South Dakota Arts Council fiscal year 2011 grant awards

At its April 30, 2010 meeting, the South Dakota Arts Council announced these grant awards to non-profit organizations, schools and individual artists, for arts projects during Fiscal Year 2011 (July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2011). Grant awards are contingent on dollars raised from the state’s tourism promotion tax.

Artist Fellowships: The Council awarded $5,000 Artist Fellowships to 6 South Dakota artists of exceptional talent to recognize past artistic achievement and encourage future artistic growth.

Artist Collaboration Grants: The Council awarded two $6,000 Artist Collaboration Grants, each of which provides funds for a collaboration between 2 artists to advance their work and careers and benefit the state of South Dakota.

Artist Project Grants: The Council awarded $2,000 Artist Project Grants to 5 talented South Dakota artists to fund specific arts-related projects that benefit the artist’s career and the public.

Arts Challenge Grants: The Council awarded 23 Arts Challenge Grants to support the yearly activities of the state's major arts institutions and community arts organizations.

Artist In Schools & Communities (AISC) Grants: The Council approved funding for approximately 240 weeks of Artists-In-Schools & Communities residencies conducted by professional artists at schools and other educational institutions throughout the state. Sites, in addition to those listed below, may be approved throughout the year.

Importation of Musicians Grants: The Council awarded 2 Importation of Musicians grants, which provide matching funds to support importing musicians to enhance an orchestra’s performance season.

Project Grants: The Council awarded 27 Project Grants, which provide matching funds to organizations to support community-based arts activities.

Small Organization Season Support (SOSS) Grants: The Council awarded 13 SOSS Grants to support the yearly activities of small arts organizations that don’t meet the criteria for Arts Challenge support.

Statewide Services Grants: The Council awarded 3 Statewide Services Program Grants to support organizations whose statewide missions support and complement the goals and objectives of the South Dakota Arts Council's long-range plan.

Touring Arts: The Council approved funding for 45 touring artists and touring arts groups to be used to underwrite performance and exhibition fees to nonprofit organizations in the State.

Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Grants: The Council awarded four $4,000 Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Grants, which provide funds to master artists to teach qualified apprentices, thereby ensuring that the folk art form will be passed on to another generation.

Included on the following pages are the individual grants awarded by the Arts Council, grouped together by community.

Aberdeen

• Aberdeen Recreation and Cultural Center: $10,000. SOSS Grant supports year-round arts activities sponsored by the Aberdeen Recreation & Cultural Center.

• Aberdeen University/Civic Symphony: $5,000. Importation of Musicians Grant supports the importation of professional musicians for the 2010-2011 Symphony season.

• Aberdeen Area Arts Council: $8,603. Arts Challenge Grant supports yearly programming of the local arts council.

• Aberdeen Community Theatre: $24,913. Arts Challenge Grant supports ACT’s season of locally produced theatrical productions, classes, workshops, and professional touring productions and special events.

• Northeast South Dakota Celtic Faire & Games, Inc: $4,500. Project Grant supports Celtic music and dance performances and workshops as part of the Celtic Faire and Games.

• Dominant 7: $4,750. Touring Arts Grant supports the group’s tour of South Dakota non-profit organizations.

• Aberdeen Area Arts Council: $900 + travel. AISC grant support a weeklong dual-artist residency.

• South Dakota School for the Blind & Visually Impaired: $500 + travel. AISC grant supports weeklong artist residency.

Baltic

• Baltic Schools: $1,400 + travel. AISC grants support 2 one-week artist residencies at Baltic Elementary and Baltic Middle School.

Belle Fourche

• Belle Fourche School District: $500 + travel. AISC grant supports one-week artist residencies at South Park Elementary.

Bison

• Bison School District: $1,400 + travel. AISC grants support 2 artist residencies in the district.

Brandon

• Brandon PTA: $2,000 + travel. AISC grant supports a 4 week artist residency in the school district.

Britton

• Britton-Hecla School District: $500 + travel. AISC grant supports a one-week artist residency in the district.

Brookings

• Prairie Repertory Theatre: $5,284. Arts Challenge Grant supports seasonal programming of Prairie Rep in both Brookings and Brandon.

• South Dakota Art Museum: $23,188. Arts Challenge Grant supports the collection, preservation, and exhibition of visual art and other year-round programming at the Museum.

