Displaying Professional Art for 50 Years!
Located in the heart of Rapid City's vibrant downtown, the Dahl Arts Center enjoys a prime location that attracts a diverse audience of art enthusiasts, collectors, and cultural connoisseurs. With our central location and prominent visibility, your artwork will be showcased to a broad and engaged audience.
With a commitment to artistic diversity and inclusivity, the Dahl Arts Center offers a wide range of exhibition opportunities to artists working in all mediums and styles. Whether you're planning a solo show, a group exhibition, or a themed showcase, the Dahl provides a platform for your artistic expression to shine.
With a commitment to artistic diversity and inclusivity, the Dahl Arts Center offers a wide range of exhibition opportunities to artists working in all mediums and styles. Whether you're planning a solo show, a group exhibition, or a themed showcase, the Dahl provides a platform for your artistic expression to shine.
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What to Submit
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Our Space
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Formal Proposals Submission Requirements
PLEASE INCLUDE:
All submissions are reviewed by the RCAC Exhibits Committee
Please send to exhibits@thedahl.org.
- Name/ Address/ Phone number / Email Address - Keep this updated and inform the RCAC of any changes.
- Cover Letter- Include a short summary of your intentions and goals for the exhibition, with a brief description of the artwork.This can be your ideas, techniques, process, media and/or subject matter. Basic questions to address include: What is the work about? What is the story behind it? What are your audio/video or sponsorship needs? If you are proposing an installation or multimedia display, this would be a good space to share those details.
- Biography, Art CV/ Resume or Relevant Exhibition History- Basic biographical information is helpful for our process to know your history and connection to the Black Hills Community, please include other exhibition or art experiences that you would want our Curators and Exhibits Committee to know about.
- High Resolution Digital Images - 300 dpi, Maximum 30 images. May also be submitted electronically via google drive link or email, or on physical flash drive
- Image List Document- Label each image. Include title, date, size and media of each work. This information can be included in your submission as a .pdf file. Images of details, installations or demonstrating scale of work are a good idea to fully explain scope/scale of your proposal.
All submissions are reviewed by the RCAC Exhibits Committee
Please send to exhibits@thedahl.org.
Emerging Visual Artists
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We encourage artists who have never had a public exhibition to submit proposals through our Emerging Visual Artists Program (EVA) which is displayed in the Bruce H. Lien Cultural Café & Gallery. Emerging artists have the opportunity to work with our team of professionals to craft and curate their art to form it into a stunning exhibition.
Group Shows are a great way to get experience with a limited number of pieces. Get your artist friends together and submit a proposal for a group show of 1-5 artists. Each artist should complete an application and indicate that they are applying as part of a group and include the other participating artists' names. We can help you get your proposal ready! Contact us to set up a meeting to discuss your goals as an artist. Questions? Email [email protected] | 605.394.4101 x3 |
Cultural Equity & Appropriation Policy
RCAC DOES NOT ENGAGE IN CULTURAL APPROPRIATION.
Cultural appropriation specifically involves intentionally or unintentionally adopting elements of a culture, such as symbols, music, or ceremonies, without permission, particularly from cultures different from one's own, and especially from marginalized and underrepresented cultures.
Cultural appropriation in the arts restricts access, marginalizes communities, and harms the cultures being borrowed from. While RCAC adheres to the Indian Arts and Crafts Act, our commitment goes beyond truth in advertising to advocate for Indigenous Peoples' rights to control and benefit from their cultural knowledge and artwork.
Therefore, RCAC is committed to avoiding cultural appropriation. Instead, we prioritize programming that authentically represents the cultures of the artists and community members involved.
Cultural appropriation specifically involves intentionally or unintentionally adopting elements of a culture, such as symbols, music, or ceremonies, without permission, particularly from cultures different from one's own, and especially from marginalized and underrepresented cultures.
Cultural appropriation in the arts restricts access, marginalizes communities, and harms the cultures being borrowed from. While RCAC adheres to the Indian Arts and Crafts Act, our commitment goes beyond truth in advertising to advocate for Indigenous Peoples' rights to control and benefit from their cultural knowledge and artwork.
Therefore, RCAC is committed to avoiding cultural appropriation. Instead, we prioritize programming that authentically represents the cultures of the artists and community members involved.
We welcome proposals from artists and guest curators for exhibitions in any media and in any subject area.
Questions? Contact Noah Geiger, Curator & Gallery Director | 605.394.4101 x2
Questions? Contact Noah Geiger, Curator & Gallery Director | 605.394.4101 x2
