FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  Nov. 30, 2010

CONTACT:  Jeff Mammenga. Media Coordinator, (605) 773-6000, Jeff.Mammenga@state.sd.us

Vendors featured at Cultural Heritage Center on Dec. 4

PIERRE, S.D. – Eat. Drink. Shop. Be merry!

Some of the best culinary artists and fine artists in South Dakota will sell their creations in the Heritage Store at the Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. CST on Saturday, Dec. 4.

“A variety of items – from stomach-pleasing to eye-pleasing – will be offered by South Dakota vendors,” said Patricia Miller, president of the South Dakota Heritage Fund, the nonprofit fund-raising partner of the South Dakota State Historical Society.

“The vendors we have invited offer a variety of quality products sure to please everyone on the gift-giving list,” Miller said. “They include sweets, jewelry, coffee, note cards, pottery and art. Four-legged members of the family have not been overlooked: One of the vendors will sell homemade treats for dogs.”

Samples of coffee and edible treats will be provided during the event.

Jess Elofson of Brandon will bring a pottery wheel and clay to the Cultural Heritage Center to demonstrate at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. how pottery is made.

Angela Marie Poches of Rapid City painted four watercolors of ornaments from the decorated holiday trees at the Capitol. The watercolors have been made into note cards that celebrate the yuletide season. She will be at the Cultural Heritage Center to sell the note cards, as well as prints of the watercolor she painted to commemorate this year’s Capitol Centennial observance.

Other vendors who will be at the Cultural Heritage Center:

n      The Barkery, Missy Schuetzle, Pierre, homemade dog treats

n      Silk Fudge, Angela Olson, Pierre, fudge

n      The Cookie Lady, Janet McKenzie, Pierre, decorated holiday cookies

n      Sugar Momma’s Custom Cakery, Jennifer Glanzman, Pierre, gourmet cupcakes

n      Wheeler Farms Candy Company, Charlie Wheeler, Sturgis, butter brittle

n      Dry Creek Coffee Co., Marci Eben, Hill City, custom-blended coffee

n      Dawn Lea Designs, Dawn Nagel, Fort Pierre, jewelry

n      Re→, Pat Brown, Fort Pierre, jewelry

The Heritage Fund operates gift shops in the Cultural Heritage Center and South Dakota Capitol. The Heritage Stores offer books, plush animals, jewelry, horsehair pottery, sweatshirts, Christmas ornaments and other items pertaining to South Dakota or made in South Dakota. People may also shop on the Heritage Fund’s website at www.sdheritagefund.org

The Heritage Store at the Cultural Heritage Center is open 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Saturdays and 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Sundays from Nov. 26 through Dec. 23.

For more information, call (605) 773-6346.

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The South Dakota Heritage Fund is a private charitable nonprofit that seeks funding to assist the South Dakota State Historical Society in programming and projects to preserve South Dakota’s history and heritage for future generations.

The South Dakota State Historical Society is a division of the Department of Tourism and State Development and strives to help the state meet the goals of the 2010 Initiative by enhancing history as a tool for economic development and cultural tourism. The society is headquartered at the South Dakota Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre. The center houses the society’s world-class museum, the archives, and the historic preservation, publishing and administrative/development offices. Call (605) 773-3458 or visit www.history.sd.gov for more information. The society also has an archaeology office in Rapid City; call (605) 394-1936 for more information.