• Brookings Arts Council: $5,540. Arts Challenge Grant supports the Council as it maintains a gallery and art center and provides a variety of arts experiences for the citizens of Brookings.

• Brookings Chamber Music Society: $2,008. SOSS Grant supports the Society’s season of chamber and concert music performances throughout the school year.

• South Dakota Center for the Book: $7,500. Statewide Services Grant supports the 8th annual South Dakota Festival of Books, featuring 50 authors and a variety of other activities.

• Heartland Opera Troupe: $2,500. Touring Arts Grant supports the group’s tour of South Dakota non-profit organizations.

• Aaron Toronto: $5,000. Artist Fellowship in recognition of past artistic achievement and encouragement of future growth as an artist.

• Brookings Arts Council: $1,000 + travel. AISC grant supports two one-week artist residencies.

• Hillcrest Elementary School: $500 + travel. AISC grant supports one-week residency at the school.

• Great After School Place: $500 + travel. AISC grant supports a one-week artist residency for K-5 students.

• Camelot Intermediate School: $1,000 + travel. AISC grant supports 2 one-week artist residencies at the school.

Canton

• Fiddler Nelson: $3,000. Touring Arts Grant supports the group’s tour of South Dakota non-profit organizations.

• William Peterson and Joshua Scott: $4,000. Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Grant supports an apprenticeship with Dwight Lamb, master fiddler from Iowa.

• Lawrence Elementary: $1,000 + travel: AISC grant supports two-week artist residency at the school.

Castlewood

• Castlewood Schools: $1,000 + travel. AISC grant supports two-week artist residency at the school.

Chamberlain

• St. Joseph’s Indian School: $1,500 + travel. AISC grants support 3 one-week residencies with three different artists at the school.

Chester

• Chester Area School: $1,000 + travel. AISC grant supports two-week artist residency at the school.

Clear Lake

• Deuel School District: $900 + travel. AISC grant supports a one-week dual-artist residency in the district.

Custer

• Black Hills Playhouse: $24,875. Arts Challenge Grant supports 3-show summer season in Custer, Hill City, and Lead.

• Eugene Andrew Gienger: $2,000. Touring Arts Grant supports the artist’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organization.

Deadwood / Lead

• South Dakotans for the Arts: $45,000. Statewide Services Grant supports the efforts of South Dakotans for the Arts to strengthen the mission, goals and strategies of the South Dakota Arts Council. Adhering to its mission of advancing the arts through service, education and advocacy, SoDA provides leadership in arts education and offers services to community arts councils and other arts organizations.

• Historic Deadwood-Lead Arts Council: $4,339. Arts Challenge Grant supports yearly programming of the local arts council.

• Adams Museum & House: $2,500. Project Grant supports the 4th year of a 5-year project. This year’s project focuses on the literature that influenced Deadwood pioneer merchant W.E. Adams and his family during the early Twentieth Century.

• Historic Homestake Opera House: $3,500. Project Grant supports the 3rd annual Chamber Music Festival including performances and events featuring Orlando Chamber soloists.

• D. George Prisbe: $5,000. Artist Fellowship in recognition of past artistic achievement and encouragement of future growth as an artist.

Dell Rapids

• Dell Rapids Elementary School: $500 + travel. AISC grant supports a one-week artist residency in the school.

Doland

• Doland School District: $900 + travel. AISC grant supports a one-week dual-artist residency in the school.

Elk Point

• Elk Point-Jefferson School: $900 + travel. AISC grant supports a one-week dual-artist residency in the school.

Elkton

• Elkton Public School: $500. AISC grant supports a one-week artist residency in the school.

Faith

• Kevin Willey: $4,000. Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Grant supports an apprenticeship with master blacksmith Shane Taylor of Montana.

Faulkton

• Faulkton Area Arts Council: $1,900 + travel. AISC grants support 3 artist residencies in the community.

Flandreau

• Crystal Theatre Cultural Association: $2,088. SOSS Grant supports Crystal Theatre’s season of performances and activities.

• Flandreau Elementary School: $1,000 + travel. AISC grants supports two one-week artist residencies in the school.

Fort Pierre

• Jim Szana Trio: $5,000. Touring Arts Grant supports the group’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

• Stanley County School District: $1,000 + travel. AISC grant supports a two-week artist residency at the elementary school.

