitivity and concern addressing issues of political bias, discrimination, deception, body language, heroes, novelty, fraud, disinformation, living organisms and their precarious life on the edge and under the assault of pollution, experimentation and other dreads of humankind and technology. These elements are simply presented within an outright sensuousness of pattern and decoration, perhaps an attempt to confront the anxiety surrounding the human condition.' Artfalls celebrates five years this June Celebrate creativity. Learn about and attempt new forms of art. Bask in the variety of styles and media. These concepts are the core goals of a fine art festival created by a group of artists and art supporters in Sioux Falls. 'That's what Artfalls is all about,' states Suzanne Willadsen, one of the founders of the festival. 'What does the celebration of art and creativity do for individuals and society as a whole? How does art contribute to society and quality of life for individuals of all ages? How can young and emerging artists be encouraged in their creative development? Struggling with these issues drove us toward establishing the Artfalls festival.' This year the festival will be held on the last weekend of June. Celebrating its fifth birthday on June 28 and 29, Artfalls has grown progressively since the first year. But don't arrive at the festival in Falls Park expecting to see the sidewalks lined with hundreds of artists hawking their wares. 'Artfalls is not a fundraiser,' said artist Edward Thompson, who chairs Artfalls' committee of organizers. 'The emphasis is not on the number of booths we can pack into the park but on the quality of the festival experience. We seek to present original, high-quality work by a carefully selected group of visual and performing artists in an aesthetically pleasing manner. The beauty of Falls Park is a natural location for this.' Every year brings new additions to the festival and this year will be no exception. A 'Kids Area' gives children a chance to try various fun craft projects with a minimum of expense to parents. And the paint-your-own-pot raku firing is popular with festival-goers. A variety of musicians, dancers and performing artists from the tri-state region will also add their talent to the event. This year, all the musicians performing will be 'unplugged,' providing a more intimate venue of acoustic sounds. As with any outdoor event of this magnitude, a sunny day and the help of dozens of volunteers are key to the event's success. Many people volunteer to help out during the event, some for both days and others for only a few hours. Individuals or groups interested in volunteering at the festival should e-mail info@artfalls.com. Ruleaux retrospective at the Dahl The Dahl Arts Center is pleased to present the Donald Ruleaux: Between Two Worlds retrospective exhibition on display in the Ruth Brennan Gallery through July 20, 2003. Between Two Worlds includes paintings, drawings, prints, and mixed media works created between 1960 and 2001 by the nationally celebrated Lakota artist, Donald Ruleaux. The exhibition traces the artist's full career and examines work ranging from his traditional landscapes to contemporary Native American subjects. This is the most comprehensive show of Ruleaux's work ever assembled. Ruleaux, Oglala Lakota, was born in Martin, South Dakota, in 1931, and spent his early childhood on the Pine Ridge Reservation. His forty-plus year career as an artist and art educator has resulted in many awards, grants, and prizes. He has exhibited nationally and has works in public and private collections in twenty-six states and five foreign countries. Ruleaux works in a variety of media and styles but is best known for his delicate silver-point drawings and beautiful watercolor paintings. Spearfish hosts summer opera school Now in its sixth year, the Vocal Arts and Opera Theater School summer program provides two weeks of instruction to approximately twenty students recruited from Canada and the U.S. The singers pass an audition process and have a desire to pursue a career in vocal arts or opera. Each year the two-week program features a series of two to three public lectures on the performing arts hosted by the Matthews Opera House in Spearfish; a Young Performers Competition, which is judged by the Vocal Arts and Opera Theater School's faculty, and three evenings of performances, including the opening Gala Celebration of the Arts and two performances at the end of the two-week program. This year's Vocal Arts and Opera Theater School will be June 15 to 29. Founded by Spearfish native and internationally-known Wagnerian soprano Johanna Meier and her husband, operatic tenor, Guido Della Vecchia, the Vocal Arts and Opera Theater School brings a vocal arts faculty that is world-class in experience. The Vocal Arts and Opera Theater School is designed to give the students who participate a highly individualized learning experience. Dedicated to training for career success, the participants are given instruction in opera and recital coaching, diction and vocal interpretation, opera repertoire, recital presence, body movement, staging and blocking, and