The Visual Arts Center has been host to exhibitions ranging from noted South Dakota artists to Andy Warhol and Rodin. Here are some of the past exhibitions that have visited one of our eight galleries.
Visual Arts Center
Past Exhibitions
2025
A Lasting Impression: Learning Through Legacy in the Grupp Art Academy
Artist Names: Kennedy Bouza, Emma Witt, Osvaldo Ricardez, Victoria Rainboth and Carl Grupp
The Carl Grupp Arts Academy is a 10-week program for high school students who have a passion for art and want to hone their skills. Through thoughtful projects, guest speakers, and a nurturing and supportive environment, students have the opportunity to connect with the local
arts community and grow as artists themselves. This exhibition brings together the artwork of past students who have gone through the Grupp Academy program along with their instructors and the artist who inspired the program’s founding.
Education was always important to the artist Carl Grupp (b.1939-2019). He was a leader in arts education in South Dakota and one of the most important artists in the Midwest over the last 60 years. From 1969 until 2004, Grupp was a professor at Augustana University where he was a beloved teacher and mentor to generations of artists. To continue Carl Grupp’s legacy of enhancing and supporting arts in the region, the Carl A. Grupp Charitable Fund has partnered with the Visual Arts Center at the Washington Pavilion to create this awesome academy for high school students.

A Storied Life: Artwork by Phyllis Jorgenson
Artist Name: Phyllis Jorgenson
At 91 years old, Phyllis Jorgenson’s lifetime of stories is beautifully preserved in paint. Until now, much of her work has remained a private treasure, shared only with close friends and family. This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to explore a curated selection of her pieces – each one a visual story of her family history, travels both near and far, and keen observations of life’s quiet moments and grand inspirations.
Creativity has always been a guiding force in Phyllis’s life, though in her earlier years, it took shape in the roles of devoted wife and mother. In 1970, her husband Glenn was coping with relentless and unexplainable headaches. He became addicted to prescription opioids and further self-medicated with alcohol. Phyllis helped him seek treatment, leading to his recovery, and together they turned their experience into a mission. They founded River Park, South Dakota’s first non-profit, privately funded addiction treatment center. Their work not only transformed countless lives, but also challenged societal perceptions, helping to dismantle the stigma surrounding addiction.
As her children grew, Phyllis rekindled her creative spirit, teaching herself to paint through mailin kits, workshops, magazine studies, and community art gatherings. Her dedication to her craft is evident in the care with which she framed and displayed her work in her home, a testament to both her passion and perseverance.
This exhibition is more than a collection of paintings – it is a celebration of Phyllis Jorgenson’s extraordinary life. Through each brushstroke, we see her resilience, her love of beauty, her commitment to art, family, and humanity.

Ceramic Connections: Native Traditions and Modern Forms
Flandreau Indian School Student Artist Names: Joshua Wolfe, Akira Armell, Aric Armell, Anthony DeCory, Violet Barse, Kya Iron Bear, Hiinonoiie Friday, Harley Gullikson, Rose Guerra, Suttle Aaliyah, David Flammond, Averi Herman, Rheana Roubdeaux, Jasmine Kahbeah, Kyree Jerry Lee Tinno and Amos Rockman Permanent Collection Artist Names: King Kuka Blackfeet, David Dragonfly, Oscar Howe, Roger Broer, William Nelson and Joann Bird
In this exhibition, Native American students from Flandreau Indian School along with Augustana University have created ceramic works using traditional Native methods. Their work is displayed alongside artwork from the Visual Arts Center Northern Plains Tribal Collection, creating connections and promoting native voices and perspectives.
Thanks to the support of a “Humanities Research for the Public Good—Sustaining Good” Grant from the Council for Independent Colleges, Augustana University faculty created academic programming for students from Flandreau Indian School (FIS) that combined material research with creative expression. Through the workshops, FIS students created pit-fired coil pots, basket plaques, effigy pottery and masks while learning about the historical connection to native tribes across the country.

Jason Chin: Your Place in the Universe
Artist Name: Jason Chin
Jason Chin’s breathtaking illustrations reveal the beauty of our planet and the cosmos. It’s an awe-inspiring exhibition that takes you from the Earth’s core to the stars above.

SKU: Works by Joe Schaeffer
Artist Name: Joe Schaeffer
Schaeffer’s work is deeply rooted in his background in graphic design. He intuitively employs ink, oil, acrylic and various other media to create pieces that evoke elements of calligraphy, typography and graffiti. A distinctive feature of his visual language is the use of black ink in his painting compositions, which lends a unique character to his work.
