Fall Party

November 02, 2023, 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

You AUTUMN know it’s time to party!

Join us as we celebrate the opening of recent exhibitions. An eventful night full of live music, food, drink, fun and art as we welcome Amy Fill, Gallery Director at the University of South Dakota, to discuss Oscar Howe and the importance of his artistry in the Indigenous community.

CELEBRATE

• Oscar Howe: Ikíćiksapa
• The Practice is the Point
• This is Not Black and White
• Annalise Gratovitch: Carrying things from Home
• FMVA Studio Crawl Preview & FMVA Art Advocates’ Exhibition

EXPERIENCE

• Oscar Howe Gallery Talk with Amy Fill
• Hors d’oeuvres by Bernbaum’s & Cash Bar
• Music by Kalyn Fay

Free admission, registration is requested.
Museum members receive one free beverage. Not a member? Become one today here.

Artwork above: Oscar Howe, Dance of the Tree Dwellers (detail), n.d., Casein on paper 3.25 x 25.625 in., Courtesy of the University of South Dakota

Events Calendar

December 2016

Other Exhibitions

Spring Gala

April 04, 2026 - May 03, 2026
Art Auction Exhibition

The gallery features over 90 works by talented artists from all over the country. The proceeds of the 2026 Spring Gala Art Auction support living artists as well as Plains Art Museum, the only accredited art museum in North Dakota.

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Wiwahokichiyapi

April 25, 2026 - February 07, 2027
They Promised Things to Each Other

Treaties are living documents that are "the supreme law of the land" and remain legally binding agreements that establish the political relationship between Native Nation and the United States government. These agreements have established land boundaries, resource rights, reservations; they determine Tribal Nation citizenship and outline mutual obligations.

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