UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS |
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Best of the West
Annual Juried High School Art Show Inez & Milton Shaver Gallery 05.16.2013 - 06.15.2013 Artists Reception: Thursday, May 16 | 5 - 7pm The talented artists of the Black Hills area high schools are sure to impress and inspire us with their work on display at the Best of the West Annual Juried High School Art Show. The Show will open with a public reception and awards presentation in the Inez + Milton Shaver Gallery at the Dahl Arts Center on Thursday, May 16, 5-7 pm. The exhibit will remain on display through June 15, 2013. With selected works from hundreds of area high school students, this exhibition will highlight a multitude of artistic disciplines including: painting, sculpture, photography, ceramics, collage, printmaking and drawing. The Best of the West Annual Juried High School Art Show is a tremendous tribute to the talent and dedication of the students and their teachers. This year’s participating schools include Central, Stevens, Douglas, and St. Thomas More. We would like to thank the following sponsors for underwriting this exhibition: Security First Bank, US Bank and Rapid City Arts Council |
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Annual show | Artists of the Black Hills
Sen. Stan Adelstein & Lynda K. Clark Gallery 05.24.2013 - 06.29.2013 Artist's Reception: Friday, May 31 | 5 - 7pm Artists of the Black Hills is an organization of professional artists, artisans, and galleries who joined together with the common goal of presenting and promoting the Black Hills region as an art destination. Each of the members has been juried into the organization by a selection committee made up of a cross-section of ABH artists representing the entire body of the membership. The intent of this organization is to make evident the large pool of artistic talent in the Black Hills area and the impact that art has made, and continues to make on the quality of life in the Black Hills. This will be the Ninth Annual show and sale that Artists of the Black Hills has held. The exhibition will showcase the work of approximately 35 individual members whose artwork includes numerous different mediums and styles of painting, sculpting, photography, printmaking, jewelry, collage and glasswork. For more information on the group, please visit their website HERE. |
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Drive-By Stories | Tim Peterson
Inez & Milton Shaver Gallery 06.21.2013 - 10.11.2013 Artist's Reception: Friday, June 28 | 5 - 7pm “My aim as an artist is to render my observations as true to my original vision as my skills will allow. I often think real art occurs at each instant of recognition before craft has an opportunity to put into play its own interpretation.” This show of pastel paintings by artist Tim Peterson is an autobiographical record of his life experiences. His hope is that viewers will see these paintings as familiar. Born in Minot, ND, Tim moved to South Dakota and resides in Spearfish. He earned his Bachelors Degree from Northern State University. Tim’s primary interest is in recording images he has witnessed during the course of ordinary life. The title of the show, Drive-by Stories refers to the speed with which these scenes take place, often in the literal sense of seeing a subject during a sideways glance while driving. His paintings are depictions of ordinary places and people that we see everyday. What makes them extraordinary and worthy of painting is still a mystery to Tim. Humor and/or irony play a huge roll in Tim’s work as does empathy and pathos. Additionally, a large part of Tim’s work involves memory, especially the conflict between memory and reality. This comes into play as Tim recognizes a potential painting and then digests the details. As he gets further from the scene, in both time and distance, the details begin to fade. What is left is his impression of a scene and which not actually represent the reality of it. |
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Where The Wild Things Are | Local Graffiti Artists
Sen. Stan Adelstein & Lynda K. Clark Gallery 07.11.2013 - 09.20.2013 Artists' Reception: Friday, July 12 | 5 - 7pm Where the Wild Things Are is a exhibition of graffiti art. This exhibit will explore local graffiti artists and culture as well as the public’s misconceptions about graffiti. Rapid City’s relationship with graffiti art began in 2005, more than 30 years after its birth in Philadelphia and New York. The first sightings that could legitimately be identified as letter based graffiti art were atop Star Village, by an artist who went by the name “Kota”. Soon after, graffiti artists “Siamese”, “Amuin” and “Rhest” appeared, with a consistency and relevance that signaled the true birth of graffiti in the region. Many more have arrived since then and many more will emerge over time. This show will highlight some of the finest artists to emerge in the founding years of Rapid City Graffiti. It will also shed some light on an art form that is commonly misinterpreted. A glimpse at some of the featured artists... Focus - In addition to working in Art Alley, Navajo / Lakota graffiti artist Focus has made some truly awe inspiring murals on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Drone - Has been sketching all his life. He threw away his pencil and traded it for pen drawings. Drone claims that this gave him a taste for drawing on things he wasn’t supposed to. Demo - an old school Miami graffiti king who spent his graffiti career traveling between NY and FL before settling down in the Black Hills. Iwer - As a kid, he kept a close eye on the work of Siamese and Amuin, learning along the way and painting his way to recognition. Rhest - One of Rapid City’s first four graffiti artists, traveled back and forth between Rapid City and Salt Lake City mixing styles from each city together. |
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Tatanka Oyate (The Buffalo People) | Group Show
Ruth Brennan Gallery 09.05.2013 12.27.2013 This contemporary, multi artist exhibit will tell the story of the unique relationship between Buffalo and the Lakota people, and how that relationship is being renewed after its loss. It will also address the issue of displacement of people (specifically the Lakota) and culture, and the reconnecting with one’s culture that has been altered, lost, or forced out of their mainstream life. The four artists that have been selected to contribute to this exhibit are; Keith Brave Heart, Roger Broer, Layli Long Soldier, Michael Two Bulls. The curator of the exhibition, Mary Bordeaux, will also be adding an artistic component. |
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Sculpture Redefined | Jill Rumoshosky Werner
Sen. Stan Adelstein & Lynda K. Clark Gallery 10.04.2013 - 01.10.2014 When you think of quilting, you’re more likely to associate them with the words like “cozy” or “useful”, rather than “Sculpture” or “pop art”. Jill Rumoshosky Werner intends to change that. “Sculpture Redefined” is an exhibit that employs the use of colorful, easily identifiable objects quilted as sculpture, to perform a specific task- To create a visual dictionary that defines conceptual ideas without the use of words. The exaggerated sizes and vibrant quilted cloth are used as tools to develop a friendly and relatable connection to the work, while the objects themselves, though simple, convey a deeper message, sometimes even tackling dual meanings of a single word, effectively, and with a sprinkle of tongue-in-cheek humor that just may induce a hearty chuckle or two from the gallery visitor. Many elements of her art are derived with her past professional experience as an audiologist and technical writer. At one job, she was given a company dictionary and told that her writing could only use the words it contained. “It made me wonder how abstract concepts could be conveyed without using any words at all” Says Werner. This exhibition is sure to have something for everyone, and patrons may even be inclined to take a bit more away from it than they had bargained for. Whether you have an affection for fabrics, a fascination with color, or appreciate the challenge of defining non-simple concepts, simply and eloquently. Jill Rumoshosky Werner regularly exhibits her artwork in museums, art centers and galleries around the U.S. and abroad and she has won national and international awards. |
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The Goods VIII
Inez & Milton Shaver Gallery 10.25.2013 - 11.08.2013 Annual fundraiser in support of the Rapid City Arts Council's arts programs. Anonymous art sale, food + wine tastings, music and much more. Not to be missed! |
