SOUTH DAKOTA ARTS COUNCIL 2017 ANNUAL REPORT JANUARY 2018 SOUTH DAKOTA ARTS COUNCIL

The South Dakota Arts Council is TO: Dennis Daugaard, Governor, State of South Dakota structured administratively as a state agency James Hagen, Secretary, South Dakota Department of Tourism within the Department of Tourism. The South Dakota State Legislature agency is advised by an 11-member board, appointed by the Governor, which meets FROM: South Dakota Arts Council regularly to recommend grant awards and Lynne Byrne, Chair otherwise promote and advance the arts Patrick Baker, Executive Director across the state. RE: Fiscal Year 2017 Annual Report The South Dakota Arts Council receives (July 1, 2016 – June 30, 2017) support from the State of South Dakota, through the Department of Tourism, and the It is a pleasure to share the South Dakota Arts Council’s FY 2017 annual National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. State funds are generated by a report with you. This report marks the end of a three-year strategic portion of the state tourism promotion tax. plan, which prioritized greater public awareness of the arts across South Dakota to help cultivate sustained public and private support for arts organizations and programs and to ensure all South Dakotans have Dennis Daugaard the opportunity to experience and participate in the arts. Governor, Pierre James D. Hagen The State Arts Council strives to ensure equitable access to the arts for Secretary – Department of Tourism, Pierre all South Dakota citizens and to make a positive contribution to the experiences of those who visit us. For more than 50 years, we have COUNCIL MEMBERS IN FY17: accomplished this mission by providing funds and services to artists, James Walker arts organizations, non-profit groups, schools and the public. Chair, Bath

In FY17, the Arts Council awarded more than 450 grants, supported Lynne Byrne Vice Chair, Sioux Falls with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, and the State of South Dakota through a portion of the Mary Bordeaux Secretary, Rapid City tourism promotion tax. Our funding reached nearly every corner of the state in the form of project support, operational support, and arts Lynda Clark Adelstein Treasurer, Rapid City education residencies and touring performances. The Council’s FY17 co-sponsored activities reached an audience of 1.7 million people, Linda Anderson, Rapid City including 330,000 youth, and involved more than 8,000 artists. The Brian Bonde, Sioux Falls total FY17 SDAC budget of nearly $1.65 million included $1.36 million in Laura Diddle, Brookings grants and special project support, which generated $21.22 million in Mary Haug, Brookings local cash matching funds. Deanna Lien, Rapid City Additional funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Andrew Kightlinger, Pierre supported projects of the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra, Rosebud Jane Rasmussen, Sisseton Economic Development Corporation, Red Cloud Indian School, Rapid City Arts Council, First Peoples Fund, Cheyenne River Youth Project, STAFF: and Traditional Artist Bryan Akipa was awarded a National Heritage Patrick Baker Fellowship. Director As you read through this annual report, you will discover the diverse Rebecca Cruse impact South Dakota Arts Council programs and partners have on our Deputy Director state’s quality of life, cultural tourism and economic development. Kate Vandel Thank you for your past and continued support. Arts Program Coordinator Paul Mehlhaff Grants Manager

2 50 YEARS OF SERVICE We believe: The South Dakota Arts Council was created more than 50 years • Greater public awareness of the value of the arts fosters sustained ago to unify and coordinate the development of the arts across the public and private support. state through public awareness, arts education programs, access • Arts education stimulates creativity, communication, and lifelong and inclusion, cultural tourism, grants and services, and to act as learning. the steward of the state’s federal appropriation from the National Endowment for the Arts. • Universal access to the arts is intrinsic to the well-being of all South Dakotans. On Sept. 29, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed a federal act creating the National Endowment for the Arts. The state Arts • Artists are central to the creative environment of South Dakota. Council was established the following year by the South Dakota • Arts organizations contribute to vibrant, progressive communities. Legislature with legislation signed by Governor Nils Boe. • The arts play an essential role in cultural tourism. ENABLING LEGISLATION INTRODUCTION TO SOUTH DAKOTA CODIFIED LAWS 1-22 GOALS. The major goals for the South Dakota Arts Council’s FY 2017 1966 LEGISLATIVE SESSION are summarized below. The South Dakota Legislature, being aware of the impact of culture INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS AND SUPPORT OF THE ARTS. The on a stable economy, desires to stimulate, encourage, and give Council believes greater awareness of the arts influences sustained recognition and assistance to the arts which, in order to grow support. In the public’s interest, programs and services of the Arts and flourish, depend upon freedom, imagination and individual Council are designed to inform and educate people about the value initiative. While the development of the arts has long been of the arts for the well-being of South Dakotans. considered a matter of local concern, there is a need to unify and ADVANCE THE ARTS AS ESSENTIAL TO LEARNING. Understanding coordinate these forces on a statewide basis. The arts, the creative the arts as basic to a good education, the Arts Council seeks to spirit which motivates them and which they personify, are an integrate the arts in education by supporting planning, curriculum essential part of the state’s human resources. development and teacher training. All children should experience the The best interest of the state and its people requires that artistic arts in their school, consistent with established state fine arts content expression in all of its forms be disseminated for everyone to standards. In addition, the arts should be an integral part of life-long see, appreciate and enjoy in order for our cultural and economic learning. progress to be sustained and given impetus. There is created RAISE THE STANDARDS FOR ACCESS AND INCLUSION IN THE ARTS. a South Dakota Arts Council composed of eleven members Equal access to the arts is embedded in all Arts Council programs. The appointed by the Governor. Council seeks to minimize and eliminate barriers to the arts imposed by economic status, education, prejudice, distance or special needs. AGENCY MISSION SUPPORT ARTISTS THROUGH INCLUSIVE PROGRAMS AND The South Dakota Arts Council is a state agency serving South NETWORKS. Recognizing that artists are central to the creative Dakotans and their communities through the arts. environment of South Dakota, the Council provides funding, information and services to artists for their artistic and professional AGENCY PURPOSE growth. The Council values artists of all disciplines and cultures, Recognizing the importance of creativity in the lives of all South amateur and professional, rural and urban, those who innovate and Dakotans, the Council makes quality arts accessible throughout those who maintain the traditional arts. the state by providing encouragement, grants, services, and STRENGTHEN ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AS PARTNERS IN EDUCATION, information to artists, arts organizations, schools, and the public. COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. South Dakota needs The Council strives to ensure access to the arts and educational arts strong and effective cultural organizations to connect the people opportunities as part of lifelong learning in South Dakota. and communities of the state with artists and arts programs. The Arts Council provides funds, information and services to encourage ROLE OF THE SOUTH DAKOTA ARTS COUNCIL both large and small organizations to strive for excellence and further VISION. Our vision is to transform South Dakota’s communities South Dakota Arts Council goals. Together with South Dakota artists, and people through the arts. We see deeper public awareness these organizations serve as arts education advocates and economic broadening appreciation for the fine arts; better arts education development partners and enhance community livability. reviving school environments; wider access to the arts fostering POSITION THE ARTS AS ESSENTIAL TO SOUTH DAKOTA TOURISM. understanding among cultures; and artists and arts organizations The arts inspire creativity, celebrate traditions, provide recreation, and enhancing the quality of life for all South Dakotans. offer cultural experiences unique to the state and region. The Arts VALUES. To accomplish its mission and support its vision, the Council recognizes the unique importance of tourism to the state and Arts Council is guided by a strategic plan informed by input from gives priority to programs that enhance the quality and development constituents throughout the state and grounded in public values. of the visitor experience. LOOKING AHEAD This report summarizes the goals, priorities and activities in the final year of our Strategic Plan for FY15-FY17. Please review our new Strategic Plan to learn more about South Dakota Arts Council priorities moving forward.