building a professional career. Further, to provide a comprehensive career preparation experience, the students participate in two evening performances for the public, June 28 and 29. The first performance features various vocal pieces performed by the students and the second features a full presentation of one act of a grand opera, complete with a chorus of participating local adults and children. Part of the Vocal Arts and Opera Theater program for the community includes an evening competition June 13 for young performers under the age of 20 who compete for cash awards. The competition is open to anyone in the region and draws young musicians from around the entire Black Hills area. The judges are the opera faculty, exposing these young performers to highly skilled evaluations of their talents. Those interested in learning more about any of these events may contact Holly Downing at (605) 642-6056 or e-mail hollydowning@bhsu.edu or visit the website at www.bhsu.edu/arts/. New arts management text available Fundamentals of Arts Management, a completely new and revised fourth edition of one of the best textbooks in the arts field, is now available from the Arts Extension Service of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Edited by Craig Dreeszen, one of the presenters at this year's Prairie Arts Management Institute, the book contains a foreword by Janet Brown, former executive director of South Dakotans for the Arts, as well as a contribution from Shirley K. Sneve, former program director of the South Dakota Arts Council's Office of Arts. To order a copy of Fundamentals of Arts Management, call 413-545-2360 or e-mail aes@continued.umass.edu. Wholesale and nonprofit discounts are available for the $50 text. A copy is also available through interlibrary loan from the South Dakota State Library in Pierre. Check with your local library for interlibrary loan information. Sisseton composition dedicated in emotional performance The first public performance of a composition written by former Dakota Wind Quintet member Nathan Pawelek, with assistance and input from the Sisseton High School band, was more than just a musical premiere. During the interval between the initial meeting between Pawelek and the band and the completed composition's performance, Ashley Max, one of the students involved in the project, was killed in an automobile accident. Max's family and friends, along with many in the Sisseton community, were on hand last November when the Dakota Wind Quintet dedicated the world premiere performance to Ashley. In a moving and dramatic event, students were able to experience the power of their musical concepts, assembled into a totally unique composition. The Sisseton project was a year-long partnership between the South Dakota Symphony and the Sisseton school. Funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, the project gave students a chance to create music, interact with the professional musicians of the Dakota Wind Quintet and play the five-movement piece for their families. Ashley Max was one of the students who were energized by the project, and her death provided poignant counterpoint to the entire experience. 'It's strange,' said Jane Rasmussen of the Sisseton Arts Council. 'Now I can't even remember what the piece sounded like. I only know what it felt like, and what people looked like as they listened to it-and how the music reached out to fill the space around each of us in that room and connect us at the core. The core of what it means to live in the midst of chaos and change, how to deal with matters of life and death.' The quintet, shown above with the family of Ashley Max, autographed the score of the Sisseton piece and presented it to the Max family following the concert. The premiere of the new melody was part of a concert in Sisseton by the Dakota Wind Quintet. Black Hills Chamber Music Society takes music to care centers The Black Hills Chamber Music Society, following a suggestion by local physicians and senior care centers, is taking its music on the road, bringing elderly and often seriously ill audiences very special concerts. The Elder Musik project is unique in providing a planned concert season for residents of several senior care centers who participate in the program. The society takes four concerts to each center, playing in assisted living facilities, nursing homes and senior citizen apartment complexes. The music programs are designed to provide entertainment familiar to their audiences, including popular tunes from the turn of the 20th century through the 1970s, religious and gospel music, folk songs and special sing-along events, as well as traditional chamber music. The goal of the project is to provide professionally performed music for these special audiences who may not be able to attend public concert programs. The Elder Musik project features up to 8 different groups from the Rapid City area to play about 45 concerts during the season. For more information about Elder Musik, contact Vic Weidensee at 605-718-5666. Folklorists document Missouri River Traditions By Andrea Graham, Folk Arts Coordinator 'Bob Propst, Sr., of Pierre is reputed to be the best walleye-fishing guide in South Dakota, if not the entire world,' said folklorist Jens Lund. 