South Dakota Arts Council

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.

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Sunbeam School, Dist. #216 by Karen Kinder Image: “The country schoolhouse up the hill from the end of the farm’s long driveway is a theme I have painted several times. It represents memories for many of us who have attended country school and is an important part of our South Dakota history and heritage. This image shows my mother as the schoolteacher posing in front of the school house with her students in about 1941. I attended that school as a first and second grader along with my siblings until consolidation brought a yellow school bus down the driveway instead.”
“The country schoolhouse up the hill from the end of the farm’s long driveway is a theme I have painted several times. It represents memories for many of us who have attended country school and is an important part of our South Dakota history and heritage. This image shows my mother as the schoolteacher posing in front of the school house with her students in about 1941. I attended that school as a first and second grader along with my siblings until consolidation brought a yellow school bus down the driveway instead.”
  • Karen Kinder
  • Sunbeam School, Dist. #216, 2014
  • Oil paint on canvas
  • Framed: 30 x 40 in (76.2 x 101.6 cm)

Collection: Art For State Buildings x

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Karen Kinder has lived most of her life in South Dakota, spending 31 of those years teaching art to adults and students in two school districts. She earned a Bachelor of Science in art education from Northern State University in Aberdeen, and her work has been selected for solo and group exhibitions and purchased for corporate offices in the region. Karen was awarded Art Educator of the Year and featured in The Artist’s Magazine Top Ten Artists 2016, has she has been a consistent participant in the South Dakota Governor’s Biennial Art Exhibition.

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