Let’s get creative and de-stress with an easy activity! Art Journaling is creating a visual diary by combining collage, words, drawing, painting, photographs, and found objects. Artist Eileen Binkley will help you create mixed- media collages in a journal. Ages 12 and above are welcome. -No writing required. - Repeat attendees encouraged! - If you […]
Join us for a South Dakota Art Museum Guild gathering featuring artist Corey Shelsta in a talk entitled, "Art of Charcuterie ." This is the fifth program in the 2024-25 Guild program series. 9:30 a.m. - Coffee and social time 10 a.m. - Corey Shelsta | Art of Charcuterie Guild membership is encouraged but not […]
All Ages | Come-and-Go | Family Style | Museum admission required Make-n-Take Tuesdays offer a rotating lineup of creative activities, perfect for the whole family. Each week, dive into a new hands-on project like clay sculpting, tie-dye, shrink dinks, printmaking, and more. The fee adjusts based on the activity, ensuring a fresh and fun experience […]
The CAD's for next year are scheduled! Please see the event image for all of the dates.
Curated by Keith BraveHeart (Oglála Lakota) with curatorial direction for the South Dakota Art Museum exhibition provided by Jhon Goes In Center (Oglála Lakota) and Marlena Myles (Spirit Lake Dakota), "Creation.Story" celebrates Očhéthi Šakówiŋ creation stories through the work of 18 Dakota and Lakota artists. At the center of exhibition is a dynamic engagement space […]
All Ages | Come-and-Go | Family Style | Museum admission required Make-n-Take Tuesdays offer a rotating lineup of creative activities, perfect for the whole family. Each week, dive into a new hands-on project like clay sculpting, tie-dye, shrink dinks, printmaking, and more. The fee adjusts based on the activity, ensuring a fresh and fun experience […]
Discover embroidery essentials and learn methods to create your own beautifully stitched design. Ages 13+
Join us at the BAC to make a tapestry-style weaving on a lap loom with artist Eileen Binkley. This class is for beginning weavers or those looking to refresh their skills. This is a two-session class. -If you already have a loom, but would like to take the class again, repeat attendees encouraged! -You will get […]
All Ages | Come-and-Go | Family Style | Museum admission required Make-n-Take Tuesdays offer a rotating lineup of creative activities, perfect for the whole family. Each week, dive into a new hands-on project like clay sculpting, tie-dye, shrink dinks, printmaking, and more. The fee adjusts based on the activity, ensuring a fresh and fun experience […]
All Ages | Come-and-Go | Family Style | Museum admission required Make-n-Take Tuesdays offer a rotating lineup of creative activities, perfect for the whole family. Each week, dive into a new hands-on project like clay sculpting, tie-dye, shrink dinks, printmaking, and more. The fee adjusts based on the activity, ensuring a fresh and fun experience […]
All Ages | Come-and-Go | Family Style | Museum admission required Make-n-Take Tuesdays offer a rotating lineup of creative activities, perfect for the whole family. Each week, dive into a new hands-on project like clay sculpting, tie-dye, shrink dinks, printmaking, and more. The fee adjusts based on the activity, ensuring a fresh and fun experience […]
Save the bees! Create a ceramic pollinator feeder to place in your garden with local artist Elissa Cox Wenthe. Each participant will create 2 ceramic feeders to hydrate the hardworking pollinators in the summer. This is a single session class--participants will underglaze their piece in class and the instructor will bisque and clear glaze the […]
Let’s get creative and de-stress with an easy activity! Art Journaling is creating a visual diary by combining collage, words, drawing, painting, photographs, and found objects. Artist Eileen Binkley will help you create mixed- media collages in a journal. Ages 12 and above are welcome. -No writing required. - Repeat attendees encouraged! - If you […]
All Ages | Come-and-Go | Family Style | Museum admission required Make-n-Take Tuesdays offer a rotating lineup of creative activities, perfect for the whole family. Each week, dive into a new hands-on project like clay sculpting, tie-dye, shrink dinks, printmaking, and more. The fee adjusts based on the activity, ensuring a fresh and fun experience […]
This is the annual Brookings Optimist Jazz Festival which will be held at the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center on the campus of South Dakota State University. Middle school and high school jazz ensembles from the region attend our festival to perform at get feedback from experienced jazz educators. At noon, the SDSU Jazz Ensemble […]
Hand-build and design a unique ceramic planter, perfect for your favorite floral friends! NOTE: This is a 2 session class, one for making and one for glazing. The second class will be on April 30th and must be registered for. Ages 14+ All supplies provided
This winter, the South Dakota Art Museum proudly presents "Illuminated Noir," a captivating showcase of two distinct bodies of work by Spearfish, South Dakota artist Tim Peterson. On view January 11 – April 6, the exhibition highlights Peterson’s versatility across media. Peterson’s velvety pastel nocturnes explore the quiet mysteries of alleys, junkyards, and interstates, capturing […]
