South Dakota Arts Council
Pierre, SD
The SDAC is a state government grantmaking agency supported by the State of South Dakota, through the Dept. of Tourism, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Message
“Capturing the Western lifestyle with my lens is what feeds my soul. This photograph was taken in Sturgis, SD, during the Ft. Pierre-to-Deadwood wagon train in 2008. The historical wagon train followed and recreated the treks of our ancestors – those that had conquered the hardships of this great state. The wagon was built by Doug Hanson.”
- Sissy Schneiderman
- Chuckwagon, 2013
- Photograph
- Framed: 60 x 40 in (152.4 x 101.6 cm)
Sissy Schneiderman grew up surrounded with cameras and photographs. Her family owned a small-town newspaper business. She studied photography at East Texas State University but decided to take a semester off in 1986 where she embarked on a six-month, four- mile-per-hour adventure for 3,200 miles, and found her love for wagon training. Though grateful for her high school dark room lessons from her brother, she embraced digital photography in the early 2000s. Sissy continues to photograph wagon trains whenever possible.
- Current Location: State Capitol Building - Joint Appropriations Conference Room Lobby - 500 E Capitol Ave PIERRE, SD 57501 (google map)
- Collections: Art For State Buildings
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