Frederick

• Frederick Area School District: $900 + travel. AISC grant supports one-week children’s theater residency in the district.

Freeman

• Swiss Choral Society: $2,000. Project Grant supports the Society’s 78th annual concert; this year the Society will perform Handel’s Messiah.

• Freeman Academy: $500 + travel. AISC Grant support one-week artist residency at the school.

• Freeman Area Community Theatre: $900 + travel. AISC Grant supports one-week dual-artist residency in the community.

Gettysburg

• High Plains Arts Council: $500 + travel. AISC grant supports one-week artist residency in the school district.

Groton

• Groton Area Elementary School: $900 + travel. AISC grant supports one-week dual-artist residency in the school.

Hartford

• West Central KARE: $500 + travel. AISC grant supports one-week artist residency in the facility.

Henry

• Henry School District: $900 + travel. AISC grant supports one-week dual-artist residency in the district.

Hill City

• Hill City Arts Council: $4,384. SOSS Grant supports HCAC’s varied season of activities and events.

Hot Springs

• Heritage Village Cowboys: $2,000. Touring Arts grant supports the group’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

• Hot Springs Elementary School: $1,000 + travel. AISC grants support 2 one-week artist residencies in the school.

Huron

• Huron Symphony League: $4,000. Importation of Musicians grant supports the importation of professional musicians for the 2019-2011 Symphony season.

• Huron Area Center for Independence: $1,500. Project Grant supports a residency with Encore Theatre, which specializes in involving persons with disabilities in theatrical productions.

• Huron School District: $500 + travel. AISC grant supports a one-week artist residency at Our Home Alternative School.

Ipswich

• Ipswich Parent Teacher Partnership: $1,000. AISC Grant supports a tw-week artist residency in the community.

Kadoka

• Kadoka School: $500 + travel. AISC grant supports a one-week artist residency in the school.

Kimball

• Kimball School District: $1,000 + travel. AISC grants support two one-week artist residencies in the district.

Kyle

• Oglala Lakota College: $4,500. Project Grant supports a series of twelve 6-day artist residencies at the Oglala Lakota Historical Center. The project targets K-12 and college students on the reservation and encourages lesser known artists to work with well-known artists during the residency experience.

Lake City

• Northern Fort Playhouse Foundation: $2,500. Project Grant supports theatrical performances at Fort Sisseton Historic State Park during the month of July.

Leola

• Leola Schools / PTO: $500 + travel. AISC Grant supports one-week residency in the schools.

Madison

• Chris Francis: $2,000. Artist Project Grant supports the artist’s creation of a new body of abstract Bad Lands landscapes that explore a sedimentary layer of iridium-enriched earth called the KT Boundary.

Martin

• Dallas Chief Eagle & Jasmine Pickner: $6,500. Touring Arts grant supports the artists’ tour – Nurturing the Tree/Hoop of Life – to South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

Menno

• Menno School District: $500. AISC Grant supports one-week artist residency in the district.

Milbank

• Koch School – Parents Promoting Education: $1,500 + travel. AISC grant supports a three-week artist residency at the school.

Miller

• Miller School District: $500 + travel. AISC grant supports a one-week artist residency in the school.

Mitchell

• Area Community Theatre of Mitchell: $13,030. Arts Challenge Grant supports the theater’s annual performance season.

Mobridge

• City of Mobridge / Sherr Howe Arena: $1,000. Project Grant provides technical assistance in the design of a sound and lighting system for the facility.

• Retired Teachers Association: $900 + travel: AISC grant supports a one-week dual-artist residency in the community.

• Mobridge-Pollock School District: $1,000 + travel. AISC grants support one-week artist residencies at Freeman-Davis Elementary and Mobridge Upper Elementary schools

Murdo

• Jones County 21st Century Community Learning Center: $500 + travel. AISC grant supports a one-week artist residency in the community.

Nemo

• Lead-Deadwood Career and Technical Campus: $1,500 + travel. AISC grants support 3 one-week residencies for at-risk teens and young adults.

New Underwood

• Duane Reichert ~ Backstage With a Rodeo Clown: $3,000. Touring Arts Grant supports the artist’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

Newell

• HOPE Program: $900 + travel. AISC grant supports a one-week dual-artist residency in the community.

North Sioux City

• Dakota Valley School District: $900 + travel. AISC Grant supports a one-week dual-artist residency in the community.