'And Propst is as much a storyteller as he is a fisherman and a fishing guide. In this area the walleye is the chief sportfish, and Bob often outfishes better-equipped fishers with a straight hook and a nightcrawler. Successful fishing is based on knowing when the fish are in certain places and when to look elsewhere.' Lund interviewed river folks last summer for the Missouri River Traditions Project, an undertaking of the South Dakota Arts Council's Folk Arts Program. Lund, from Olympia, Washington, was contracted to document river-related traditions. He has a special expertise in riverlore, so the Arts Council was fortunate to have him in the state. Besides sport fishers and guides, Lund also documented commercial fishers; lure, net and trap makers; taxidermists; boat builders; cooks; conservation officers; community historians; and wildlife artists. Lund's fieldwork took him from Vermillion to Mobridge, with stops in Yankton, Springfield, Chamberlain and Pierre, among others. It was a huge territory to cover in only two weeks, but he took over 1,000 slides, recorded over 20 taped interviews, and produced a 50-page report on his research, with recommendations for further work and suggestions for presenting the information in public programs. Everything from willow fish trap making to catfish frying, changes in the river after damming to life on the Bon Homme Hutterite Colony, came under Lund's observant eye and trained ear. The Missouri River Traditions Project is being undertaken by a seven-state consortium of folklife programs, in conjunction with the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark expedition. The purpose of the project is to study and present contemporary folklife along the historic river as a way of looking at changes over the 200 years since it was first studied by the explorers. Researchers in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota and Montana have documented occupational, recreational, ethnic and tribal traditions along the entire length of the river. The consortium is now planning for the second phase of the project, a traveling exhibit and educational web site on river traditions. The exhibit will tour to river communities in all seven states, with talks and demonstrations in each location. The research phase of the project was funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, with matching funds from the seven state folklife programs and their host arts councils, historical societies or universities. For more information, contact SDAC Folk Arts Coordinator Andrea Graham through the Arts Council, or e-mail andymeg@earthlink.net. Arts of the State South Dakota Arts Council Report from Dennis Holub, Executive Director Reorganization offers arts statewide benefits As I write this column, the South Dakota Arts Council is preparing to transition from the Department of Education and Cultural Affairs into the new Department of Tourism and State Development. Cultural affairs include the Office of Arts/South Dakota Arts Council and the Office of History/South Dakota Historical Society. From my meetings with new Department Secretary John Calvin, I can tell you he comes to State government with a keen interest in cultural affairs and a firm understanding of the role the arts and history can play in cultural tourism and in quality of life as it affects economic development. As we transition into our new department, I wanted to share with you Governor Rounds' reasoning for creating the department and moving cultural affairs into it. In a letter of January 17, 2003 to members of the State Arts Council and board members of South Dakotans for the Arts, Governor Rounds wrote: 'The following are the primary reasons for this reorganization: * We need to promote what's unique and best for South Dakota so that national and world business leaders want to locate and expand here and so that people of all ages want to visit us on their vacations and other trips. We want to publicize our profitable business climate, our strong work ethic and our eagerness to help people create new jobs in South Dakota. We also want to capitalize on national and world interest in our unique 'American' and 'Native American' histories, cultures and attractions that visitors can experience when they come to South Dakota. * We need to achieve true growth in South Dakota by taking our economic development efforts to a higher level. It cannot be done in a vacuum. Integrating these five departments/agencies will cause more visitors to come here, boost our economy and lead to higher paying jobs throughout South Dakota. * We must increase cooperation between the state, tribes and Native Americans in South Dakota. Integrating and promoting arts, culture, tourism, and economic development can only help improve cooperation so that everyone in South Dakota can benefit from an improved quality of life.' Those of us working in the arts have said for years that cultural activities and organizations as well as individual artists play a significant role in the quality of life in communities directly affecting