South Dakota Memorial Art Center News, Spring 1978

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Spring 1978

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Karl Bodmer: Travels in the Interior in Aberdeen March 5 - 26, and the Center staffand is designed to bring of North America. shows at the Blue Dahl Fine Arts Center in Rapid City low-cost exhibits to communities Cloud Abbey in Marvin April 19 - 26. April 2 - 23. The exhibition, which throughout the state. Touring On loan to the Center from Hoadley showed at the Center January 8 - 29, exhibitions from the Center are fully Dean of Rapid City and his sister features work by Arthur Amiotte of insured, delivered, installed, and Mary Jewel Ledbetter of Pierre, the McLaughlin, James Knutson and removed by Center staff. For exhibition consists of twenty-three Richard Termes of Spearfish, RaVae information on these and other intaglio prints from an 1839 folio Marsh of Rapid City, and Michael touring exhibitions, call Rex published by Swiss artist Karl Tuma of Hot Springs. Gulbranson at 688-5423. Bodmer (1809-93). The prints are based on watercolors and drawings South Dakota Works on Paper1 made by Bodmer on the 1833-34 described under "Special Exhibitions Maximilian Expedition from Boston at the Center" in this publication, Installation of Five West River Artists ex to as far west as Great Falls, Montana, shows at the Rosebud Elementary hibition at the South Dakota Memorial Art and include several scenes from what School April 2 - 23. Center, January 1978, showing sculpture is now South Dakota. by Michael Tuma, paintings and wall hang ing by Arthur Amiotte, and painted The touring exhibitions program of spheres by Richard Termes. The exhibi West River Artists of South Dakota the Center, now in its fourth year, is tion shows at the Dacotah Prairie Museum shows at the Dacotah Prairie Muse um directed by Rex Gulbranson of the in Aberdeen in March and the Dahl Fine Arts Center in Rapid City in April. HARVEY THOMAS DUNN (born near Man chester, Dakota Territory, 1884; died Tenafly, New Jersey, 1952). lllustratlon for Saturday Evening Post, 17 October 1917. Oil/canvas, 60.3 x 92.1 cm. Gift of Robert Doares, Salisbury, North Carolina. Center's library develops The Memorial Art Center's Jeannette Lusk Library Collection, named in honor of the Center's first board president and generous benefactor to Center given the library, holds collections of art books, slides, archives of South Dunn illustration Dakota art, and art periodicals. Since 1970 the library has subscribed An illustration by Harvey Dunn to Art Forum, Art Gallery, Art in (1884-1952) for a story by Stewart America, Art International, Art News, Edward White, "A Case of Mutual Arts, Arts Canada, Connoisseur, Craft Respect," in the October 17, 1917 Horizons, and Museum News issue of The Saturday Evening Post, magazines. Subscriptions have has been given to the Center by recently been started for Critical Robert Doares of Salisbury, North Inquiry and Film Quarterly Carolina. Dunn was born and raised magazines. in South Dakota, and during 1901-02 attended South Dakota State The library is a reference and reading JAMES GIBSON (born Milbank, South University in Brookings. In 1950 he facility only, open during regular Dakota, 1938; lives in Westport). Dragon's presented forty-oneof his paintings to Center hours of 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Breath, 1977. Hand colored intaglio/paper the University, and since then the Mondays - Fridays, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 (2/10), composition 32.9 x 21.6 cm. Pur collection has grown to sixty-three p.m. Saturdays, and 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. chased for South Dakota Works on Paper works. Sundays. exhibition. Special exhibitions at the Center