Onida

• Agar-Blunt-Onida School District: $1,400 + travel. AISC grants support 2 artist residencies in the district.

Parker

• Parker School District: $1,000 + travel. AISC grant supports a two-week artist residency in the school.

Pierre

• Pierre Players: $5,601. Arts Challenge Grant supports the year-round season of Pierre Players, one of the oldest, continuously operating community theaters in the state.

• Capital City Children's Chorus: $3,218. SOSS Grant supports the general operating expenses of the Children’s Chorus annual season of activities.

• Short Grass Arts Council: $1,069. SOSS Grant supports the Council's season of programming and arts support for both adults and youth.

• The Right Turn: $1,500. Project Grant supports the development of a theatrical production involving at-risk students and young adults.

• Hands on Partnership for Science, Literature, and Art: $1,500. Touring Arts grant supports HOP’s tour of nonprofit organizations by underwriting fees for small public libraries.

• PlainsFolk: $500. Touring Arts Grant supports the group’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

• SD Discovery Center: $1,000 + travel. AISC grants support two one-week residency for youth in the community.

• The Right Turn, Inc.: $2,000 + travel. AISC grant supports four weeks of residencies for at-risk teens in the community’s alternative high school program and other teenagers in the community.

• City of Pierre/Parks & Recreation: $900 + travel. AISC grant supports one-week dual artist residency in the community.

• Jefferson Elementary School: $500 + travel. AISC grant supports one-week artist residency at the school.

Pine Ridge

• Heritage Center at Red Cloud Indian School: $21,077. Arts Challenge Grant supports the Heritage Center’s yearlong activities designed to collect, preserve and exhibit the tribal arts of the Lakota and the fine arts of all Native Americans.

Plankinton

• Plankinton Public School: $4,500. AISC Grant supports a 9-week visual arts residency in the schools.

Rapid City

• Rapid City Arts Council: $29,494. Arts Challenge Grant supports a variety of extensive visual and performing arts programming available to the people of Rapid City and the larger geographical area it serves.

• Black Hills Community Theatre: $16,791. Arts Challenge Grant supports BHCT’s season of theatrical productions and educational outreach activities.

• Black Hills Symphony Orchestra: $14,448. Arts Challenge Grant supports the Symphony’s concert season and educational outreach activities for youth of the Black Hills region.

• Black Hills Chamber Music Society: $2,494. SOSS Grant supports the Society’s season of performances and activities.

• Rapid City Children’s Chorus: $3,500. SOSS Grant supports the Children’s Chorus’ annual season of performances and outreach activities.

• Bells of the Hills, Inc: $1,500. Project Grant supports the group’s 2010-2011 season.

• Black Hills Workshop Foundation: $4,000. Project Grant supports Vita!, an original production involving 25-30 adult persons with disabilities in collaboration with Stevens High School and BH Community Theatre personnel .

• Black Hills, Badlands and Lakes: $2,500. Project Grant supports the Black Hills Photo Shootout, a festival and workshop for photographers of all skill levels and interests led by industry experts and professionals.

• Christopher Robin Johnson: $1,000. Touring Arts Grant supports the artist’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organization.

• Going for Baroque: $1,000. Touring Arts Grant supports the group’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

• Hank Harris: $2,000. Touring Arts Grant supports the artist’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

• Mila Belakova: $750. Touring Arts Grant supports the artist’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

• Raymond Tysdal: $5,000. Artist Fellowship in recognition of past artistic achievement and encouragement of future growth as an artist.

• Shawn Callanan and Josh Balt: $6,000. Artist Collaboration Grant supports the creation of a documentary film that will capture the action, passion, and history of rock-climbing in the Black Hills.

• Zion Lutheran School and Preschool: $500 + travel. AISC grant supports a one week residency for students at the school

• Knollwood Heights Elementary School: $1,000 + travel. AISC grant supports a 2-week artist residency in the school.

Rosholt

• Rosholt School District: $1,400 + travel. AISC grants support 2 one-week artist residencies in the district.

Rutland

• Rutland School District: $1,000 + travel. AISC grant supports a two-week artist residency in the district.

Salem

• McCook Center School: $900 + travel. AISC grant supports a one-week dual-artist residency in the district.

Scotland

• Scotland School District: $900 + travel. AISC grant supports a one-week dual-artist residency at the school.