economic development. Active arts programs can make a difference in keeping people in communities and in attracting new people. We will keep readers of Arts Alive and the arts constituency informed of the Office of Arts and South Dakota Arts Council's emerging role in the Department of Tourism and State Development. The National Endowment for the Arts has announced Fiscal Year 2004 funding to the South Dakota Arts Council. The NEA Partnership Grant went down slightly due to internal NEA adjustments. The FY 04 Partnership Grant is $585,900 as compared to $606,600 in FY 03. NEA Partnership Grants are awarded annually to all State Arts Agencies. The FY 04 NEA Traditional/Folk Arts Grant, which helps to maintain a traditional arts program in South Dakota, went up slightly from $20,000 in FY 03 to $25,000 in FY 04. The State appropriation to the Office of Arts/South Dakota Arts Council remains status quo for the next fiscal year at $526,650. The agency's total budget is around $1.1 million. In April the South Dakota Arts Council met to determine Fiscal Year 2004 grant recommendations in several funding categories. Applications were up by 26% from last year. We received 151 applications seeking FY 04 funding compared to 111 applications last year. I believe the increase in applications has to do with more and more applicants discovering that they can apply using guidelines and application forms found on the web site www.sdarts.org. Our next issue will include a listing of FY 04 grants determined at the April Arts Council meeting. Grants were recommended for the following funding categories: Artist Grants; Artist Collaboration Grants; Arts Challenge Grants; Importation of Musician Grants; Project Grants; Statewide Services Grants; and Traditional/Folk Arts Apprenticeship Grants. We wish you a summer filled with many fun arts activities and events! Celebrate Summer Arts! Summer 2003 will be a fireworks display of exciting arts activities and fun for the entire family. Every corner of South Dakota hosts fascinating destination festivities-and you can be part of this summer's celebrations! Log onto sdarts.org for a listing of arts fairs, festivals and powwows or go to travelsd.com for the state Tourism Office's directory of events. Rounds names new secretary of Tourism and State Development John Calvin, Watertown business executive, has been named to head the new department of Tourism and State Development, which encompasses cultural affairs, economic development, tourism, housing development and tribal relations. 'John is a very successful, well-respected businessman and entrepreneur who brings a wealth of experience to our organization,' Governor Mike Rounds said. 'His leadership abilities and management style are just what we are looking for to lead the new organization.' Calvin is president and CEO of J. Scott Industries of Watertown. The company was formed after Calvin sold his Angus-Palm Industries to its employees in 1996. Calvin is regarded as a senior executive with a wide range of experience in marketing, sales, manufacturing operations, finance and administration. A graduate of the University of Michigan, Calvin says that the arts have always been an important part of his life. 'The arts change people's thinking, help them expand, become more tolerant and help them establish their own values,' Calvin said. 'The arts are all about personal growth-all the art forms are an important contribution to daily life.' Calvin said that the arts community also plays a vital role in the development of the state. 'Our artists increase people's understanding of South Dakota and make them ask new questions about this state-maybe encourage them to visit or relocate here,' he said. 'Artists are making positive statements internationally and nationally, adding meaning and awareness to our state's message.' Of special interest to the new department will be the impact of the arts in education, according to its first secretary. 'Here in South Dakota, we have strong state sponsorship and support for the arts,' Calvin said. 'We help get artists into schools, from elementary schools to post-secondary audiences. We encourage events from poetry reading to JazzFest in Sioux Falls to the polka festival in Mitchell. We know that it's extremely important to promote worthwhile and wide-ranging arts projects, especially in our schools.' With his business background, Calvin believes that the state's business community can become even more involved in the arts. 'Industry is already a major supporter of the arts, through direct contributions, the purchase of art and financial support of many performances throughout our state,' he said. 'I'd like to see industry stepping up to the plate with participation with the schools. Making industry aware of how important the arts are in our education system is a vital element for the future of our state.' Calvin's background and personal experience makes him a strong supporter of the arts, he said. 'Arts people have an ally in John Calvin,' the secretary said. 