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Fall 1991

South Dakota Art Museum News, Fall 1991

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Albert Bierstadt's "A Halt in the Yosemite Valley," from Artists �f the American West

FALL SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS Artists of the American West, event. The Johnson McKinney Trio exhibition is circulated by Exhibits September 1 - 22, features 48 hand­ will provide music to look, eat, and USA. A Members Preview will be colored lithographs and wood drink by. Saturday, November 16, from 5:00 to engravings by such artists as John 7:00 p.m. James Audubon, Albert Bierstadt, Karl South Dakota Art Faculty, September Bodmer, George Catlin, Frederic 29 - November 10, features new work Special exhibitions at the Museum are Remington, and John Mix Stanley. The by the artists teaching at the state's supported in part by Brookings exhibition provides a vivid picture of colleges and universities. Members of Friends of the Arts; Gerald and Olive the American West during its the Museum will have the chance to Brown of San Diego, California; exploration and settlement by Euro­ meet the artists and hear about their Dakota Granite Company of Milbank; Americans. It is circulated by Exhibits work at a Members Preview on and the South Dakota Arts Council, a USA, a national division of the Mid­ Saturday, September 28, from 5:00 to state agency funded by the National America Arts Alliance, which is 7:00 p.m. Endowment for the Arts and the South funded by the National Endowment Dakota Legislature. for the Arts and private contributions. Old Master Prints, November 17- Members of the Museum and the December 8, includes 50 woodcuts, Ongoing exhibitions from the Brookings Area Chamber of engravings, and etchings from the Museum collections are "American Commerce will have the exhibition all 1 5th to 1 8th centuries by such Indian Art," "Harvey Dunn: Son of to themselves on Saturday, September masters as Albrecht Durer, Francisco the Middle Border," "Oscar Howe 7, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., as the Goya, Lucas van Leyden, Giovanni Paintings," "Marghab Linens," and _Museum hosts a Chamber after Five Piranesi, and Nicolas Poussin. The "South Dakota Art." Ojibwa bandolier bag from Ames gift Lakota beaded-yoke dress

Fools Crow's headdress

MUSEUM ACQUIRES MAJOR AMERICAN INDIAN ARTICLES ______A choice Ojibwa bandolier bag from In 1977, he passed his headdress on A Lakota beaded-yoke deerskin dress about 1890 was one of six articles in to Arthur Amiotte, a Lakota artist and from about 1911 has been given by a gift from the estate of Tom Ames of writer. Am iotte felt that such an the Museum Guild in celebration of Castlewood, South Dakota. Bandolier important symbol of Lakota culture the Museum's 20th Anniversary. The bags, which are worn by a strap over should be at the South Dakota Art dress, from the collection of Emma the shoulder like the old military Museum, an institution highly (Mrs. Leo) Amiotte of Rapid City, was cartridge cases, are a major form of respected for its sensitive treatment of her mother's. It is a dazzling and Ojibwa art, and are distinctive with American Indian art. unique dress, having a motif of their beadwork in elaborate floral crossed American flags, stars, and designs on dark velvet panels. American shields in the yoke Only special people are permitted to beadwork. The eagle feather headdress of Frank wear eagle feather headdresses. Fools Crow, ceremonial leader of the According to Lakota legend, the The Guild's 20th Anniversary Lakota or Western Sioux people, was mother of the first Lakotas was given Acquisition Fund was established in given by Arthur Amiotte of Custer, an eagle feather by Wakan Tanka, the 1990 with major gifts from the Guild, South Dakota. Fools Crow, who was Great Mystery, in appreciation for Allen and Marian Barnes, Sherwood born about 1890 on the Pine Ridge performing the first good deed. and Elizabeth Berg, Marjorie Denton, Reservation in South Dakota and Thereafter, eagle feathers were given the Fishback family, Larson toured with the Buffalo Bill Cody to those who performed good deeds, Manufacturing Company, Murray and Wild West Show, became a leading and the eagle feather headdress was Elsie Lievan, Jeannette C. Lusk, advocate of peace and understanding worn only by those who epitomized Norwest Bank, Robert and Jacqualine between Indians and whites. Lakota virtue. Sexauer, the South Dakota Federation PEOPLE Alice Berry, Brookings artist and professor emeritus of art at South Dakota State University, died July 14. She was 75. She is represented with several paintings in the Museum co I lection, and was active as a painter, collector, and Museum volunteer at the time of her death. She was a major donor of art to the Museum, and over the years gave important work by such artists as ceramist Richard Edie of Brookings, painter Jeff Freeman of Vermillion, and printmaker Stephen Poleskie of Ithaca, New York.

