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This traveling exhibit about Oscar Howe, a Yanktonai Dakota artist, is on display now at the Pipestone County Museum. It will also be displayed at Pipestone Area Schools in October. Photo by Kyle Kuphal
A traveling exhibit about Oscar Howe, a Yanktonai Dakota artist, is now available for viewing at the Pipestone County Museum.
Howe was born on the Crow Creek Reservation in South Dakota in 1915 and died in 1983. He was one of the most influential Native American artists of the 20th century, according to information in the exhibit.
“We’re really excited to find exhibits like this that we can bring into the community,” said Pipestone County Museum Executive Director Susan Hoskins. “It’s just great to bring in different topics that are relevant, but our collection doesn’t focus on.”
The exhibit will be at the museum until Sept. 30 and will then be at Pipestone Area Schools (PAS) from Oct. 1 to 15, which includes Indigenous Peoples Day on Monday, Oct. 13. The exhibit will then return to the museum for a second showing from Oct. 16 to 28.
PAS Middle and High School Library Media Specialist Lori Gunnink said the exhibit
This is a painting by South Dakota artist Oscar Howe. A traveling exhibit about Howe is on display now at the Pipestone County Museum. Photo by
Kyle Kuphal
will be in the middle and high school library while it’s at the school. She said classes can schedule a time to view the exhibit and
Howe was a Yanktonai Dakota artist who lived from 1915 to 1983. Photo by Kyle Kuphal
students will also be able to view it on their own.
Hoskins said the exhibit is on loan from the South Dakota Art Museum in Brookings at no cost to the
museum or school. She learned about the exhibit during a museum conference and brought the information to some of the museum’s committees for consideration. It was decided to bring it to the museum and share it with the school.
Hoskins said the Pipestone County Historical Society has brought in speakers that have also spoken at the school, including Minnesota educator and historian Arn Kind and author and photographer Paul Horsted, but this is the first exhibit that’s been shared with the school. The museum also does presentations in classrooms and hosts school field trips to the museum.