'I grew up in a home where beautiful music was played. I have met Robert Frost and treasure his poetry. I read everything from Chaucer to Tom Clancy and I can't get through a week without listening to a wide range of music. Governor Rounds is committed to growth in the arts, and I will work to achieve that goal.' Augustana site of Prairie Arts Management Institute in June The third annual Prairie Arts Management Institute will be held June 11-15, 2003 at Augustana College in Sioux Falls. The Institute is sponsored by South Dakotans for the Arts, the South Dakota Arts Council, the National Community Arts Network and supported with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, and Arts Midwest, Minneapolis. The Prairie Arts Management Institute (PAMI) offers professional development and practical training for staff of mid-sized and small community arts organizations. Current registrations include administrators from local arts councils, theatres, visual art galleries and museums, artists and state arts agency staff from seven states and Saskatchewan. PAMI 2003 includes coursework in: * Personal Leadership: Using personal convictions, beliefs and perceptions, good leaders move outward from this foundation, committing time, energy, knowledge and physical resources to achieve goals. Dr. David O'Fallon will lead this exploration of leadership styles and effective strategies for a changing arts environment. * Financial Management: Whether we like it or not, finances are part of the job, and the more we understand about the balance sheet side of the arts, the more effective we can be with the rest of the mission. Tina Burdett, development director at the Center for Children and Families in Norman, OK and past executive director of the Oklahoma Assembly of Local Arts Agencies, will lead this session. * Assessing and Evaluating Programs and People: This workshop will peel back the jargon to reveal a simple model of program evaluation. Learn to work from vague goals and elusive objectives to define observable outcomes with Dr. Craig Dreeszen, editor of Fundamentals of Arts Management and former director of Arts Extension Service, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Registration for PAMI is $450 and PAMI can accept a limited number of additional participants. Housing and meals are offered at Augustana College for the four days. Scholarships of $250.00 are available through PAMI for participants from South Dakota, Nebraska, Montana and Wyoming. For more information, call PAMI director, Janet Brown, (605)334-1392 or e-mail her at jbsoda@dtgnet.com. Arts Council welcomes new faces Governor Mike Rounds has appointed five individuals to the South Dakota Arts Council, bringing the state's arts board to its full complement of eleven members. Named to the Arts Council were: Lynda Clark, Rapid City, former director of the SD Art Museum in Brookings and the Journey Museum in Rapid City; visual artist and arts appraiser. Donna Fjelstad, Pierre, professional theater artist with the Pierre Players and Black Hills Playhouse, founding partner of RiverBridge Theatre in Pierre. John Green, Madison, professional visual artist, cover artist for South Dakota magazine, shown in galleries statewide. Larry Lynstad, Pierre, former high school band director, choir director at Pierre Congregational Church, sings with Surprise Package musical group, executive director of SD Real Estate Commission. Jane Rasmussen, Sisseton, leader and volunteer with Sisseton Area Arts Council, served on the state's Community Arts Network steering committee. Advocacy Corner South Dakotans for the Arts Report from Pat Boyd, Executive Director NEA needs our support-and increased funding It is time to look up from our local papers and turn our attention to the budget for the National Endowment for the Arts. President Bush has requested a budget for FY04 of $117 million for the NEA, a slight increase over 2003 aimed at internal operations and improved efficiency at the federal arts agency, but essentially flat funding for the NEA once again. This budget would eliminate funding for the arts in education programs through the U.S. Department of Education. This budget is still $54 million less than the NEA appropriation in 1990, continuing to constrict our federal arts agency and to devalue the arts as a part of American life and government. $54 million is a big gap. There is plenty of room to negotiate in Congress this summer if we are to climb back up to the level of funding that fueled the NEA a dozen years ago. NEA Chairman Dana Gioia addressed the stormy history of the agency in his statement before the House Appropriations Subcommittee this spring. 