Herbert Cheever, Jr. has been appointed an ex-officio member and secretary of the Museum Board. He replaces Rex Myers on the Board and as dean of the College of Arts and Science at South Dakota State University. Myers is now dean of academic affairs at Lyndon State College in Vermont. Cheever was born in Brookings, studied at Carleton College, South Dakota State, and the University of Iowa, and has taught Charles Greener at work on political science at SDSU since 1968. "Looking Towards Washington," GREENER COLLECTION a painting commissioned for President TO TOUR STATE Paul Mattingly of the Department of and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge in 1927 Sixteen paintings from the Museum History at New York University visited collection by Charles Greener the Museum in July to research the (1870-1935) will tour in the state and life and work of Harvey Dunn, the region during 1991-93. Greener came South Dakota-born painter and with his family from Wisconsin to teacher. Mattingly is writing a book Dakota Territory in 1883, and in 1891 on Leonia, New Jersey, an artist settled in Faulkton, South Dakota. By colony where Dunn lived and taught of Women's Clubs, and Robert and the first decade of this century he was during 1914-18. Dunn studied at Mary Thompson. Additional gifts were recognized as one of the state's made by Lawrence and Phy IIis foremost landscape painters. His work Bartling, Tom and Mary Bezdichek, was included in "Northwestern Hilton and Lillian Briggs, Brookings Artists," the first survey of art from Savings and Loan Association, David th is region held at the St. Pau I and Naomi Gilkerson, Oscar and Institute in 1915, and he represented Elaine Olson, David and Janet South Dakota in the 1932 exhibition Pearson, Irene Wente, and members at the John Herron Institute in of the Museum Guild. Indianapolis, "The American Scene." Among the paintings in the touring The first 20th Anniversary gift was a exhibition are "Minnehaha Creek" of 1982 bronze by Dale Lamphere of 1914, the painting that was in the St. Sturgis, South Dakota, "Young Long Paul show, and "Honkers at Sunrise" Soldier." That work, a portrait of of 1910, his masterpiece that is Martin Longsoldier, an Oglala Lakota reproduced in color in William Gerdts Indian, won the American Artists new three-volume art history, Art Professional League's Anna Hyatt Across America. For information on Huntington Award in 1984. the tour, contact Francine Marcel at the Museum. Paul Mattingly with Harvey Dunn's "After School" South Dakota State University in 1901-02, and gave a collection of his MUSEUM RECEIVES ARTS paintings to the University in 1950. COUNCIL SUPPORT That collection now includes 82 The South Dakota Arts Council, a paintings, nine drawings, and three state agency with funds from the State prints, as well as extensive archival Legislature and National Endowment material. for the Arts, has awarded a $14,340 General Operating Support Grant to the Museum. The funds will be used to support Museum special exhibitions, touring exhibitions for other communities in the state, films, and lectures during the 1991-92 season. It is predicted that these programs will benefit over 70,000 people.