3 • FY 2017 BUDGET REVIEW •

FEDERAL FUNDS STATE FUNDS TOTAL

ARTIST GRANTS Artist Fellowship Grants...... 25,000.00...... -...... 25,000.00 Artists Career Development Grants...... 20,000.0...... -...... 20,000.00 Traditional Arts Apprenticeship...... 7,870.00...... -...... 7,870.00

ORGANIZATION GRANTS Arts Challenge Grants...... 225,645.00...... 256,084.00...... 481,729.00 Project Grants...... 66,909.02...... 35,882.00...... 102,791.02 Importation of Musicians...... 6,000.00...... 3,000.00...... 9,000.00 Statewide Services Grants...... 48,550.00...... 41,450.00...... 90,000.00 Arts Opportunity Grants...... 6,050.00...... -...... 6,050.00 Professional Development Grants...... 1,892.53...... -...... 1,892.53 Excursion Grants...... 940.04...... -...... 940.04

ARTS IN EDUCATION GRANTS Artist in Schools/Communities...... 64,940.00...... 86,558.42...... 151,498.42 Art Educator Grants...... 6,000.00...... -...... 6,000.00

TOURING PROGRAM GRANTS Touring Arts...... 112,936.94...... 37,000.00...... 149,936.94

INITIATIVES AND SPECIAL PROJECTS...... 174,400.00...... 86,971.66...... 261,371.66

ART FOR STATE BUILDINGS...... -...... 17,958.65...... 17,958.65

Grants/Initiatives/Special Projects Totals...... 767,133.53...... 564,904.73...... 1,332,038.26

SUPPORT SERVICES Program Support...... 16,966.47...... 10,321.53...... 27,288.00 Administrative Services...... 288,357.39...... 288,357.39

Grand Totals...... 784,100.00...... 863,583.65...... 1,647,683.65

4 ARTIST CAREER DEVELOPMENT GRANTS Provide support to artists committed to advancing their work and careers.

COMMUNITY RECIPIENT GRANT Brookings...... Jesse Rasche/Visual Arts...... $2,000.00 Brookings...... Molly Wicks/Visual Arts...... $2,000.00 Council Grove...... Corben James Alley/Media Arts...... $2,000.00 Mitchell...... James Van Oort/Theater...... $2,000.00 Pierre...... Justin Schmidt/Photography...... $2,000.00 Rapid City...... Erica Harvey/Photography...... $2,000.00 Rapid City...... Ty Stilwell/Visual Arts...... $2,000.00 Sioux Falls...... Darin Kaihoi/Music...... $2,000.00 Sioux Falls...... Hector Curriel/Visual Arts...... $2,000.00 Sioux Falls...... Jordon Thornton/Visual Arts...... $2,000.00

ARTIST FELLOWSHIP GRANTS Recognize South Dakota artists of exceptional talent with $5,000 awards not requiring a match.

COMMUNITY RECIPIENT GRANT Deadwood...... Gordy Pratt/Interdisciplinary...... $5,000.00 Madison...... Alan Montgomery/Visual Arts...... $5,000.00 Sioux Falls...... Patrick Hicks/Literature...... $5,000.00 Spearfish...... Markie Scholz/Theater...... $5,000.00 Vermillion...... John Banasiak/Photography...... $5,000.00

TRADITIONAL ARTS APPRENTICESHIP GRANTS Provide assistance to South Dakota folk and traditional artists to teach and mentor artists in specific art forms and techniques in one-to-one lessons throughout the fiscal year.

COMMUNITY RECIPIENT GRANT Rapid City...... Valerie Begeman/Kimberly Oslund/Jana Ewart/David Utter...... $3,870.00 St. Onge...... Randy Aldrich/Kelley Hauser...... $4,000.00

IMPORTATION OF MUSICIANS GRANTS Assist small symphonies by providing matching funds for fees and travel costs of imported artists.

COMMUNITY RECIPIENT GRANT Aberdeen...... Aberdeen University - Civic Symphony...... $5,000.00 Brookings...... South Dakota State University - Civic Symphony...... $4,000.00

SDAC’s Return on Investment is $15.61 to $1! In FY17, $1.36 million was invested in South Dakota communities, resulting in $21.22 million in spending on supported projects and programs.

5 PROJECT GRANTS Assist nonprofit organizations and/or individual artists in the presentation of an activity or series of activities for the general public that meet the specific needs of the applicant.

COMMUNITY RECIPIENT GRANT Aberdeen...... ARCC Storybook Land Festival...... $3,150.00 Aberdeen...... Fallout Creative Community...... $1,500.00 Aberdeen...... NE SD Celtic Faire & Games...... $2,500.00 Aberdeen...... North Country Fiber Fair...... $2,000.00 Aberdeen...... SD Film Festival...... $5,000.00 Baltic...... Retreat at Pointer’s Ridge...... $2,000.00 Brookings...... SDSU Foundation...... $1,500.00 Brookings...... SDSU String Project...... $4,000.00 Canton...... SD Friends of Traditional Music...... $3,100.00 De Smet...... De Smet Community Foundation...... $3,500.00 De Smet...... Laura Ingalls Wilder Pageant Assoc...... $1,000.00 Hayti...... Jennifer Dorn...... $1,174.02 Hill City...... Black Hills Film Festival...... $5,000.00 Huron...... Huron Area Center for Independence...... $2,492.00 Kyle...... Oglala Lakota College...... $4,700.00 Madison...... Madison Area Arts Council...... $1,000.00 Mission...... Sinte Gleska University...... $4,000.00 Mitchell...... SD Art Education Assoc...... $2,000.00 Pierre...... Capital Area Counseling Services...... $1,500.00 Pierre...... SD Historical Society Foundation...... $5,000.00 Rapid City...... Black Hills Works...... $3,500.00 Rapid City...... First Peoples Fund...... $3,150.00 Rapid City...... Native POP/Annual Gathering of People, Wind and Water...... $5,000.00 Rapid City...... Rural America Initiatives...... $1,000.00 Sioux Falls...... Children’s Care dba Lifescape...... $5,000.00 Sioux Falls...... JAS Quintet...... $2,000.00 Sioux Falls...... Sioux Falls School District...... $2,800.00 Sioux Falls...... Tallgrass Recovery & Sober Living Homes...... $1,500.00 Sisseton...... Sisseton Arts Council...... $4,000.00 South Shore...... Our Savior’s Lutheran Church...... $3,100.00 Vermillion...... Missouri Valley Growth, Inc...... $3,625.00 Vermillion...... USD Foundation...... $3,000.00 Vermillion...... Vermillion Area Arts Council...... $2,300.00 Vermillion...... Vermillion Children’s Choir...... $1,700.00 Vermillion...... Vermillion Community Theatre...... $1,000.00 Watertown...... Watertown Artwalk Inc...... $1,000.00 Yankton...... Leah Schretenthaler...... $1,000.00 Yankton...... Yankton Children’s Choir...... $2,000.00