'The Endowment has survived a difficult period in its history. Significant changes have been made in its size, structure, and operations. Having successfully navigated a period of crisis and reform, the Arts Endowment now needs to begin a new phase in its history.' Read his full statement, which describes current NEA programs and its leadership role, at www.AmericansForTheArts.org. In 1990, some of us took to wearing unusual jewelry, lapel pins made of two first-class postage stamps, which represented our per capita investment in the NEA that year, 69 cents. The NEA has never recovered from a 40% budget cut in 1996, but has survived and struggled to reach its current level. To help us all visualize what the numbers mean, our lapel pins this year would only require one regular and one three-cent stamp, 40 cents, to make the same point. If we take inflation into account, you can forget the three-center. What does the NEA budget have to do with us in South Dakota? The NEA works with federal, state and local governments, private business and nonprofit organizations to provide an infrastructure for the arts that is critical to the economic vitality of state and local communities and to our nation's cultural health. The NEA awards more than 1,000 grants each year to nonprofit organizations for the creation, preservation and presentation of the Arts, to the benefit of millions of Americans. Forty percent of the Endowment's program funds are granted to state arts councils, ensuring that every state receives federal funds. The South Dakota Arts Council re-grants every dollar of these federal funds to nonprofit arts organizations and individual artists throughout South Dakota. The NEA State Grant is supplemented by funds from the South Dakota State Legislature in support of arts and arts education programming that fosters creativity and artistic productivity, strengthens our schools and communities and ensures broad access to arts opportunities. The proposed federal budget sends the wrong message to states who are grasping at opportunities to cut their own budgets. America has entered a new and so far dangerous century. We need the arts and culture that bind us together even as we celebrate the freedom of the individual, to help us honor and learn from our heritage, and to summon the creativity and courage to move forward and inspire our children to dream and achieve. The National Endowment for the Arts must have a leadership role in American culture, with sufficient funds to ensure serious pursuit of our common goals. Meanwhile, the United States Postal Service has been issuing many new stamps in creative, beautiful, and commemorative designs, wonderful little works of art. It will only take two of them to make my new lapel pin. Summer hours at Washington Pavilion All areas of the Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science in Sioux Falls will be open seven days a week through Labor Day, according to Pavilion marketing director Mary Stadick Smith. Public hours for the Kirby Science Discovery Center and the Visual Arts Center are Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday 10-5 and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. The Washington Pavilion is open all holidays except Thanksgiving and Christmas days. For more information, call the Pavilion at 605-367-7397 or visit online at www.washingtonpavilion.org. Gioia is new NEA chairman Dana Gioia, internationally acclaimed poet, critic, educator and former business executive, has been confirmed by the Senate as the ninth chair of the National Endowment for the Arts and the first Mexican-American to hold the office. An MBA graduate of Stanford University, Gioia also received an MA in comparative literature from Harvard. For 15 years, he worked as an executive for General Foods in New York, rising to the post of Vice President of Marketing and writing in his spare time. Gioia's 1991 book Can Poetry Matter cemented his national reputation as a critic. His collection of poems, Interrogations at Noon, one of three full-length books of poetry, won the 2002 American Book Award. His poems, essays and reviews have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, New York Times Book Review and other publications. Gioia is a popular commentator on American culture and literature for the BBC. For the past six years, he has been the classical music critic for San Francisco magazine. He has written a full-length dance theater piece, the libretto for Nosferatu and has translated Latin, Italian, German and Romanian poetry. He is vice president of the Poetry Society of America. Hill City characters people new book Hill City native Alice Davis Smith has published Lowdown on Hilltown, a series of historical sketches of the characters who shaped the Black Hills town. The essays appeared in the Rushmore Press, with some developed for the Western History Conference in Keystone. Born in Hill City in 1917, Smith taught biology and art in Pierre for over 20 years, before retiring to her native town. Once there, she organized the Toastmistress Club, Arts Council and Garden Club. She remains active in Hill City, as a member of Western Women in the Arts, Black Hills Writers and the Hill City Area Arts Council. Copies of her book are available by writing her at PO Box 812, Hill City, SD 57745. Grassroots Membership South Dakotans for the Arts takes pride in its grassroots membership of individuals, arts organizations and businesses. Thanks for your part in keeping the arts alive and growing in South Dakota! 