MEMBERS

Benefactors Justice Gerald & Olive M. Brown, San Diego, CA Ella Ollenburg, Brookings Alice Berry Dakota Granite Company, Milbank Oscar & Elaine Olson, Brookings Charles & Margaret Roberts, Brookings Patron. Members Jacqualine & Bob Sexauer, Brookings Russell & Alice Berry, Brookings Robert & Jacqueline Shaskey, Brookings Cora Sivers, Brookings Sustaining Members Mr. & Mrs. John Soreng, Eugene, OR J. W. & Colette Abbott, Yankton Joseph & Signe Stuart, Brookings Senator & Mrs. Tom Daschle, Washington, D.C. Ann & Charlie Thompson, Pierre Mr. & Mrs. John P. Foster, Sioux Falls Verlynne & Suzanne Volin, Sioux Falls Mildred S. Hedrick, Kalamazoo, Ml Drs. Robert T. & Mary K. Wagner, Brookings Robert S. & Gerry B. Law, Clear Lake Helen G. Walters, Brookings

Support Members Members Jeannette Abbey, Brookings Ruth Alexander, Brookings Oscar & Jerry Abel, Brookings William Anderson, LaPeer, Ml Allen & Marian Barnes, Brookings Samuel & Gladys Artz, Brookings Everett & Cecelia Baxter, Watertown Jack M. & Ellen Bailey, Winner Sherwood & Elizabeth Berg, Brookings Lawrence & Phyllis Bartling, Brookings Dona Brown, Huron John & Opal Beatty, Brookings Ralph & Elizabeth Cline, Brookings Virgil & Eileen Bell, Brookings Herbert Cheever, Jr. Community Bank of Avon Lois Bellows, Brookings Dana & Camille Crooks, Volga Viola Berkner, Milbank Nathelle DeHaan, Brookings Charles & Mary Lou Berry, Brookings Robert & Jessie Finch, Brookings Joye Ann Billow, Brookings First National Bank in Brookings Mr. & Mrs. Harry Birath, Brookings David & Naomi Gilkerson, Brookings Ronald & Wilma Bjerke, Brookings James & Catherine Grommersch, Brookings Boyd & Irene Bonzer, Brookings Nadim & Seham Hassoun, Brookings David & Sharyn Bozied, Brookings Phil & Susie Hendrickson, Brookings Burton & Dolores Brage, Brookings Leslie & Virginia Hoffman, Brookings Bruce & Linda Brandt, Brookings Ernest & Mildred K. Hugghins, Brookings Hilton M. & Lillian D. Briggs, Brookings Albin & Delphine Janusz, Aberdeen Eric & Ruth Brown, Lexington, NE John & Marguerite Joseph, Mill Creek, WA Max & Muriel Brown, Plymouth, MN Laurence Knappen, Arlington, VA Tim & Peggy Brown, San Francisco, CA David & Mary Leonard, Vermillion Milo Bryn, Brookings Verna Sexauer Lippert, Sioux Falls Nancy D. Burgess, Yankton George & Paula Lohr, Littleton, CO MaryCaspers, Brookings John & Beverly Lowrie, Watertown Aloysius & Dorothy Cerny, Sioux Falls Lillian Lund, Brookings Gene & Margy Chamberlin, Brookings M. A. & Karen F. Lund, Sioux Falls Gary & Rosemary Chappell, Brookings Norman & Marjorie Martin, Brookings Herbert E. & Sydna Cheever, Brookings H.P. "Bert" & Marjorie Mogen, Mesa, AZ Winifred & Kay Cheever, Brookings Max & Ruth Myers, Brookings Zora Colburn, Brookings Larry & Diane Ness, Yankton Walter & Marjorie Conahan, Volga David & Beth Noyes, Brookings Irene Cordts, Faulkton ENDOWMENT CONTRIBUTORS