The exhibition “SKU” delves into the concept of “stock keeping unit,” a term commonly used by vendors to track inventory. This show explores the intricate relationship between the visual language of Schaeffer’s painting practice and his graphic design work within a commercial context. Drawing on his extensive industry experience, this body of work examines the intersections between commercialism and art, and its impact on the way art is perceived.
Through traditional media, digital formats and environmental installations, “SKU” offers a thought-provoking exploration of the boundaries between art as an accessible medium and art as a product. Schaeffer’s work challenges the viewer to consider how commercial influences shape the experience of art, presenting a dynamic interplay between artistic expression and market-driven aesthetics.

Vinfrared: Central Vietnam at 590nm
Artist Name: Cham Phan
Cham Phan intimately embraces his visual impairment, allowing the gradual degradation of color, clarity and definition to shape his artistic expression. Each image offers an invitation to see through his eyes, where perception is in constant flux – some days blurred and soft, other days awash in intense light or drained of color. As a photographer losing his sight, Cham’s world shifts unpredictably, with vision that sometimes flickers between clarity and obscurity, brightness and dimness.
Using full-spectrum camera and a special effect lens, Cham journeyed to Central Vietnam, reconnecting with his roots while navigating the changing landscape of his vision. Shot at 590nm infrared, these images capture not only the external world but also the internal, translating his sensory experience into something uniquely poetic and haunting.
This collection was created with a Full Spectrum Panasonic S5 paired with a Lensbaby Velvet 28mm, transforming both his lens and his life into a meditation on change, loss and reconnection.

Echoes of Experience: The Augustana Senior Show
Artist Names: Jackie Allard, Rylee Amato, Maizie Dickson, Randi Inez Eggum, Brock Fox, Dmitrii Gilmiiarov, Kenneth Lenger III, Samuel Pham, Maggie Satter, Amanda Schlampp, Shelby Scott, Mattison Tschetter, Serena Voegeli, Quinn Ward, Nora Weaver and Caitlin Wentzel
The senior show is an important capstone that celebrates the hard work of our graduating artists. This year, the exhibition is shared across two venues, so please be sure to also visit the Eide/Dalrymple Gallery at Augustana University.
The artistic and academic paths of these sixteen seniors have been as diverse as their personalities. Within this group you will find athletes, musicians, scientists and social scientists; you will find students who traveled halfway around the world to arrive at Augustana, and others who stayed close to home in order to travel far. You will find students who tackled multiple majors in this liberal arts setting, and others who took the leap and embraced the seventy-eight credit BFA professional degree. They have aspirations of becoming professional artists, teachers, designers, arts advocates and museum professionals, amongst other goals. Regardless of their ultimate vocations, we feel that the future of the visual arts is in good hands.

Heartland Horizons
Artist Names: Roberta Barnes, Susan Bell, Michael Brown, Keith Buswell, Sarah Peak Convery, Judy DeBoer, Rodger Ellingson, Alexa Ensz, Rachel Funk, Carol Geu, Megan Hammer, Pat Hansen, Susan Haygood, Russell Horton, Janice Johnson, Jeanette Johnson, Karen Kinder, Epiphany Knedler, Greg Latza, Curt Lund, Christine May, Sarah Mulder, Phyllis Packard, Aaron Packard, Audrey Powles, Gary Steinley, Susan Thelen, Judy Thompson, E Wieser and Jean Zaldivar
The Heartland represents more than just a geographic location; it embodies the values, traditions and stories that shape the very soul of our region. This exhibition seeks to capture the essence of the Heartland – its landscapes, its people, its history and its future. Thirty artists were selected to help tell these stories. Through their work, many draw inspiration from vast prairies, bustling cities, quaint towns, agricultural abundance and the resilient spirit of the unique communities in this region.

Just Having Pie: A Retrospective by John Henry Peters
Artist Name: John Henry Peters
ARTIST STATEMENT, JOHN HENRY PETERS
I am a mixed media sculptor. I love to explore the use of all kinds of materials and processes of construction. Sometimes my work is representative but most often it has surreal intentions. A predominant characteristic of my work is about scale.
How we understand the world is often associated with our perception of space, all kinds of space. I think we all are fascinated by the knowledge that our existence is in a world of incredibly microscopic elements, the space that we perceive in our interior environments, the vast spaces of the horizon, to the unlimited space of the universe. What an amazing, interesting, challenging and magical place we live in! My use of extreme changes in scale invites the viewer to enjoy the complexities of space.
I find inspiration in the history of our planet, development of species, human existence and the impact of scientists, philosophers, inventors, writers, and builders. However, I am mostly inspired by musicians and artists and all their forms of expression.
Architecture should be more organic. I have been exploring a variety of forms that could be considered architectural models including customized tables and pedestals. Some forms are mystical, spiritual others are austere.