1.7 Million Attendees SDAC grantees reported a total of 1,785,189 attendees at South Dakota Arts Council co-sponsored events, including more than 330,000 youth. 6 ARTS CHALLENGE GRANTS Provide operating assistance to South Dakota nonprofit presenting or producing arts institutions and community arts councils.

COMMUNITY RECIPIENT GRANT Aberdeen...... Aberdeen Area Arts Council...... $12,093.00 Aberdeen...... Aberdeen Community Theatre (Act 2)...... $21,737.00 Aberdeen...... Aberdeen Recreation and Cultural Center...... $23,031.00 Brookings...... Brookings Arts Council...... $3,543.00 Brookings...... Prairie Repertory Theatre...... $17,407.00 Brookings...... South Dakota Art Museum...... $24,251.00 Hill City...... Hill City Area Arts Council...... $11,212.00 Keystone...... Rapid City Children’s Chorus...... $3,128.00 Lead...... Chamber Music Festival of the Black Hills...... $5,330.00 Lead...... Historic Deadwood Lead Arts Council...... $4,499.00 Lead...... Historic Homestake Opera House...... $8,840.00 Mitchell...... Area Community Theatre of Mitchell...... $5,810.00 Pierre...... Pierre Players, Inc...... $11,026.00 Pine Ridge...... Red Cloud Indian School...... $20,485.00 Rapid City...... Black Hills Chamber Music Society...... $3,040.00 Rapid City...... Black Hills Community Theatre...... $19,113.00 Rapid City...... Black Hills Playhouse...... $25,997.00 Rapid City...... Rapid City Arts Council...... $25,732.00 Sioux Falls...... Sculpture Walk...... $17,075.00 Sioux Falls...... Sioux Empire Community Theatre...... $13,377.00 Sioux Falls...... Sioux Falls Arts Council...... $1,473.00 Sioux Falls...... Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues Society...... $34,334.00 Sioux Falls...... South Dakota Symphony Orchestra...... $36,768.00 Sioux Falls...... The Singing Boys of Sioux Falls...... $2,718.00 Sioux Falls...... Washington Pavilion...... $45,000.00 Spearfish...... Matthews Opera House & Arts Center...... $25,194.00 Sturgis...... Sturgis Center for the Arts, Inc...... $3,467.00 Vermillion...... National Music Museum...... $27,490.00 Watertown...... Town Players...... $4,802.00 Worthing...... Olde Towne Dinner Theatre...... $11,730.00 Yankton...... Lewis and Clark Theatre Company...... $1,446.00 Yankton...... Yankton Area Arts Association...... $10,581.00

EDUCATOR GRANTS Assist South Dakota K-12 teachers and teaching artists with professional development and classroom arts projects and programs.

COMMUNITY RECIPIENT GRANT Clear Lake...... David Cantrell...... $1,000.00 Henderson, NV...... Markus Tracy...... $1,000.00 Madison...... Monica Pickard...... $1,000.00 Mitchell...... Alyson Palmer...... $1,000.00 Mitchell...... Marica Shannon...... $1,000.00 Sioux Falls...... Jordan Thornton...... $1,000.00

7 ARTS OPPORTUNITY GRANTS Assist nonprofit organizations with matching funds for specific interim arts projects that arise throughout the year and for which the organization was unable to meet the regular grant deadline.

COMMUNITY RECIPIENT GRANT Brookings...... Brookings Arts Council...... $1,000.00 Harrisburg...... Harrisburg School District...... $1,000.00 Pierre...... Pierre Elks Lodge #1953...... $500.00 Rapid City...... Community Health Center of the Black Hills, Inc...... $1,000.00 Rapid City...... Performing Arts Center of Rapid City...... $1,000.00 Rapid City...... Rapid City Arts Council - Native POP...... $750.00 Vermillion...... Greening Vermillion...... $800.00

EXCURSION GRANTS Provide organizations with matching funds to help with the transportation costs of taking K-12 students and persons with disabilities to SDAC co-sponsored programs in other towns.

COMMUNITY RECIPIENT GRANT Brookings...... Camelot Intermediate School...... $410.00 Corsica...... Dakota Christian School...... $173.34 Doland...... Doland Elementary and Junior High School...... $65.00 Howard...... Howard Elementary School...... $161.70 Salem...... McCook Central Elementary School...... $130.00

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS Assist organizations in supporting educational experiences for staff, employees, and volunteers to enhance their skills and knowledge to work in the arts in South Dakota.

COMMUNITY RECIPIENT GRANT Spearfish...... Matthews Opera House & Arts Center...... $392.53 Aberdeen...... Aberdeen Area Arts Council...... $500.00 Mitchell...... Mitchell School District 17-2...... $500.00 Sioux Falls...... Health Connect of South Dakota...... $500.00

ARTS COUNCIL INITIATIVES AND SPECIAL PROJECTS These special activities are initiated by the Council. Funds are used to support SDAC projects and events that benefit and promote the arts statewide.

INITIATIVES Arts Education Institute...... $55,000.00 Dance on Tour - Sisseton Arts Council & Aberdeen Area Arts Council Guild...... $5,000.00 Dance on Tour-Aberdeen Recreation & Cultural Center...... $5,000.00 Inter-Arts...... $31,150.00 Poetry Out Loud...... $20,000.00 Public Awareness...... $80,000.00 SD Arts Council 50th Anniversary video project...... $20,000.00

SPECIAL PROJECTS Andrea Graham, Folklorist - Traditional Arts...... $35,221.66 Arts Midwest/ArtsLab...... $10,000.00 8 ART FOR STATE BUILDINGS Provides funds for purchasing work by noted South Dakota artists to add to the state’s permanent collection. Artworks are installed in public areas of “The arts make South Dakota the State Capitol Complex. Additional art is added to great, creating unique cultural the collection each fiscal year. identities for communities, dynamic ARTIST PURCHASE AWARD tourism destinations for visitors, Kevin Aker...... $850 educational programs for adults and Kevin Aker...... $850 Dede Farrar...... $1,540 children, healing programs for military Dede Farrar...... $1,440 veterans and their families, and improvement Pat Hansen...... $244 in areas as diverse as transportation, Pat Hansen...... $244 Susan Hartenhoff...... $4,400 housing and infrastructure.” Karen Kinder...... $1,500 Jesse Rasche...... $490 -Governor Dennis Daugaard, Jane Stimpson...... $1,500 State of The Arts address, Doris Symens-Armstrong...... $1,600 February 2017 Doris Symens-Armstrong...... $850 Judy Thompson...... $1,500

STATEWIDE SERVICES GRANTS Fund cultural organizations serving the entire state through partnership agreements with the South Dakota Arts Council. Funding is used to support projects and programs that help meet the mission, goals and strategies of the Council’s strategic plan.