Daktronics, Inc. of Brookings William & Margaret Lytle, Brookings Benefactors Leslie & Norma Dannenbring, DeSmet Les Mansfield, Cincinnati, OH Ben A. Buer Lloyd & Maxine Darnall, Brookings Jack & Marty Marken, Brookings Herbert E. Cheever Sr. Memorial Ellen Davidson, Brookings Tom & Judy Martin, Brookings Dakota Granite Company, Milbank Frank & Mildred Denholm, Brookings Roy & Delpha Masson, Brookings Ada B. Erwin Clarence & Margaret Denton, Brookings J. Walt & Mary McCarty, Brookings Hildegarde Harrington Memorial Marjorie Denton, Brookings Lillie W. Mccawley, Arlington, VA Hilda R. Hasslinger Memorial Robert & Emma Dimit, Brookings Mabel McCrory, Brookings Dr. & Mrs. Carrold Iverson Scott & Debbie Dominiack, Brookings Jim Millar, Redfield Mrs. Robert D. Lusk, Huron Margaret M. Duggan, Brookings Donald & Bridget Moore, Brookings Vera Way Marghab, Wat�rtown Chandradhar & Prahba Dwivedi, Brookings James & Dorothy Morgan, Aurora Madeline Ritz C. Dean & Joan Dybing, Brookings Walter & Helen Morgan, Brookings Jack & Linda Stengel, Milbank Richard & Esther Edie, Brookings Gordon & Lorrie Mydland, Lake Preston Larry Stine, Brookings Roald & Pat Eidsness, Brookings Rex Myers & Susan Richards, Lyndon Center, VT Mrs. Keith Eilers, Huron Kathleen Nagle, Brookings Patrons Lawrence B. Embry, Brookings Curtis & Doris Nelson, Brookings Sherwood 0. & Elizabeth H. Berg, Brookings Royce & Ruth Emerick, Brookings Stanley & Barbara Nelson, Harris, MN Esther Farnham Memorial David & Jan Evans, Brookings James & Peg_ O'Connell, Brookings V.L. Joe & Ruth Kodis Memorial Eleanor Evenson, Brookings Karen Olson, Salem, OR Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Kuni, Huron Sandra J. Evers, Brookings Kenneth & Dolores Ostroot, Brookings K. Lorette Lackey, Sioux Falls Garold Faber, Redondo Beach, CA Janet Pearson, Brookings David H. & Mary P. Leonard, Vermillion Van & Barbara Fishback, Brookings Douglas & Cookie Perkins, Brookings Nordica Foundation Inc. Trust, Sioux Falls Jerome & Mary Freeman. Brandon Marvin & Carolyn Petersen, Hickory, NC Gerald & Nanette Frick, Fergus Falls, MN Dr. Carol J. Peterson, Brookings Mrs. Forest Frie, Brookings Dave & Lee Peterson, Brookings Sustaining Col. & Mrs. Jack G. Fuller, Sr., La Mesa, CA Evelyn Peterson, Brookings Lawrence B. Embry, Brookings Mr. & Mrs. Jack G. Fuller, Jr., Cheshire, CT Charles J. & Barbara Watts Ploetz, Middleton, WI A. Duane Evenson Memorial GFWC Brookings Civic League Phillip & Darlene Plumart, Brookings Eleanor K. Evenson, Brookings GFWC Lead Woman's Club Richard & Polly Powers, Brookings Col. & Mrs. Jack G. Fuller, Sr., La Mesa, CA Gallery 306/ Jocelyn Hanson, Sioux Falls Henry & Elizabeth Pringle, Madison, WI Mr. & Mrs. Jack G. Fuller, Jr., Cheshire, CT Ardis L. Gatons--Olson, Brookings Florence Pyle, Lewisburg, PA Victor D. Peterson, Huron Henry & Alice Gehrke, Jr., Brookings Ruth W. Redhead, Brookings Mrs. Gilbert Gilbertson, Brookings Geneva W. Reyelts, Britton Supporting B. J. & Helen Gottsleben, Brookings Tom & Pat Reynolds, Brookings Allen & Marian Barnes, Brookings Mrs. Lorene Grady, Bonesteel Milton & Aline Rich, Brookings Lawrence E. & Phyllis Bartling, Brookings Hans & Miriam Graetzer, Brookings Fred & Ardyne Rittershaus, Brookings Mr. & Mrs. Everett Baxter,Watertown Mr. William M. Griffith, Huron John & Kay Romans, Brookings Viola M. Berkner, Milbank Guilford & Frances Gross, Brookings Rude's Home Furnishings, Brookings H. M. & Lillian D. Briggs, Brookings Merle Gunsalus, Brookings SD Extension Homemakers Council Bob & Jeanette Carey, Watertown Helen Habicht, Huron Lorraine Sand, Brookings Winifred W. Cheever, Brookings R. Wayne & Dorothy Hamilton, Armour Howard & Marjorie Sauer, Brookings Dana E. & Camille