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
Closed January 4, 2025
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
Closed February 21, 2025
Jason Chin: Your Place in the Universe
Artist Name: Jason Chin
Closed January 4, 2025
SKU: Works by Joe Schaeffer
Artist Name: Joe Schaeffer
Closed March 30, 2025
Vinfrared: Central Vietnam at 590nm
Artist Name: Cham Phan
2024
Closed December 2, 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
Closed December 1, 2024
Dear Diary
Artist Names: Erin Murtha and Noelle Vainikka
Closed November 21, 2024
Eclogues
Artist Name: Teo Nguyen
Closed November 17, 2024
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
Closed November 17, 2024
Take Me to Your Moon: Journeys Into the World of Dementia
Artist Name: Tenyoh
Closed September 30, 2024
25 Years of the Washington Pavilion
Closed September 1, 2024
Oscar Howe Legacy Across Four Generations
Showcasing the work of 16 different artists.
Closed September 1, 2024
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
Closed June 30, 2024
WOMEN: A Century of Change
Artist Names: Jodi Cobb, Lynsey Addario, Ami Vitale, Erika Larsen and Steve McCurry
Closed May 28, 2024
Washington Pavilion Gala Exhibition
Closed March 24, 2024
Intimate Landscapes
Artist Name: Bethany Noordmans
Closed February 25, 2024
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
Closed January 28, 2024
Woven
Artist Names: Chad Nelson and Lindsay Twa
Closed February 1, 2024
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
Closed March 31, 2024
Astrographica: Preparations for Space Exploration
Artist Name: Wes Eisenhauer
Closed April 14, 2024
Pom Art: Tunnel Vision and the Voids
Artist Name: Amy Moir
Closed April 21, 2024
Style and Stigma
Artist Names: Geneva Costa and Anna Youngers
Closed April 27, 2024
How to See: A Dialogue Between Landscape and Imagination
Artist Names: Molly Noem Fulton and Tom Dempster
2023
Closed December 10, 2023
The Bigger Picture
Artist Name: Ella Ratliff
Closed December 1, 2023
Obscure Visions: Abstract Photography
Artist Name: Jack Paladino
Closed November 12, 2023
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
Closed October 31, 2023
SAY IT OUT LOUD
Artist Name: Pascale Sablan
May 30 – September 30, 2023
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
March 11 – August 14, 2023
Subconscious Passages
Artist Names: Erin Asmussen and John Banasiak
January 10 – July 31, 2023
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
Closed July 31, 2023
Bury Me for the Dogs
Artist Name: Eli Show
Closed June 30, 2023
within//without
Artist Name: Merecedes Nelson
Closed June 30, 2023
TOPO
Artist Name: Quintin Owens
April 21 – June 6, 2023
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
November 1, 2022 – May 15, 2023
Waiting for the Muse: A Carl Grupp Retrospective
Closed March 5, 2023
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
Closed February 28, 2023
Everything Was Beautiful
Artist Name: Emilia Van Ert
Closed February 25, 2023
Travel
Artist Name: Byron Banasiak
Closed January 22, 2023
Everything Is Ordinary
Artist Name: Marl Stemwedel
2022
April 15 – November 27, 2022
Get Back to Work Doyg
Artist Name: Doug Burns
May 6 – October 30, 2022
How to Say Goodbye
Artist Name: Amber Hansen
July 1 – October 2, 2022
Donde Nacen Las Palabras: Where Words Are Born
Artist Name: Hilda Esperanza Langle
April 8 – September 23, 2022
Zenith Confusion
Artist Names: Lisa Bergh and Andrew Nordin
March 11 – August 21, 2022
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
December 10, 2021 – August 7, 2022
In Dreams
Artwork from the Visual Arts Center Permanent Collection
March 18 – June 19, 2022
Cat, Tiger, Cat
Artist Name: Judith R. Peterson
April 15 – May 31, 2022
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
November 12, 2021 – April 30, 2022
100 Years of the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
March 1 – April 8, 2022
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
November 5, 2021 – April 10, 2022
Weeds & Wildflowers of South Dakota
Artist Name: Barbara Sparks
October 1, 2021 – March 20, 2022
Floating Worlds
Artist Name: Amy Fill
September 10, 2021 – February 13, 2022
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
September 12, 2021 – January 17, 2022
Winning.