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Hayes, Aberdeen Donna Hazelwood, Madison Dr. & Mrs. Leslie Heinemann, Flandreau Marian Henjum, Sioux Falls Richard Hicks, Spearfish Paul & Janet Higbee, Spearfish Dr. William & Karen Hoar, Aberdeen Florence Hogen, Kadoka Dr. Rick & Joanie Holm, Brookings Jacintha Holman, Aberdeen Jon Hovland, Brookings Ernest & Mildred Hugghins, Brookings Charlotte Hyde, Pierre Joseph Isakson, Sioux Falls Richard Jacobsen, Lead Sharon Johnson, Mitchell Larry & Mary Jo Johnson, Pierre Dorothy Jones, Wall Senator Marguerite Kleven, Sturgis Dr. Dick Koch, Mitchell Dr. John & Cheryl Koch, Sioux Falls Dee Korthals, Sioux Falls Lisa Langer, Spearfish Will & Mary Ellen Lantis, Spearfish Marianne Larsen, Sioux Falls David & Maryalice Larson, Chamberlain Christine Leichtnam, Rapid City Dr. & Mrs. Leland Lillehaug, Sioux FAlls Maxine Lingren, Brookings John Livingston, Brookings Robert & Marilyn Looyenga, Rapid City Janet Madsen, Gettysburg Norma Marks, Gettysburg Ted Martin, Rapid City Mark & Kristol McKie, Rapid City Martha Mehlhaff, Mina Jay & Beverly Mickelson, Pierre Julie Moore, Sturgis Nancy Morgan, Mitchell Rodney & Marla Mosiman, Onida Ardis Mottle, Aberdeen Mike & Kathi Mueller, Pierre Rebecca Mulvaney, Aberdeen Lois Myers-Pelton, Aberdeen Kathleen Nagel, Gettysburg Russell & Arlene Nash, Pierre George Nelsen, Sioux Falls Bill Nelson, Sisseton Marguerite Newman, Aberdeen Jack L. & Phyllis Noble, Vermillion Dr. James & Marilyn Nyberg, Yankton Gene & Caryl Odenbrett, Flandreau Colin & Sue Olsen, Sioux Falls Rolf & Marcia Olson, Beresford Lisa Opsahl, Yankton Betty Patten, Mitchell Estelle Reierson Pearson, Sisseton Amy Petrik, Yankton Ken Pickering, Pierre Julie Poeppel, Gettysburg Darrell & Dorothy Pulscher, Sturgis Margaret Quintal, Vermillion Jean Rahja, Aberdeen Patricia Rahja Van Gerpen, Pierre Dr. & Mrs. Ron Reed, Rapid City Marilyn Richardson, Ivins, UT Dick Ruddell, Spearfish Al & Dianne Sandau, Spearfish Karon Schaack, Pierre Renea Schoenfelder, Dimock Louween Schoenhard, Pierre Phyllis Schrag, Sioux Falls Lea Ann Schramm, Yankton Marica Shannon, Mitchell Pam Sheldon, Gettysburg Lisa Shoemaker, Sioux Falls Tom Thorson & Rob Simon, Custer Dr. Susanne Skyrm, Vermillion Geoff & Jackie Slingsby, Rapid City Cindy Snow, Pierre Lois Sollie, Aberdeen Cathy Sonnenschein, Pierre James & Jo Sperry, Bath David Stewart, Sioux Falls John Banasiak & Carol Strandell, Vermillion Margaret & Joe Sulentic, Deadwood Dayle Sundberg, Viborg Rose Marie Tornow, Sioux Falls Karen & Chuck Tufty, Flandreau James Van Nuys, Rapid City Lorene Veatch, Sisseton Senator Drue & Patsy Vitter, Hill City Ramona Voegele, Watertown Odette Voss, Pierre Dr. Mary Wagner, Keystone StanWahl, Pierre Dennis & Julie Walkins, Spearfish Mark & Cindi Wanek, Rapid City Martin Wanserski, Vermillion Jenneil Watkins, Sioux Falls Bob & Coral White, Rapid City Bill & Mary Ann Wieland, Aberdeen Janice Wilson, Rapid City Dr. & Mrs. Calvin Wipf, Spearfish Dan & Deb Workman, Vermillion Carol Wright, Sioux Falls Lavina Wuger, Faulkton Bryan & Lisa Zahn, Gettysburg Beverly Zebroski, Onida Jim Zeman, Aberdeen Mark & Mary Zimmerman, Deadwood Steve & Sandy Zinter, Pierre 2003 South Dakotans for the Arts Member Listing as of May 12, 2003. Memberships after that date will be listed in a later issue. Arts Alive South Dakota is published by South Dakotans for the Arts, South Dakota Alliance for Arts Education and South Dakota Community Arts Network, P.O. Box 414, Lead, South Dakota 57754. Phone (605) 722-1467 / FAX (605) 722-1473 / E-mail: soda@dakotas.org Support is provided with funds from the State of South Dakota, the National Endowment for the Arts and private contributions. SDAAE is funded in part by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C. and is a member of the Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network. As a service to the citizens of South Dakota, Arts Alive will publish news from the South Dakota Arts Council and Office of Arts. Send story ideas, arts photos or article submissions to Thurman & Thurman, Arts Alive editors, PO Box 1713, Sioux Falls, SD 57101. Please enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope if you wish material returned to you. 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Drue Vitter, Hill City Jon Wade, Flandreau Staff Pat Boyd, Executive Director Shari Kosel, Program Director Sue Stone-Douglas, Administrative Assistant South Dakota Office of Arts A state agency of the Department of Tourism and State Development Mike Rounds, Governor John Calvin, Secretary South Dakota Arts Council Ruth Brennan, Rapid City, Chair Kernit Grimshaw, Mission, Vice Chair Karen Tufty, Flandreau, Secretary Mickey Miller, Pierre, Treasurer Lynda Clark, Rapid City Donna Fjelstad, Pierre John Green, Madison Larry Lynstad, Pierre Karen Gundersen Olson, Rapid City Bea Premack, Aberdeen Jane Rasmussen, Sisseton Staff Dennis Holub, Executive Director Michael Pangburn, Assistant Director Susan Stoneback, Program Coordinator Grace Curtis, Accountant Cindy Snow, Administrative Assistant Office of Arts, 800 Governors Drive, Pierre, SD 57501-2294 In State Toll Free: 1-800-423-6665 E-mail: sdac@stlib.state.sd.usSouth Dakota Arts Council/Office of Arts receives support from the State of South Dakota, through the Department of Tourism and State Development, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. 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