Crooks, Volga Celeste Harrington, Wentworth J. Craig Scherf, Minneapolis, MN Marjorie Denton, Brookings Elsie S. Hart, Brookings Mark A. Schnabel, Yutam, NE Richard & Esther Edie, Brookings June Harter, Highmore Howard & Kris Smith, Brookings Garold L. Faber, Redondo Beach, CA Warren & Gretchen Hatfield, Brookings Erma Spawn, Brookings C. L. & Retta Ferguson, Rapid City Mylo & Lillian Hellickson, Brookings Orville Stangl, Java First National Bank in Brookings Bernard & Elaine Hietbrink, Brookings Larry Stine, Brookings Mr. & Mrs. John P. Foster, Sioux Falls David & Julie Hilderbrand, Brookings Verna Sturdevant, Brookings Mrs. William M. Gardner, Huron Nelda Holden, Brookings Harriet P. Swedlund, Brookings Olga Gilbertson, Brookings Richard & Joanie Holm, Brookings John & Lynnette Taylor, Brookings Phil & Jo Gross, Sioux Falls Lenore Holthusen, New York, NY Ila Telkamp, Brookings Edna M. Halverson, Sioux Falls Dennis & Carolyn Clague Hopfinger, Brookings Ronold & Jan Tesch, Brookings Mildred S. Hedrick, Kalamazoo, Ml Vernon & lone Jess, Pipestone, MN Robert & Mary Thompson, Brookings Mr. & Mrs. James E. Herley, Long Beach, CA David & JoAnn Johnson, Amery, WI Rev. & Mrs. Frank Thorburn, Brookings Larson Manufacturing Company, Brookings Elmer & Roberta Johnson, Brookings Delila Tompkins, Huron Verna S. Lippert, Sioux Falls Nicholas & Panayota Karras, Huron Carl & Silva Trautman, Brookings George E. & Paula Lohr, Denver, CO Kent & Pamela Kedl, Brookings Craig & Della Tschetter, Brookings Lillian 0. Lund, Brookings William & Marjorie Kessler, Brookings Curtis Twedt, Lincoln, NE J. Walt & Mary McCarty, Brookings Clyde & Dee Kirkbride, Brookings Mrs. Nancy E. Underhill, Freeport, IL Larry & Diane Ness, Yankton Randy & Sue Knutzen, Brookings Gladys Vadheim, Brookings Robert K. & Elizabeth Osborn, Huron William & Lucille Kohlmeyer, Brookings Cal & Denice Vaudrey, Brookings Tom & Pat Reynolds, Brookings Gertrude Lampe,Huron Audrae Visser, Elkton Robert & Jacqualine Sexauer, Brookings Mrs. Elaine Lampert, Huron Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Way, Watertown Carl & Silva Trautman, Brookings David & Nancy Lance, Sioux Falls Victor & Delia Webster, Brookings Calvin & Denice Vaudrey, Brookings Jay & Kathy Larsen, Brookings Keith E. Wells, La Grange, GA John & Beryl Younger, Brookings Murray & Elsie Lievan, Brookings Woodrow Wentzy, Brookings Milan & Judith Zivanovic, Brookings Charles & Maxine Lingren, Brookings Avis Wilson, Brookings Ardelle Lundeen, Brookings Richard & Donna Wilson, Brookings Bruce & Ila Lushbough, Brookings Paul & Gay Witherington, Brookings Alverda Lynch, Brookings Charles & Sarah Woodard, Brookings Lorene Lyren, Brookings Beryl Younger, Brookings Contributing Millie Johnson, Brookings Jack M. & Ellen Bailey, Winner Robert F. & Phyllis Karolevitz, Mission Hill Merritt W. & Adriana Bates, Brookings Mr. & Mrs. R. B. Kelton, Salem Board of Trustees Audrey B. Beatty, Greencastle, IN Gertrude Lampe, Huron Charles & Mary Lou Berry, Brookings Robert S. & Gerry Berger Law, Clear Lake Jack Stengel, Milbank, President Effie E. Bertsch, Mitchell Mrs. Rex Leubecher, Sioux Falls Ann McKay Thompson, Pierre, Vice President John & Jean Bibby, Brookings Murray & Elsie Lievan, Brookings Herbert A. Lippert, Timber Lake Herbert