COMMUNITY RECIPIENT GRANT Brookings...... Governor’s Biennial Art Exhibition...... $7,000.00 Brookings...... South Dakota Center for the Book...... $10,000.00 Sioux Falls...... Arts South Dakota...... $60,000.00 Vermillion...... South Dakota Public Broadcasting...... $13,000.00

ARTISTS IN SCHOOLS & COMMUNITIES GRANTS Place professional artists in residencies of one week to one semester in schools and community settings to encourage and supplement existing arts programs.

COMMUNITY RECIPIENT GRANT Aberdeen...... SD School for the Blind and Visually Impaired...... Fran Sillau\Theater...... $923.40 Agency Village...... Tiospa Zina Tribal School...... Altman Studeny\Visual Arts...... $801.60 Allen...... American Horse School...... Dakota Players\Theater...... $1,139.44 Allen...... American Horse School...... Dallas Chief Eagle\Traditional Arts...... $616.80 Allen...... American Horse School...... Dakota Players\Theater...... $1,278.88 Armour...... Armour After-school Program 21st CCLC...... Michele Mechling\Visual Arts...... $688.20 Baltic...... Baltic School District/Colman-Egan School District...... Darwin Wolf\Visual Arts...... $618.48 Big Stone City...... Big Stone City School District...... Dakota Players\Theater...... $1,138.60 Bison...... Bison School District...... Bob H. Miller\Visual Arts...... $728.10 Bison...... Bison School District...... Dakota Players\Theater...... $1,176.40 Bison...... Bison School District...... Jean Patrick\Literature...... $887.70 Brandon...... Brandon Valley Intermediate School PTA...... Vickie Fuller\Theater...... $600.00 Brandon...... Robert Bennis Elementary PTA...... Zachary Michael DeBoer\Visual Arts...... $610.92

9 ARTISTS IN SCHOOLS & COMMUNITIES GRANTS (continued)

Britton...... Britton Hecla School District...... Darwin Wolf\Visual Arts...... $768.00 Brookings...... Children’s Museum of South Dakota...... Bob H. Miller\Visual Arts...... $910.80 Brookings...... Hillcrest Elementary...... Vickie Fuller\Theater...... $1,050.66 Canton...... Lawrence Elementary...... Hector Curriel\Visual Arts...... $1,237.80 Castlewood...... Castlewood School District...... Dylan Jacobson\Visual Arts...... $684.00 Chamberlain...... Missouri Valley Arts Council...... Dakota Players\Theater...... $1,061.32 Chamberlain...... St. Josephs Indian School...... Altman Studeny\Visual Arts...... $638.64 Chamberlain...... St. Josephs Indian School...... Michele Mechling\Visual Arts...... $751.20 Chamberlain...... St. Josephs Indian School...... Dylan Jacobson\Visual Arts...... $726.00 Clear Lake...... Deuel School...... Lawrence Diggs\Literature...... $679.80 Custer...... Custer Area Arts Council...... Dakota Players\Theater...... $1,165.90 Dupree...... Dupree School 21st Century After School Program.....Lawrence Diggs\Literature...... $805.80 Elk Point...... Elk Point Jefferson Schools...... Dakota Players\Theater...... $1,069.30 Faulkton...... Faulkton Area Arts Council...... Darwin Wolf\Visual Arts...... $789.00 Gregory...... Gregory School District...... Dylan Jacobson\Visual Arts...... $734.40 Gregory...... Gregory School District...... Dakota Players\Theater...... $1,128.10 Henry...... Henry School District...... Jordan Thornton\Visual Arts...... $709.20 Hot Springs...... Hot Springs Elementary School...... Sandra Newman\Visual Arts...... $1,296.60 Hot Springs...... Hot Springs Elementary School...... Sandra Newman\Visual Arts...... $1,296.60 Hot Springs...... SD Veterans Home...... Markus Tracy\Visual Arts...... $1,416.06 Huron...... Huron School District Our Home School...... Mark Zimmerman\Visual Arts...... $662.16 Ipswich...... Ipswich Public School...... Fran Sillau\Theater...... $948.60 Kimball...... Kimball School District...... Dylan Jacobson\Visual Arts...... $705.00 Kimball...... Kimball School District...... Judith Thompson\Visual Arts...... $763.80 Lennox...... Lennox Elementary PACE...... Dakota Players\Theater...... $1,014.70 Madison...... Madison Central School Educational Foundation, Inc.....Altman Studeny\Visual Arts...... $684.00 Manderson...... Wounded Knee School...... Dallas Chief Eagle\Traditional Arts...... $643.68 McLaughlin...... McLaughlin School District...... Dakota Players\Theater...... $1,182.70 Milbank...... Milbank High School...... Altman Studeny\Visual Arts...... $1,374.30 Milbank...... Milbank High School...... Markus Tracy\Visual Arts...... $1,801.02 Mitchell...... Area Community Theatre...... Dakota Players\Theater...... $1,033.60 Murdo...... Jones County Schools & Book and Thimble Club...... Dallas Chief Eagle\Traditional Arts...... $686.10 Newell...... Newell Elementary...... Dakota Players\Theater...... $1,180.60 Onida...... ABO Schools...... Sandra Newman\Visual Arts...... $940.20 Philip...... Three Rivers/ Kadoka Learning Center...... Dakota Players\Theater...... $1,042.00 Pierre...... Jefferson Elementary School...... Darwin Wolf\Visual Arts...... $797.40 Ramona...... Oldham-Ramona Schools...... Dakota Players\Theater...... $1,152.88 Rapid City...... Black Hills Works Inc...... Mark Zimmerman\Visual Arts...... $2,472.24 Rapid City...... Black Hills Works Inc...... Mary Wipf\Visual Arts...... $1,854.18 Rapid City...... Black Hills Works Inc...... Mark Zimmerman\Visual Arts...... $1,236.12 Rapid City...... Black Hills Works Inc...... Mark Zimmerman\Visual Arts...... $1,236.12 Rapid City...... Black Hills Works Inc...... Mary Wipf\Visual Arts...... $1,236.12 Rapid City...... Black Hills Works Inc...... Mary Wipf\Visual Arts...... $1,236.12 Rapid City...... Black Hills Works Inc...... Mary Wipf\Visual Arts...... $618.06 Rapid City...... Black Hills Works Inc...... Mark Zimmerman\Visual Arts...... $1,236.12 Rapid City...... Black Hills Works Inc...... Mary Wipf\Visual Arts...... $2,472.24 Rapid City...... Black Hills Works Inc...... Mark Zimmerman\Visual Arts...... $2,472.24 Rapid City...... Black Hills Works Inc...... Mary Wipf\Visual Arts...... $1,236.12 Rapid City...... Black Hills Works Inc...... Mark Zimmerman\Visual Arts...... $1,236.12 Rapid City...... Grandview Elementary...... Dakota Players\Theater...... $1,088.20

