Dahl Arts Center,

713 7th Street, Rapid City, SD 57701

"I am excited about the Dahl - it is becoming a first rate community art center! We have needed a welcoming community art center and it is wonderful to interact with the staff, the executive director is dynamic, engaging and energetic. We recently held a community workshop at the Dahl and were met with enthusiastic engaging staff, who were helpful, fun and made everyone feel very welcomed! Thank you for making our community a more engaging place to live and thrive!"

"Lovely little local arts center with a few galleries hosting temporary exhibitions and an impressive mural of American history painted for the bicentennial. The small gift shop is worth perusing. Nice place to escape the streets for half an hour or so if you’re downtown."

"Love taking the children there to the art room. Something fun and different for us to do every week."

"The mural room by Bernard Thomas is truly amazing! Finished in the mid-1970s, the mural was commissioned by a local banker (A.E. Dahl). The fantastic details are rendered in spectacular fashion. The mural has become controversial by some in the arts community, who profess perfect vision. Some have even called for defacing the mural because some scene offends their sensibilities. Art is not supposed to be a sedative! It is supposed to engage people. I hope that someone who is truly upset will raise money to tell their viewpoint. In fact, I hope many people do exactly that. We need more art, NOT more censorship."

"Cute gallery with a kids area. I would have liked more artwork and information about the local artist. We enjoyed the museum for free, as there was a small local festival going on, so the price was right. Made a small donation inside."