With a surreal approach, I've tried to capture a sense of wonder.
Who would live or work in these structures?
What kind of culture are they connected to?
Are they ancient? Futuristic?
When I started making the ceramic architectural structures, I also began making little human figures. They were quite solitary in nature, monk-like, peasant-like. I intended them to be singular representatives of the people who inhabited the structures. This reminded me of my past interest in carving small figures. My wife Deb told me I should carve wizards again because I had always enjoyed that process in the past. So, I did. They have returned. They seem to have that sense of solitary wisdom that I wish existed more in our lives.
My explorations have led to a variety of expressions in different media. You can see some common threads in all my works. I hope you get caught into the very small details.

Washington Pavilion Gala Exhibition
Artist Names: Jana Anderson, Alexa Becker, Michael G. Brown, Collin DeBoer, Pat Hansen, Marlee Hayes, Mollie Hosmer – Dillard, Karen Kinder, Brad Kringen, Sara Mulder, Andrew Peschong, Audrey Powles, Paul Schiller, David Sieh, Linn Skoglund Thygeson, Yvonne Thornton and LeAnna Tuff
In this Exhibition
Celebrate and support the arts! The artists included in this year’s Gala exhibition were hand-selected based on their demonstration of continued excellence in their individual practice. All works will be on auction at the Washington Pavilion Gala on June 12.

Symphōnía
Artist Name: Mollie Hosmer-Dillard
Artist Statement:
My large-scale, layered paintings take forests and the surface of water as their primary sources of reference. I’m drawn to the density of these natural forms, the unending shimmer across my visual field. This kind of optical experience evokes the perception that everything in my scope of vision is equally important, that everything is equally alive.
Artists have long used ornament and decoration to create “all-over” compositions that speak to this consonance, unity, or uninterrupted alive-ness in nature. However, the words “ornament” and “decorative” are commonly used as pejorative terms in Western painting. The research behind my work reveals that this view of the decorative as an inferior means of artistic production bears strong links to overt racism, sexism, and colonialism. This is an especially intriguing observation at our present moment in history, a moment when we are witnessing in full measure the flaws inherent in the industrialized world’s assumptions about the natural world.
Though my bodies of work are varied, they all involve abstraction derived from experimentation. Using non-traditional processes and materials, I work till I uncover an internal logic within them, an emergent beauty and integrity within a cast of changing characters. The paintings on view here make use of laser-cutters, silkscreen procedures, textiles techniques, hand-ground ink, and thinned oil paint to arrive at images that emerge from a way of working rather than from a predetermined idea. My use of repetitive mark-making elicits nature’s ceaseless changes, its emergent structures, and its uninterrupted aliveness, evoking a vision of nature countervailing to the one held by industrialized society.

2024
Echoes of Rembrandt: Diverse Styles in Figurative Printmaking
Artist Names: Francesco Bartolozzi, Robin Boger, Adolf Dehn, James Gibson, Carl Grupp, Landa King, Jacob Lawrence, Michelle Martin, Kathryn Maxwell, Susanne Mitchell, Billy Morrow Jackson, Alice Neel, Richard Peterson, Fritz Scholder, Rembrandt van Rijn, Mary Wallner Turner and Art Werger
Dear Diary
Artist Names: Erin Murtha and Noelle Vainikka
Eclogues
Artist Name: Teo Nguyen
Tarot: The Art of Fortune
Artist Names: Emily Anderson, Kelsey Connor, Hannah Grapevine, Zachary Leitheiser, Jacob Miller, Alan Montgomery, Erin Murtha, Chad Nelson, Erin Nguyen, Kaija Pedersen and Maryn Wagner
Take Me to Your Moon: Journeys Into the World of Dementia
Artist Name: Tenyoh
25 Years of the Washington Pavilion
Oscar Howe Legacy Across Four Generations
Showcasing the work of 16 different artists.