Artist Name: Young Ae Kim
Offering
Artist Name: Lindsay Carone
September1, 2022–December 31, 2022
Wa Sa Wak Pa’la
Works from the University of South Dakota Faculty
2021
July 30 – November 7, 2021
Wish You Were Here
Artist Name: Epiphany Knedler
June 26 – September 19, 2021
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
May 14 – September 12, 2021
The Dogs of War
Artist Name: Tim Rickett
February 26 – July 25, 2021
On the Edge
Artist Names: Joe Schaeffer, Ceca Cooper and Nick Poppens
March 30 – July 17, 2021
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
March 12 – June 19, 2021
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
March 12 – June 19, 2021
Temporal Existence with a Disciplined Perspective
Artist Name: Craig Carver
April 2 – June 13, 2021
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
March 5 – June 13, 2021
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Artist Name: Jonathan Purdy
January 22 – May 30, 2021
75% Packard 25% Lockheart
Artist Names: Aaron Packard, Phyllis Packard, Ahna Packard and Klaire Lockheart
March 30 – June 19, 2021
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
January 11 – May 9, 2021
A Garden Conversation
Artist Name: Lindsay Twa
January 8 – April 5, 2021
Visual Maniacs
October 16, 2020 – March 5, 2021
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
October 15, 2020 – February 26, 2021
Isolation
Artist Names: Ceca Cooper, Nick Poppens and Joe Schaeffer
December 4, 2020 – February 26, 2021
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
October 16, 2020 – February 19, 2021
There May Be More Beautiful Times
Artist Name: Anna Reich
September 25, 2020 – January 15, 2021
A Sure Sign (Business as Usual)
Artist Name: Zach Gabbard
October 2, 2020 – January 8, 2021
Woodwerks
Artist Name: Stephen Clausen
December 10, 2020 – January 6, 2021
White Christmas
2020
August 17 – November 30, 2020
“Re-presenting” Native Americans in South Dakota
Artwork by Flandreau Indian School students
October 5 – November 23, 2020
Hired Hands Halloween Homage
Artwork by Washington Pavilion Staff
June 26 – October 11, 2020
Infinite Landscapes
Artist Name: Jessie Rasche
June 1 – October 5, 2020
Judith to Another End
Artwork from the Visual Arts Center Permanent Collection
July 21 – September 18, 2020
Arts Night 2020: odyssey
February 7 – July 12, 2020
farther from the truth
Artist Name: Diego Rodriguez-Warner
February 24 – June 21, 2020
Ancient Alchemy
February 28 – April 12, 2020
Canis Latrans
Artist Names: Jonathan Purdy, Hunter Smith, Joe Schaeffer, Yazmin Moktan and Julie Ellingson
December 12, 2019 – June 8, 2020
immiscible
Artist Name: David Hamlow
March 13 – May 3, 2020
Native Soul: Every Picture Tells a Story
Artist Name: Jerry Fogg
September 20, 2019 – February 16, 2020
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
February 16, 2019 – March 15, 2020
Northern Plains Tribal Art
Artwork from the Visual Arts Center Permanent Collection
October 11, 2019 – February 23, 2020
Necessary Roughness
Artist Name: Travis Hinton
October 26, 2019 – January 19, 2020
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
August 31, 2019 – January 5, 2020
Painting with Paper
Artist Name: Nate Stromberg
2019
July 27 – December 30, 2019
Arc of Dreams: The Journey
Artist Name: Dale Lamphere
August 3 – December 8, 2019
Penumbra
Artist Name: Jana Anderson
August 23 – November 22, 2019
The Art of Puppetry
All puppets and props courtesy of Brenda Paulsen and Paulsen Puppeteers
August 2 – October 15, 2019
FACE TO FACE: #selfie
Artwork from the Visual Arts Center Permanent Collection
March 2 – September 15, 2019
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
May 18 – August 25, 2019
to be seen and not heard
Artist Name: T.J. Dedeaux-Norris
June 22 – October 6, 2019
Everything I See
Artist Name: Paul Boerboom
April 13 – July 28, 2019
to decode
Artist Names: Ladan Bahmani and Alice J. Lee
January 20 – July 25, 2019
Pink Field, Blue Fog
Artist Name: Amanda McCavour
February 9 – July 14, 2019
USD Art Faculty Exhibition
Artwork by thirteen faculty members from the University of South Dakota Department of Art
June 8 – July 14, 2019
Collecting the Pavilion: 20 Years of Art Acquisitions
February 23 – June 16, 2019
Cuerpo Extranjero: Foreign Body
Artist Name: Angelica Mercado
April 20 – June 2, 2019
Emily’s Hope: Paint the Skies
Artist Names: Emily Groth and Abby Groth
January 12 – May 12, 2019
This Land
Artist Name: Laura Jewell
December 8, 2018 – April 7, 2019
Leaning on the Paint
Artist Name: Dorothy Morgan
February 2 – April 7, 2019
Arts Night 2019: Celebrate
September 15, 2018 – February 24, 2019
Land of Infinite Variety
Artist Names: Russ Duerksen, Jim Green, Mary Groth, Karen Kinder, Areca Roe, Joshua Spies and Tory Stolen
October 27, 2018 – February 17, 2019
The Black Arts Tarot
October 20, 2018 – January 20, 2019
50 Years, 50 Spheres
Artist Name: Dick Termes
October 6, 2018 – February 3, 2019
Genetic Memory
Artist Name: Roger Broer
November 21, 2018 – January 20, 2019
Nostalgia: The Magic of Rankin/Bass
August 18, 2018 – January 13, 2019
The Voice Adrift (Voz a la deriva)
Artist Names: Donna Conlon and Jonathan Harker
October 13, 2018 – January 6, 2019
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
September 20 – November 18, 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
August 4 – December 2, 2018
Thin Air
Artist Name: Lisa Walcott
June 16 – September 16, 2018
Bewilder
Artist Name: Jenny Kendler
June 30 – October 21, 2018
The Source of the Sound
Artist Names: Josh Rieck and Alix Kyrie
May 19 – October 7, 2018
Sioux Empire Art Educators Invitational
April 21 – August 12, 2018
Tedium
Artist Name: Lindsay Arnold
April 7 – July 29, 2018
So Long, Farewell
Artist Names: Daisy Patton, Lori Larusso, Areca Roe, Sandra Williams and Calder Kamin
May 12 – July 29, 2018
Duplicitous Diffusion
Artist Name: Liz Miller
April 5 – June 10, 2018
Faces of The Endangered
Artist Name: Bria Shay Neff
March 24 – June 24, 2018
Exploration of Self
Artist Name: Dana Southerland
February 17 – August 12, 2018
Northern Plains Tribal Art: Works from the Collection
Artwork from the Visual Arts Center Permanent Collection
February 3 – May 13, 2018
A Visit to Cuba
Artist Name: Kimble A. Bromley
January 27 – April 22, 2018
Arts Night 2018: A Ripple Effect
January 20 – July 8, 2018
I like it. What is it?