10 Rapid City...... Meadowbrook Elementary PTA...... Bob H. Miller\Visual Arts...... $600.00 Rapid City...... Rapid Valley PTA...... Dallas Chief Eagle\Traditional Arts...... $730.20 Rapid City...... St. Elizabeth Seton School...... Mary Wipf\Visual Arts...... $618.48 Rapid City...... West Middle School...... Daryl No Heart\Visual Arts...... $1,200.00 Rapid City...... Zion Lutheran School...... Duane Reichert\Traditional Arts...... $625.20 Rosholt...... Rosholt High School...... Jean Patrick\Literature...... $780.60 Rosholt...... Rosholt School...... Dakota Players\Theater...... $1,031.50 Rutland...... Rutland School District 39-4...... Starr Chief Eagle\Traditional Arts...... $1,332.30 Salem...... McCook Central School...... Ann Taecker\Visual Arts...... $679.80 Salem...... McCook Central School...... Kate Baum-Fjelstad\Music...... $885.60 Scotland...... Scotland School District...... Jenny Menzel\Visual Arts...... $768.00 Selby...... Busy BlueBirds 4-H club...... Dakota Players\Theater...... $1,241.92 Sioux Falls...... Anne Sullivan Elementary PTO...... Dylan Jacobson\Visual Arts...... $600.00 Sioux Falls...... Children’s Care dba LifeScape...... Dakota Players\Theater...... $2,000.00 Sioux Falls...... Eugene Field A+ Elementary...... Vickie Fuller\Theater...... $1,404.96 Sioux Falls...... Harvey Dunn Elementary PTA...... Darwin Wolf\Visual Arts...... $1,200.00 Sioux Falls...... JAM Art and Supplies...... Altman Studeny\Visual Arts...... $684.00 Sioux Falls...... John Harris Elementary...... Vickie Fuller\Theater...... $899.46 Sioux Falls...... John Harris Elementary...... Cheryl Peterson Halsey\Visual Arts...... $690.30 Sioux Falls...... R F Pettigrew Elementary...... Dallas Chief Eagle\Traditional Arts...... $1,426.80 Sioux Falls...... Saint Mary School...... Vickie Fuller\Theater...... $2,009.76 Sioux Falls...... Sanford Arts...... Jordan Thornton\Visual Arts...... $600.00 Sioux Falls...... Sanford Arts...... Jordan Thornton\Visual Arts...... $1,800.00 Sioux Falls...... Sanford Arts...... Jami Lynn Buttke\Music...... $936.00 Sioux Falls...... Sanford Arts...... B. J. Buckley\Literature...... $3,171.12 Sioux Falls...... Sanford Arts...... Jami Lynn Buttke\Music...... $1,536.00 Sioux Falls...... Sanford Arts...... B. J. Buckley\Literature...... $2,571.12 Sioux Falls...... Sanford Arts...... Darwin Wolf\Visual Arts...... $1,200.00 Sioux Falls...... Sanford Arts...... Mary Wipf\Visual Arts...... $1,514.16 Sioux Falls...... Sanford Arts...... Darwin Wolf\Visual Arts...... $1,200.00 Sioux Falls...... Sanford Arts...... Jami Lynn Buttke\Music...... $1,536.00 Sioux Falls...... Sanford Arts...... Jami Lynn Buttke\Music...... $1,536.00 Sioux Falls...... Sanford Arts...... Jordan Thornton\Visual Arts...... $2,400.00 Sioux Falls...... Sanford Arts...... Jordan Thornton\Visual Arts...... $600.00 Sioux Falls...... Sanford Arts...... Jordan Thornton\Visual Arts...... $600.00 Sioux Falls...... Sanford Arts...... Jami Lynn Buttke\Music...... $1,536.00 Sioux Falls...... Sanford Arts...... Mary Wipf\Visual Arts...... $1,514.16 Sioux Falls...... Sanford Arts...... Darwin Wolf\Visual Arts...... $1,200.00 Sioux Falls...... Sanford Arts...... Mary Wipf\Visual Arts...... $1,514.16 Sioux Falls...... Sanford Health/ Sanford Arts...... Mark Zimmerman\Visual Arts...... $1,514.16 Sioux Falls...... Sanford Health/ Sanford Arts...... Mark Zimmerman\Visual Arts...... $1,514.16 Sioux Falls...... Sioux Falls Christian Elementary School...... OboeBass!\Music...... $1,226.80 Sioux Falls...... Sioux Falls Lutheran School...... Cheryl Peterson Halsey\Visual Arts...... $1,374.30 Sisseton...... Sisseton Arts Council...... Markus Tracy\Visual Arts...... $3,667.98 Sisseton...... Sisseton Middle School...... Darwin Wolf\Visual Arts...... $747.00 Sisseton...... Sisseton Middle School...... Judith Thompson\Visual Arts...... $797.40 Sisseton...... Sisseton Public Schools...... Lawrence Diggs\Literature...... $633.60 Sisseton...... Sisseton School District...... Altman Studeny\Visual Arts...... $784.80 Sisseton...... Sisseton School District...... Michele Mechling\Visual Arts...... $1,569.60 Sisseton...... Sisseton School District - Westside Elementary School.....Dylan Jacobson\Visual Arts...... $738.60 Sisseton...... Westside Elementary School...... Jami Lynn Buttke\Music...... $967.50 Sisseton...... Westside Elementary School...... Vickie Fuller\Theater...... $1,197.24

