Upcoming Events
Quilts Illustrated: 50 years of the Black Hills Quilt Show
Quilting is an expressive art and craft form popular in America for over 200 years. Quilts uniquely capture human experience and creativity through eye-catching patterns and colorful fabrics. This exhibit celebrates the art of quilting and the cultural impact of the 50th anniversary of Black Hills Quilt Show in Rapid City. Since 1974, the Quilt Show has been a community staple, drawing together thousands of quilters, their families, tourists, and vendors. Each year, the Black Hills Quilt Show offers a one-of-a-kind creative visual experience. Quilts Illustrated features 27 quilts, ranging from king size to miniatures. They represent the variety of quilt show categories over the past fify years. Visitors will delight in the creativity of area quilters and their quilts made by hand or machine, and designed with a wide range of techniques, patterns, and fabric choices representative of the decades. In honor of quilting history, the exhibit includes an antique and vintage section featuring several Civil War-era quilts and a signature quilt signed in the 1950’s by Rapid City area residents and people from surrounding communities.
Exhibition | Painted Tipis of the Blackfeet Nation
This exhibition explores the rich history and art of Blackfeet painted lodges, or tipis. Blackfeet artists Victor Pepion and Cecile Last Star (Black Boy) created paintings depicting dozens of traditional painted tipis during the 1930’s -1940’s. Cecile Black Boy collected and transcribed the traditional stories of many Blackfeet painted tipis as part the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Writers’ Project. Both the original paintings and the manuscripts are now held in the collection of the Museum of the Plains Indian in Browning, MT.
Exhibition | Connections: Past, Present, and Future
The Sioux Indian Museum, administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Indian Arts and Crafts Board, announces the opening of a new exhibition, Connections: Past Present, and Future, showcasing the artwork of Nathaniel Ruleaux. The exhibition will run from December 2, 2023, through March 24, 2024. On December 2, an opening reception will be held for the exhibit from 2pm to 4pm The artist will be available to discuss his work during the reception. The reception and exhibition are free and open to the public.