# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Living Map: What Grows When We Gather
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 09 Oct, 2026 at 04:00 pm – Fri, 09 Oct, 2026 at 06:00 pm (-06:00)
- **Event Description**: The Rapid City Arts Council (RCAC) is proud to announce an interactive art exhibition, Living Map: What Grows When We Gather, created by Rapid City artist Sophia Clarke in response to a “hopes for the hills” call for art sponsored by the Black Hills Area Community Foundation for its 20th Anniversary. The exhibition will be on display in the Denise Du Broy and Inez + Milton Shaver Gallery of the Dahl Arts Center from October 9 to December 26, 2026 with an interactive opening reception on October 9 from 4 to 6pm.

The exhibition is a large-scale interactive installation that invites Black Hills community members to become co-authors within the artwork itself. While exploring a living landscape painted on silk panels, visitors will be invited to consider questions such as “What has created hope for you in this place?” “What will foster hope here for the next twenty years?” “What have you planted here?” and pin their responses to a topographic map of the Black Hills. Over 11 weeks, the map will accumulate with the community’s collective reflections. 

‘The people who walk through this space are not just visitors. They are the living material of the work itself, and what they plant here will outlast the exhibition,” Clarke wrote in her proposal.

About Sophia Clarke 
Sophia Clarke is a visual artist and educator based in Rapid City, South Dakota (Pennington County). She holds a Bachelor of Education from Black Hills State University (2023), majoring in Art and English, and works across painting, modified wax resist technique, mixed media, and digital print. She has been exhibited at the Matthews Opera House and the Dahl Arts Center on multiple occasions. She completed an artist residency at Sylvan Lake, South Dakota.

The RCAC will host What Grows When We Gather: A Community Night to celebrate the exhibition opening on October 9, 2026 from 4-6pm. This will be a night for our community to collaborate, reflect, and interact with the questions in What Grows When We Gather. Breadroot Natural Foods Co-Op will serve locally sourced snacks for visitors on a What Grows Here table. Come as you are!
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/rapid-city/living-map-what-grows-when-we-gather/200030651590000
- **Event Categories**: Art, Exhibitions, fine-arts, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Rapid City
- **state**: SD
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Dahl Arts Center
- **lat**: 44.07861
- **long**: -103.22999
- **full address**: Dahl Arts Center, 713 7th St,Rapid City, South Dakota, United States

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- **Alt text**: Living Map: What Grows When We Gather
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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Living Map: What Grows When We Gather being held?
  - **A:** Living Map: What Grows When We Gather takes place on Fri, 09 Oct, 2026 at 04:00 pm to Fri, 09 Oct, 2026 at 06:00 pm at Dahl Arts Center, 713 7th St,Rapid City, South Dakota, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Living Map: What Grows When We Gather?
  - **A:** Living Map: What Grows When We Gather is organized by Dahl Arts Center.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Living Map: What Grows When We Gather is ideal for art lovers, trade professionals, collectors, and exhibition enthusiasts exploring the latest in their field. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Rapid City, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Living Map: What Grows When We Gather sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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