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	Spearfish Arts Center 612 N Main Street Spearfish, SD 57783

The Spearfish Center for the Arts and Humanities d/b/a Spearfish Arts Center is managed by a 10 member Board of Directors. The members serve three year terms and are elected on a rotating basis at the annual meeting of the Spearfish Center for the Arts and Humanities each January. Local citizens may apply to be considered for the board. For an application for the board contact the Executive Director. The board meets the 2nd Monday of each month.

Your Spearfish Arts Center Board of Directors

Joe Barany, President

Jon Steven Wiley, Vice President

Holly Downing, Secretary

Kim Larson, Treasurer

Forrest Skretteberg

Guido Della-Vecchia

French Bryan

Ashleigh Hoff

Elizabeth “Hoodie” Smock

Chris Davis, Past President, Ex-officio

Your Spearfish Arts Center Staff

Sian Young, Executive Director director@spearfishartscenter.org

Shelly Brito, Administrative Manager admin@spearfishartscenter.org

Nance Allen, Sales Associate

About Us

The Bellman Brown Bag series is a humanities program designed to explore ideas, history, literature, art and culture. The Brown Bag program was developed by Dr. Stewart Bellman in the 1990’s. Recognizing the Matthews Opera House as an ideal venue for the exploration of humanities topics, he engaged a line-up of speakers to present programs on a range of humanities topics each month.Dr. Bellman was a professor of English at Black Hills State University, Spearfish, SD. His teaching career spanned thirty years. He was retired from BHSU and died in November 2002.Programs are presented on the second Wednesday of each month, noon to 1pm. Designed to begin and end within the lunch hour, patrons are invited to bring their lunch, if desired, or simply enjoy an hour of learning and entertainment. This is an opportunity to gain insight into themes that touch our daily lives and our community.