American Graphic Art from the Guastella, Steven Janson, Janine Drawings USA-77, April 2 - 30. Collection, March 5-May 28. Work by Johnson, Gerald Kruse, Darlene Organized and circulated by the Henry Balink, Thomas Hart Benton, Snoozy, and Signe Nelson Stuart of Minnesota Museum of Art in St. Paul, George Biddle, Peter Bodnar, Brookings; Mary Burnette, James du and selected by Paul Cummings, Thomas Coleman, Emil Ganzo, Cambronne, Carl Grupp, and Jay adjunct curator of drawings at the Gordon Grant, Marsden Hartley, Joe Olson of Sioux Falls; Robert Cocke of Whitney Muse um of American Art in Jones, Rockwell Kent, Reginald Madison; Penny Crossman of Rapid New York, this exhibition includes Marsh, Stephen Poleski, Margery City; James Gibson of Westport; and sixty-seven works by artists from Ryerson, Birger Sandzen, Agnes Tait, Debra McDaniel of Aberdeen. across the country. and Jae Young, representing most Following this showing the major printmaking techniques, is exhibition will tour the state, and will featured in this exhibition. The eventually become a part of the majority of these works were given to Center's collection of South Dakota the Center in 1970 as part of the South art. Dakota Federation ofWomen's Clubs Northwestern Biennial IV, May 7 - collection. June 25. Organized by the Center, this invitational exhibition features South Dakota Works on Paper, March recent work by leading artists oflowa, 5 - 26. In December, 1977, 279 works Minnesota, Nebraska, North and were submitted for consideration in South Dakota. At least one work from the Center's South Dakota Works on the exhibition will be purchased for Paper Purchase Program. the Center collection. Twenty-four works were purchased from the selection made by University of Iowa artist-professor Byron Burford. Represented in the exhibition are Robert Aldern, Ken Grizzell, Lloyd Menard, Peter Meyer, Larry Schuh, andMartin Wanser ski of JUNE REYBURN, Santa Barbara, Califor Vermillion; Larry Baker, Alice Berry, nia. Airing Out. Graphite/paper, 36.8 x 29.2 Donald Boyd, Twilla Brock, Dennis cm. In Drawings USA,-1977 EXHIBITION.

JAY OLSON (born Chicago, Illinois, 1943; lives in Sioux Falls). My Self Portrait Is Your Self Portrait, 1976. Watercolor/paper, sheet 57.5 x 75.9 cm. Purchased for South Dakota Works on Paper exhibition.

PENNY CROSSMAN (born Topeka, Kansas, 1941; lives in Rapid City). Man with Striped Robe, 1977. Graphite/paper, composition 66.0 x 45.7 cm. Purchased for South Dakota Works on Paper exhibition. Guild undertakes art appreciation program in Brookings schools

Last year Doris Christianson of works assembled in exhibition, as through eight in the Brookings Medary Elementary School in well as other exhibitions at the schools, and will involve other Brookings and Carol Koepp of the Center. The program proved effective members of the Memorial Art Center Memorial Art Center Guild organized in stimulating an interest in art among Guild. an art experience program for the students. students in Christianson's This spring, with the additional The objectives of the program include kindergarten class. The seven-week assistance of Yvonne Perkins of providing children with experiences program consisted of six visits by Brookings Middle School and June with original art, helping students Koepp to the class with a work of art McAulliffof the Memorial Art Center verbalize their feelings about art, and from the Center collection, and a visit Guild, t,he program will be expanded to make them feel comfortable in an by the class to the Center to see the six to include grades kindergarten art gallery environment.

Cafe Cinema this Spring

Les Diaboliques (Diabolique)1 March A Midsummer Night's Dream1 April Showings are in the Memorial Art 2, 7:00 p.m. France, 1955; 92 minutes 6, 7:00 p.m. United States, 1935; 117 Center auditorium, by subscription or in black and white with English minutes in black and white. Directed $2.00 for individual admission ($.75 subtitles. Direction and screenplay by Max Reinhardt and William for South Dakota State University by Henri-Georges Clouzot, from the Dieterle. Adapted by Charles Kenyon students). To be on the Cafe Cinema novel Celle Quix N'Etait Plus by and Mary McCall from the play by mailing list call the Center at Pierre Bouleau and Thomas Narcejac. William Shakespeare. With James 688-5423. With Vera Clouzot, Simone Signoret, Cagney, Dick Powell, Joe E. Brown, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vane 1, Noel Ian Hunter, Mickey Rooney, Frank Roquevert, and Michel Serrault. McHugh, and Olivia De Havilland. About this filmClouzot said: "I only That Warner Brothers would hire Help from friends sought to amuse myself and the little German expressionist Reinhardt to As of February 1 the Center has child who sleeps in all our hearts: the direct Shakespeare is almost as received $4,835 from 227 Friends as child who hides her head under the interesting as the casting for this the effort continues to raise $7,500 as covers and begs, Daddy, Daddy! classic. The result is a disturbing, the Center's part of a $10,000 Frighten me!" And frightening it is original theatrical-cinematic work challenge grant from the National that a cruel school headmaster is rare from Hollywood. Academy Endowment for the Humanities. murdered by his wife and mistress, Awards for Best Cinematography and Deadline formeeting the goal is June but seemingly returns to haunt his Best Film Editing. 30, according to Center board assassins. president Robert Carey ofWatertown.

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