U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds answered questions from a group of 35 South Dakota mayor’s, police and public officials at a luncheon at the South Dakota Air and Space Museum in Box Elder Thursday July 28, 2016. The main topic was appropriation of funds and the process that leads up to that decision. Rounds said he has always been willing to work across the aisle on new bills,but if there is not a sixty vote majority for a new bill, then it does not get on the calendar for discussion, the bill is dead in the water.
A discussion on the B-1 Bomber and it’s mission was given by Col. Gentry Boswell 28 Bomb Wing Commander at Ellsworth AFB followed by a base tour.
At a new conference following the meeting Rounds discussed the Indian Health Service issue calling it “inadequate and disgraceful” and had sent a letter dated July 6, 2016 to Honorable Daniel R Levinson, U.S Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General requesting an audit of Indian Health Services. See letter below.
U.S. Senator Mike Rounds makes a point about inadequate care in the Indian Health Services program at the South Dakota Air And Space Museum in Box Elder Thursday morning July, 28 2016. Photo:Herb Ryan/Custer Free Press
(L-R) Larry Larson, Mayor of Box Elder, the mayor’s wife Sandy Larson and Col. Gentry Boswell 28 Bomb Wing Commander at Ellsworth Air Force Base listen as U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds explains the complexities of government program funding. Photo:Herb Ryan/Custer Free Press
Colonel Gentry Boswell 28 Bomb Wing Commander at Ellsworth Air Force Base explains the payload capabilities of the B-1 bomber Thursday July 28, 2016.Photo: Herb Ryan/Custer Free Press
One of thirty outdoor exhibits at the South Dakota Air and Space Museum in Box Elder, SD. Photo:Herb Ryan/Custer Free Press.
RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA: The Sioux Indian Museum, administered by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, U.S. Department of the Interior, will feature an exhibit of artwork by Wade Patton entitled Re-Vision. The exhibition will run from July 29 to September 30, 2016. On July 29, an opening reception will be held for the exhibit from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. The artist will be available to discuss his work during the reception. The reception and exhibition are both free and open to the public.
Wade Patton is a contemporary Oglala Lakota artist who provides a new perspective on Native arts for audiences. Born on the Pine Ridge Reservation and raised in Rapid City, South Dakota, Wade grew up with an appreciation for the arts and culture that surrounded him. As a child he naturally gravitated to art, preferring to draw rather than play outside. After receiving a BFA from Black Hills State University, Wade left South Dakota to pursue his artistic career in Boston, Massachusetts. He spent over a decade in Boston developing his craft as well as working as a professional art framer. Wade recently returned to South Dakota, where he now works full time as an artist.
Although Wade is best known for his oil pastels and ledger art, he explores a wide variety of media in his work, including ceramics, quilting, and painting. One of Wade’s signature subjects is clouds, which often find their way into both his ledger art and pastels. While these clouds invoke imagery of the Great Plains skies, in actuality, they were inspired by the views from the Boston framing gallery where Wade worked for many years.
For this exhibition, Wade has continued to expand his reach and vision, creating unique works with the intent of breaking out from the style of his earlier art. The subject matter for these works center around traditional Lakota cultural themes: bison, dragonflies, and the six pointed star. These themes have been given a modern interpretation, influenced in part by a recent trip Wade made to Boston, and his exposure to other contemporary artists. Through the use of layering, Wade has created vibrant drawings that build on geometric shapes to create fluid and dynamic images.
Wade has received multiple awards for his work including: The ML Woodard Award at the 2016 Red Cloud Indian Art Show, Pine Ridge, South Dakota; Special Award, Emerging Artist Division at the 2015 Gathering of People, Wind and Water, Rapid City, South Dakota; and a 2016 Artist in Residency at Crazy Horse Memorial, Custer, South Dakota.
Prices for the artwork in the exhibition can be obtained by contacting The Journey Museum Store at (605) 394-2201. To purchase artwork after the exhibit closes, please contact Wade Patton at kwadepat@hotmail.com
The Sioux Indian Museum, managed by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, U.S. Department of the Interior, is located in The Journey Museum, 222 New York Street, Rapid City, SD 57701. For admission fees and hours of operation please call (605) 394-6923.
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