Event Schedule
August 7-10
2025
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Thursday, Aug 7
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8-5: Check in and on site registration as well as canvas stamping at the Masonic Lodge -- 302 Calumet Ave SE (southern end of main street).
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5-7pm: Informal gathering of artists and friends at the Kingsbury County Country Club - 611 7th Str SW, De Smet. Food/drinks on your own.
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Group en plein air painting wherever you choose!
Friday, August 8
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8-4: Check in, in-person registration, canvas stamping - Masonic Lodge
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(7:45) 8-10 AM: Quick Draw event. Meet at the Masonic Lodge 15 minutes early for final instructions. Painting to take place within a couple blocks of the downtown area.
Saturday, Aug 9
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8-12: Continued registration, canvas stamping - Masonic Lodge.
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10-11AM: Youth Workshop - on grounds of Masonic Lodge @ 302 Calumet Ave.
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10 AM: Artist Demonstration (adult) - on Masonic grounds.
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1-3: Community Celebration of the 75th anniversary of Harvey Dunn's premier SD exhibit in De Smet at the Masonic Lodge. Ice Cream Social, fiddlers, and tour through the exhibit created within the Lodge to commemorate.
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6 PM: Wind down! Meet up for some fun, food, fiddlers, and fellowship on the Homestead Porch for our annual Harvey Dunn Society Board hosted meal. Free to all registered artists. Additional guests with free will offering. Please pre-register for this when you register.
Event Sites
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Ingalls Homestead
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De Smet Event Center
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De Smet Welcome Center
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De Smet Library
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Remembrance Gardens at
De Smet Cemetary
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Lake Osceola stone bathhouse
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Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society
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Kingsbury County Courthouse