What would that something be: Artwork by SDSU Faculty
Artist Names: Hamid Amini, Diana Behl, Shannon Frewaldt, Peter Reichardt, Erik Ritter, Mel Spinar, Tim Steele, Mark Stemwedel, Marisa TenBrink and Kristy Weaver
WOMEN: A Century of Change
Artist Names: Jodi Cobb, Lynsey Addario, Ami Vitale, Erika Larsen and Steve McCurry
Washington Pavilion Gala Exhibition
Intimate Landscapes
Artist Name: Bethany Noordmans
Reclamation Through Transformation: Re-Presenting Native American Archival History
Flandreau Indian School Student Artist Names: Florence Romero Wakasote, Crystal Sioda Fast Horse, Taylor Lovejoy, Joey Firesteel, Anthony DeCory, Skyla Ross, Ta’Mahya Parham, Prometheius Elthie, Harley Gullikson, Malea Country, Wakinyan Masteth, Vivica Blacksmith and Ellyana Williams Permanent Collection Artist Names: Jennifer White, Arthur Amiotte, Jim Yellowhawk, Henry Payer, Oscar Howe and more
Woven
Artist Names: Chad Nelson and Lindsay Twa
From Nothing to Everything, and All the In-Betweens
Artist Names: Signe Stuart, Alice Berry, David Hockney, Betty Kittleson, Carl Frederick Riter, Edward Evans, Robert Penn, Robert Aldern, Dennis Guastella, Craig Carver, Tony Janetti, Jens Joneleit, Bruce Preheim and Rick Johns
Astrographica: Preparations for Space Exploration
Artist Name: Wes Eisenhauer
Pom Art: Tunnel Vision and the Voids
Artist Name: Amy Moir
Style and Stigma
Artist Names: Geneva Costa and Anna Youngers
How to See: A Dialogue Between Landscape and Imagination
Artist Names: Molly Noem Fulton and Tom Dempster
2023
The Bigger Picture
Artist Name: Ella Ratliff
Obscure Visions: Abstract Photography
Artist Name: Jack Paladino
SD Governor’s 10th Biennial Art Exhibition
Artist Names: Tenyoh, John Banasiak, Michael Baum, Bridget Beck, Diana Behl, Angela Behrends, Chris Benson, Paul Boerboom, Amanda Boerger, Bonnie Brahms, Dillon Bryant, Luke Bryant, Skott Chandler, Wyatt Dickson, Susan Drey, Jordan Eaton, Lonnie Ellis, Molly Fulton & Tom Dempster, Carol Geu, Gina Gibson, Kristi Goodell-Nordbye, Luke Gorder, Sharon Gray, Becky Grismer, Bonnie Halsey-Dutton, Amber Hansen, Seth Harwood, Liz Heeren, Susan Heggestad, Jodi Jensen Vittitoe, Thomas Jones, Don Kates, Epiphany Knedler, Andrew Kosten, Amy Lehman, Dennis Linn, Christopher Meyer, Mikayla Meyer, Darcy Millette, Allen Morris, Darrel Nelson, Quintin Owens, Scott Parsons, Paul Peterson, Tim Peterson, James Pollock, Nick Poppens, James Quigley, Jessie Rasche, Jerry Rawlings, Anna Reich, Peter Reichardt, Tim Rickett, Camille Riner, Erik Ritter, Elvis Rosendo, Joe Schaeffer, J. Desy Schoenewies, Michelle St. Vrain, Tim Steele, Mark Stemwedel, Daniel Tackett, Lindsay Twa, Emilia Van Ert, Matthew Whitehead, Erin Wohletz, Anna Youngers and Tonna Zieske
SAY IT OUT LOUD
Artist Name: Pascale Sablan
XX: 20 Sculptures Celebrating 20 Years of SculptureWalk
Artist Names: Luke Achterberg, Steve Bormes, Felix Ehis, Jacob Harvey, Rick Haugen, Harry Klessen, Dale Lamphere, Clark Martinek, Jerry McKellar, Serge Mozhnevsky, Christopher Powell, Jeffrey Satter, Joe Schaeffer, Cameron Stalheim, Grant Standard and Darwin Wolf
Subconscious Passages
Artist Names: Erin Asmussen and John Banasiak
At the Point of Convergence
Artist Names: Craig Carver, Sam English, Helen Frankenthaler, James Gibson, Liz Heeren, Wade Patton, John Loring Perkins, Pierre August Renoir, Thomas Rickers, Kurt and Marsha Runstadler, Mel Spinar and Signe Stuart
Bury Me for the Dogs
Artist Name: Eli Show
within//without
Artist Name: Merecedes Nelson
TOPO
Artist Name: Quintin Owens
Washington Pavilion Gala Exhibition
