Community Arts News

South Dakota’s own GRAMMY-nominated professional chorus returns to the area for concerts featuring music from the rich choral traditions of the Baltic states. Baltic Prayers includes works by Arvo Pärt, Eriks Esenvalds, and Carl Nielsen. From a Requiem setting to commemorate the lives lost in a tragic Estonian shipwreck to a stunning musical setting of […]

Beloit, Wis. – Film enthusiasts in the Sioux Falls area can look out for a new South Dakota made film as it continues to make its way across the film festival circuit. Pierre native Andrew Kightlinger’s South Dakota set TATOR TOT & PATTON will be showing at the Beloit International Film Festival in late February, […]

Sioux Falls, S.D. – The long-running popular HGTV show, House Hunters, will feature SculptureWalk ‘s public art on an upcoming episode. The House Hunter crews will be filming in Sioux Falls during December. The sculptures “Muse-IC” by Sioux Falls artists Lee Leuning and Sherri Treeby and “Ikicin” by Colorado artist Gary Monaco, will be featured […]

The South Dakota Chorale has been nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance for its latest recording, Tyberg Masses. Other nominations associated with this recording include Best Surround Sound Album, Best Engineered Album, Classical, and Producer of the Year-Classical for Blanton Alspaugh of Sound Mirror in Boston. The Recording Academy released its list […]

BROOKINGS, SD- An exhibit of Madonnas, created by Edward Hogan, is being featured in the Brookings Arts Council East Gallery during the Festival of Trees Holiday Event. Edward Hogan is a former SDSU Professor who was responsible for creating the state’s only Geography Program.  He was named by Governor George Mickelson, the State Geographer of […]

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota—The hood of an old Volkswagen Beetle on the body and the VW insignia on its tail, ‘Beetle the Bear’ is apparently as loveable as Herby The Love Bug in his day. The sculpture was just voted the University of Sioux Falls’ annual People’s Choice Award for its SculptureWalk contest.   Alberta, […]

Sioux Falls, S.D. – With construction slated to begin spring 2018, Friends of Levitt Shell Sioux Falls, the local nonprofit organization that brought together the City of Sioux Falls and the national Levitt Foundation to create an outdoor performance venue at Falls Park West, seeks its first Executive Director. “Next year will be exciting as […]

Sioux Falls, SD (October 30, 2017) The fall season begins at NV Studio, located at 106 W. 11th Street, with an exhibition of 10 recent encaustic paintings by renowned painter-musician Michel Samson. Samson, a native of Holland, comes from a family of artist in the culturally rich environment of the Netherlands.  Samson began drawing and […]

Sioux Falls, SD – October 30, 2017 – Ipso Gallery invites you to Ka-Chunk, an interactive art vending show to build on or start your art collection. The gallery will host an opening reception on Friday, November 10, 2017 at Fresh Produce from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The event is free and open to the […]

(From Sioux Falls.Business) The Sioux Falls Arts Council has started a merchant and corporate recognition program to give businesses a “seal of support” for contributing to the arts organization. Businesses will receive the artist-designed seal to display on their websites and window fronts for a minimum $250 annual contribution. The funds will support the arts […]