Artworks and handicrafts are displayed at the Dacotah Prairie Museum (Aberdeen), South Dakota Art Center (Brookings), Sioux Indian Museum and Crafts Center (Rapid City), Civic Fine Arts Association (Sioux Falls), Cultural Heritage Center (Pierre), and W. H. Over Museum (Vermillion). Several tribal councils present annual cultural and arts events or pow-wows.
Symphony orchestras include the South Dakota Symphony in Sioux Falls and the Rapid City Symphony Orchestra. The Sioux Falls Jazz and Blues Society sponsors an annual festival. There are at least 10 municipal band organizations across the state. Sioux Falls, Rapid City, and Pierre all have theater groups. The annual Laura Ingalls Wilder Pageant in DeSmit includes outdoor performances as well as activities to re-create pioneer history.
The South Dakota Arts Council, located at Pierre, and the South Dakota Humanities Council, at Brookings, aid and coordinate arts and humanities activities throughout the state. In 2003, the South Dakota Arts Council and other South Dakota arts organizations received grants totaling $640,900 from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). In 2000, the National Endowment for the Humanities contributed $632,964 for two state projects. The state and various private sources also provided funding for the council's activities. South Dakota provides about 50,000 of its schoolchildren with arts education programs. The state has approximately 350 arts associations and 40 local arts groups.