Department of Theatre

University Art Galleries Interim Director, Amy Fill and USD Graphic Design student, Lacey McLouth created a beautiful window installation for the I.D. Weeks library building. Using red removable vinyl, they hand cut the shapes and designs to create a symmetrical, lace-like pattern that was applied to the windows. Courtney Lavallie, UAG Gallery Assistant and Martha Aguirre, Oscar Howe Gallery Attendant assisted Lacey with the installation process. The artists state that art does not have to exist in a formal gallery space and with this project, we hope to elevate and activate a common shared space.

2019 Northern Plains Indian Artist in Residence Exhibition for Henry Payer, Ho-Chunk, from Winnebago, Nebraska, is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in Sioux City, Iowa. Payer's residency project will focus on the removal and relocation route of the Ho Chunk people from Wisconsin during the Dakota Uprising of 1862. Payer will travel to significant locations and collect materials from the Crow Creek area, down the Missouri River and end at Winnebago, Nebraska. The land inspires and provides ideas, stories and experiences.

Inspired by the character from the biblical apocrypha, this play examines gender expectations, sexuality and the cycles of violence that impact women from many walks of life. The award-winning Native Hawaiian and Samoan playwright Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl takes us on a poetic journey that ultimately leaves us with a message of hope. Regional premiere. Performed in the setting setting of the Arena Stage.

Inspired by the character from the biblical apocrypha, this play examines gender expectations, sexuality and the cycles of violence that impact women from many walks of life. The award-winning Native Hawaiian and Samoan playwright Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl takes us on a poetic journey that ultimately leaves us with a message of hope. Regional premiere. Performed in the setting setting of the Arena Stage.

Inspired by the character from the biblical apocrypha, this play examines gender expectations, sexuality and the cycles of violence that impact women from many walks of life. The award-winning Native Hawaiian and Samoan playwright Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl takes us on a poetic journey that ultimately leaves us with a message of hope. Regional premiere. Performed in the setting setting of the Arena Stage.

Inspired by the character from the biblical apocrypha, this play examines gender expectations, sexuality and the cycles of violence that impact women from many walks of life. The award-winning Native Hawaiian and Samoan playwright Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl takes us on a poetic journey that ultimately leaves us with a message of hope. Regional premiere. Performed in the setting setting of the Arena Stage.

USD Jazz invites you to their fall concert, open to the public at no charge.

Too often, artists' work is reduced to mere technique: you make this, perform that, write about another thing, but these are challenging times. To move toward a future we actually want to inhabit, our communities need social imagination, creativity, empathy, resourcefulness and other qualities in which artists excel. If you are an artist, are you giving your work its true value and power? Or have you been lulled into accepting the idea that art is a frill? Join Arlene in exploring what inspires people to become artists and how the catalytic power of that inspiration can change the world.

USD's Percussion Ensemble presents its fall concert, open to the public at no charge.

For too long, advocates have been trying (and failing) to justify art's public purpose with weak secondary effects: art boosts tax revenues through the economic multiplier effect, playing in the school orchestra raises student's test scores and so on. The net result is a 30-year decline in arts allocations; for instance, the NEA has lost more than half the real value of its budget since Ronald Reagan took office. These advocacy strategies are too confining and too narrowly conceived to excite public support. A fresh approach is needed. In this workshop, participants should come away with a new understanding of how to connect and engage with people who can benefit the most from the work of artists and organizations in South Dakota.

The USD and Sioux Falls Roosevelt Chamber Orchestras spent the day together making music and making friends and are sharing their joint experience in concert form tonight with you. This event is open to the public at no charge.

Brian Allred performs and shares his philosophy in the talk, "The Self-Sufficient Musician: How to be Your Own Best Teacher." This event is open to the public at no charge.