Sioux Falls

• Sioux Empire Arts Council: $11,562. Arts Challenge Grant supports the year-round activities of the Arts Council.

• Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues Society: $29,028. Arts Challenge Grant supports the Society’s annual summer JazzFest, a jazz concert series throughout the year, and outreach activities such as the Jazz Diversity Project.

• South Dakota Symphony Orchestra: $43,675. Arts Challenge Grant supports the Symphony’s season of orchestral music, special concerts to serve those unable to attend the regular concert series, and education and touring programs such as the Dakota String Quartet and the Dakota Wind Quintet.

• Washington Pavilion: $45,000. Arts Challenge Grant supports visual arts exhibitions, performances and other activities that are part of the Pavilion’s season of arts events.

• Dakota Academy of Performing Arts: $3,650. SOSS Grant supports the Dakota Academy of Performing Arts (DAPA) season, including: DAPA Youth Orchestra, DAPA Chamber Groups, and DAPA Plays for Living Theater Group.

• Groove, Inc: $3,445. SOSS Grant supports the organization’s season of performances and acitivities with elementary, middle, high school, and college percussion students.

• Singing Boys of Sioux Falls: $2,827. SOSS Grant supports the organization’s year-round season of performances and activities.

• Sioux Empire Community Theatre: $4,899. SOSS Grant supports the Theatre’s 2009-2010 season of community-based productions.

• Augustana College Theatre: $2,500. Project Grant supports the Augustana Shakespeare Festival and specifically the engagement of the Knighthorse Theatre Company to present 4 different productions of Sheakespeare’s plays, all uniquely performed by one or 2 actors, and to conduct workshops for students and community members from the region.

• SculptureWalk Sioux Falls: $5,000. Project Grant supports Sculpture Walk 2011, an accessible outdoor exhibiton of sculptures displayed in downtown Sioux Falls and at Falls Park year-round.

• South Dakota Music Teachers Association: $1,500. Project Grant supports the organization’s annual statewide conference, which this year will feature internationally known pedagogue, Marvin Blickenstaff.

• Sounds of South Dakota: $3,500. Project Grant supports The Sounds of South Dakota Vocal Showcase 2010’s production of I Can’t Stand Wager, composed by American composer Seymour Barab and featuring 7 regional professional vocalists and 1 pianist.

• St. Patrick’s Day Extravaganza: $2,000. Project Grant supports community performances and a SF St. Patrick’s Day parade appearance of the Khartum Temple Pipe & Drums from Winnipeg, Canada.

• Center for Western Studies: $1,000. Project Grant supports the addition of educational programming to the Center’s annual Artists of the Plains Art Show and Sale.

• Nathan Glazier: $4,000. Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Grant supports the artist’s apprenticeship with Celtic music master, Brian Miller of St. Paul, MN.

• Phil Baker: $7,500. Touring Arts Grant supports the artist’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

• Comfort Theatre: $3,500. Touring Arts Grant supports the company’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

• Dakota District Pipes and Drums: $2,000. Touring Arts Grant supports the group’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

• Dakota Jazz Collective: $2,000. Touring Arts Grant supports the group’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

• Dakota String Quartet: $10,500. Touring Arts Grant supports the ensemble’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

• Dakota Wind Quintet: $10,500. Touring Arts Grant supports the ensemble’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

• Dakota Chamber Orchestra: $13,000. Touring Arts Grant supports the chamber orchestra’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

• Flower and Flame: $2,500. Touring Arts Grant supports the group’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

• Allison Hedge Coke: $1,500. Touring Arts Grant supports the artist’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

• South Dakota Symphony Orchestra: $3,000. Touring Arts Grant supports the symphony’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

• Sioux Falls Jazz and Blues Society: $2,500. Touring Arts Grant supports the Society’s tour of the Jazz Diversity Project to South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

• Sioux Falls Public Schools: $12,500 + travel. AISC grants support 25 weeks of residency activities with various artists at the following schools: All City Elementary, Challenge Center, Discovery Elementary, Eugene Field Elementary, Fred Assam Elementary, Garfield Elementary, Hayward Elementary John Harris Elementary, Patrick Henry Middle School, RF Pettigrew Elementary, and Rosa Parks Elementary.