11 ARTISTS IN SCHOOLS & COMMUNITIES GRANTS (continued)

Spearfish...... The Matthews Opera House and Arts Center...... Starr Chief Eagle\Traditional Arts...... $642.00 Spearfish...... The Matthews Opera House and Arts Center...... Cheryl Peterson Halsey\Visual Arts...... $2,443.44 Timber Lake...... Timber Lake Middle School...... Dakota Players\Theater...... $1,089.46 Valley Springs...... Valley Springs Elementary PTA...... Linda Bruning\Theater...... $812.52 Vermillion...... Sanford Arts/ Vermillion Medical Center...... B. J. Buckley\Literature...... $1,641.00 Vermillion...... Sanford Arts/ Vermillion Medical Center...... Michele Mechling\Visual Arts...... $600.00 Vermillion...... Sanford Arts/ Vermillion Medical Center...... Bob H. Miller\Visual Arts...... $936.00 Vermillion...... Vermillion Area Arts Council...... Altman Studeny\Visual Arts...... $1,313.40 Vermillion...... Vermillion Area Arts Council...... Dylan Jacobson\Visual Arts...... $1,305.00 Vermillion...... Vermillion Community Theatre...... Dakota Players\Theater...... $1,000.00 Wagner...... Wagner Community School...... Dakota Players\Theater...... $1,090.30 Wagner...... Wagner Community School...... Darwin Wolf\Visual Arts...... $692.40 Wall...... Wall School District...... Dakota Players\Theater...... $1,023.10 Webster...... Webster Area School...... Dakota Players\Theater...... $1,080.64 Yankton...... Sacred Heart School...... Jami Lynn Buttke\Music...... $948.60 Yankton...... Sacred Heart School...... Ann Taecker\Visual Arts...... $732.30 Yankton...... South Dakota Human Services Center...... Starr Chief Eagle\Traditional Arts...... $822.60 Yankton...... South Dakota Human Services Center...... Mark Zimmerman\Visual Arts...... $924.24 Yankton...... South Dakota Human Services Center...... Mary Wipf\Visual Arts...... $924.24

TOURING ARTS BY THE NUMBERS (FY17 stats)

213 Events

About 75 community sites visited ARTISTS IN SCHOOLS & 160,701 people benefited COMMUNITIES (including 105,552 youth) BY THE NUMBERS (FY17 stats)

217 weeks of residencies

More than 90 community sites visited

50 artists/ensembles endorsed to AISC roster 12 TOURING ARTS GRANTS Help make the arts available in all regions of the state by providing matching funds to artists and programs featured on the Touring Arts roster when performances and exhibitions are booked by nonprofit organizations.

FOLK/TRADITIONAL

ARTIST/COMMUNITY SPONSOR GRANT CULTURAL KALEIDOSCOPE...... (TOTAL GRANT $6,121) Bullhead...... Rock Creek Grant School...... $2,617.00 Bullhead...... Rock Creek Grant School...... $742.00 Gettysburg...... Gettysburg School...... $625.00 Highmore...... Highmore-Harrold Public Schools...... $640.00 Sioux Falls...... Robert Frost Elementary School...... $811.00 Sioux Falls...... Garfield Elementary School...... $686.00

DUANE REICHERT...... (TOTAL GRANT $2,750) Allen...... American Horse School...... $600.00 Hayti...... Hamlin PTO...... $750.00 Rapid City...... Tucker Days...... $500.00 Sturgis...... Sturgis Library...... $400.00 Sturgis...... NH AG Fest - Sturgis Chamber of Commerce...... $500.00

KEVIN LOCKE...... (TOTAL GRANT $13,500) Bowdle...... Bowdle School District...... $250.00 Box Elder...... Francis Case Elementary...... $250.00 Colton...... Tri Valley School...... $600.00 Custer...... Indian Youth of America...... $400.00 Flandreau...... Flandreau Indian School...... $750.00 Lake Andes...... Andes Central High School...... $950.00 Mission...... Todd County Elementary School...... $3,000.00 Pine Ridge...... Wolf Creek Elementary School...... $250.00 Rapid City...... AIHEC...... $300.00 TOURING ARTS Ridgeview...... Tiospaye Topa School...... $3,600.00 Roscoe...... Edmund Central...... $250.00 BY THE NUMBERS Sioux Falls...... Washington High School...... $100.00 (FY17 stats) St. Francis...... Spring Creek Elementary School...... $600.00 Wakpala...... Wakpala School District...... $1,250.00 213 Events Wanblee...... Crazy Horse School...... $950.00

About 75 community sites visited DALLAS CHIEF EAGLE...... (TOTAL GRANT $6,960) Aberdeen...... Red Hot Rendezvous...... $400.00 160,701 people benefited Colome...... Colome Consolidated School District...... $650.00 (including 105,552 youth) Custer...... Crazy Horse Memorial...... $1,260.00 Custer...... Indian Youth of America...... $900.00 Kyle...... Pine Ridge Chamber of Commerce...... $250.00 Lake City...... Ft. Sisseton State Park...... $1,200.00 Pine Ridge...... 20th Annual Crazy Horse Ride...... $350.00 Rapid City...... Over the Road Tours...... $350.00 Red Shirt...... Red Shirt School...... $400.00 Sioux Falls...... SD Prison Pow Wow - Jameson Complex...... $300.00 Sioux Falls...... SD Penitentiary - Jameson Complex...... $300.00 St. Francis...... Sicangu Oyate Ho - St Francis School...... $600.00 13 STAR CHIEF EAGLE...... (TOTAL GRANT $2,600) Agency Village...... Sisseton Arts Council...... $150.00 Faulkton...... Faulkton Area Arts Council...... $400.00 Flandreau...... Crystal Theatre...... $500.00 Mitchell...... Mitchell Technical Institute...... $400.00 Spearfish...... Spearfish Downtown Business Association...... $750.00 Summit...... Summit School District...... $400.00

TODD GREEN...... (TOTAL GRANT $2,500) Centerville...... Centerville Community Arts Council...... $1,250.00 Volga...... Sioux Valley Schools...... $1,250.00

MUSIC

ARTIST/COMMUNITY SPONSOR GRANT COMFORT THEATRE COMPANY...... (TOTAL GRANT $5,700) Deadwood...... Benefit for Lifescape/Cousins Big Chair...... $1,000.00 Pierre...... Pierre Kiwanis Club...... $1,000.00 Sioux Falls...... Lifescape Ambassadors...... $900.00 Sioux Falls...... City of Sioux Falls...... $800.00 Vermillion...... Missouri River Honor...... $1,000.00 Watertown...... SD Symphony League...... $1,000.00

DOMINANT 7...... (TOTAL GRANT $1,250) Aberdeen...... Kiwanis...... $500.00 De Smet...... De Smet Community Faith...... $750.00

FLOWER & FLAME...... (TOTAL GRANT $800) Sioux Falls...... Siouxland Heritage Museums...... $300.00 Watertown...... Watertown Chapter of SD Symphony...... $500.00

GORDY PRATT...... (TOTAL GRANT $7,500) Canton...... City of Canton...... $1,500.00 Highmore...... Steps for Hope...... $250.00 Hot Springs...... Friends of Wind Cave National Park...... $500.00 Keystone...... Chiesman Center for Democracy...... $500.00 Rapid City...... Good Samaritan Society...... $300.00 Rapid City...... West Hills Village...... $150.00 Rapid City...... Hart Ranch...... $750.00 Rapid City...... Journey Museum...... $150.00 Spearfish...... High Plains Western Heritage Center...... $200.00 Spearfish...... High Plains Western Heritage Center...... $300.00 Spearfish...... Western High Plains Western Heritage Center...... $700.00 Spearfish...... High Plains Western Heritage Center...... $800.00 Spearfish...... High Plains Western Heritage Center...... $1,200.00 Sturgis...... Williams Middle School...... $200.00

