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AWARENESS: South Dakota Artists Network Newsletter
© SDAN

Volume 15, No. 1: Winter 2008

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WATCH THIS SPACE FOR BREAKING NEWS... we'll try to keep you informed!
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NEWS UPDATE! May 5, 2008

There’s still room for 2 more people in the Introduction to Silk Painting class at the Spearfish Art Gallery—Main Street Spearfish, Saturday May 3, 31, 2008 9:00 – 4:30 pm... (see Main Page below)
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NEWS UPDATE! May 2, 2008

SDAN Summer 08 Retreat
June 13, 14, 15
Howard, SD
Hostesses: Beth Prostrollo (528-6610), Jo Meyer (772-5596), Dee Remacle

Schedule of Events

Friday, June 13
6:00 POTLUCK at Jo’s (104 E Washington Ave)
7:00 Business Meeting
8:00 Relax and catch up, retire to the Olson House, or per your other arrangements

Saturday, June 14
Breakfast on your own
9:00 – 12:00 Mask / Sculpture WORKSHOP at the Olson House (203 E Farmer Ave)
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch at the Olson House (furnished)
1:00 – 4:00 Continue with WORKSHOP
4:00 – 6:00 At your discretion (artwork, relaxation, etc.)
6:00 – 8:00 Supper – location TBA (probably Papa J’s in Howard)
$10 of your registration goes toward your meal. Anything over that is on your own.
8:00 - ? SHOW & TELL at the Olson House

Sunday, June 15
9:00 Breakfast at the Golf Course ($6 - $7 + tax for all you can eat)
10:00 – 12:00 Finish projects, say good-byes at the Olson House

If you need special equipment for your SHOW & TELL presentation, make sure that you bring materials with you.

Let the hostesses know about your HOUSING needs.
o There is room for 5 at the Olson House at the rate of $30 per person, per night. (We have reserved this for the event.) This might be the place you would like to try and stay – it is a historic house, restored, and quite elegant and comfortable. There is a fully equipped kitchen, also.
o Freddie’s Motel in Howard rates are $36 for single and $48 for double
o Super 8 in Madison rates are $56 and up for single
o AmericInn in Madison rates are $84 for single/non-smoking - $88 for double/smoking
o Lake Park Motel in Madison rates are $28 for single

2008 SDAN SPRING RETREAT / WORKSHOP Registration

Name _____________________________________________

Address ______________ City ______________ State/Zip ________

Phone ____________________ E-mail ___________________________

Hosted by Beth Prostrollo, Jo Meyer, and Dee Remacle at Howard, SD. June 13, 14, & 15. Potluck supper and business meeting Friday night at Jo Meyer’s (no charge).

__________ $10.00 – Membership Dues

__________ $20.00 – Web Site Dues

__________ $30.00 – First Time Web Site (first year only)

__________ $40.00 - Retreat and Workshop. Includes supplies to make masks and Sculpture. Please feel free to bring all kinds of trimmings (beads, feathers, fabric, paint, etc.)

__________ TOTAL

__________ Would like to arrange for lodging.

Sign-up deadline for the retreat is May 28, 2008.

Please send payment to:
Ruth Napier, SDAN treasurer
6512 Woodrow St
Rapid City, SD 57703
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NEWS UPDATE! April 25, 2008

The SDAN Summer 08 Retreat Announcement... June 13, 14, 15,
Howard, SD... (see Page Three)
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NEWS UPDATE! March 30, 2008
• LIFE DRAWING CLASS AT THE DAHL ARTS CENTER [RAPID CITY] ... (see Page Two)
• INTRODUCTION TO SILK PAINTING ... (see Page Two)
• WYOMING PLEIN AIR- 2008: SLIDE ENTRY DEADLINE ... (see Page Two)
• THE DAKOTA CREATIVE CONNECTIONS PROGRAM OF THE BUSH ARTIST FELLOWS PROGRAM ... (see Page Two)
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NEWS UPDATE! March 4, 2008
• See Page Three for new member feature- June Palmer… (link to Page Three)
• ENTRIES for the Second Annual Paint the Parks Competition and Exhibition. PaintAmerica’s “Paint the Parks” Art Competition... (link to Page Four)
• AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXHIBIT WITH THE SPRINGFIELD ART ASSOCIATION … an exhibit exploring the American prairie. Prairie Plein Air will run from June 28 to September 21… (link to Page Four)
• CALL FOR ARTISTS FROM THE STEVENS COUNTY MUSEUM & HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN MORRIS, MN… (link to Page Four)
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(SEE PAGE FOUR FOR MORE TIME SENSITIVE CALLS TO ARTISTS...)
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REMINDER: time for SDAN Dues for 2008 (SEE Page Three...)
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Welcome to the following SDAN New Member:

June Palmer, Hot Springs, SD
Watercolor Painting
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(If you'd like to be featured in a future issue of this Newsletter, please contact the Moderator at the link at the bottom of this page. Send any artist information, bio, graphics or pictures you'd be willing to share. Thanks.)
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INVITATION TO SDAN MEMBERS...

