Beginning May 2008, the buffalo art will be displayed in Custer City and the surrounding Black Hills. Visit a local area business to get your free location map to see each of the unique art pieces included in the project. On Friday, September 26, 2008, the unique pieces of art will be “rounded up” and corralled in downtown Custer City. Plan to attend the “Meet the Artists” Reception at the 1881 Courthouse Museum on Friday evening. On Saturday Sept 27, activities include the 4^th Annual Taste of Custer and the public auction of all Custer Stampede art pieces at 4pm. Proceeds from the auction help fund future arts and economic development projects in Custer, South Dakota.

If you’d like to sponsor a piece of buffalo art or be a contributor to this community art project, you may send your tax-deductible donation to the Custer Area Arts Council, P.O. Box 310, Custer, SD 57730-0310. If you’re interested in purchasing unique buffalo art and can’t be present at the auction on September 27^th, bids will be accepted by the Custer Stampede Committee and the Custer Area Chamber of Commerce throughout the summer.

                       2008 Calendar of Events

 Custer Stampede 2007
A very successful year, the 2007 Stampede Committee opened up a “free form” art category. Artists were able to submit interior and exterior bison art projects ranging from scrimshaw to paintings to outdoor sculptures as well as the life-sized and table top buffalo forms.

Custer Stampede Buffalo Art Auction
549 Mount Rushmore Road
Box 310
Custer, SD 57730