14 HANK HARRIS...... (TOTAL GRANT $4,850) Custer...... Black Hills Playhouse...... $350.00 Hot Springs...... Main Street Arts & Crafts Festival...... $400.00 Lead...... Historic Homestake Opera House...... $1,500.00 Piedmont...... Friends of the Piedmont Valley Library, Inc...... $200.00 Rapid City...... Rapid City Public Library...... $500.00 Rapid City...... Rapid City Public Library...... $300.00 Rapid City...... Hart Ranch...... $750.00 Sioux Falls...... Siouxland Heritage Center...... $200.00 Spearfish...... Matthews Opera House & Arts Center...... $150.00 Spearfish...... Delta Kappa Gamma Society International...... $500.00

JAMI BUTTKE...... (TOTAL GRANT $3,250) Beresford...... Beresford Arts Council...... $300.00 Brookings...... Children’s Museum of South Dakota...... $250.00 Custer...... Black Hills Playhouse...... $250.00 Deadwood...... Deadwood History Inc...... $300.00 De Smet...... De Smet Events Center...... $400.00 Sioux Falls...... Siouxland Heritage Museum...... $200.00 Sioux Falls...... Calvary Episcopal Church...... $250.00 Sisseton...... Sisseton Performing Arts Center...... $750.00 Spearfish...... Matthews Opera House and Arts Center...... $300.00 Vermillion...... Vermillion Area Arts Council...... $250.00

JAS QUINTET...... (TOTAL GRANT $2,450) Rapid City...... Dahl Arts Center...... $1,400.00 Sioux Falls...... Washington Pavilion...... $250.00 Spearfish...... Mathews Opera House...... $800.00

JIM SZANA TRIO...... (TOTAL GRANT $2,900) De Smet...... De Smet Area Arts Council...... $800.00 Pierre...... SD Retailers Association...... $300.00 Pierre...... SD Bankers Association...... $400.00 Pierre...... Mt. Rushmore Society...... $300.00 Pierre...... SD Discovery Center...... $300.00 Presho...... West Central Electric Co-op...... $800.00

CURTIS & LORETTA...... (TOTAL GRANT $1,750) Brookings...... G.A.P. Program...... $100.00 Brookings...... G.A.P. Program...... $100.00 Brookings...... G.A.P. Program...... $100.00 Brookings...... Neighborhoods of Brookview...... $100.00 Brookings...... Brookings Summer Arts Festival...... $600.00 De Smet...... Laura Ingalls Wilder...... $100.00 De Smet...... Good Samaritan Society-De Smet...... $75.00 Howard...... Good Samaritan-Howard...... $75.00 Huron...... Campbell Park Committee...... $300.00 Sioux Falls...... Siouxland Heritage Museums...... $200.00

15 MAGGIE IN THE MEANTIME...... (TOTAL GRANT $4,000) Brookings...... Brookings Public Library...... $750.00 Burke...... Burke VFW Post 9950...... $650.00 Sioux Falls...... Sioux Falls Parks & Rec...... $500.00 Watertown...... Watertown Chapter SD Symphony...... $750.00 Watertown...... Watertown Chapter SD Symphony...... $600.00 Watertown...... Lake Area Zoological Society...... $750.00

MINNEAPOLIS GUITAR QUARTET ASSOCIATION...... (TOTAL GRANT $3,000) Sisseton...... Sisseton Arts Council...... $700.00 Vermillion...... National Music Museum...... $1,600.00 Wessington Springs...... Wessington Springs Area Council of the Arts...... $700.00

PHIL BAKER...... (TOTAL GRANT $11,100) Aberdeen...... Aberdeen Police Department...... $500.00 Aberdeen...... YMCA - Aberdeen...... $200.00 Aberdeen...... Aberdeen Park & Rec...... $500.00 Aberdeen...... Brown Co Fair...... $800.00 Beresford...... Beresford Elementary...... $300.00 Brandon...... Ag United...... $250.00 Brookings...... McCrory Gardens...... $250.00 Brookings...... Brookings Public Library...... $400.00 Brookings...... Brookings Summer Arts Festival...... $700.00 Clark...... Clark Potato Days/City of Clark...... $500.00 De Smet...... Laura Ingalls Wilder Pageant...... $250.00 Dell Rapids...... Quarry Days...... $250.00 Groton...... Dakota Prairie Museum...... $250.00 Huron...... South Dakota State Fair...... $800.00 Kimball...... Kimball Elementary...... $200.00 Marty...... Marty Indian School...... $300.00 Mitchell...... Corn Palace...... $400.00 Rapid City...... Mt. Rushmore Society...... $500.00 Rapid City...... DAHL Art Center...... $250.00 Rapid City...... State Bar of South Dakota...... $500.00 Sioux Falls...... Health Connect...... $400.00 Sioux Falls...... Jaycees - Sioux Falls...... $450.00 Sioux Falls...... Downtown Sioux Falls...... $300.00 Sturgis...... Sturgis Public Library...... $250.00 Tea...... Tea City Pool...... $300.00 Watertown...... Watertown Area Chamber...... $450.00 Watertown...... Bramble Zoo Park...... $450.00 Yankton...... Yankton Riverboat Days...... $400.00

RAWLINS PIANO TRIO...... (TOTAL GRANT $700) Sioux Falls...... First Congregational Church...... $250.00 Yankton...... Bach’s Lunch...... $450.00

SD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA...... (TOTAL GRANT $10,000) Watertown...... Watertown Chapter of SDSO League...... $10,000.00

16 SD CHAMBER ORCHESTRA...... (TOTAL GRANT $10,000) Watertown...... Watertown Chapter of SDSO League...... $10,000.00

SD STRING QUARTET...... (TOTAL GRANT $8,000) Watertown...... Watertown Chapter of SDSO League...... $2,000.00 Watertown...... Watertown Middle School...... $500.00 Watertown...... Great Plains Lutheran High School...... $500.00 Watertown...... Watertown Intermediate School...... $500.00 Watertown...... Mellette Elementary School...... $500.00 Watertown...... Jefferson Elementary School...... $500.00 Watertown...... St. Martin’s Lutheran School...... $500.00 Watertown...... Watertown Christian School...... $500.00 Watertown...... Immaculate Conception School...... $500.00 Watertown...... Roosevelt Elementary School...... $500.00 Watertown...... Watertown High School...... $500.00 Watertown...... McKinley Elementary School...... $500.00 Watertown...... Lincoln Elementary School...... $500.00