This is your newsletter. As your editor, I'm looking for as much art news and information as you can give me to include in each publication. I do try to network with other arts organizations for material I think you may be interested in, and if necessary draw from my personal involvement in art events, but our intent is to publish a variety of art interests and venues from across the state. You can use the contact link at the bottom of the page, or send it to: SDAN Newsletter Moderator at srandall1@sio.midco.net. Thanks.
Steve Randall
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News Update May 5, 2008

There’s still room for 2 more people in the Introduction to Silk Painting class at the Spearfish Art Gallery—Main Street Spearfish
Saturday May 3, 31, 2008 9:00 – 4:30 pm
With Black Hills artist Shirley Jane Hobbs (see samples of her silk painting at www.sdartists.net)

Plan to apply your past painting experience to this new medium.

Each person will:
1. learn the basics of silk painting: making a frame, stretching the silk, steam setting, and rinsing
2. learn six techniques: salt, sugar, gutta, no flow, wet, & dry
3. paint two original silk scarves which will be steam set and theirs to keep or give as a gift.

Cost: $85, includes all materials needed: 3 silk scarves, silk dyes, palette, gutta, frames, professional steaming, and other miscellaneous items. Bring your favorite watercolor brushes and a hairdryer.

Class is limited to 7

Please pre-register by calling Shirley at 605-673-4755 or emailing to shirleyjane@landscapesinsilk.com

A $50 deposit is required to reserve your space: refundable with 48 hours cancellation notice.

If more than 7 register, the first 7 to register will have first option, and others will be put on waiting list (no deposit required for waiting list).

Shirley Hobbs, MA, PCC
Transformative Life Coach
www.shirleyhobbs.com

Landscapes in Silk
www.sdartists.net

605-673-4755
25542 Newell Road
Custer SD 57730

Images of Place: Paintings and Poems
© Gary Steinley and David Allan Evans

(2008)

Washington Pavilion
310 S Main Avenue
Sioux Falls SD 57104
Images of Place: Paintings and Poems • Jan 11 – April 6, 2008
Gary Steinley and David Allan Evans

David Allan Evans, South Dakota’s poet laureate, and Gary Steinley, a South Dakota landscape painter, have long enjoyed one another’s work and in 2003 co-taught a week-long workshop “Celebrating Rural Life Through Painting and Writing”. This exhibition extends the collaboration begun in that workshop to the join creation of :”pairings”, integrated sets of poems and paintings. These pairings were created over a two-year period (2005-2007).

Gallery Insights presented in collaboration with this exhibit include:
Poetry Slam in the Gallery ♦ 6 - 8 pm Fridays, Feb. 22, Mar. 7 and 21.
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Images of Place: Paintings and Poems by SDAN Member, Gary Steinley and David Allan Evans.

A joint creation, inspired by a week-long workshop in 2003 entitled Celebrating Rural Life through Painting and Writing, the exhibit couples landscape oil paintings by Gary Steinley with poems written by David Allan Evans, South Dakota’s Poet Laureate.

Steinley’s paintings depict places throughout South Dakota. With one exception, human figures are depicted only as part of the larger environment. Evans wrote poems inspired by Steinley’s paintings, using each painting as an entry point into his own memories and experiences. In some cases a poem’s link with a painting is quite evident. In other cases the link is tentative, and Evans’ narrative extends well beyond the painted image.

This is the first show with others to be scheduled. The last show will be at the South Dakota Art Museum in Spring 2010.

Gary and David will also conduct a workshop, "Dakota Landscapes: writing and Painting" at the Outdoor Campus in Sioux Falls, August 4-8, 2008. 