• Kids Inc. Summer AE Program: $2,000 + travel. AISC Grant supports 4-week artist residency.

• Children’s Care Hospital & School: $1,400 + travel. AISC grants support 2 one-week artist residencies.

• Multi-Cultural Center: $1,000 + travel. AISC grants support 2 one-week artist residencies at the Center.

• North County Fiber Fair: $500 + travel. AISC grant supports one-week artist residency during the fair.

• Sioux Falls Catholic Schools: $3,000 + travel. AISC grants support 6 weeks of residencies with various artists at Christ the King, St. Mary, and St. Lambert schools.

• Sioux Falls Lutheran School Association: $1,000 + travel. AISC grant supports a two-week artist residency at the school

• Sanford Cancer Center: $21,000 + travel. AISC grants provide artists to work with patients undergoing cancer treatment during 42 weeks of residencies

Sisseton

• Sisseton Arts Council: $1,418. SOSS Grant supports the Council's varied season of year-round activities.

• Sisseton Public Schools: $3,500 + travel. AISC grants support 7 weeks of artist residencies and throughout the school year.

• Sisseton Arts Council: $500 + travel. AISC grant supports a one-week artist residencies at a nearby school.

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Sky Ranch

• Sky Ranch for Boys: $500 + travel. AISC grant supports a one-week artist residencies at the school.

Spearfish

• Spearfish Center for the Arts & Humanities: $12,857. Arts Challenge Grant supports a wide variety of arts programming. The Center produces year-round theatre productions at the Matthews Opera House, operates an art gallery, presents touring artists, showcases local visual artists, and sponsors summer and winter art festivals and exhibitions, a foreign film series and other activities.

• Black Hills State University ~ Opera Theatre Institute: $4,000. Project Grant supports the two-week Johanna Meier Opera Theater Institute, which each summer brings in a distinguished world-class faculty to teach a 2-week opera program to high school and college age vocal artists, and offers community performances featuring institute participants.

• Termespheres & Lectures: $5,000. Touring Arts Grant supports the artist’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations

• Gordy Pratt: The original Fabulous ONE GUY: $6,500. Touring Arts Grant supports the artist’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organization.

• Dragons Are Too Seldom Puppet Theatre: $6,000. Touring Arts Grant supports the artist’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

• Dick Termes: $5,000. Artist Fellowship in recognition of past artistic achievement and encouragement of future growth as an artist.

• Chad Dahlke and Jesse Nelson: $6,000. Artist Collaboration Grant supports the artists’ initiation of a snowboard magazine that will localize the sport, showcase local talent, and use the artists’ photography of the Black Hills to illustrate the magazine.

• Bonnie Halsey-Dutton: $2,000. Artist Project Grant supports an artist exchange between European and South Dakota artists. The artist is collaborating with a London artist in bringing this common European practice to South Dakota.

• Kent Meyers: $2,000. Artist Project Grant supports the writer’s research of the life and work of the French scientist Jean Augustine Fresnel and his English contemporary, scientist Thomas Young. The research will be the basis for a new novel.

• Spearfish Center for the Arts & Humanities: $900 + travel. AISC grant supports a one-week children’s theater residency.

• Black Hills State University: $500 + travel. AISC grant supports one-week dance residency during the Opera Theatre Institute.

• Kids Club Kids: $1,400 + travel. AISC grant supports 2 one-week residencies in the communty.

St. Francis

• St. Francis Indian School: $1,000 + travel. AISC grants support 2 weeks of artist residencies at the school.

Sturgis

• Black Hills Special Services Cooperative ~ Prairie Winds: $3,500. Project Grant supports Prairie Winds, a 25-year literary project of the BH Special Services Cooperative.

• Sturgis Center for the Arts: $500. Project Grant supports the inclusion of a theater component in the annual Sturgis BAM Festival.

• Sturgis Area Arts Council: $900 + travel. AISC grant supports a one-week dual-artist residency.

Tea

• Dance Network of South Dakota: $2,000. Project Grant supports the Dance Network’s annual conference, featuring classes in a variety of dance forms for regional dance students.

Timber Lake

• Timber Lake Middle School: $900 + travel. AISC grant supports a one-week dual-artist residency in the school.

Valley Springs

• Jill Groth: $4,000. Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Grant supports the artist’s apprenticeship with traditional Irish music master artist, Tim Britton from Iowa.

