Brief Description

The Bark Beetle Blues (BBB) Subcommittee of the Custer Area Arts Council of Custer, SD seeks proposals for permanent art works that celebrates the Custer community response to the mountain pine beetle infestation of the Black Hills exemplified by the events surrounding the annual Burning Beetle festival. BBB encourages proposals for incisive, surprising, and unique art of any form that meets the requirements outlined below. The project will be a lasting symbol of the massive landscape changes that are a part of the cyclical natural processes at work in our forest home, and the human response through collective community action and art that celebrates these natural cycles.