Artist Names: Amanda Boerger, Tom Dempster, Molly Fulton, Carl Grupp, Rick Haugen, Liz Heeren, Laura Jewell, Karen Kinder, Brad Kringen, Quintin Owens, Mary Payton, Jessie Rasche, Cristen Roghair, Joe Schaeffer, Paul Schiller, Barbara Sparks and Emilia Van Ert
Waiting for the Muse: A Carl Grupp Retrospective
Guild Hall: An Adventure in the Arts
Artist Names: Andy Warhol, Jackson Pollock, Chuck Close, Willem de Kooning, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Thomas Moran and more
Everything Was Beautiful
Artist Name: Emilia Van Ert
Travel
Artist Name: Byron Banasiak
Everything Is Ordinary
Artist Name: Marl Stemwedel
2022
Get Back to Work Doyg
Artist Name: Doug Burns
How to Say Goodbye
Artist Name: Amber Hansen
Donde Nacen Las Palabras: Where Words Are Born
Artist Name: Hilda Esperanza Langle
Zenith Confusion
Artist Names: Lisa Bergh and Andrew Nordin
A Gateway to a Place Between
Artist Names: Bailey Ahler, Kjerstin Aspaas, Joshua Carr, Euneso Chang, Jennifer Cook, Brandi Dirks, Cora Harris, Hayley Olson, Duncan Raney, Breanna Rechtenbaugh, Alyssa Regnier, Kendal Schreier, Matthew Scott, Rachael Selberg, Kenzie Shubert and Cheyenne Spooner
In Dreams
Artwork from the Visual Arts Center Permanent Collection
Cat, Tiger, Cat
Artist Name: Judith R. Peterson
Washington Pavilion Gala Exhibition
Artist Names: Stacey Bautista, Diana Behl, Paul Boerboom, Amanda Boerger, Ceca Cooper, Amy Fill, Liz Heeren, Laura Jewell, Karen Kinder, Cory Knedler, Brad Kringen, Darcy Millette, Chris Nowatzki, Mary Payton, Jessie Rasche, Cristen Roghair, Joe Schaeffer, Paul Schiller, Barbara Sparks and Dr. Lindsay Twa
100 Years of the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
Great Plains Watercolor Society Member Invitational
Artist Names: Deloras Korgel, Nancy Nelson, Kristin Peterson, Ruby L. Douglas, Rachel Hatle, Brian Beilke, Paul Boerboom, Marian Sprecher, Nancy Warnock, Marjorie Ness, Candy Wagner, Mary Buckmiller, Judy DeBoer, Reeni Mckay, Jan Johnson, Melissa Van Egdom, Janet Judson, Sheryl Baloun, Beth Brekken Masterson, Deb Yoder, Darlene Streedbeck, Jeanne Emmons, Julie Dent, Mike Hagan, Kathleen Threadgold, Carol Ratcliff, Judith Edenstrom, Lynn Nordsiden and Kimberly Larson
Weeds & Wildflowers of South Dakota
Artist Name: Barbara Sparks
Floating Worlds
Artist Name: Amy Fill
Augustana Student Invitational
Artist Names: Allison Altwine, Camryn Bird, Angie Cagle, Brynn Collinsworth, Grace Dixon, Treigh Falcon, Haley Hoffer, Alexa Lammers, Mearah Miedema, Hanna Morin, Gracie Rothering, Yushi Schieffer, Blake Schumacher, Elaine Taggatz and Lauryn Van Regenmorter
Winning.
Artist Name: Young Ae Kim
Offering
Artist Name: Lindsay Carone
Wa Sa Wak Pa’la
Works from the University of South Dakota Faculty
2021
Wish You Were Here
Artist Name: Epiphany Knedler
South Dakota Governor’s 9th Biennial Art Exhibition
Artist Names: Tenyoh, Steve Babbitt, Byron Banasiak, John Banasiak, Michael Baum, Diana Behl, Angela Behrends, Amanda Boerger, Keith BraveHeart, Roger Broer, Dillon Bryant, Skott Chandler, Alexis Doerr, Nemo Dorn, Susan Drey, Bill Feterl, Thomas Fluharty, Jeff Freeman, Ginny Freitag, Carol Geu, Gina Gibson, Luke Gorder, Becky Grismer, Amber Hansen, Sarah A. Hanson-Pareek, Seth Harwood, Liz Heeren, Susan Heggestad, JoAnn Hoffman, Jodi Jensen Vittitoe, Rick Johns, Thomas Jones, Jeremy Kendall, Young Ae Kim, Karen Kinder, Epiphany Knedler, Haley Larson, Michele Meester, Christopher Meyer, Darcy Millette, Deborah Mitchell, Alan Montgomery, Safet Musinovic, Sandra Newman, Quintin Owens, Phyllis W. Packard, John Peters, Paul Peterson, Tim Peterson, D. George Prisbe-Przybysz, Michael Ramey, Jessie Rasche, Jerry Rawlings, Anna Reich, Tim Rickett, Erik Ritter,Barbara Rowe, Joe Schaeffer, J. Desy Schoenewies, Vickie Schumacher, Gary Steinley, Altman Studeny, Daniel Tackett, Dustin Twiss, Lynn Verschoor and Anna Youngers
