Tuesday, Sept. 26

The South Dakota Art Museum Guild begins a new year of programs at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26 to examine different expressions of art. 

In follow-up to the recent conclusion of Dakota Modern: the Art of Oscar Howe exhibition, Lanniko Lee, a tribally-enrolled Miniconjou citizen of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, poet and writer, will give a talk titled, “Art is … Becoming a Good Ancestor” to expand on the role that tribal artists play in society.

Lee is a charter member of the Oak Lake Writers Society, now Oceti Sakowin Society Writers, to model and encourage Native authors. Her poetry and essays have appeared in several publications. She participated in an early U.S. Department of Education “Upward Bound” program to encourage high school students with limited access to attend college. Oscar Howe was one of the USD professors at the time who inspired Lee to pursue higher education. She went on to earn a B.A. from Arcadia University in Pennsylvania and an M.A. from Middlebury College’s Bread Loaf School of English in Vermont. Once she completed her schooling, she taught art, literature and composition to high school and college students. Lee has also engaged in entrepreneurial ventures from her home near Lake Oahe in north central South Dakota. She lives there with her husband on a small acreage with a flock of sheep, a cat and a plethora of wild birds that feed her respect for her role in the continuum of life. Lee is also on the advisory board of the South Dakota Art Museum.

Art Guild coffee and social time begins at 9:30 a.m. with the program set for 10 a.m. The public is invited to attend. Guild membership is not required to attend the free monthly programs. However, $20 annual dues support these programs and the Guild art acquisition fund. Membership is open to all. Programs begin in September and run through May.

The South Dakota Art Museum is located at 1036 Medary Ave. in Brookings. Designated free parking is located on Harvey Dunn Street, just west of the museum.

For more information about Art Guild,  contact Jeanne Manzer at 605-691-1018. For more information about the South Dakota Art Museum contact Carolyne Hart at 605-688-4313.

Thursday, Sept. 28
Brookings PFLAG will meet Thursday, Sept. 28, at 6:30  p.m at United Church of Christ, 828  8th Street South.
The group will meetwith counselors from At Ease Counseling, a new counseling agency in Brookings.
One of the agency’s focus is working with the LGBTQ+ community.