SD WIND QUINTET...... (TOTAL GRANT $7,000) Huron...... Huron Public Library...... $500.00 Huron...... SunQuest Health Care Center...... $500.00 Huron...... Violet Tschetter Memorial Home...... $500.00 Huron...... Stoney Brook Suites...... $500.00 Huron...... SunQuest Village Retirement Home...... $500.00 Madison...... Heritage Senior Living...... $500.00 Madison...... Bethel Home Suites...... $500.00 Mitchell...... Avera Health...... $1,500.00 N. Sioux City...... N. Sioux City Community Library...... $500.00 N. Sioux City...... Senior Citizen’s Center...... $500.00 N. Sioux City...... Dakota Valley Middle School...... $1,000.00

SIOUX FALLS JAZZ & BLUES SOCIETY...... (TOTAL GRANT $2,470.94) Redfield...... Redfield Arts Council...... $753.36 Sioux Falls...... Jazz Diversity Project...... $693.40 Watertown...... Redlin Art Center...... $1,024.18

THEATER

ARTIST/COMMUNITY SPONSOR GRANT DAKOTA PLAYERS...... (TOTAL GRANT $8,500) Batesland...... Batesland School...... $650.00 Ft. Pierre...... Stanley County Schools...... $650.00 Rapid City...... Girl Scouts Dakota Horizons...... $1,150.00 Rapid City...... General Beadle School...... $1,150.00 Sioux Falls...... Robert Frost Elementary...... $1,150.00 Sioux Falls...... Laura Wilder Elementary...... $1,800.00 Sisseton...... Sisseton Arts Council...... $1,150.00 Sturgis...... Sturgis Area Arts Council...... $800.00

17 DISCOVERY MIME & MOVEMENT THEATRE...... (TOTAL GRANT $4,300) Custer...... Diabetes Inc. - Kamp for Kids...... $400.00 Sioux Falls...... City of Sioux Falls Parks & Rec...... $1,800.00 Vermillion...... SD Ambassadors of Excellence – Governor’s Gifted Camp...... $2,100.00

MARKIE SCHOLZ - DRAGONS ARE TOO SELDOM...... (TOTAL GRANT $8,025) Belle Fourche...... Belle Fourche Public Library...... $300.00 Belle Fourche...... Belle Fourche Public Library...... $300.00 Custer...... YMCA of Custer...... $450.00 Deadwood...... Deadwood Library...... $575.00 Faith...... Faith Public Library...... $300.00 Hot Springs...... Hot Springs Public Library...... $300.00 Kadoka...... Three River Coop...... $1,000.00 Lead...... Hearst Public Library...... $300.00 Lemmon...... Lemmon Public Library...... $300.00 Lemmon...... Lemmon Public Library...... $550.00 Mitchell...... Mitchell Public Library...... $300.00 Pine Ridge...... 21st Century Community Learning Centers...... $1,900.00 Rapid City...... YMCA of Rapid City...... $250.00 Spearfish...... Kids Club Kids...... $500.00 Spearfish...... Good Shepherd Free Clinic...... $400.00 Spearfish...... Westside Pre School/Fit and Fun Daycare...... $300.00

VISUAL ARTS

ARTIST/COMMUNITY SPONSOR GRANT DICK TERMES...... (TOTAL GRANT $7,300) Belle Fourche...... Belle Fourche Middle School...... $1,000.00 Deadwood...... SD Retired School Personnel...... $100.00 Ellsworth AFB...... Ellsworth Youth Programs...... $2,500.00 Spearfish...... Delta Kappa Gamma Society International - NW Region...... $200.00 Spearfish...... Friends of the Library...... $1,500.00 Watertown...... Watertown Regional Library...... $2,000.00

JUDITH THOMPSON...... (TOTAL GRANT $660) Aberdeen...... Aberdeen Recreational & Cultural Center...... $325.00 Sisseton...... Nicollet Tower & Interpretive Center...... $335.00

“The program has been a success every year that we have had Dallas in our school. He is an inspiration to our youth as well as (an) artist in the community. It encourages our Dance Club to practice and perform with a positive attitude!”

-DeeAnn Deon, Wounded Knee District School

Dallas Chief Eagle is a touring and teaching artist with both SDAC arts education programs.

18 GRANT APPLICATION REVIEW PANELS The South Dakota Arts Council uses a peer panel process for reviewing grant applications. Panels listed below are a combination of panelists serving on the spring general grant review and fall touring arts review panels (Some panelists served on more than one panel).

FOLK & TRADITIONAL ARTS MUSIC Mary Bordeaux (chair), Rapid City, SD Laura Diddle (chair), Brookings, SD South Dakota Arts Council advisor SD Arts Council advisor Steven Hatcher, Boise ID Lori Schmelz, Hampden, ME Director of Folk and Traditional Arts for the Idaho Commission on Former arts administrator at SDAC, Pennsylvania Council on the the Arts Arts, and Maine Arts Commission Andrea Graham, Laramie, WY Russell Svenningsen, Sioux Falls, SD SD Arts Council folklorist Associate Professor of Music, Augustana University Yvonne Hollenbeck, Clearfield, SD Cowgirl Poet THEATER James L. Walker (chair), Bath, SD LITERATURE SD Arts Council advisor Paul Higbee (chair), Spearfish, SD Tom Valentine, Pierre, SD SD Arts Council advisor Pierre Players volunteer Lee Ann Roripaugh, Vermillion, SD Jamie Ulmer, Beatrice, NE Director of Creative Writing at the University of South Dakota Managing Artistic Director for Community Players and Editor-in-Chief of South Dakota Review, South Dakota Poet Laureate VISUAL ARTS John Monczunski, South Bend, IN Lynda Clark Adelstein (chair), Rapid City, SD Writer and former editor of Notre Dame Magazine SD Arts Council advisor Lynn Thorpe, Billings, MT MEDIA ARTS Artist Andrew Kightlinger (chair), Pierre, SD Don Montileaux, Rapid City, SD SD Arts Council advisor Artist Lauren Chen, Brooklyn, NY Kara Dirkson, Sioux Falls, SD Operations and creative development with Co-Op Entertainment Art Center Director, Washington Pavilion Visual Arts Center Jason Alley, Rapid City, SD Principle, marketing and communications specialist, Jackalope

MULTI-DISCIPLINARY Lynne Byrne (chair), Sioux Falls, SD SD Arts Council advisor Jane Rasmussen, Sisseton, SD SD Arts Council advisor Linda Hughes, Omaha, NE Nebraska Arts Council (retired) Sheila Sears, Denver, CO Deputy Director, Colorado Creative Industries Brian Bonde (chair), Sioux Falls, SD SD Arts Council advisor Deb Workman, Sioux Falls, SD Artistic Director and Director of Education, Black Hills Playhouse Sian Young, Spearfish, SD Executive Director, Matthews Opera House Deanna Lien (chair), Rapid City, SD SD Arts Council advisor Sarah Carlson, Lead, SD Director, Homestake Opera House Margaret Weisbrod Morris, Lawrence, KS Artist and director for the Lawrence Arts Center

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