The Dogs of War
Artist Name: Tim Rickett
On the Edge
Artist Names: Joe Schaeffer, Ceca Cooper and Nick Poppens
Shadow Casting 2.0
Dakota State University Artist Names: Braxton Albers, Alex Adermann, Evan Becker, Garet Behnk, Alec (AJ) Bollman, Andrew Cotton, Lainy Culberson, Austin Donat, Brooklyn Goosen, Chase Hall, Ketia Hanson, Coal Halverson, Jacob His Law, Nate Ince, Josie Johnson, Mateo Kirstine, Conner Knepp, Kaden Krusemark, Kathleen Lange, Autumn Meyer, Alex Neill, Em Odney, Tyler Orcutt, Willow Richards, Megan Sankey, Ryan Shaeffer, Phusuda Sheehan, Isabel Small, Thet Soe, Ashton Songer, Caster Sylliaasen, Derrek Thompson, Andrew Vasek, Derian Voigt, Ben Wilson, Sandra Champion, Instructor of Digital Sound Design, Ryan Little, Xander Morrison, Spencer Raap and Mason Wieman
Digital Kirigami
Artist Names: David Umemoto (Open Design Artist), Brian Lee (Instructor), Hermela Aboye, Alec Berg, Matthew Edwards, Madison Hoffman, Molly Jensen, Kara Kassa, Kyle Kueper, Paul Monson, Nick Romano, Cody Sadler, Mitch Woldt and Becca Ymker
Temporal Existence with a Disciplined Perspective
Artist Name: Craig Carver
60th Annual Arts Night: Catalyst
Artist Names: Jana Anderson, Stacey Bautista, Paul H. Boerboom, Jenny Lynn Bye, Mary Ellen Connelly, Mercedes Dalles-Steffen, Thomas Dempster, Rodger Ellingson, Mike Fleming, Molly Fulton, Amy Kasten, Karen Kinder, Brad Kringen, Amy Lehman, Klaire A. Lockheart, Joanna Manning, Mark W McGinnis, Chris Nowatzki, Aaron C Packard, Phyllis Whitcomb Packard, Mary Payton, Jason Pfitzer, Jessie Rasche, Cristen J Roghair, Shannon Sargent, Joe Schaeffer, Paul Schiller, Paul Sova, Jim Sturdevant and Judy Thompson
Redacted
Artist Name: Jonathan Purdy
75% Packard 25% Lockheart
Artist Names: Aaron Packard, Phyllis Packard, Ahna Packard and Klaire Lockheart
Shadow Casting 2.0
Dakota State University Artist Names: Braxton Albers, Alex Adermann, Evan Becker, Garet Behnk, Alec (AJ) Bollman, Andrew Cotton, Lainy Culberson, Austin Donat, Brooklyn Goosen, Chase Hall, Ketia Hanson, Coal Halverson, Jacob His Law, Nate Ince, Josie Johnson, Mateo Kirstine, Conner Knepp, Kaden Krusemark, Kathleen Lange, Autumn Meyer, Alex Neill, Em Odney, Tyler Orcutt, Willow Richards, Megan Sankey, Ryan Shaeffer, Phusuda Sheehan, Isabel Small, Thet Soe, Ashton Songer, Caster Sylliaasen, Derrek Thompson, Andrew Vasek, Derian Voigt, Ben Wilson, Sandra Champion, Instructor of Digital Sound Design, Ryan Little, Xander Morrison, Spencer Raap and Mason Wieman
A Garden Conversation
Artist Name: Lindsay Twa
Visual Maniacs
Agents of Change
Artist Names: Marian Henjum, Martha Baker, Chad Mohr, Mary Groth, Paul Schiller, Mary Selvig, Carl Grupp, Sheila Agee, Gary Hartenhoff, Liz Heeren, Nathan Holman, Nancyjane Huehl, Don Hooper, Ceca Cooper, Brad Kringen, Jim Sturdevant, Rodger Ellingson, Susan Schmeichel Harder, Hector Curriel, Chad Nelson, Eli Show, Angela Zonunpari, Amy Jarding, Cory Knedler, Epiphany Knedler, Young Ae, Tim Rickett, Cameron Stalheim, Joe Schaeffer, Tory Stolen, Michelle St Vrain, Zach Deboer, Em Ngyuen, Anna Reich, Anna Youngers, Liz Heeren, Osvaldo Ricardez, Angelica Mercado Ford, Luke Bryant, Travis Hinton and Dave Lethcoe
Isolation
Artist Names: Ceca Cooper, Nick Poppens and Joe Schaeffer
New Normal
University of Sioux Falls Artist Names: Annika Aho, Apolonia Davalos, Isabel Fredericksen, Everett Moran, Mercede Odegaard, Adam Paulson, Ethan Roggow, Sadie Hartley, Cassondra Holland, Giovanna Bario, Kira Ireta-Ramirez, Elinor Kleinsasser, Greta Smith, Annie Otzen, Troy Soat, Alex Bertram, Mariah Bleeker, Henry Eggebraaten, Chelsey Heeg, Thuro Reisdorfer, Noah Schmitt, Austin Schuelke, Gabrielle Sudenga, Joseph Timp, Cara VanderBeek, Aaron Voigt, Chloe Aysta, Rianna Banik, Jayden Dierenfeld, Jaycie Dillenberg, Autumn Gray, Lexi Gryniewski, Summer Janzen, Camden Markstrom, Sam Martin, Sarah Micek, Steven Miner, Madyson Redday and Hannah Reynolds
