UPCOMING EVENTS
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Opening Reception: Unwrapped | Various Artists
Presented by Rapid City Arts Council Friday, November 16 | 5-7pm This juried exhibit features small original works by local artists just in time for the holiday season. In keeping with the idea that our visitors like to give and receive hand-made gifts of art during the holidays, artists price their work to sell and it is sized to fit in every home. This exhibit is prominently displayed on our Lobby Gallery and opens with our popular Holiday Art Market. |
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Opening Reception: Dancing Demons | Charles Keeting Lassiter
Presented by Rapid City Arts Council Friday, November 16 | 5-7pm This exhibit provides a unique opportunity for visitors to view work from well-known artist Charles Keeting Lassiter (1926-2005) who was often considered an outsider because of his unconventional use of tools and techniques. His work has been collected in many of the major galleries around the world. Lassiter was formally trained and travelled throughout the U.S., Europe and the Caribbean despite suffering from agoraphobia and schizophrenia. These mental illnesses are quite apparent in his work, from his frenzied and almost uncontrolled movements to his depersonalization of subjects in a spider-like network. Together these qualities create a sense of unease and anxiety for viewers, giving them a sense of the artist’s challenges with his mental disorders. Twenty-five of his paintings will be on display at the Dahl Arts Center and all will be for sale. |
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Holiday Art Market
Presented by Rapid City Arts Council Friday, November 16, 4 - 7pm & Saturday, November 17, 10am - 4pm Dahl Arts Center Back for the seventh year, the Holiday Art Market features over 30 vendors! So take a break from crowded stores and visit the Holiday Art Market at the Dahl Arts Center for a variety of unique, hand-made items from regional artists. This fun, festive event includes jewelry, scarves, greeting cards, books, pottery, fiber arts, paintings, photos, Native art, Christmas cards, ornaments, and more! Don't miss Pottery Row... by the Dahl's very own Open Pottery Studio participants! By shopping at the Holiday Art Market you are supporting our talented local artists and makers, as well as the Rapid City Arts Council’s programs. On Friday evening you’re invited to a joint opening reception for two fabulous exhibits; Dancing Demons by Charles Keeting Lassiter, and Unwrapped, a juried collection of small artworks by local artists, priced for gift giving. |
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Opening Reception: Tatanka Numpa Owe Okele | Two Bulls Family
Presented by Rapid City Arts Council Friday, November 30 | 5-7pm Tatanka Numpa Owe Okele loosely translates as "Following the Two Bulls tracks". Family and kinship ties are very important to the Oglala Lakota people. The Two Bulls are an Oglala Lakota family of artists and musicians originating from the Red Shirt Table community on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. This group exhibition features the artwork of seven members of the Two Bulls Family. Those family members included in the exhibition are: Robert Two Bulls Sr, Robert Two Bulls Jr, Lorri Ann Two Bulls, Marty Two Bulls Sr, Marty Two Bulls Jr, Michael Two Bulls and Molina Parker. Within this expansive show of family members is included numerous visual art mediums. They range from painting, cartoons, graphic design and illustration, ceramic and plaster sculpture, printmaking, mixed-media work, leather work, dolls, bead work and other forms of jewelry. Along with individual artworks from each of these artists, there will also be collaborative pieces included in the show with multi-generational artists working together to create new artwork. The Wake Singers will perform at the artists' reception. They are a contemporary rock and roll band made up of several members of the Two Bulls Family. The family was invited to help participate in the curation of this exhibition and decided to elect Micheal, Robert Jr. and Marty Jr. as those family members who would assist in the curation. |
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Free Noon Holiday Concerts
Presented by Rapid City Arts Council Wednesday, December 5, 12-1pm & Wednesday, December 12, 12-1pm December 5 – Rapid City New Horizons Band: Founded in 1997 and boasting 50+ members, the New Horizons Band brings their dynamic "big band sound” to the Dahl each December to entertain people of all ages. Led by conductor Milo Winter, the band will perform the music of the season as well as classic favorites. December 12 – Shrine of Democracy Chorus: The Mount Rushmore Chapter and the Shrine of Democracy Chorus promote, encourage, and perpetuate barbershop style singing, bringing men together in harmony and fellowship, and enriching lives through singing. This a cappella group will perform festive music for the Holidays. Our Noon Holiday Concert series performances are held the first two Wednesdays in December in the John T. Vucurevich Event Center at the Dahl Arts Center over the noon hour and are free to the public. Complimentary coffee, hot chocolate and cookies will be offered. Tables will be available and visitors are encouraged to bring their own brown bag lunch to enjoy during the show. |
Weekly Events!
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Emerging Artists @ the Lien Cultural Cafe
FREE Every Friday | 5:30 - 7 pm Bruce H. Lien Cultural Cafe (Dahl Arts Center's Kansas City Street entrance) Kick-start your weekend! LIVE MUSIC, FREE admission, cash bar - Every Friday, 5:30 – 7pm in the Bruce H. Lien Cultural Café @ the Dahl. Celebrating the talents of Emerging Artists, and providing a nurturing place for them to be seen, to be heard, and to grow. See who is performing this week HERE |