• Jim Groth: $750. Touring Arts grant supports the artist’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

• Trefoil: $500. Touring Arts grant supports the group’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations

Vermillion

• South Dakota Public Broadcasting: $10,000. Statewide Services Grant supports weekday broadcasts of the “Arts Calendar” on SDPB Radio and the written and audio archive of “Arts Calendar” on SDPB Internet as well as other news and feature reports that air several times a month and special programs such as “Food for Thought.”

• National Music Museum: $32,715. Arts Challenge Grant supports the Museum’s mission to serve the people of South Dakota and the nation as an international center for collecting and conserving musical instruments of all cultures and bringing people together to study, enjoy and understand our diverse musical heritage.

• Children’s Theatre Company of South Dakota: $4,000. Project Grant supports the creation of the Dakota Shakespeare Project. When completed, DSP will introduce younger children to Shakespeare and supplement the classroom study of Shakespeare by older students.

• Vermillion Community Theatre: $500. Project Grant supports the production of Fiddler on the Roof by providing internships to college students to assist with technical aspects of the production.

• Vermillion Area Arts Council: $2,800. Project Grant supports “Messy Hands” Summer Art Camp for children ages 3-14. Students have the opportunity to experience the arts through a variety of genres and disciplines.

• Children’s Theatre Company of South Dakota: $6,000. Touring Arts Grant supports the theater’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

• Discovery Mime / Movement Theatre: $4,500. Touring Arts Grant supports the company’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

• Jazz Portraits: $1,500. Touring Arts Grant supports the ensemble’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

• Rawlins Piano Trio: $1,500. Touring Arts Grant supports the ensemble’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

• Brian Begley and Mary Inman Begley: $5,000. Artist Fellowship in recognition of past artistic achievement and encouragement of future growth as artists.

• Stephen Yarbrough: $5,000. Artist Fellowship in recognition of past artistic achievement and encouragement of future growth as an artist.

• John Banasiak: $2,000. Artist Project Grant supports the artist’s selection and compilation of 200 previously unprinted photographic negatives centered around the theme, Place and Identity. The photographs will subsequently be matted, framed, and exhibited.

• SESD Arts Council: $500. AISC Grant supports a one-week artist residency in the community.

Wagner

• Boys and Girls Club: $1,000. Project Grant supports DramaMatters, a theatre program for at-risk youth.

Wakonda

• Wakonda 125th Celebration: $500. Project Grant supports the production of an historical musical play that tells the story of the town of Wakonda over the past 125 years.

• Public Domain Tune Band: $1,000. Touring Arts Grant supports the group’s tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

Wakpala

• Kevin Locke & Kevin Locke Dance Ensemble: $9,000. Touring Arts Grant supports the groups’ tour of South Dakota nonprofit organizations.

Watertown

• Town Players: $6,918. Arts Challenge Grant supports Town Players’ yearly season of productions.

• Ann Taecker: $2,000. Artist Project Grant supports the artist’s creation of 2-dimensional collages, 3-dimensional pieces, and/or hanging panels to be offered as a touring exhibition.

• Town Players: $900 + travel. AISC Grant supports a one-week children’s theatre residency in the community.

Webster

• Webster School District: $500 + travel. AISC grant supports a one-week artist residency in the district.

Wessington Springs

• Wessington Springs Schools: $1,000 + travel. AISC grant supports a one-week artist residency in the schools.

Worthing

• Olde Towne Dinner Theatre: $10,268. Arts Challenge Grant supports a yearly season of theatrical programming at the State’s only nonprofit dinner theater.

Yankton

• Lewis & Clark Theatre Company: $3,647. Arts Challenge Grant supports year-round theatrical programming of the Company.

• Yankton Area Arts Council: $7,147. Arts Challenge Grant supports diverse yearly programming including arts presentations, visual art exhibitions, children’s workshops, and support to artists and other organizations.

• Yankton Public Schools: $500 + travel. AISC grant supports a one-week artist residency in the district.

• Ability Building Services: $500 + travel. AISC grant supports a one-week artist residency for sutdents.

• Sacred Heart Catholic School: $1,000 + travel. AISC grants support 2 one-week artist residencies in the elementary and middle schools.

• SD Human Services Center: $1,400 + travel. AISC grants support 2 one-week residencies throughout the year to children and adults at the center.

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