There May Be More Beautiful Times
Artist Name: Anna Reich
A Sure Sign (Business as Usual)
Artist Name: Zach Gabbard
Woodwerks
Artist Name: Stephen Clausen
White Christmas
2020
“Re-presenting” Native Americans in South Dakota
Artwork by Flandreau Indian School students
Hired Hands Halloween Homage
Artwork by Washington Pavilion Staff
Infinite Landscapes
Artist Name: Jessie Rasche
Judith to Another End
Artwork from the Visual Arts Center Permanent Collection
Arts Night 2020: odyssey
farther from the truth
Artist Name: Diego Rodriguez-Warner
Ancient Alchemy
Canis Latrans
Artist Names: Jonathan Purdy, Hunter Smith, Joe Schaeffer, Yazmin Moktan and Julie Ellingson
immiscible
Artist Name: David Hamlow
Native Soul: Every Picture Tells a Story
Artist Name: Jerry Fogg
Land of Plenty
Artist Names: Greg Latza, Angela Zonunpari, Anna Reich, Cheryl Halsey, Cristen Roghair, Joyce Roeder, Beth Tallon, Simon Spicer, John Wiggs, Tony Ramirez, Kevin Johnson, Ron Johns, Mark Hennies, John Bansiak and James Everheart
Northern Plains Tribal Art
Artwork from the Visual Arts Center Permanent Collection
Necessary Roughness
Artist Name: Travis Hinton
South Dakota Governor’s 8th Biennial Art Exhibition
Artist Names: Lynda Clark Adelstein, Steve Babbitt, John Banasiak, Michael Baum, Diana Behl, Angela Behrends, Eden Bhatta, Keith BraveHeart, Roger Broer, Gratia Brown, Chad & Kiesha Dykstra, Dede Farrar, Jeff Freeman, Luke Gorder, Jim Green, Amber Hansen, Liz Heeren, Susan Heggestad, JoAnn Hoffman, Thomas Jones, Don Kates, Young Ae Kim, Cory Knedler, Andrew Kosten, Dale Lamphere, Carolyne D. Landon, Amy Lehman, Harriet Lievan, Klaire Lockheart, Christopher Meyer, Anthony Millette, Darcy Millette, Deborah Mitchell, Katie Munson, Safet Musinovic, Sandra Newman, Nancy Olive, Timothy Orme, Quintin Owens, Aaron Packard, Phyllis Packard, Wade Patton, Mike Paul, Paul Peterson, Tim Peterson, Jessie Rasche, Jerry Rawlings, Peter Reichardt, Camille Riner, Cristen Roghair, J. Desy Schoenewies, Jean Selvy Wyss, Robert Semrad, Eli Show, Barbara Sparks, Daniel Tackett, Lynn Thorpe, Tom Thorson, Lindsay Twa, Ray Tysdal, Jodi Vittitoe, Dwayne Wilcox and Anna Youngers
Painting with Paper
Artist Name: Nate Stromberg
2019
Arc of Dreams: The Journey
Artist Name: Dale Lamphere
Penumbra
Artist Name: Jana Anderson
The Art of Puppetry
All puppets and props courtesy of Brenda Paulsen and Paulsen Puppeteers
FACE TO FACE: #selfie
Artwork from the Visual Arts Center Permanent Collection
Watercolor on the Plains
Artist Names: Jon Crane, Bill Feterl, Bonnie Halsey-Dutton, Janet Judson, Daniel Parsons, James Pollock, Stephen H. Randall, Mary Selvig, Barbara Sparks, BJ Stych, Judy Thompson and Marian Henjum
to be seen and not heard
Artist Name: T.J. Dedeaux-Norris
Everything I See
Artist Name: Paul Boerboom
to decode
Artist Names: Ladan Bahmani and Alice J. Lee
Pink Field, Blue Fog
Artist Name: Amanda McCavour
USD Art Faculty Exhibition
Artwork by thirteen faculty members from the University of South Dakota Department of Art
Collecting the Pavilion: 20 Years of Art Acquisitions
Cuerpo Extranjero: Foreign Body
Artist Name: Angelica Mercado
Emily’s Hope: Paint the Skies
Artist Names: Emily Groth and Abby Groth
This Land
Artist Name: Laura Jewell
Leaning on the Paint
Artist Name: Dorothy Morgan
Arts Night 2019: Celebrate
Land of Infinite Variety
Artist Names: Russ Duerksen, Jim Green, Mary Groth, Karen Kinder, Areca Roe, Joshua Spies and Tory Stolen