Gary Steinley
© Gary Steinley

SDAN Member Gary Steinley is a South Dakota painter who, in a state divided almost perfectly in half by the Missouri River, paints out of an East River studio (in the town of Brookings surrounded by thousands of acres of beans, alfalfa, corn, and all sorts of small grains) and a West River studio (near the Deer Mountain ski area in the Northern end of the Black Hills). He also, while traveling beyond the borders of South Dakota, paints out of the back of his Blazer, or some rented vehicle, or the front door of a remote motel. His primary medium is oil (Max, water miscible), and he mainly paints landscapes—as long as the term is defined broadly enough to include anything that can be painted on location.

Most of Gary’s paintings are completed, or significantly begun, on location. He prefers this not only because he believes it helps him produce more valid paintings, but also because of the relationship it allows with the outdoors. “Of all that I have done and do outdoors [hike, ski, work, sail, etc.], it’s there—standing behind an easel in a field, on the side of a mountain, in a small town alley, among barnyard structures, beneath towering trees, next to docked boats—where I feel closest to what’s around me and most in touch with myself. I’m addicted to this feeling.” As an artist Gary’s goal is first to enjoy that relationship himself, then—through a painting—to communicate it to others who might also enjoy it.

Original oils by Gary are available in South Dakota at the South Dakota Art Museum (museum shop) in Brookings, Art Works (also in Brookings), the Clark County Mercantile (in Clark), the Perfect Hanging in Rapid City, the Blue Dog Gallery in Lead, and the Song Bird Gallery in Custer.
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MAIN PAGE LINKS OF INTEREST:

State arts website -- links you to the action
South Dakota State Poetry Society -- 2008 poetry contest
The Horse Barn Arts Center -- Open Call to Artists
Prairie Photography by Shawn Leer -- New web site
2010 Initiative -- A Giant Vision for South Dakota
David Allan Evans -- Web site
SculptureWalk 2007 -- Sioux Falls
Artists of the Black Hills -- News and Information
Bonnie Brahms -- Web site
MADE IN SOUTH DAKOTA... -- e-commerce site for artists.
Bush Foundation -- Fellowships and Grants
Sioux Empire Arts Council -- Horse Barn Arts Center
Arts Opportunities -- "Your one-stop shop."
Marian Henjum -- Web site
Poetry Foundation -- Source.
Nancyjane Huehl -- SDAN web page
Gary Steinley -- SDAN web page
SDAN Event Calendar -- Posted by SDAN Members
ARTS ALIVE -- Newsletter

David Allan Evans
© David Allan Evans

Born in Sioux City, Iowa in 1940, David Allan Evans went to college on a football scholarship, and by the time he graduated, he was writing poems and short stories. He has degrees from Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa, the University of Iowa, and the University of Arkansas, where he got his MFA in creative writing.

He has lived in Brookings, South Dakota since 1968, where he is a professor of English and Writer in Residence at South Dakota State University. He is the author of five books of poetry, and the author or editor of seven other books.

In 1974 he was the first South Dakotan to receive a National Endowment for the Arts grant. He also has writing grants from the Bush Artist foundation in St. Paul, Minnesota, and the South Dakota Arts Council. His poems, short stories, and essays have been published in many magazines and journals and in over 60 anthologies, including BEST POEMS OF 1969 (The Borestone Awards), HEARTLAND II: POETS OF THE MIDWEST, THE NORTON BOOK OF SPORTS, THE SPORTING LIFE, IMAGINING HOME, POETSPEAK, MOTION: AMERICAN SPORTS POEMS, and FATHERS.

A number of his poems have been re-printed frequently in well-known sports literature anthologies as well as K-12 text books. He has been a Fulbright Scholar to China twice, once in Nanjing, China and once in Guangzhou. He has done residencies for the South Dakota Arts Council, Iowa Arts Council, and Wyoming Arts Council for over 25 years. He is listed in CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS, INTERNATIONAL AUTHORS AND WRITERS WHO'S WHO, and WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA.
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WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU!...

Active members of South Dakota's arts community help update our state arts plan every three years by responding to questions from the South Dakota Arts Council and South Dakotans for the Arts. We also received insights about our planning and programs from Regional Arts Day meetings held around the state last spring.

Please share your opinions in a simple online survey that should take about ten minutes. Simply click this link: survey

If your email program doesn't automatically open the survey web site, go to www.sdarts.org and click the link to "strategic planning survey."

We want to hear from you and will carefully consider what you say. If you need a paper copy of the survey call (800) 952-3625 and ask for the South Dakota Arts Council office. Survey deadline: March 31, 2008.