Artwork from the Visual Arts Center Permanent Collection
January 13 – April 15, 2018
After the Rainbow
Artist Name: Soda_Jerk
December 9, 2017 – March 31, 2018
Transitions of Lifestyles: Drawings from Hides to Ledger Paper
Artist Names: Donald Montileaux
December 2, 2017 – March 18, 2018
The Tiramisu Diaries
Artist Name: Connie Herring
September 30, 2017 – January 15, 2018
South Dakota Governor’s 7th Biennial Art Exhibition
July 29, 2017 – January 8, 2018
On Monotony: Meditations in Video Art
Artist Names: Ann Hamilton and William Kentridge
July 8, 2017 – January 7, 2018
Provenance: Art Stories
Artwork from the Visual Arts Center Permanent Collection
July 15, 2017 – January 21, 2018
Art as Activism
2017
August 12 – December 3, 2017
Cracked Open
Artist Name: Emily Stokes
August 5 – November 23, 2017
In Search of Beauty: Meditations on Classical Themes
Artist Name: Anna Youngers
July 1 – October 15, 2017
Advocate Valence / A Limit Case Scenario
Artist Name: Paul Peterson
May 5 – June 11, 2017
Above the Fold: New Expressions in Origami
Artwork by nine international artists
April 22 – July 30, 2017
Amass/Sort/Adhere/Sever
Artist Name: J. Charles Cox
April 15 – August 6, 2017
M o t h e r l o a d
Artist Name: Teresa Dunn
February 25 – June 25, 2017
Wide Open Space
Artist Name: Brian Frink
February 11 – June 11, 2017
Carl Grupp: Artist & Collector
Artist Name: Carl Grupp
February 4 – July 21, 2017
Cubiculum Nocturnum: blue shift
Artist Name: Marie Bannerot McInerney
February 4 – April 23, 2017
REPRESENT: Arts Night 2017
January 14 – July 2, 2017
The Original Hipster
Artwork from the Visual Arts Center Permanent Collection
December 31 – July 9, 2017
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
December 12, 2025 – April 10, 2016
Loopapalooza
Artist Name: Ned Day
December 12, 2025 – April 10, 2016
Reflections Squared
Artist Name: Barbara Sparks
December 12, 2025 – April 10, 2016
Reflections Squared
Artwork from the Visual Arts Center Permanent Collection
December 12, 2025 – April 10, 2016
Reflections Squared
Artist Names: Bruce Preheim
February 13 – July 31 | August 6 – January 15, 2016
Northern Plains Tribal Art
Artwork from the Visual Arts Center Permanent Collection
February 20 – May 22, 2016
THE MOMENT: When Art Meets News
Artist Names: Joe Ahlquist, Elisha Page, Jay Pickthorn and Emily Spartz
February 27 – May 1, 2016
In the Making: Sustaining the Arts for 55 Years
March 12 – June 5, 2016
The Dakota Kid
Artist Name: Lamont Hunt
April 16 – August 7, 2016
Our Natures
Artist Name: Lena Ellis-Boatman
May 28 – August 28, 2016
The Boomer List
Artist Name: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
May 28 – September 10, 2016
Spatial Play
Artist Name: Steven Stradley
June 11 – September 4, 2016
Familiar Places
Artist Name: Jim Sturdevant
June 18 – October 16, 2016
No One Asked Us
Artist Name: Anna Reich
July 16 – January 8, 2016
Awake, Aware
Artwork from the Visual Arts Center Permanent Collection
August 13 – December 4, 2016
The Freeman Collection
September 10 – January 29, 2016
Deep Sea Imaginarium
Artist Name: Steve Bormes
September 10 – December 11, 2016
Unity, A Balancing Act
Artist Name: Terry Mulkey
September 24 – January 22, 2016
Shearing the Shepherd
Artist Name: Walter Portz
October 22 – February 19, 2016
Gone West
Artist Name: T.L. Solien
December 10 – April 9, 2016
Elsewhere and Here
Artist Name: Ceca Cooper
December 4 – March 6, 2016
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