The Black Arts Tarot
50 Years, 50 Spheres
Artist Name: Dick Termes
Genetic Memory
Artist Name: Roger Broer
Nostalgia: The Magic of Rankin/Bass
The Voice Adrift (Voz a la deriva)
Artist Names: Donna Conlon and Jonathan Harker
BAM! It’s a Picture Book: The Art Behind Graphic Novels
Artist Names: Mark Crilley, Matthew Holm, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Lincoln Peirce and Raina Telgemeier
2018
Movers & Shakers: The Influencers of Comic Book Culture
Artist Names: Barry Windsor-Smith, John Byrne, Doug Mahnke and many other significant comic book artists
Thin Air
Artist Name: Lisa Walcott
Bewilder
Artist Name: Jenny Kendler
The Source of the Sound
Artist Names: Josh Rieck and Alix Kyrie
Sioux Empire Art Educators Invitational
Tedium
Artist Name: Lindsay Arnold
So Long, Farewell
Artist Names: Daisy Patton, Lori Larusso, Areca Roe, Sandra Williams and Calder Kamin
Duplicitous Diffusion
Artist Name: Liz Miller
Faces of The Endangered
Artist Name: Bria Shay Neff
Exploration of Self
Artist Name: Dana Southerland
Northern Plains Tribal Art: Works from the Collection
Artwork from the Visual Arts Center Permanent Collection
A Visit to Cuba
Artist Name: Kimble A. Bromley
Arts Night 2018: A Ripple Effect
I like it. What is it?
Artwork from the Visual Arts Center Permanent Collection
After the Rainbow
Artist Name: Soda_Jerk
Transitions of Lifestyles: Drawings from Hides to Ledger Paper
Artist Names: Donald Montileaux
The Tiramisu Diaries
Artist Name: Connie Herring
South Dakota Governor’s 7th Biennial Art Exhibition
On Monotony: Meditations in Video Art
Artist Names: Ann Hamilton and William Kentridge
Provenance: Art Stories
Artwork from the Visual Arts Center Permanent Collection
Art as Activism
2017
Cracked Open
Artist Name: Emily Stokes
In Search of Beauty: Meditations on Classical Themes
Artist Name: Anna Youngers
Advocate Valence / A Limit Case Scenario
Artist Name: Paul Peterson
Above the Fold: New Expressions in Origami
Artwork by nine international artists
Amass/Sort/Adhere/Sever
Artist Name: J. Charles Cox
M o t h e r l o a d
Artist Name: Teresa Dunn
Wide Open Space
Artist Name: Brian Frink
Carl Grupp: Artist & Collector
Artist Name: Carl Grupp
Cubiculum Nocturnum: blue shift
Artist Name: Marie Bannerot McInerney
REPRESENT: Arts Night 2017
The Original Hipster
Artwork from the Visual Arts Center Permanent Collection
New Voices in Contemporary Northern Plains Tribal Art
Artist Names: James Star Comes Out, Todd Bordeaux, Henry Payer, Keith BraveHeart, Donald Montileaux and more
2016
Loopapalooza
Artist Name: Ned Day
Reflections Squared
Artist Name: Barbara Sparks
Reflections Squared
Artwork from the Visual Arts Center Permanent Collection
Reflections Squared
Artist Names: Bruce Preheim
Northern Plains Tribal Art
Artwork from the Visual Arts Center Permanent Collection
THE MOMENT: When Art Meets News
Artist Names: Joe Ahlquist, Elisha Page, Jay Pickthorn and Emily Spartz
In the Making: Sustaining the Arts for 55 Years
The Dakota Kid
Artist Name: Lamont Hunt
Our Natures
Artist Name: Lena Ellis-Boatman
The Boomer List
Artist Name: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Spatial Play
Artist Name: Steven Stradley
Familiar Places
Artist Name: Jim Sturdevant
No One Asked Us
Artist Name: Anna Reich
Awake, Aware
Artwork from the Visual Arts Center Permanent Collection
The Freeman Collection
Deep Sea Imaginarium
Artist Name: Steve Bormes
Unity, A Balancing Act
Artist Name: Terry Mulkey
Shearing the Shepherd
Artist Name: Walter Portz
Gone West
Artist Name: T.L. Solien
Elsewhere and Here
Artist Name: Ceca Cooper
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