The 2024 South Dakota Arts Journal is a celebration of South Dakota’s creative culture. It includes features on South Dakota community bands, the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra's summer music composition academies and the trailblazers putting their own spin on Western art. Plus, you’ll find poetry and other stories that demonstrate why our arts are unique and important to South Dakota and the wider world. The South Dakota Arts Journal is a collaboration between South Dakota Magazine, the South Dakota Arts Council and Arts South Dakota.