18th Annual Dahl Mountain Photo Competition & Exhibit 

​The 18th Annual Dahl Mountain Photo Competition and Exhibit sponsored by the Rapid City Journal along with the Rapid City Arts Council is a juried photography exhibition based on mountain culture. The exhibition will be on display at the Dahl Arts Center from 02.25.22 - 04.16.22 during the Dahl Mountain Culture Festival. 

Dahl Mountain Photo
​Competition 2022 Awards

Visit the Dahl Arts Center
to vote for the Rapid City Journal's
​Peoples Choice Award
Audio: The Brew via Canva

2022 Selected Photos


Adult Professional and Adult Amateur/Hobbyist Selected Pieces
Tina Bernad | Grandma’s Kitchen
Kathi Buescher | Indian Paintbrush
Matthew Burditt | Cave Dwellers
Tara Burian | Peek A Boo, Calming Sunset, Battle Worn & Badlands Sunset
Rebecca DeWitt | On My Way & Camping
Tom Fenenga | Badlands Sunrise
Linda Foster | Best Friends & Nature Explorers
Kaden Franke | Elk in Valley
Erica Harvey | Winter’s Breath, Deathly Silent & Elemental Harmony
Rory Hayman | Ghost of Settler’s Past
Jan Hines | Endangered Cascade Vixen
Jordan Hoff | Sunrays Over Oliver Creek
Christopher Huot | Corona of Quills, Campfire Contemplation, Trail to the Stars & Powder Line
Kathryn Jones | Bridal Veil Falls
Don Kates | Untitled
Mike Magda | Spearfish Creek & Badlands Sky
Karen Mahoney | Lunch with My Feathered Friends & It’s a Good Day to Spread Your Wings
Gavin Martz | Vuples Vuples- Red Fox & Black Hills Brown Trout
Kathie O’Donnell | A River Runs Through The Fault Line & I got Badlands Blues
Tristen Polensky | The Pillar
David Reinbolz | Reflecting Reality & Sunsets of Eve Landscape
Leith Sandness | Like Mother Like Son, Flicker Camouflage, Fall Mist & Spruce Embellishment
Todd Schweiger | Sunday Gulch Fungi
Heidi Stefanich | Moody Monolith & Suspended Animation
Martin Tarby | On the Run, Focused, It’s a Dirty Job, Mule Deer Trot & Minutes Before Sunset
Michael Ward | Wassat? & Winter Lace
Deb Zimmerman | Traces of Adventure, Look Out Below & Diamond Dust at Dawn
 
Youth Selected Pieces
Sierra Hopp | Hint of Color
Edie Whitehead | Momma and the Moon
Paxton Whitehead | Meteorite
​​Faith Steedley | Serene Waterfall
Vivian Marta | 11th Hour
Rebecca Anglin | In the Neighborhood
Maddie Sprigler | Bridgerton
On behalf of the Rapid City Arts Council, the Dahl staff, Board of Directors, and our volunteers, we would like to express our sincere gratitude and thank the City of Rapid City for their ongoing support of our organization. It is because of support like this that we are able to continue to fulfill our mission to champion inclusive, innovative and inspired arts opportunities to enrich the communities we serve. 

The Rapid City Arts Council receives support from generous members and donors, the City of Rapid City,  SD Community Foundation, and the South Dakota Arts Council with funds from the State of South Dakota, through the Department of Tourism and the National Endowment for the Arts. Special thanks to Bierschbach Equipment and Supply and Dakota Business Center, Carter Taylor.

​​The Dahl Arts Center is a municipal facility managed by the Rapid City Arts Council and owned by the City of Rapid City.​