2009 SHOWS

Watertown Art Festival
September 12-13
Historic Watertown Goss Opera House in Watertown, SD

SD Governor's Hunt Art Show
October 24
Ramkota Convention Center in Pierre, SD

2010 SHOWS

Dallas Safari Club
January 7-10, 2010
Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, Texas

National SCI
January 20-23, 2010
Reno Convention Center in Reno, Nevada

Artist of the Plains Art Show & Sale
February 19-21
Holiday Inn City Centre in Sioux Falls, SD

2009-2010 EVENTS

Thune Fundraiser
Joshua Spies and his wife, Heather, hosted a fundraiser at their home in Watertown for John Thune in May.

Joshua Spies Honored as Head Judge for Junior Federal Duck Stamp Competition
April 22, 2009

Joshua Spies, along with a panel of four other judges, selected a painting by 16-year old Lily Spang of Toledo, Ohio of a single wood duck to appear on the 2009-2010 Federal Junior Duck Stamp. The Federal Junior Duck Stamp Design Contest was held at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum in Washington, D.C. Read more about the event and the Junior Duck Stamp program at the US Fish and Wildlife web site.

Curator of the Smithsonian National Postal Museum (at left) with the five judges

Winning entry by Lily Spang of Toledo, Ohio

During the event, Spies had the opportunity to teach a class of 60 third graders how to paint