E. Cheever, Jr., Brookings, Secretary Boyd & Irene Bonzer, Brookings J.W. Abbott, Yankton Terry & Ruth Branson, Gig Harbor, WA M. A. & Karen F. Lund, Sioux Falls L. Don Andrews, Sioux Falls Gerald & Olive Brown, San Diego, CA Tom & Judy Martin, Brookings Roy & Delpha Masson, Brookings Phyllis Bartling, Brookings Bernice Chittick, Brookings Hilton M. Briggs, Brookings Verna S. Mateer, Pierre Nina J. Conahan, Brookings Dona S. Brown, Huron James H. McKnight, Brookings Virginia Y. Costain, Huron Jocelyn Hanson, Sioux Falls Donald McRoberts, Brookings Albert & Thelma Dittman, Brookings Jeannette C. Lusk, Huron C. Dean & Joan Dybing, Brookings Ritchie & Janice Mikesell, Brookings Vera Way Marghab, Watertown Floyd & Helen Miller, Aberdeen Roald & Pat Eidsness, Brookings Larry Ness, Yankton Douglas & Molly Miron, Brookings Mrs. Keith Eilers, Huron Larry Piersol, Sioux Falls Marjorie Mortimer, Belle Fourche Farmers State Bank of Estelline Mary Thompson, Brookings Mr. & Mrs. Alfred S. Musson, Brookings Evelyn N. fee, Brookings Robert T. Wagner, Brookings Margaret N. Fishback, Brookings Gordon & Lorrie Mydland, Lake Preston Mrs. Forest G. Frie, Brookings Curtis E. & Doris A. Nelson, Brookings GFWC Brookings Dale & Janet Odden, Gillette, WY GFWC East Pierre Women's Club Dorothy Olson, Custer Guild Directors GFWC Clark Federated Women's Club Beatrice E. Orfield, Chevy Chase, MD GFWC Huron Fortnightly Study Club Kenneth & Dolores Ostroot, Brookings Dee Kirkbride, President David & Janet Pearson, Brookings GFWC Milbank Heritage Study Club Kay Romans, Vice Presidnet GFWC Midland New Century Club Marvin & Carolyn Petersen, Brookings Margy Chamberlin, Secretary GFWC Waubay Tuesday Literary Club Patricia J. Pierce, Ithaca, NY Cookie Perkins, Treasurer GFWC Huron Twentieth Century Club Henry & Elizabeth Pringle, Madison, WI Elaine Olson, Historian GFWC Lemmon 20th Century Women Club Mrs. Kenneth Redman, Brookings Joanne Johnson Ardis L. Gatons--Olson, Brookings Irene Reinecke, Beulah, WY Larry Stine Rose M. Geise, Clark J. Ryan & Marilyn Richardson, Brookings Mrs. William Grady, Bonesteel Ethel M. Shimmin, Brookings Hans & Miriam Graetzer, Brookings Henry Shirkey, Brookings Staff Helen C. Habicht, Huron Orville A. Stangl, Java Gladys S. Halverson, Brookings Rev. Frank & Abbie Thorburn, Brookings R. Wayne & Dorothy Hamilton, Armour Delila Tompkins, Huron Joseph Stuart, Director Celeste M. Harrington, Wentworth Alfred G. & Anne A. Trump, Brookings Francine Marcel, Exhibitions Curator June Harter, Highmore Rick & LaRayne Wahlstrom, Brookings Cora Sivers, Marghab Collection Curator Bob & Barb Hartinger, Brookings Adelaide M. Warner, Spring Valley, CA Elaine Hietbrink, Secretary Nadim & Seham Hassoun, Brookings Col. & Mrs. Vernon L. Watkins, Alexandria, VA Ruth Emerick, Gift Shop Warren G. & Gretchen Hatfield, Brookings Mrs. William Welfl, Yankton Cheryl Paige, Building Custodian Eva G. Hill, Brookings Woodrow P. Wentzy, Brookings Kimberly Fordham, Security Mrs. David J. Holden, Brookings Janie Wheeler, Aurora Dachelle Graves, Security Richard & Joanie Holm, Brookings Avis L. Wilson, Brookings Jeanette Knock, Security Ernest J. & Mildred K. Hugghins, Brookings Aural Wipf, Brookings Cheryl Olinger, Security Mr. & Mrs. Ronald R. 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